THE KIDS CAME BACK WRONG

Bloomsbury
Fall 2027


A class trip to the park. 19 kids vanished. 13 came back.

A YA horror anthology for fans of Weapons and Stranger Things, following a group of teens who disappeared in the woods on a school trip as kids and came back changed in ways they can’t describe, featuring interconnected stories from Ana Hurtado, Andrew Joseph White, Trang Thanh Tran, P.H. Low, Allison Saft, Mark Oshiro, Kylie Lee Baker, Aden Polydoros, H.E. Edgmon, Zoe Hana Mikuta, Tigest Girma, Joelle Wellington, and Wen-yi Lee.


the kids

MANU | Ana Hurtado

TRINH | Trang Thanh Tran

SHRIKE | Andrew Joseph White

OLIVIA | Allison Saft

REIKO | Kylie Lee Baker

QUENCY | Mark Oshiro

TUCKER | Aden Polydoros

SILAS | H.E. Edgmon

SAWYER | Zoe Hana Mikuta

CAIO | P.H. Low

FEVEN | Tigest Girma

ALLEGRA | Joelle Wellington

POSEY | Wen-yi Lee