I'll Make A Spectacle of You

Beatrice Winifred Iker

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ORBIT USA
20 January 2026

Thriller & suspense; Horror & ghost stories; Horror

This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the nation. But as one student is about to find out, a long history comes with a legacy of secrets.

Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad student in her dream program, Appalachian Studies, at Bricksbury University. When her thesis advisor hands her a strange diary and suggests she research the local folklore about a beast roaming the woods surrounding campus, Zora finds a community uneager to talk to an outsider.

As she delves into the history of the beast, she uncovers a rumored secret society called the Keepers that has tenuous ties to the beast...and Bricksbury itself. Zora soon finds herself plagued by visions of the past, and her grip on reality starts to slip as she struggles to uncover what is real and what is folklore. But when a student goes missing, Zora starts to wonder if the Keepers ever really disbanded.

There's something in the woods and it has its eyes on Zora.

By: Beatrice Winifred Iker
Imprint: ORBIT USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 206mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9780316575249
ISBN 10: 0316575240
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 20 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Beatrice Winifred Iker (eye-kurr) (they/them) is a poet, author, and tarot reader from Southern Appalachia. Beatrice is a co-host of the Afronauts Podcast, which discusses and uplifts Black speculative fiction. They are a Voodoonauts Fellow, an Active Member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), and mentored in the Write Team and Queery Fest mentorship programs. Beatrice is an Ignyte and Rhysling Award finalist.

Reviews for I'll Make A Spectacle of You

""Steeped in Southern folklore and religious traditions, this gothic debut examines the cost of protection, the strength of belief, and the bloody truth that hides in the past of even the safest of havens. Beatrice Winifred Iker is a phenomenal new voice in horror."" --Kamilah Cole, Lodestar Award finalist and bestselling author of the Divine Traitors duology