What Rides at Night: Queer, Feminist, Fantastical Bicycle Halloween Stories

When the veil thins, the bicycle revolution rises. Thirteen new, original, spooky stories for the thirteenth volume the series! Gather ’round, ghoulfriends, and peer into this enchanting collection of ghost stories, tall tales, and feminist fictions simmering with cyclist power. This monster mashup of thirteen queer and quirky stories grants us a glimpse into the world beyond this one, where community, creativity, and bike culture reign--a world where DIY zombies start a monster zine collective to fight their oppression by ＂normals,＂ time moves backwards as bones are covered again with flesh, cryptids defend fellow outcasts from bullying, and teen crushes take an otherwordly (though not unwelcome!) turn. Whether shared with your feminist book club, passed around the Halloween house show, or read alone on a dark and stormy night, each story is a spell, reanimating the land of the living with more fun, imagination, and bike rides. Featuring original stories from Elly Bangs, Jessie Kwak, Nell Hanson, Mildred Locke, Kortney Nash, Dawn Vogel, N. Anaar, Erin Cullen, Grace Desmarais, Kay Hanifen, Siri Caldwell, Summer Jewel Keown, and Valerie Hunter.

Summer Jewel Keown is co-editor of the anthology Non-Stalgia, and the author of short stories published in Written with Pride, Kiss Your Darlings, CATS: Cycling Across Time & Space, and Bikes Not Rockets, among others. She also writes queer romance under the name Sofi Keren, including the collection Heartlocked Witches of the Midwest and the novels False Starts & Artichoke Hearts and Painted Over. Elly Blue is a co-owner and the vice president of Microcosm Publishing, and the co-host of the People’s Guide to Publishing podcast. Her books include Everyday Bicycling and Bikenomics, and she is the editor of the annual Bikes in Space anthology of feminist bicycle science fiction. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her partner, their dog, and a small fleet of cargo bicycles.