It Looks Like You in the Dark by Zeller, Mathilda
It Looks Like You in the Dark by Zeller, Mathilda

It Looks Like You in the Dark

It Looks Like You in the Dark is a propulsive Indigenous horror debut, expertly blending Alaskan Native...
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Author: Mathilda Zeller
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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It Looks Like You in the Dark by Zeller, Mathilda

It Looks Like You in the Dark

$33.58
It Looks Like You in the Dark by Zeller, Mathilda

It Looks Like You in the Dark

$33.58
Author: Mathilda Zeller
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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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.

Author: Mathilda Zeller
Publisher: Tor Nightfire
Published: 10/13/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.62w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9781250402035


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2026
Publishers Weekly 09/14/2026

About the Author

Mathilda Zeller writes horror and fantasy. Her short story, "Kushtuka," which was the foundation for this novel, is the first in the bestselling anthology of dark Indigenous fiction, Never Whistle At Night. Mathilda's 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 the author's resilient great-grandmothers.
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