Welcome to a new cover reveal!

Today we have the pleasure of helping spread the word about the cover of It Looks Like You in the Dark, a new horror novel written by Mathilda Zeller, published by Tor Books.

Let's take a look at the blurb:

It Looks Like You in the Dark is a propulsive, grab-you-by-the-throat, Indigenous horror debut, by Mathilda Zeller, that expertly blending folklore and supernatural chills to explore all the fearsome monsters that emerge when we turn our backs on the land and each other.

Tapeesa is newly out of high school and working in a fish processing plant in the Inupiat village, Chukchi, where she’s lived her whole life. Maybe that’s why people tend to assume she isn’t that bright―or maybe her mama is right and she does have bad blood. Either way, she knows the legend, and she knows the history. Her Ahna told her that the hungry creature―the kushtuka―appears to us in the form of someone we love. It will try to get us to follow it. Follow it where? Those who have gone no longer have throats to tell us.

The Kobuk River Valley of remote Alaska draws greedy white men time and time again. But whenever they come, death comes too. This time the white men are here for the long term, to create an open pit, a lead mine just north of the village. When her sister Esther goes missing, Tapeesa will do anything to get her back. Seeking justice, Tapeesa must track down the kidnapper in the darkening Arctic. What awaits beyond the warmth of her village is more horrible than she could imagine and closer to her than she knows.

It Looks Like You In the Dark will be published the October 13th, 2026.

You can already pre-order it at this link.

Time for the cover!

In this post:

Mathilda Zeller

Mathilda Zeller is also a writer of stories, a reader of books, and a drinker of herbal teas.

She has lived in 18 cities across the United States and Europe.

She has seen a lot of really wild stuff, including:

Goat slaughter, the northern lights, desert lightning storms, and a half dozen children leaving her body.

Her work has appeared in Bottle Rockets, and The Claremont Review, and Mermaids Monthly.

Her debut novel, The Revenge of Bridget Cleary, has been nominated for the 2022 Whitney Awards.