You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight meets Scream in this YA slasher that turns classic horror tropes on their heads from Stonewall Honor-winning author Justine Pucella Winans.Few people can say they faced the infamous Satterville Wolf Man and lived. But CJ Smith can.She doesn't talk about that, though.CJ has survived the horror movie that is her life by following one rule: blend in and stay out of it. But that's har...

A darkly funny and thoroughly queer mystery thriller with a touch of camp, for fans of Kara Thomas and Kit Frick by way of Only Murders in the Building.When Gianna “Gigi” Ricci lands in detention again, she doesn’t expect the glorified study hall to be her alibi.But when she and her friends receive a mysterious email directing them to her favorite teacher, Mr. Ford's, room, they find him lying in a pool of blood. But calling the math teacher’s deat...

Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen birder somehow finds themself investigating a murder with their neighbor/fellow anime lover, all while falling for a cute girl from their birding group...and trying not to get killed next.Sixteen-year-old Bianca Torre is an avid birder undergoing a gender identity crisis and grappling with an ever-growing list of fears. Some, like Fear #6: Initiating Conversation, keep them constrained,...

A Stonewall Honor WinnerIndie Next PickPW Best Book of the YearBooklist Editor's PickThe Otherwoods is calling. And it won't be ignored.Some would call River Rydell a 'chosen one': born with the ability to see monsters and travel to a terrifying spirit world called The Otherwoods, they have all the makings of a hero. But River just calls themself unlucky. Afte...

Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen birder somehow finds themself investigating a murder with their neighbor/fellow anime lover, all while falling for a cute girl from their birding group...and trying not to get killed next.Sixteen-year-old Bianca Torre is an avid birder undergoing a gender identity crisis and grappling with an ever-growing list of fears. Some, like Fear #6: Initiating Conversatio...

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearThe Lost Library meets Not Quite a Ghost in this middle grade horror novel about a girl uncovering secrets about her new, haunted home.The only thing worse than having ghost hunters for parents is having fake ghost hunters for parents. Luna Catalano would know. Her moms are haunted house flippers who use their home reno skills and pretend psychic powers to tu...

Bloomsbury presents How to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans, read by SJ Valiquette.You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight meets Scream in this YA slasher that turns classic horror tropes on their heads.Few people can say they faced the infamous Satterville Wolf Man and lived. But CJ Smith can.She doesn’t talk about that, though.CJ has survived the horror movie that is her life by following o...

Bloomsbury presents A Little Too Haunted by Justine Pucella Winans read by Katie BeudertThe Lost Library meets Not Quite a Ghost in this middle grade horror novel about a girl uncovering secrets about her new, haunted home.The only thing worse than having ghost hunters for parents is having fake ghost hunters for parents. Luna Catalano would know. Her moms are haunted house flippers who use their...

Bloomsbury presents Wishbone by Justine Pucella Winans, read by Sam KrochmalCoraline meets Ghost Squad in this terrifying story about what happens when you aren't careful what you wish for.Ollie Di Costa wishes things could be different.He wishes the bullies at school would leave him alone. He wishes his parents would stop fighting. He wishes his sister Mia didn't have to worry about things like paying for college. But most of all, he wish...

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 specula...

Coraline meets Ghost Squad in this terrifying story about what happens when you aren't careful what you wish for.Ollie Di Costa wishes things could be different.He wishes the bullies at school would leave him alone. He wishes his parents would stop fighting. He wishes his sister Mia didn't have to worry about things like paying for college. But most of all, he wishes he wasn't so angry about all of this. When he and Mia find a two-tailed cat they ...

Bloomsbury presents The Otherwoods by Justine Pucella Winans, read by Jamie K. Brown.A Stonewall Honor WinnerIndie Next PickPW Best Book of the YearBooklist Editor’s PickThe Otherwoods is calling. And it won’t be ignored.Some would call River Rydell a ‘chosen one’: born with the ability to see monsters and travel to a terrifying spirit world called The Otherwoods, they have all the makings of a hero. But River just calls themself unlucky. After ...