The Dancing Bears showcases eleven darkly speculative tales of the queer and uncanny from talented author Rob Costello. This debut collection features young queer characters grappling with love and desire in a heartless world hurtling toward the abyss. A lost boy under the spell of a seductive killer suffers the sting of betrayal while on the hunt for fresh blood.A misanthrope obsessed with death carries on a torrid affair with the malevolent spirit haunting the house in his favori...

An empowering cross-genre YA anthology that explores what it means to be a monster, exclusively highlighting trans and queer authors who offer new tales and perspectives on classic monster stories and tropes.Be not afraid! These monsters, creatures, and beasties are not what they appear. We Mostly Come Out at Night is a YA anthology that reclaims the monstrous for the LGBTQA+ community while exploring how there is freedom and power in embracing the things ...

Self-styled "beautiful boy" Toby Ryerson dreams in stardust but lives in the dirt. Haunted by the specter of his mom's overdose, he itches for a life of fun and fabulosity far from the MAGA hats of his backwoods Adirondack town. The only problem: his older brother Jimmy's plans to polish him into a spotless "Disney gay" with college, career, and husband. Toby knows that Jimmy didn't sacrifice everything to raise him so that he can waste his life on men and partying like Mom did. But why ca...

Think you know what rural America is like? Discover a plurality of perspectives in this enlightening anthology of stories that turns preconceptions on their head.Gracie sees a chance of fitting in at her South Carolina private school, until a “white trash”–themed Halloween party has her steering clear of the rich kids. Samuel’s Tejano family has both stood up to oppression and been a source of it, but now he’s ready to own his true sexual identity. A Puerto Rican t...

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:"Out of All of Them" by Nelson Stanley"Siren" by Rob Costello (reprint)"Old Crow" by Steve Rasnic Tem (reprint)"Necessary Things" by E.M. Linden

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:"A Little Bit of What Killed Auntie" by R.L. Summerling"P is for Phantasies" by Steve Rasnic Tem (reprint)"What Things We Find in the Forest" by Abigail Kemske"Jill" by Rob Costello (reprint)

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editors Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes three all-new stories and one reprint:"A Few Words From the New Tenant of ____ House" by Rob Costello"Stretch" by Shari Paul"Reflections in Black" by Steve Rasnic Tem (reprint)"The Wendigo at the End of the Blue Line" by Gabriela Santiago

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:"We're Always the Ones Who Leave" by H. Pueyo"The Thing With Chains" by Rob Costello"The Catcher in the Eye" by Ai Jiang"Dance, Macabre" by Phoenix Alexander

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editors Michael Kelly, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:"Emergent" by Rob Costello"Holoow" by Michael Wehunt (reprint)"Ngozi Ugegbe Nwa" by Dare Segun Falowo"Live Through This" by Nadia Bulkin (reprint)

Shortlisted for the 2026 LGBTQ+ Young Adult Lambda Literary AwardSelf-styled "beautiful boy" Toby Ryerson dreams in stardust but lives in the dirt. Haunted by his mom's overdose, he itches for a life of fun and fabulosity far from the MAGA hats of his backwoods Adirondack town. The only problem: his older brother Jimmy's plans to polish him into a spotless "Disney gay" with college, career, and husband. Toby knows that Jimmy didn't sacrifice everything to raise him...

From breakout star Sydney Shields comes An Arcane Study of Stars, a historical dark academia fantasy filled with ancient secret societies, a swoon-worthy rivals-to-lovers romance and dangerous deals made after dark. Perfect for fans of Heavenly Bodies and The Atlas Six.Claudia Jolicoeur shouldn't be here.When she was rejected from Cygnus, her dream occult university, she was supposed to live out her life as the wife of an old man,...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Step into a dark and magical world in the enchanting new fairytale retelling, perfect for fans of Katherine Arden, Naomi Novik, and M. A. Kuzniar.What if Beauty never went to sleep?In a remote castle perched atop a windswept island, a long-awaited royal heir is born. In accordance with ancient custom, a blessing ceremony takes place to bestow the princess with m...