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We Mostly Come Out at Night

15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures

Edited by Rob Costello ...

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 ... Read more

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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
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An Ugly World for Beautiful Boys

by Rob Costello ...

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 ... Read more

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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
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The Dancing Bears: Queer Fables for the End Times

by Rob Costello ...

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 ... Read more

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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
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The Dark Issue 115

The Dark, #115

by R.L. Summerling, Steve Rasnic Tem, Abigail Kemske, Rob Costello ...

Series Book 115 - The Dark
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) ... Read more

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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)
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The Dark Issue 117

The Dark, #117

by Nelson Stanley, Rob Costello, Steve Rasnic Tem, E.M. Linden ...

Series Book 117 - The Dark
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 ... Read more

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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
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The Dark Issue 65

The Dark, #65

by Rob Costello, Shari Paul, Steve Rasnic Tem, Gabriela Santiago ...

Series Book 65 - The Dark
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 ... Read more

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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
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The Dark Issue 78

The Dark, #78

by H. Pueyo, Rob Costello, Ai Jiang, Phoenix Alexander ...

Series Book 78 - The Dark
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 ... Read more

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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
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Rural Voices

15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America

by Nora Shalaway Carpenter, David Bowles, Joseph Bruchac, Veeda Bybee, Shanna Edwards, Shawn Cosby, Rob Costello, Randy DuBurke, Rainey Nasugraq Hopson, David Macinnis Gill0, Estelle Laure1, Ashley Hope Perez2, Tirzah Price3, Monica M. Roe4, Yamile Saied Méndez5 ...

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, ... Read more

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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,
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The Dark Issue 57

The Dark, #57

by Rob Costello, Michael Wehunt, Dare Segun Falowo, Nadia Bulkin ...

Series Book 57 - The Dark
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) ... Read more

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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)
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An Ugly World for Beautiful Boys

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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 ... Read more

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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
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Too Late

by Clem Martini ...

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In TOO LATE, 15-year-old Greg is in a teen sex offenders’ facility because of an assault on his stepsister. He hates the professionals who try to help him and can’t wait to go home. When he enters a room for a meeting, his mother is there crying. Her partner, whom Greg calls Step Dude, sits at her side. They have come to tell Greg they don’t want him back. It’s too late to be good, they say. Greg ... Read more

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In TOO LATE, 15-year-old Greg is in a teen sex offenders’ facility because of an assault on his stepsister. He hates the professionals who try to help him and can’t wait to go home. When he enters a room for a meeting, his mother is there crying. Her partner, whom Greg calls Step Dude, sits at her side. They have come to tell Greg they don’t want him back. It’s too late to be good, they say. Greg
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Terminal Island

by Walter Greatshell ...

Henry Cadmus grew up on Catalina Island, a scenic vacationland off the Southern California coast. But Henry's experiences were far from idyllic. Today, even though Henry has seen firsthand the horrors of war, the ghastly images that haunt his dreams is one he associates with his childhood… and the island: a snarling pig-man holding a cleaver; a jackal-headed woman on a high balcony, dripping blood ... Read more

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Henry Cadmus grew up on Catalina Island, a scenic vacationland off the Southern California coast. But Henry's experiences were far from idyllic. Today, even though Henry has seen firsthand the horrors of war, the ghastly images that haunt his dreams is one he associates with his childhood… and the island: a snarling pig-man holding a cleaver; a jackal-headed woman on a high balcony, dripping blood
... Read more

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