Book cover for Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight by Kalynn Bayron, Alex Brown, Vanessa Montalban, Rebecca Kim Wells, Kosoko Jackson, Trang Thanh Tran, Maya Gittelman, Em X. Liu, Shelly Page, Tara Sim, Ayida Shonibar, Ryan Douglass and Sara Farizan
2023 Released
320 Pages
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Wednesday BooksISBN 9781250892973

Night of the Living Queers is a YA horror anthology that explores a night when anything is possible, exclusively featuring queer authors of color putting fresh spins on classic horror tropes and tales.

No matter its name or occasion, Halloween is more than a Hallmark holiday, it’s a symbol of transformation. NIGHT OF THE LIVING QUEERS is a YA horror anthology that explores how Halloween can be more than just candies and frights, but a night where anything is possible. Each short story is told through the lens of a different BIPOC teen and the Halloween night that changes their lives forever. Creative, creepy, and queer, this collection brings fresh terror, heart, and humor to young adult literature.

Contributors include editors Alex Brown and Shelly Page, Kalynn Bayron, Ryan Douglass, Sara Farizan, Maya Gittelman, Kosoko Jackson, Em Liu, Vanessa Montalban, Ayida Shonibar, Tara Sim, Trang Thanh Tran, and Rebecca Kim Wells.

Alex Brown

Alex Brown is the International No. 1 bestselling author of twelve books including the hugely popular Carrington’s series, The Great Christmas Knit Off, The Great Village Show, The Secret of Orchard Cottage and A Postcard from Italy. Her uplifting books are published worldwide and have been translated into twenty languages. She lives by the sea in
South East England with her husband, daughter and two very glossy black Labradors.

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Vanessa Montalban

Miami-born Vanessa Montalban channels her wanderlust for far-off worlds into writing young adult fiction, includingThese Vengeful Wishes, The Beautiful Heir, and A Tall Dark Trouble, winner of a Florida Book Award in the YA category. She’s a first-generation college graduate and is hard at work creating a collection of stories. Her work has appeared in Diabolical Plots and Entropy magazine.

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Rebecca Kim Wells

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Kosoko Jackson

Kosoko Jackson is the Lambda Literary Award–winning author of the USA Today bestseller The Forest Demands Its Due, as well as two other young adult novels, Survive the Dome and Yesterday is History. He also writes adult books, including The Macabre (Harper), I'm (So) Not Over You, and A Dash of Salt and Pepper. He lives in New Jersey. Visit him at kosokojackson.com.

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Trang Thanh Tran

Trang Thanh Tran is the author of She Is a Haunting, a William C. Morris Debut Award finalist and an instant New York Times bestseller, and They Bloom at Night. They write speculative stories with big emotions about food, belonging and the Vietnamese diaspora. They grew up in a big family in Philadelphia, then abandoned degrees in sociology and public health to tell stories in Georgia. When not writing, they can be found over-caffeinating on iced coffee and watching zombie movies. Connect with them on Instagram @nvtran_ or their website www.trangthanhtran.com.

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Em X. Liu

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Shelly Page

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Ryan Douglass

Ryan Douglass is a queer author and poet from Atlanta, Georgia. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Taking of Jake Livingston, and his short fiction appears in All These Sunken Souls and Night of the Living Queers. His poetry is featured in Poemhood: Our Black Revival and He/She/They/Us. When he’s not writing, he’s probably baking something sweet or making a playlist for a story he hasn’t written yet.

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Sara Farizan

SARA FARIZAN lives near Boston, Massachusetts. She is an MFA graduate of Lesley University and holds a BA in film and media studies from American University.

TWITTER: @SaraFarizan

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