Sad Girl Bundle

For all the sad girlies out there—ft. Chasing Old Haunts (Jessie Knoles, 2018), In the Bed of Sickness (Francesca Kritikos, 2023), and What Happens When (Kelly Lorraine Andrews, 2024). This three-book bundle is perfect for any fan of sad girl hauntology—these books will punch you in the gut with their intricate universes of melancholy, and you’ll still want to make out with them after.

Jessie Knoles’ CHASING OLD HAUNTS is one part Midwest exorcism, one part millennial castle—all parts haunting. This collection is a diagram of the very things that make us up–cornstalks, loons, shedded eggs, and fidget spinners–dead or alive, inanimate and infinite. Knoles’ poems are foggy fever dreams we can’t stop chasing.

Illustrated by Wazaloo

IN THE BED OF SICKNESS is an infinity mirror of ripening pears, soft white rabbits and calla lilies with pills for seeds. Kritikos masterfully lures us into a bed that reeks of our desires shifted, our bodies morphed, our minds warped by an inertia sucked out. The sparceness of the poems nestle the prose of the title piece which is the perfect treat for any middle. Devour this book, it won’t leave anything on your hands.

Illustrated by Brea Harris

Kelly Lorraine Andrews’ What Happens When is a winding garden of narrow corporate ladders, 2nd grade journal entry wisdoms, pleading purrs, and budding zinnias. Andrews’ poems are transparent, yet offer a lush unfolding—a tenderized plea to the red plastic swings of our nostalgia. This collection combs the hair of each of our adult sorrows with our childhood brushes, and we are transformed because of it. “What happens when/ I get what i want?”—you get a copy of this book.

Illustrated by Eileen Stillwell