PRE-ORDER What Appears in the Dark · Pete Kelly

For those who have always felt more at home among monsters.

Releasing October 25, 2026 Step into a shadowed world of vampires, werewolves, ghosts, haunted forests, and old mysteries in this collection of darkly beautiful gothic poetry.

Beneath the supernatural imagery, however, something deeply human is stirring. These poems explore loneliness, longing, alienation, desire, and the strange comfort of finding yourself among the outcasts. Here, monsters are not merely things to fear. They are mirrors for the parts of ourselves that live beyond the edges of ordinary life.

Rich with gloomy atmosphere, Old-World dread, and moments of haunting tenderness, this collection is for readers who find beauty in darkness and kinship with the creatures who dwell there.

Come closer. The outcasts have been waiting for you.

Pete Kelly is a poet and one time voice of the band Gothamistic. He has been a horror fan since birth, so he says. Was a regular contributor of poetry videos to YouTube show Cake and Hyperbull. He works as a shipwright when not puddle watching. Find him on Instagram as splatz007. A Pushcart nominee for the poem "Walk in the woods." An Elgin award nominee for What Appears in the Dark. Currently coming to the end of a two and a half year journey as poet in residence for the Dracula Society.