middle grade
the lonely below
scholastic press, 2024
indies introduce summer/fall 2024 selection
Eva doesn’t love being the new girl at school, but she doesn’t hate it either. Thanks to her mom’s job, her family is used to moving around. But Blythe Academy isn’t a normal school. The teachers are all strange and insular, like they’re hiding something from the students …
And of course, there are the ghosts. Eva’s new friend Ami tells her the story — Blythe Academy has always felt haunted, but fifty years ago part of the school collapsed, killing a classroom of students and their teacher. Things haven’t been the same since.
To most students it’s just a scary story. But it’s not long until Eva is having her own terrifying run-ins with the ghosts, and they seem to be trying to communicate with her. Soon she’s having unnerving visions that seem to predict another collapse. Add in suddenly having to move into the dorms and her classmates finding out she’s autistic before she’s ready to tell them and Eva is completely overwhelmed.
Eva wants to tell people about her suspicion — she doesn’t think the collapse was just a tragic accident. It was caused by a malevolent force, and that force is back and hungry for more. As time begins to run out, will Eva be able to discover the truth of Blythe Academy and save lives … or will it be too late?
cover/jacket design: omou barry
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young adult
all signs point to yes
inkyard press, 2022
A literal star-studded anthology that delivers a love story for every star sign straight from the hearts of thirteen multicultural YA authors.
A haunted Aquarius finds love behind the veil. An ambitious Aries will do anything to stay in the spotlight. A foodie Taurus discovers the best eats in town (with a side of romance). A witchy Cancer stumbles into a curious meet-cute.
Whether it’s romantic, platonic, familial, or something else you can’t quite define, love is the thing that connects us. All Signs Point to Yes will take you on a journey from your own backyard to the world beyond the living as it settles us among the stars for thirteen stories of love and life.
These stories will touch your heart, speak to your soul, and have you reaching for your horoscope forevermore.
Cover illustration: Alex Cabal
Cover design: Magen McCallum
cover art direction: Gigi Lau
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TRANSMOGRIFY!
harperteen, 2023
starred reviews from Kirkus and publishers weekly
if this story were a person, I would dance with them and twirl them.
Sia t, netgalley reviewer
Perfect for fans of All Out and Cemetery Boys, this anthology claims a seat at the table of fantasy literature for trans and gender nonconforming stories.
Transness is as varied and colorful as magic can be. In Transmogrify!, you’ll embark on fourteen different adventures alongside unforgettable characters who embody many different genders and expressions and experiences—because magic is for everyone, and that is cause for celebration.
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the house where death lives
page street books, 2024
a junior library guild selection
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 groundbreaking 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.
my contribution: me i’m not
