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La Chimera Screen Bite
Fresh out of jail and hapless, an English archaeologist in 1980s Italy reunites with his grave-robbing accomplices while being haunted by memories of his missing girlfriend. Read more
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Lamb Screen Bite
In rural Iceland, a childless couple’s decision to take care of a mysterious lamb bears unexpected and disturbing results. Read more
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Midnight Rooms Review
A dark subversion of the fairy tale happily-ever-after that wrong-foots the reader at every turn alongside its imperiled heroine. With parallels to Crimson Peak, The Invitation, and Mexican Gothic, Midnight Rooms is full of spellbinding prose that unfolds like a peculiar and disturbing fever dream. Read more
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An Academy for Liars Review
A riveting, standalone dark fantasy with a creepy and hallucinatory atmosphere that reads like Elisabeth Thomas’s Catherine House crossed with Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House. Read more
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Mika in Real Life Review
Little Fires Everywhere meets Laggies and Together, Together in a novel that shines with heart-wrenching humor about a millennial, Japanese American aspiring artist. Mika in Real Life is a lovely, bittersweet, and complicated coming-into-oneself tale of mothers, daughters, and the different—and sometimes difficult—configurations that love, family, and life can take. Read more
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The Atlas Paradox Review
An exposition-heavy second installment in an intriguing dark academia fantasy trilogy with strong The Umbrella Academy and The Magicians vibes. Although the plot is often more meandering and ruminative than active, the world-building, character interiority, and complicated dynamics among the central six remain compelling. Read more
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