Next month's theme is queer, dark and spooky.

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In Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews, high school senior Andrew Perrault finds solace in writing dark fairytales, tethered to reality only by his best friend, Thomas Rye. But when Thomas’s abusive parents mysteriously vanish and he arrives at school with bloodstained sleeves, Andrew grows increasingly concerned. As Thomas withdraws and stops sketching his usual macabre monsters, Andrew discovers a horrifying truth—Thomas’s creations have come to life and are killing those close to him. Bound by love and desperation, the boys battle these nightmares each night, but as their connection deepens, so does the danger. Andrew soon realizes that stopping the creatures may mean destroying the very boy he’d do anything to protect.

In Evocation by S.T. Gibson, David Aristarkhov, a powerful medium and Boston attorney, has spent his life escaping the shadow of his oppressive occultist father. But when the Devil comes to collect on an ancestral deal, David’s days are numbered. Desperate to save himself, he turns to his ex-boyfriend—and secret society rival—Rhys, but reaching him means going through Rhys’s wife, Moira. As the three navigate old wounds, buried emotions, and the looming threat of damnation, they must untangle their complicated history before time runs out and the Devil claims David forever.

In Hearts Still Beating by Brooke Archer, seventeen-year-old Mara, once infected with a virus that turned her into a monster, is cured and sent to an experimental resettlement program—only to find herself living with Rory, the best friend she hasn’t seen since the world ended and their first and only kiss. Still grieving her sister and struggling with an injury, Rory isn’t sure she can trust Mara, even if she’s no longer a Tick. As tensions rise on their isolated island and old feelings resurface, the girls must confront their past and the dangers that still lurk, or risk losing each other all over again.