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Astic, Guy & Lafond, Frank: The Art and Craft of Stephen King (Hachette/Black Dog & Leventhal 979-8894141954, SF novel, final book in the House of Atreus series set in a world where the ancient Greek gods were actually corrupted ancient artificial intelligences. Ore, 505pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 09/15/2026)

Non-fiction reference guide to King’s life and works, which examines every novel, novella, and short story. Includes over 300 photos.

 

Bardugo, Leigh: Dead Beat (Macmillan/Flatiron 978-1250884312, $29.99, 496pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, 09/15/2026)

Dark fantasy/horror novel, third in the Ninth House series. After leaving hell, Alex Stern and her group must hunt down the demons that followed her, while Alex tries to get a degree at Yale. Simultaneous with the Orion UK edition.

 

Bayron, Kalynn: Tell the Ghosts I’m Gone (Bloomsbury USA 978-1547615896, $21.00, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 09/01/2026)

Young-adult fantasy novel. Moll and her friends each have a supernatural power; Moll can manipulate people’s emotions and is ready to gain firsthand experience, but that may have unintended consequences.

 

Coxon, Dan & Fracassi, Philip: Unearthed (Titan Books UK 978-1835413098, $19.99, 416pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 09/15/2026)

Original anthology of 19 original horror stories. Authors include Tananarive Due, Christopher Golden, Josh Malerman, Tim Lebbon, Eric LaRocca. A.M. Shine, Jonathan Maberry, Hildur Knútsdóttir, Ai Jiang, A. G. Slatter, and more.

 

Creedle, Laura: The Girl in Green (HarperCollins 978-0063359185, $19.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Young-adult horror novel. Jess moves to a new school in the West Virginian mountains, and tries to find answers when a student goes missing.

 

Datlow, Ellen: All Hallows Eve (Titan Books UK 978-1835415436, $29.99, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 09/15/2026)

Original anthology of 19 horror stories offering new takes on Halloween around the globe. Introduction by Ellen Datlow; foreword by Lisa Morton. Authors include Linda D. Addison, Chikodili Emelumadu, and many more.

 

Gill, Nikita: Styx: The River (Little, Brown 978-0316613347, $21.99, 534pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Young-adult fantasy novel in poetry and vignettes, second in the Goddesses of the Underworld series reimagining Greek myth. Styx is the firstborn of the Titans, and was respected until she was overshadowed by her siblings. She finds comfort in training training the art of magic and creation. Simultaneous with the Simon & Schuster UK edition.

 

Goodman, A.B.: House of Atreus: Trial & Consequences (Planetary Books 979-8233643101, $4.99, 198pp, formats: ebook, 09/15/2026)

SF novel, fourth in a series set in a world where the ancient Greek gods were actually corrupted ancient artificial intelligences. Orestes is on trial for the murder of his mother, and Athena calls twelve mortals to judge the trial.

 

Goût, Leopoldo: Rooted (Tor/Nightfire 978-1250781529, $28.46, 288pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Horror novel. Aurora, an art major, returns to Mexico City to celebrate a major accomplishment, but reality stops working like normal.

 

Kraven, T.C.: Blood & Bedlam (Diversion Books 979-8895150733, $28.49, 329pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 09/15/2026)

Vampire romance novel. Vlad Dracul, the original vampyr, hopes to reignite his love with Reine, a bartender with a very old soul, even if it starts war.

 

Kuliasha, Jasmine: Bigfoot Confidential (Orbit Works 978-0316587358, $19.99, 332pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Fantasy novel. Jericho James has been working on a case involving (big, strong, and sexy) bigfoot sightings, but she has a strong feeling that she’s being watched.

 

Lee, Laura Piper: Doomsdate (Penguin Random House/Dell 979-8217095612, $20.00, 416pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Zombie apocalypse romance novel. As the threat of a lockdown grows larger Maisie Bennett has one goal: to get laid. But on her first date with melancholy Dr. Everett Greer, people begin to turn into flesh-eating zombies.

