Fawn's Blood
  • Published: 14 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9781644214701
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $45.00

Fawn's Blood

A Novel

  • Hal Schrieve
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16 Sep 2025
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14 Oct 2025
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Vampires, vampire slayers, and a bloodthirsty underground resistance converge in a campy YA fantasy about being a queer teen in a world that wishes they did not exist.

The librarian and critically acclaimed author of Out of Salem puts a pulpy spin on vampire fiction, and bites back at anti-trans moral panic.

Vampires, vampire slayers, and a bloodthirsty underground resistance converge in a campy YA fantasy about being a queer teen in a world that wishes they did not exist.

The librarian and critically acclaimed author of Out of Salem puts a pulpy spin on vampire fiction, and bites back at anti-trans moral panic.

Fawn and Silver share nearly everything: coming out together as trans in their small Maryland town, clocking a copious number of hours in detention, and spending their sleepovers secretly making out. They’re also uniquely obsessed with vampires, who are being hunted, imprisoned, and executed for the danger they allegedly pose to human life.

Meanwhile in Seattle, Rachel's relationship to her girlfriend and her membership in her mother's vampire-slaying vigilante group is thrown into question when she's bitten by her mother's nemesis and awakes with a craving for blood. When Silver disappears and Fawn goes west in search of him, her and Rachel’s fates converge, both falling into the hands of Cain, an edgelord vampire known for his proselytizing for the drinking of human blood.

But in discovering hidden tunnels and secret bars, youth shelters and punk shows and safe houses, Fawn find herself in the middle of a vampire underground in Seattle—an organized resistance keeping each other alive through a network of blood distribution and protection from slayers.

Fawn’s Blood is a timely antidote to the anti-trans moral panic of today. Playing with tropes about monstrousness, predation, and villainy, this multi-voiced vampire novel offers a paranormal YA fantasy full of complicated queer characters—human and monster alike—all of whom are simply trying to survive in a world that wants them dead.
  • Published: 14 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9781644214701
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $45.00
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Praise for Fawn's Blood

Praise for Out of Salem:

"Tension burns hot until the explosive conclusion, which begs for a sequel. On fire with magic and revolution." —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"Shrieve . . . provides incisive social commentary via monster-tale tropes. Any reader who has felt it necessary to hide their true identity will find strong characters to connect with in this fun, powerful story." —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"Out of Salem is the best urban fantasy I've ever read. . . . this book should set a new standard in the genre. Terrifying, beautiful, exhilarating." —April Daniels, author of The Nemesis trilogy

Praise for How To Get Over the End of the World:

"No one writes the contemporary teen voice better than Hal Schrieve."
—Colleen AF Venable, author of the National Book Award Longlisted Kiss Number 8


“I’ve never read such a raw depiction and reflection of my trans and queer identities, and I’m beyond excited for young readers who’ll get to read this book and feel seen by Hal’s words. Simply magical. Very gay.”
—Kacen Callender, author of the National Book Award-winning King and the Dragonflies and the bestselling novel Felix Ever After

"Schrieve’s zingy dialogue shines, and the novel’s punk-rock energy makes the many discussions of gender and sexuality feel punchy and vital." —Publishers Weekly

Praise for Out of Salem:

"Tension burns hot until the explosive conclusion, which begs for a sequel. On fire with magic and revolution." —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"Shrieve . . . provides incisive social commentary via monster-tale tropes. Any reader who has felt it necessary to hide their true identity will find strong characters to connect with in this fun, powerful story." —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"Out of Salem is the best urban fantasy I've ever read. . . . this book should set a new standard in the genre. Terrifying, beautiful, exhilarating." —April Daniels, author of The Nemesis trilogy

Praise for How To Get Over the End of the World:

"No one writes the contemporary teen voice better than Hal Schrieve."
—Colleen AF Venable, author of the National Book Award Longlisted Kiss Number 8


“I’ve never read such a raw depiction and reflection of my trans and queer identities, and I’m beyond excited for young readers who’ll get to read this book and feel seen by Hal’s words. Simply magical. Very gay.”
—Kacen Callender, author of the National Book Award-winning King and the Dragonflies and the bestselling novel Felix Ever After

"Schrieve’s zingy dialogue shines, and the novel’s punk-rock energy makes the many discussions of gender and sexuality feel punchy and vital." —Publishers Weekly