{"product_id":"my-roommate-is-trying-to-kill-me-by-maya-gawonii-shabazz-saleh","title":"My Roommate Is Trying To Kill Me by Maya-Gawonii Shabazz-Saleh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRelease date: October 13, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSigned with preorder bonuses: sticker, the book's signature cocktail\/mocktail recipe card, + 3 character art tarot cards!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e---\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e“Funny, frightening, and unexpectedly tender, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMy Roommate Is Trying To Kill Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e is a deliciously unhinged queer horror romance for anyone who’s ever ignored a red flag because the face attached to it was just that good!“ - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAiden Thomas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e, NYT bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCemetery Boys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSome things are harder to survive than murder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHakeem Morales \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewants to be the kind of horror actor people build midnight screenings around. At the moment, he’s mostly working nights at a Los Angeles horror bar, The Last Cue; trying not to spiral about his stalled life; and wondering whether his new roommate is trying to kill him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAntonio Sanchez\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is older, private, unfairly attractive, and suspicious in ways Hakeem feels should be illegal. He writes cryptic things in notebooks. He jokes too much about Hakeem’s upcoming twenty-seventh birthday. Every time Hakeem almost convinces himself he’s being dramatic, Antonio does something else deeply alarming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnfortunately, Hakeem’s growing list of evidence is matched only by his growing attraction—because nothing improves a possible murder situation like developing a crush on the man you’re pretty sure is planning it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecover by Marguerite Sauvage of 42.fold Studio!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaya-Gawonii Shabazz-Saleh \u003c\/strong\u003eis an author and critical essayist whose work moves between liberatory frameworks, horror as political analytic, and fiction across genres. Her essays appear in \u003cem\u003eDead Pretty: Beauty in the Horror Genre\u003c\/em\u003e (Nottingham Horror Collective, September 2026) and \u003cem\u003eEchoes of the Earth: Black Voices Reclaiming Ecology and Justice \u003c\/em\u003e(Cassava Republic Press, forthcoming), among twelve other literary magazine publications in 2026. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShe is the author of \u003cem\u003eMidnight\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ein California: A Holiday Duology\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Margins Between Us \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMoss Mother: Poems from the Bayou\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as several short stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShe lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46154887364668,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/71XbVmSBY2L._SL1500.jpg?v=1789269148","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/my-roommate-is-trying-to-kill-me-by-maya-gawonii-shabazz-saleh","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}