 

Marske, Freya: Bodies of Magic (Tor 978-1250341655, $28.99, 464pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Dark academia fantasy novel. A group of mages with the gift of healing magic are about to begin their final exam when they stumble upon a dead body. Simultaneous with the Tor Bramble UK edition.

 

Mathewson, Hannah: The Age of Blood and Magic (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0063456280, $30.00, 432pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Fantasy novel. Magic used to only belong to the witches, fae, and vampires, but a hundred years ago, Martin Maddock stole it, and built trilion-dollar company on selling bottled magic. Simultaneous with the Harper Voyager UK edition.

 

Mbengei, Peace: We Run the Night (Soho Teen 978-1641297509, $19.99, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Horror novel. Shani returns to her isolated boarding school following her father’s death, but students begin experiencing strange skin conditions, and a popular student suddenly goes missing. A first novel.

 

McGrath, Paul: A Hard Left (Stoney Creek 978-1965766811, $21.95, 270pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 09/15/2026)

Satirical SF novel, third in the Terran Incognita series. The FBI investigates a case of a person waking up in a different body, and two aliens known as Xylodonian Guardians try to keep the world together.

 

Merriam, Joanne: Aether and Ego (Inanna 978-1834210261, $24.95, 240pp, formats: paperback, 09/15/2026)

SF novel, a retelling of Pride & Prejudice. Elizabeth Bennett is the second generation of people on a long journey to Alpha Centauri. When her younger sister Lydia elopes, she must work with the insufferable Mr. Darcy to save her reputation. A first novel.

 

Miéville, China: The Rouse (Penguin Random House/Del Rey 978-0399181092, $40.00, 1260pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Uncanny novel wuth horror elements. Maur’s entire life has been filled with loss, and the answer seems to lie within the dark past of a soldier who shares the same interests and motivations as her. Simultaneous with the Macmillan UK edition.

 

Morgan, Louisa: The Faerie Handmaid (Orbit US/Redhook 978-0316585170, $19.99, 432pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Fantasy novel. Braithe becomes the handmaid to a powerful priestess named Morgana, and must travel with her to the white city to investigate a cursed king.

 

O’Regan, Marie & Kane, Paul: The Hopeless Romantic’s Guide to Enchantment (Titan Books UK 978-1835415337, $29.99, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 09/15/2026)

Anthology of 12 stories of fantasy and romance. Authors include Kelley Armstrong, Rebecca Thorne, Alexis Hall, L. R. Lam, A.Y. Chao, and more.

 

Patrick, Auden: Thoughts Be Bloody (Astra House/DAW 978-0756420475, $20.00, 368pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Fantasy novel, a retelling of Hamlet. At a magical college, Horatio stumbles upon his fellow student Carson Hamlett cradling his father’s dead body in the library.

 

Piper, Hailey: This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want (Titan Books UK 978-1835411483, $18.99, 320pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Horror novel. In 1994, Val watched an obscure horror movie in theaters with her sister and friend, and was the only one ever seen again.

 

Ralph, Vincent: Corpse Creek (St. Martin’s/Wednesday Books 978-1250372185, $15.00, 256pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Young-adult horror novel, third in the Bleak Haven series. Teen Ethan returns to the cursed creek where his brother died years ago, only to find a figure that looks eerily like his brother demanding a sacrifice.

 

Ralph, Vincent: Fear Farm (St. Martin’s/Wednesday Books 978-1250372161, $14.00, 240pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 09/15/2026)

Young-adult horror novel, fourth in the Bleak Haven series. Tori goes undercover at the Fear Farm Fright-Fest, Bleak Haven’s suspicious annual event where odd accidents happen.

 

Reid, Ava: Winterveil (HarperCollins 978-0063462281, $21.99, 448pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Young-adult SF novel. At Winterveil, where criminal students are trained to play war simulations, four students are drawn together into a conspiracy.

