These Dreaming Spires
A Dark Academia Anthology

On the introduction, the curators expressed the want to further explore the dark academia subgenre and take it to lengths it hasn't been before. And that they did. In These Hallowed Halls we have a wide variety of short stories, varying from your run-of-the-mill suspicious murder in an academic sett......more

Thank you so much Titan Books for the arc! This might be my favorite anthology ever! There wasn’t one story I didn’t like! A quick summary of all the stories: 🥈Tallow‘s Cove: 5/5 * Chronic illness * Haunted abandoned chapel * Academic researcher fmc I loved it, wished it would be a full length novel! Utili......more

Honestly, most of these fell flat and boring But Ariel Djanikian's one was a 5 for me so that's why I'm not giving this whole thing a 2......more

I throughly enjoyed this collection of short stories and would love to read more works from the authors included! The three standout stories for me personally were: Advanced Dissection by Taylor Grothe Poisoned Pawn by De Elizabeth The Magpies by Kate Alice Marshall I really liked that this anthology w......more

Most of this anthology fell flat for me (as anthologies unfortunately seem to do for me) but there were a few standouts! Here are my brief thoughts on each story: Tallow's Cove by Erica Waters - 4 stars Intriguing, and I liked the ending, but it didn't captivate me throughout. Utilities by Genevieve C......more