These Dreaming Spires: A Dark Academia Anthology

COMING SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

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. Pre-Order today!

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Tripping Arcadia

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Tasked to assist the Verdeau family doctor and their ill but poetic adult heir, Jonathan, Lena chronicles her nights spent working overtime to hide the Verdeaus' self-destructive tendencies both at home in Boston, and at their Gilded Age mansion, Arrow's Edge — That is until she discovers the Verdeau are the one's responsible for her family's financial struggles, and the firing of her father six months prior.

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...where Donna Tartt meets Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers. Kit Mayquist weaves a world as alluring and dangerous as an arcane poison.
LYNDALL CLIPSTONE, LAKESEDGE

Gory and glittering, Tripping Arcadia is a classic in the making.
HANNAH WHITTEN, Best Selling Author of FOR THE WOLF

Mayquist's deft ability to craft deliciously atmospheric tension, combined with his compelling, lyrical language made Tripping Arcadia a knockout powerhouse of a book I simply couldn't put down until I'd breathlessly inhaled it all.
R.H. HERRON, HUSH LITTLE BABY

Come for the revenge plot, stay for the budding queer romance.
COSMOPOLITAN

About

Kit Mayquist is a queer mystery author living in New England where he loves finding new ways to explore the dark and beautiful side of nature and the shadows of American history. He has a Master's degree in Medieval History from the University of Iceland and remains an active student for all things strange and bizarre. His debut novel, Tripping Arcadia, was published in 2022 by Dutton/Penguin Random House and has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Buzzfeed and Belletrist.

He is represented by Tara Gilbert at KT Literary.

For Film/TV please contact Will Watkins at Creative Artists Agency.

Portrait photo of Kit Mayquist with a light gray background. He has light brown hair, blue eyes and fair skin.