These Dreaming Spires: A Dark Academia Anthology
By (Author) Paul Kane
By (author) Marie O'Regan
By (author) Olivie Blake
By (author) Genevieve Cogman
By (author) M. K. Lobb
Titan Books Ltd
Titan Books Ltd
2nd January 2026
2nd September 2025
United Kingdom
Hardback
368
Width 152mm, Height 234mm, Spine 55mm
255g
Genevieve Cogman has previously worked as a freelance roleplaying game writer. Her hobbies include patchwork, beading, knitting and gaming, and she lives in the north of England. She is best known for the Invisible Library series of books.
A NEW SEMESTER BEGINS
A beguiling, sinister collection of 12 more dark academia short stories from masters of the genre, including Olivie Blake, Genevieve Cogman, MK Lobb and more!
Twelve original dark academia stories from bestselling thriller writers imagine darkened libraries, exclusive elite schools, looming Gothic towers, charismatic professors, illicit affairs, the tang of autumn in the air and the rivalries and obsessions that lead to murder.
Featuring stories from:
Olivie Blake
Genevieve Cogman
Ariel Djanikian
Elspeth Wilson
MK Lobb
Jamison Shea
Kate Alice Marshall
Erica Waters
De Elizabeth
Taylor Grothe
Kit Mayquist
Faridah bk-ymd
Praise for Olivie Blake
"Lethally smart. Filled with a cast of brilliantly realized characters, each entangled with one another in torturously delicious ways" CHLOE GONG
"As much a delicious contest of wit, will, and passion as it is of magic, this book is half mystery, half puzzle, and wholly a delight." HOLLY BLACK
Marie ORegan is a British Fantasy Award-nominated writer and editor of horror and dark fantasy fiction. She is the author of four collections, Mirror Mere, Bury Them Deep, In Times of Want and Other Stories and The Last Ghost and Other Stories, and her anthologies include Hellbound Hearts, The Mammoth Book of Body Horror, Carnivale: Dark Tales From the Fairground, The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women, Phantoms, Exit Wounds and Wonderland. She is Co-Chair of the UK chapter of the Horror Writers Association and lives in Derbyshire, UK. She tweets @Marie_O_Regan Olivie Blake is the pseudonym of Alexene Farol Follmuth, a writer based out of Los Angeles, CA. She is the author of multiple novels, anthologies, graphic novels, and film scripts, including the internationally bestselling THE ATLAS SIX from Tor Books, Genevieve Cogman has previously worked as a freelance roleplaying game writer. Her hobbies include patchwork, beading, knitting and gaming, and she lives in the north of England. She is best known for the Invisible Library series of books.