Jo Salazar’s If We Survive the Night started out as The Dead Weight, released by the author herself, and arrives from Sourcebooks Fire in 2026. In this interview, the YA zombie writer talks about building a protagonist you follow but never trust, writing institutional damage without a diagnosis, and why Quinn will never get the redemption arc readers keep waiting for.
Dani Soncasie on Blood of the Forsaken: Amish Vampires and Grief
Dani Soncasie talks about Blood of the Forsaken, the vampire graphic novel built from her first novel, One Foot in Darkness. She explains where the Amish vampires came from, how grief for her younger brother reshaped the story, and why depth matters more to her than subverting expectations.