 

Schaefer, Saratoga: A Thousand Monstrous Forms (The Quick Brown Fox/Crooked Lane 979-8892427401, $29.99, 326pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Horror novel, a Bluebeard retelling. Impulsive artist Poppy Reed marries wealthy art dealer Celia Marie Fox, but finds herself drawn towards a forbidden, locked basement.

 

Schuyler, Nina: Open the Floodgates (Chin Music Press/Reverberations 978-1634051040, $24.95, 224pp, formats: hardcover, 09/15/2026)

Environmental fable. In a California town, a River is granted personhood, where it argues in court for its existence against powerful enemies who want to keep filling it with toxic waste.

 

Steven, L.K.: Turncloak (Penguin Random House/Del Rey 978-0593974025, $32.99, 544pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Fantasy romance novel, second in the Silvercloak Saga. The new kingpin of the Bloodmoon Gang has discovered Saffron is a Silvercloak, and a detective follows them both while Saffron tries to fix her mistakes. Simultaneous with the Del Rey UK edition.

 

Thomas, Sheree Renée: The Tongue I Dream In (PM Press 979-8887441955, $16.00, 160pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 09/15/2026)

Book of poems, stories, essays, and an interview, part of the Outspoken Authors series. Thomas discusses the intersections of poetry, science fiction, and myth across Black and white cultures.

 

Valldeperas, R.J.: Daughter of the Dark (Tor/Bramble 978-1250427953, $29.17, 336pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Dark fantasy novel, first in the Daughters of Auquis series. In Supay, people are cursed to be resurrected as muki, and Solana is offered the position of Royal Demon Hunter.

 

Waring, Wendy: The Hunger of Those Who Built It (Stelliform Press 978-1998466054, $22.99, 415pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 09/17/2026)

Solarpunk novel. In 2049 Paris devastated by ecological collapse, people fight to save seeds and retain their bonds with one another. A first novel.

 

Williams, LaDarrion: Ashes at the Altar (Penguin Random House/Labyrinth Road 978-0593712009, $20.99, 528pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Blood at the Root trilogy. Malik continues at secret magical HBCU Caiman academy, and fights the demonic entity Marinette and contends with his father’s family, the Bonclairs.

 

Zinnikas, Emily: I Am the Monster Under the Bed (St. Martin’s 978-1250454782, $29.00, 320pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 09/15/2026)

Horror novel. Reclusive painter Willa is outed as the only survivor of a massacre during her time in high school, and tries to remember not just that night but the benevolent creature under her bed. A first novel. A first novel.

 

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WENDY N. WAGNER is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Nightmare Magazine and senior editor of Lightspeed “to focus on her own writing.” Founding editor John Joseph Adams will resume the role at Nightmare starting with the January 2027 issue; in her place, associate publisher Christie Yant will assume the role of senior editor.

 

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C. RHOAD ELLIS sold The Poison Vein, first in the Saga of Ruined Saints trilogy, with two more books to Anne Groell at Del Rey via James McGowan of BookEnds. UK rights sold to Delayna Spencer

GRACE D. LI sold You Bring Death to Our Shores, “an epic told in two timelines, the Trojan War and the Greek afterlife,” and another book to Ruoxi Chen while at Tor via Kate Schafer Testerman of kt literary. Stephanie Stein will edit for Wildthorn. UK rights sold to Daphne Tonge and Davi Lancett at Daphne Press (UK).

REBECCA TEMPLETON’s Lochbound, “a reimagining of The Little Mermaid set in 18th-century Scotland,” went to Jessica Case at Pegasus via Jessica Purdue at Little, Brown UK.

CHARLOTTE IDYLLWILD’s historical fantasy The Bottom of the Library and another book sold to Nate Lanman at Del Rey via Lauren Bajek of Liza Dawson Associates. UK rights went to Kate McHale at Del Rey UK.

