It Looks Like You in the Dark

Zeller, Mathilda

ISBN 10: 1250402034 / ISBN 13: 9781250402035

Published by Tom Doherty Associates/ TOR, New York NY, 2026

About this Item

This is a propulsive Indigenous horror debut, expertly blending Alaskan Native folklore and supernatural thrills.Amazon. This copy is a limited printing ARC (Advanced Review Copy) paperback with a bright cover wrap in as new condition scheduled for release 08/2026.The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: It Looks Like You in the Dark
• Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates/ TOR, New York NY
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250402034
• ISBN 13: 9781250402035
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

It Looks Like You in the Dark is a propulsive Indigenous horror debut, expertly blending Alaskan Native folklore and supernatural thrills, from Mathilda Zeller, author of the acclaimed short story "Kushtuka" featured in the bestselling horror anthology, Never Whistle at Night.

The only people who know are the people who have gone. Those people no longer have throats to tell us.

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 rare earths 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 is a fast-paced, grab-you-by-the-throat story about love, loyalty, and all the fearsome monsters that emerge when we turn our backs on the land and each other.

About the Author

Mathilda Zeller writes horror and fantasy. She is of Inuit descent and her family and roots extend deep into the Kobuk River Valley, which inspires and informs her writing. Mathilda Zeller is a pen name, honoring two of her resilient great-grandmothers.