Queer horror has long used monsters, ghosts, and demons to explore questions of identity, belonging, and survival. In Phoning Faust, filmmaker and writer Sophie Mutiara Nova brings those themes into the digital age, following a lonely young woman whose late-night call to the Devil spirals into a story about desire, connection, trauma, and the search to be truly seen. Equal parts supernatural horror and emotional reckoning, the novel examines loneliness, online relationships, and the bargains we make with ourselves and others in pursuit of acceptance.
I caught up with Nova via email for a devilishly fun, thoughtful, and deeply personal conversation about queer horror, internet culture, chronic illness, writing through trauma, and finding connection in a world that can often feel isolating.
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