These Dreaming Spires

A Dark Academia Anthology

By: Marie O'Regan - editor, Paul Kane - editor

Narrated by: Ri Paige, David Colacci

A NEW SEMESTER BEGINS

A beguiling, sinister collection of twelve 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, and Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.

©2025 Introduction copyright 2025 by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane; Tallow's Cove copyright 2025 by Erica Waters; Utilities copyright 2025 by Genevieve Cogman; Destroying Angel 2025 by Jamison Shea; Within the Loch copyright 2025 by Elspeth Wilson; Advanced Dissection copyright 2025 by Taylor Grothe; God, Needy, Enough with the Screaming copyright 2025 by Olivia Blake; Poisoned Pawn copyright 2025 by De Elizabeth; Open Book copyright 2025 by Kit Mayquist; A Short List of Impossible Things copyright 2025 by Faridah Abike-Iyimide; The Harrowing of Lucas Mortier copyright by M.K. Lobb; The Coventry School for the Arts copyright Ariel Djanikan; The Magpies copyright by Kate Alice Marshall (P)2025 Tantor Media