TMVII | A Midnight Gift Guide

The Midnight Vault has always been a community experiment: what happens when writers choose to lift each other instead of compete? This gift guide is one way we try to give back.

Every purchase goes directly to an author who’s building their work from scratch —often alone, often late at night, always with heart.

Ian Barr
Synthetic Magic is the first volume of The Bloodless Affairs series, featuring a diverse ensemble of characters in a world that blends old magic and new technology seamlessly.
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Andy Futuro
WARNING: When you enter the Hallway, you will not leave unchanged.
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CB Mason | YA Dystopian+Sci-Fi
When fourteen-year-old Tessa Wright’s idyllic life is shattered by a tragic accident that kills her family and forces her to leave the Wilds, she struggles with grief, mysterious memories, and navigating her new life.
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Nissa Harlow
A metaphysical fantasy romp through the stacks of the library… and beyond.
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Pablo Báez
Casey says: An enigmatic sea you’ll drown in and soon realize you don’t really need to swim.
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Hanna Delaney
Meet Daniel Muldoon as he undertakes his first occult detective case for the Liverpool City Police.
EJ Trask says: Atmospheric, Victorian horror with memorable characters and fantastic scares.
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Alex S. Garcia
A magician, an alien mask, thousands of gods… what could possibly go wrong?
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Lancelot Schaubert
After a faulty oil derrick ruins his town’s aquifer, a carpenter takes on an oil company using more and more elaborate practical jokes.
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Jennifer Jorgensen
Under a desert moon, Bella meets the magical Coyhooties—creatures who teach her to listen to the world in a whole new way.
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Tell Me a Mystery
A missing father, a hidden treasure and one fearless New York debutant turned Harvey Girl in 1891.
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Jamie Dibs
Penny Lee, professional honeytrap, finds herself the target–of the Russian mob.
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Emily S Hurricane
The entire Hurricane After Dark backlist in one lovingly-designed hardcover.
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Tamara Casey
For history/politics junkies.
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Ian Patterson
Turns out, a third of the people in this world aren’t conscious - imagine what that knowledge would do to America in 2025. Expertly written literary speculative fiction.
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Ben Wakeman
J. Curtis says: I can’t stop thinking about this book… it feels too close.
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Nancy Waddell
A killer asteroid hurtling towards earth. A telekinetic prodigy facing down the KGB. A swarm of robotic dogs threatening a family farm. Welcome to An Orb Over The Strawberry Moon, a collection of eleven science fiction short stories launching you on a journey beyond the stars.
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Victor Jimenez
A First Contact technothriller where the bad guys will stop at nothing to prevent the recording from getting out.
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William Pauley III
12 of the best short stories I’ve ever written.
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J. Curtis
Shane Bzdok says: A mind-expanding, perception-shifting collection written by a master storyteller.
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David Perlmutter
The history of animation on television, from A to Z.
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A.P. Murphy, et. al.
17 Substack authors answer the question: What if Thanksgiving but mostly horror and very little turkey?
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Asteria Geisterblum
Happy Nielsen says: Everyone Vanishes Eventually is a collection of six unsettling short stories where the familiar slips into something darker
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MM Rossi
A Sucker Punch of Gore and Neomythology.
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Keith Long
Heartwarming fantasy without magic or romance.
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