We Mostly Come Out at Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures
“Rob Costello's editorial debut unites queer and trans authors in a gloriously layered collection celebrating richly voiced and refreshingly diverse LGBTQ+ teens facing frightening yet freeing entities from without and within. Here, monstrousness and magic parallel that which society fears - queerness, asexuality, trans lives - and through transformations both tiny and tremendous, teens enduring discrimination show how amazing they can be.”
Luminous Wings, Pure Hearts, Sharp Teeth . . .
Bringing fresh blood to traditional monster stories, We Mostly Come Out at Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures is a cross-genre YA anthology that reclaims the monstrous for the LGBTQA+ community, offering bold, transformative queer tales of exploration, first love, resilience, and empowerment.
Featuring original and familiar beasties from myth, folklore, and urban legend, and written exclusively by queer and trans authors, each creepy and compelling story highlights a different creature — including Mothman, Carabosse, a girl with thirteen shadows, a living house, werebeasts, gorgons, sirens, angels, and many others — to celebrate queerness and the things that (mostly) go bump in the night!
Illustrations by James Fenner / Design by Frances Soo Ping Chow
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