COMING SOON
DEAD BOYS CLUB | SEPT 15, 2026
Zach doesn’t really want to die–he just wants high school to suck a little less. He made a plan. Memorized the train schedule. Even stood on the tracks. But he didn’t go through with it, so now he’s facing senior year with zero friends, maximum awkwardness, and a suicide note still crumpled in his backpack like the world’s worst safety blanket. The last person Zach expects to connect with is brooding loner Parker Reid. But when Parker accidentally discovers Zach’s note, the two discover they have a painful secret in common. They form the Dead Boys Club, and suddenly Zach has an unlikely ally who’s even messier than he is. Between panic attacks and late-night emails, school plays and roadtrips, the two start to figure out that living is different than just surviving. When Parker’s parents threaten to send him away, he and Zach are forced to admit–with the help of a ragtag friend group that neither of them saw coming–that maybe, just maybe, there are things worth sticking around for. This is a young adult romance about the terrifying, life-saving possibility of letting someone in.
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Praise for DEAD BOYS CLUB
“Cress’ debut is an earnest, careful examination of loneliness and mental illness. Zach’s narrative is alternately heartbreaking and hope-filled… A poignant look at serious adolescent mental health issues, told with a lot of heart.” – Kirkus Reviews
IN A WEEK | SPRING 2027
So much can change in seven days.
Marcus has always been the star athlete his family expects him to be, but there’s more to him than football. When his teacher encourages him to enter a writing contest, he can’t stop thinking about what it’d be like to let himself do something he truly loves.
Eli has spent his whole life traveling with the Hutch Family Carnival, dreaming of the day he can stay somewhere long enough to call it home. College scholarship applications are due soon, but his parents will be heartbroken if they learn he wants out of the family business.
When Eli’s carnival rolls into Marcus’s small town, the two boys collide in a burst of glittering lights, cotton candy, and surprising chemistry. But with a serious storm brewing on the horizon and the carnival pulling up stakes in a week, is this really the time to fall for someone?
IN A WEEK is a queer YA love story about one week that changes everything.
R.M Cress 