MILES LYON sold The Price of Fear, first in a trilogy, and two more titles to Joe Monti at Saga Press via John Baker of Bell Lomax Moreton Agency. UK rights sold to Jorgie Bain at Michael Joseph.

CATELYN WILSON sold two dark fantasies to Rebecca Hilsdon at Michael Joseph via Stevie Finegan of Zeno Agency.

RICARDO MENÉNDEZ SALMÓN’s Ark, “blending noir, speculative fiction and metaphysical mystery,” went to Brian Etling at Knopf via Cristina Hidalgo of Grupo Planeta.

JUSTIN SLOAN sold “military progression fantasy” Yokai Protocol to Daniel Ehrenhaft at Blackstone Publishing via Connor Smith of Hesperides Literary.

L.K. STEVENS’s The Kindling, “pitched as Fahrenheit 451 for the ChatGPT generation,” sold to Daniel Ehrenhaft at Blackstone Publishing at auction via Chloe Seager of Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency. UK rights went to Charlotte Trumble at Voyager UK.

JASON KASPER’s The Vesper Hour, “first in a post-apocalyptic thriller series,” and at least one other book sold to Andrew Watts at Severn River. Catherine Streissguth will edit.

HELEN KNOTT sold The Dreams We Remember and another title to Janice Zawerbny at Harper Canada at auction via Carolyn Forde of Transatlantic Literary Agency.

P.C. VERRONE’s The Blond, “a genre-bending historical thriller following queer communities from the 18th century and into the 22nd,” went to Elizabeth Pankova at Catapult via Alyssa Jennette of Stonesong.

ALBERTO LAISECA’s Los Sorias, “pitched as the Latin American Gravity’s Rainbow,” translated by Max Lawton, sold to Will Evans and Sarah McEachern at Deep Vellum via Zacarías Lara Peláez of Barrett.

M. JOHN HARRISON’s post-apocalyptic adventure The End of Everything, “set in a drowned world where government barely functions and entire continents have been mislaid,” went to Parisa Ebrahimi at Riverhead via PJ Mark of Janklow & Nesbit on behalf of Will Francis. UK rights sold to Serpent’s Tail

JENNIFER DIARENZO sold An Act of Flesh and Fins, “in which a scorned marine biologist becomes queen of a hidden mermaid kingdom beneath the Bermuda Triangle,” to Lynn McNamee at Red Adept via Lindsay Guzzardo of Keystone Literary Agency.

JESSICA WIDNER sold In Residence, a ghost story about a married couple in Edinburgh who start an artist residency in a remote, luxurious house, to Caroline Zancan at Mariner at auction via Kate Johnson of Wolf Literary Services. UK rights went to Jenna Gordon at Verve Books, and Canadian rights to Shivaun Hearne at House of Anansi.

KEVIN MACK sold Glide Ratio, set in an alternate 1937 where Jim Crow rules the south and Florida is an independent nation, to Geoff Habiger at Shadow Dragon Press.

OFELIA J. VAZQUEZ sold fantasy Grave of Petals, “loosely inspired by the Mexican Revolution,” to Michael Kist at Bindery Books via Miriam Cortinovis of Ki Agency.

JACK SHERWIN writing as JKSMANGA sold Return of the Legendary Dragon, “in which a sickly young man becomes host to the soul of an ancient dragon and enters a deadly game that the government has rigged against the underclass,” and two more books to Rhett Bruno at Aethon & Vault via M.H.F. Saint of Achilles Literary Agency. The First Vampire Punisher by Sherwin and L.E. GRAVES plus two more books also went to Bruno at auction via Saint.

BROOKE ABRAMS’s Annie Torres Checks In, “pitched as Jane the Virgin meets Practical Magic,” went to Selena James at Lake Union Publishing via Joanna MacKenzie of Nelson Literary Agency. Pippa White will edit.

