Tori Bovalino

When Tess and Eliot stumble upon an ancient book hidden in a secret tunnel beneath the school library, they accidentally release a devil from his book-bound prison, and he’ll stop at nothing to stay free. He’ll manipulate all the ink in the library books to do his bidding, he’ll murder in the stacks, and he’ll bleed into every inch of Tess’s life until his freedom is permanent. Forced to work together, Tess and Eliot have to find a way to re-trap the devil before he kills everyone they know and love, including, increasingly, each other. And compared to what the devil has in store for them, school stress suddenly doesn’t seem so bad after all.

The Devil Makes Three

Chloe Gong

Erin A. Craig

Hannah Whitten

Erica Waters

Allison Saft

Courtney Gould

Olivia Chadha

Alex Brown

Shakira Moise

These are the stories that haunt us

A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters lurk, refusing to be forgotten.

Hauntings, and a variety of horrifying secrets, lurk in the places we once called home. Written by New York Times bestselling, and other critically acclaimed, authors these stories shed a harsh light on the scariest tales we grew up with.

An Anthology of Folk Horror

The Gathering Dark

Lou never believed in superstitions or magic—until her teenage aunt Neela is kidnapped to the goblin market. The market is a place Lou has only read about—twisted streets, offerings of sweet fruits and incredible jewels. Everything—from the food and wares, to the goblins themselves—is a haunting temptation for any human who manages to find their way in. Determined to save Neela, Lou learns songs and spells and tricks that will help her navigate this dangerous world and slip past a goblin’s defenses—but she only has three days to find Neela before the market disappears and her aunt becomes one of them forever. If she isn’t careful, the market might just end up claiming her too.

Not Good for Maidens

In the small town of Winston, Pennsylvania, they fear the Lord of the Wood almost as much as they fear God. According to legend, the ghosts of the wood steal the babies of the town if they’re left unattended. But this legend has just become a way to scare local kids—until Leah Jones’s brother disappears. Leah has no hope for a future outside of Winston, and her only remaining solace is her music. She’s on the verge of dropping out of high school, barely balancing her job at the gas station with her duty to care for her baby brother, Owen. But when Owen is taken by the Lord of the Wood, Leah must face the dangers of the forest to write a song that will win Owen back—and discover the truth of how her life went so very wrong.

My Throat an Open Grave

Linsey Miller

Traci Chee

Nova Ren Suma

Rosiee Thor

Gina Chen

Justine Pucella Winans

Shelly Page

Kay Costales

Liz Hull

Sandra Proudman

C.L. McCollum

Nora Elghazzawi

G. Haron Davis

A dance to the death. A girl who’s just as monstrous as H.H. Holmes. A hallway that’s constantly changing—and hungry. All of these stories exist in the same place—within the frame of a particular house that isn’t bound by the laws of time and space. Following in the footsteps of dark/horror-filled YA anthologies like His Hideous Heart and Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, and Netflix’s ground-breaking adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, this YA speculative fiction anthology explores how the permanence of a home can become a space of transition and change for both the inhabitants and the creatures who haunt them. Each story in the anthology will focus on a different room in the house and feature unique takes on monsters from a wide array of cultural traditions. Whether it’s a demonic Trickster, a water-loving Rusalka, or a horrifying, baby-imitating Tiyanak, there’s bound to be something sinister lurking in the shadows.

The House Where Death Lives

Layne Fargo

Phoebe Wynne

J.T. Ellison

Olivie Blake

Kate Weinberg

Paul Kane

Helen Grant

David Bell

Marie O’Regan

James Tate Hill

M.L. Rio

 Susie Yang

 Kelly Andrew

Urzekający i mroczny zbiór opowiadań napisany przez mistrzów gatunku Dark Academia (wśród nich Olivie Balke i M.L. Rio!). Mimo że charakteryzują się one podobną estetyką, każda z historii tworzy unikalny świat skrywający własne tajemnice. Bez względu na to, czy jesteś już wytrawnym znawcą i miłośnikiem nurtu Dark Academia, czy też dopiero zaczynasz swoją przygodę z jego mrocznymi klimatami, historie zebrane w tej antologii pozwolą ci zatracić się w intrygujących, niepokojących i rozpalających wyobraźnię światach prywatnych szkół i kampusów. Droga studentko, drogi studencie! Właśnie zaczyna się rekrutacja! Przeczytajcie, jak rozpustnego wykładowcę dosięga zemsta, poznajcie mroczną prawdę o zaginionym profesorze i przekonajcie się, jak zdradzona kochanka może odpłacić pięknym za nadobne podczas seansu spirytystycznego. A to zaledwie początek! Mamy tu jeszcze obrazoburczy romans, który przeradza się w obsesję, dwoje studentów odkrywających sekrety naukowca samotnika, okropności, do jakich dochodziło na mało znanym wydziale i krwawy rytuał inicjacyjny… Dwanaście historii, dwanaście tajemnic, dwanaście mrocznych opowieści znakomitych autorów: Olivie Blake, M.L. Rio, David Bell, Susie Yang, Layne Fargo, J.T. Ellison, James Tate Hill, Kelly Andrew, Phoebe Wynne, Kate Weinberg, Helen Grant, Tori Bovalino. Całość zebrali i zredagowali Marie O’Regan oraz Paul Kane.

W tych szacownych murach. Olivie Blake, M.L. Rio i inni

This House is Haunted

Salem's Lot meets The Darkest Part of the Forest in this gruesome, horror-fantasy retelling of Christina Rossetti's "Goblin Market." Louisa doesn't believe in magic, until her teenage aunt Neela is kidnapped to the goblin market. The market is a place of magic, where twisting streets, succulent fruits, glimmering jewels, and death are on offer to the unwary human. An enticing place that her mother and aunt barely escaped seventeen years ago, paying a terrible price. With only three days before the market disappears, Lou must navigate the treacherous market, controlled by bloodthirsty goblins who crave vengeance against her family. She must learn the songs and tricks of the goblins to save Neela, or the market might just end up claiming her too.

A. J. Hackwith

Victoria Lee

The Dark Academia Library

Tori Bovalino

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