Teenage Girls Can Be Demons

Hailey Piper is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, A Light Most Hateful, The Worm and His Kings, No Gods for Drowning, and other books of horror. She is an active member of the Horror Writers Association, with over 100 short stories appearing in various publications. She lives with her wife in Maryland, where their occult rituals are secret. Find her at www.haileypiper.com.

BRAM STOKER AWARD FINALISTPASTE MAGAZINE MOST ANTICIPATED HORROR OF FALL 2025A SPLATTERPUNK AWARD NOMINEELegitimately scary and off-putting, not just fun. Piper knows what she’s doing, and she does it so, so well.—The New York TimesTeenage Girls does for young women what Joel Lane did for disaffected urbanites in The Lost District, stories of modern horrors faced by women anchored to the real world just enough to make them truly disturbing.—ReactorWith stories that run the gamut from rollicking and brutal to emotional and devastating, Teenage Girls Can Be Demons is sure to be a standout collection in 2025. Check out this fabulous and fearsome book as soon as you can.—Gwendolyn Kiste, Three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens and The Haunting of VelkwoodWith a delicious focus on rage and transformation, Hailey Piper’s second collection offers up tales that are as bold as they are beautiful. From societal pressures to complex and intimate bonds, Piper’s stories explore multifaceted characters who are unafraid to be loud and vicious. There is a refreshing grittiness to these stories where characters deal with some of life’s harshest lessons. Piper’s ability to dive into the gooey substance that makes humans both fascinating and horrifying is such a marvelous strength. A demonically good time that you don’t want to miss!—Sara Tantlinger, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Devil’s DreamlandTeenage Girls Can Be Demons simmers and crackles with rage. More than just a dark and fantastic collection, these stories are a guide for survival and fighting back against a world intent on doing harm.—A. C. Wise, author of Out of the Drowning DeepTeenage Girls Can Be Demons is Hailey Piper at her best. In a publishing world where the novel reigns supreme, here a collection is the only way to really get to know the multiplicity of Piper's work. Harrowing, scary, and raw, most often all in the same story, with topics that range from the surreal, to the nostalgic, to the all-too-real. Terrific.—Adam Cesare, Bram Stoker Award winning, USA Today bestselling author of Clown in a Cornfield and InfluencerNobody writes grounded cosmic horror like Hailey Piper. That might seem like a contradiction in terms, but read these thirteen wild—and wildly different—tales and get a taste of just how Piper can twist you into otherworldly shapes while still reminding you of your essential, heartbreaking humanity.—Nat Cassidy, bestselling author of When the Wolf Comes Home and MaryPowerful, wickedly clever, and deeply intimate, Hailey Piper delivers a searing and entertaining anthology that speaks to the female rage of becoming. Delightfully and thoughtfully drawn.—Dawn Kurtagich, bestselling author of The ThornsPiper’s imagination is one of the most potent in the horror space right now.—Paste MagazineThe perfect nail-biting read for the Halloween season.—Book RiotA fierce collection of women-centered horror that explores the different ways in which girlhood and growing up can be terrifying but also empowering. Recommended for fans of Gwendolyn Kiste and Mariana Enriquez.—Library Journal, starred reviewThe diverse cast of heroines and genuinely chilling scares make this a winner for anyone looking for feminist horror that is weird, surreal, and driven by more than a touch of rebellion. –Publishers WeeklyA winning collection of stories that will enthrall, scare and make you wince—Bloody Flicks