GWENDOLYN WOMACK sold The Last Immortal, the final book in the Last Labyrinth duology, and another title to Elizabeth Agyemang at 47North via Alec Shane of Writers House.

KELLIE WALLACE’s Heavenly Bodies went to Jean Lowd at Creative James.

SARAH FOX sold Barking in a Winter Wonderland to Sara Porter at Severn House via Jessica Faust of BookEnds (world English).

TANYA GUERRERO sold Meet Me in the Future, “about a time-traveling Soviet space dog,” and another title to Wendy Wong at Bantam Dell via Amy Bishop-Wycisk of Trellis Literary Management.

SEREN ROSE sold “siren-pirate romantasy” The Song of Salt and Shadow and another title to Juliana Nador at Simon Maverick for six figures at auction via Angie Ojeda Hazen of Lunar Literary Agency.

ELIZABETH HELEN sold Her Dark Empire, first in a trilogy “set in a world ravaged by storms and divided by magic,” and two more titles to Christa Desir at Bloom Books via Susan Velazquez Colmant at JABberwocky Literary Agency. Kylie Hagmann will edit.

JESSIE SYLVA’s My Big Fat Halfling Wedding went to Tiana Coven at Orbit and Jenni Hill at Orbit UK via Maeve MacLysaght of Aevitas Creative Management.

PIXIE RELLA sold Blackheart, “first in a romantasy trilogy following a seamstress for the army and prisoner condemned for a crime she didn’t commit,” and two more books to Marilyn Kretzer at Blackstone Publishing for six figures via Jeanne De Vita of Martin-Newens Literary Management. UK rights sold to Rebecca Hilsdon at Michael Joseph via Stevie Finegan of Zeno Agency on behalf of JABberwocky Literary Agency.

RY HERMAN sold This Fairy Stabs Everyone, “based on the Kalevala, an epic poem recounting the myths and folktales of Finland,” to Katy Nishimoto at Dial Press via Michelle Hauck of Storm Literary Agency.

FINNEGAN MARCH’s “dark sapphic fantasy” What Crawls from the Forest went to Katie McGuire at Alcove Press via Katie Blagden of The Ampersand Agency.

MAX WALKER sold Dating & Dragons to Thaisheemarie Fantauzzi Pérez at Alcove Press via Kirsten Lang of Zeno Agency.

SAMANTHA DEVEREAUX’s Healer’s Touch and two more titles in the Gifted Legacy fantasy romance series sold to Ajebowale Roberts at Macmillan via Stevie Finegan of Zeno Agency.

DANI RAANAN sold The Crafter’s Wife to Ian Whates at NewCon Press via John Jarrold of John Jarrold Literary Agency.

JENNA LEVINE sold Accidental Main Character and another title to Kristine Swartz at Berkley via Gaia Banks of Sheil Land Associates.

MEGHAN LE FAY sold Twisted Fates, “a series of interconnected yet standalone dark fairy tale retellings,” and two more books to Meredith Wild at Page & Vine via Diego Harrison of SBR Media.

E.A. NOBLE sold “sapphic dark fantasy” Blessed Be the Fall, following an immortal mermaid and a priestess, to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow.

HAYLEY REESE CHOW’s House of the Chosen, a dark fantasy with a side of romance, went to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow via Kristen Terrette of Martin-Newens Literary Management. Lisa Morris will edit.

HEATHER HEAL’s Crown of Void and Starlight went to Lisa Green at City Owl Press.

H.M. WOLFE resold originally self-published The Book of Cin and Blood Rains Down and sold an untitled third book to Sarah McCabe at Scarlett Press via Angie Ojeda Hazen of Lunar Literary Agency.

NOAH BODIE sold I Think I’m in Love With the Villain’s Son to Lisa Green at City Owl Press.

CHRISTA CARMEN’s Threshing Rock, “in which a pregnant doomsday prepper/influencer discovers her every fear can be banished via a ritual atop a threshing rock,” and another title went to Mika Kasuga at Union Square & Co at auction via Jill Marr of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.

