The Dancing Bears showcases eleven darkly speculative tales of the queer and uncanny from talented author Rob Costello. This debut collection features young queer characters grappling with love and desire in a heartless world hurtling toward the abyss. A lost boy under the spell of a seductive killer suffers the sting of betrayal while on the hunt for fresh blood.

A misanthrope obsessed with death carries on a torrid affair with the malevolent spirit haunting the house in his favorite novel. The dead son of an abusive horror novelist returns from the grave to tell his father what really happened the night he died. At a Hollywood party, an ex-child star desperate for a comeback meets a sinister stranger who reveals the terrible price of attaining his heart's desire. A headstrong girl determined to seduce her ex-boyfriend discovers what being trapped in the closet really means.