Go Back to School With Queer Dark Academia

DAW BooksThe summer before his sophomore year, Horatio Bithersea walks into the university library to find Carson Hamlett, resident golden boy and master magician, cradling his father’s dead body. A year later, the ghost of Hamlett’s father appears and places a curse on Horatio and Hamlett: avenge his death by destroying Elsinore and its heart, lest the ghost robs them of their minds, memories, and their very souls. Exploring classism, identity, and the true meaning of revolution, this queer, trans retelling is Hamlet as you’ve never read it before. To some people, “Back to School” season means a new backpack, pristine notebooks, and a bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils. But to dark academia readers, it means dark secrets, ancient curses, and teachers who might murder you if you disappoint them. What can we say? We love revisiting our own educational trauma. These queer dark academia books feature forbidden texts, murderous professors, secret societies, unexplained deaths, evil spirits, beasts lurking in the woods, and lots of LGBTQ+ characters. From atmospherically eerie to bloody horrifying, they’ll send chills down your spine before the cool autumnal weather truly arrives. Get...