REBECCA MAHONEY’s Otherling, “pitched for fans of Jordan Peele’s Us and Severance,” sold to Olivia Zavitson at Hyperion Avenue via Michaela Whatnall of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.

CARLIE ST. GEORGE sold We Were Meant to Rot, “in which a distraught mother embarks on the last road trip she’ll ever take with the body of her dead daughter,” and another title to Rachel Gilmer at Poisoned Pen Press at auction via Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency.

V. CASTRO sold “erotic horror Latinx novel” Jaguar Nights to Christoph Paul at Clash via Jessica Berg of Rosecliff Literary

ERIK HANSON’s Wake the Mariner, in which an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic inadvertently frees an ancient vampire from its grave, sold to Michael Dolan at Winding Road Stories.

ROBIN BECKER sold “Southern gothic horror” Dear Connie to Dan Franklin at Cemetery Dance via Connor Smith of Hesperides Literary.

WENDY DALRYMPLE sold Liquid Gold, in which a young mother becomes trapped in a cult of lactation specialists, to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow.

SHANNON IVES’s We Have Ruined Each Other with Our Love, “pitched as Lovecraft meets Little House on the Prairie,” went to Alexandra Murphy at Page Street Horror via John Baker of Bell Lomax Moreton Agency.

ARIES AMIAN sold Boycraft, “a Filipino folkloric retelling of Frankenstein through the hands of a trans girl,” to Alexandra Murphy at Page Street Horror.

Mathew L Reyes’s Its Hour Come Round at Last sold to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow. Lisa Morris will edit.

SANDRA BECERRIL sold The Unspeakable to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow. A.L. Garcia will edit.

RAMSEY CAMPBELL sold Embrace the Dark to Don D’Auria at Flame Tree Press via John Jarrold at John Jarrold Literary Agency (world English).

EMILY SHINER sold My Summer Camp Slasher to Ariana Sinclair at William Morrow via Logan Harper of Jane Rotrosen Agency.

DENNIS MAHONEY’s Dear Demon, “about the cat-and-mouse game of a battle-hardened exorcist and the demon desperate to possess her,” sold to Taz Urnov at Hell’s Hundred via Stacia Decker of Dunow, Carlson & Lerner.

STEPHANIE SANDERS-JACOB’s Nothing Gentle Walks Here went to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow. Lisa Morris will edit.

DANE ERBACH’s Skitters sold to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow.

HOLLY HAMMOND’s Doll Eyes sold to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow. Lisa Morris will edit.

SHAWN SELDERS sold Shark Rising to Marcia Markland at Crooked Lane via Jess Gilbert of D4EO Literary Agency.

STACI LAYNE WILSON’s short story collection The World’s Oldest Baby went to Jarret Keene at Dark Wolf.

BLAINE DAIGLE sold The Devil’s Keeper to Rhett Bruno at Wicked House. Andrew Najberg will edit.

AMBER HAMILTON’s “dark academia romantasy Little Mermaid retelling” Three Wicked Lies sold to Mary Kate Castellani at Bloomsbury Children’s via Caitlin Blasdell of Liza Dawson Associates.

LINDSAY RIBAR sold We Brought Her Back, in which a girl resurrects her girlfriend but learns “that the demon who caused her death has hitched a ride back to the land of the living,” to Clare Vaughn at Avon A via Brenda Bowen of The Book Group.

HAILIE KEI’s Tokyo Shadow Games, about a group of teens taken to a parallel Tokyo and forced to compete in a tournament to win a wish from the gods and a chance to go home, went to Lauren Knowles at Page Street Kids via Saffron Dodd of ASH Literary.

ANNA MERCIER’s YA fantasy romance Scatter the Night sold to Carina Licon at Holt Children’s via Michaela Whatnall of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.

