Summerdale - David Jay Collins

Four gay men. Four addictions. One landlord from Hell. Welcome to Summerdale, a horror trilogy set in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood. The landlord of Summerdale House is Mr. McGreevy, a charismatic sociopath who enables addiction and isolates his tenants until the only place they feel safe is inside his house. Throughout the series, Summerdale focuses on racism, misogyny, substance abuse, and domestic abuse in the gay community. This is the first novel in the trilogy.