BRANDIE JUNE sold “dark gothic Slavic fairy tale” Ruler of the Dead City and an untitled standalone to Tamara Grasty at Page Street Kids in a pre-empt via Connor Smith and Jennifer Pien of Hesperides Literary.

GINA BANKS sold debut novel We Have So Many Problems, “pitched as The Martian but with kissing,” and another title to Ghjulia Romiti at Forever at auction via Joanna MacKenzie of Nelson Literary Agency. UK rights went to Sanah Ahmed at Orion in a pre-empt.

TYLER WEST’s debut novel A Covenant of Starlight sold to Delayna Spencer at Hodderscape via Daisy Arendell of CAA.

IRIS ANDERSI’s debut “cozy fantasy” Potions Unincorporated, “following a chronically ill witch who sells her excess pain management potions to a greedy corporation” until the company pushes her too far, sold to Thaisheemarie Fantauzzi Pérez at Alcove Press via Mara Hollander of Azantian Literary Agency.

NATALIE S. PAGOLA sold debut, “cozy fantasy” The Garden of Otherworldly Delights to Maya Guthrie at Little, Brown in a pre-empt via Andie Smith of Creative Media Agency.

ANNEKE SCHWOB sold debut, “queer fantasy… with a folk horror flavor” and another title to John Morgan at Grand Central and Jenni Hill at Orbit UK in a pre-empt via Martha Perotto-Wills of David Higham Associates. Cassie DeNicola will edit for Grand Central.

LARA SLABBER’s debut, post-apocalyptic romance Zombies to Lovers and another book went to Jess Verdi and Eugenie Szwalek at Afterglow via Saskia Leach of Kate Nash Literary Agency UK.

SOPHIA ZHAO sold debut, supernatural horror Sleeping Beasts and another book to Angelica Chong at Run For It at auction via Paul Lucas of Regal Hoffmann & Associates.

ANDREA ANDERSON’s debut They’ll Eat You Alive sold to Olivia Zavitson at Hyperion Avenue via Aurora Fernandez of Trident Media Group.

LIZ PINTO’s debut Melbourgh Manor, “pitched as The Housemaid meets The Haunting of Bly Manor,” went to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow.

TERI DEDERER’s debut young adult romantic fantasy Feast of Hearts sold to Mallory Kass at Scholastic via Alexandra Machinist of CAA. UK rights sold to Tom Bonnick at Harper Fire.

ADWITIYA CHOWDHURY sold debut romantasy We Burn by Starlight, “inspired by Indian mythology,” to Lauren Knowles at Page Street Kids via Kristina Pérez of Pérez Literary & Entertainment on behalf of Anuj Bahri of Red Ink Literary Agency.

MIA DALIA sold “sapphic horror novella” A Witch to Live to David-Jack Fletcher at Slashic Horror Press.

 

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LIV ZANDER’s previously self-published duology Crown Me Dead and Crown Me Yours resold to Lisa Yoskowitz at Requited at auction via Pete Knapp and Stuti Telidevara of Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management. UK rights went to Kate Byrne at HQ at auction via Safae El-Ouahabi of Rogers, Coleridge & White on behalf of Olivia Malesco at Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management.

GUILLERMO DEL TORO and CHUCK HOGAN resold previously serialized “fairy-tale thriller” The Boy in the Iron Box, “soon to be a Netflix movie,” to Joe Monti at Saga Press via Richard Abate at 3 Arts Entertainment.

B. CELESTE resold Not Another Vampire Romance to Puffin UK on behalf of Kim Ryan of Penguin Young Readers.

 

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LISA GREEN has been promoted to senior editor at City Owl Press.

KIRSIAH DEPP has been promoted to senior editor at Grand Central

 

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Film rights to REBECCA YARROS’s forthcoming Peculiar Stars, “for development as a series,” went to Apple TV in a pre-empt via Weintraub Tobin and Untitled Entertainment on behalf of The Fury Agency. Yarros’s Full Measures Productions will be executive producer.

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