CONTENT WARNINGS

• body horror

• self harm

• death/harm of a child

• gore/violence

Vanessa Aguirre at Wednesday Books has acquired, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, Until the Last Light Goes Out by Courtney Gould (What the Woods Took), a YA horror pitched as a "Miami Gothic" where in order to save her best friend, the daughter of an infamous massacre survivor must go into the abandoned, neon-lit island resort where her mother's high school classmates were mysteriously murdered, only to discover something far more sinister lying in wait. Publication is planned for fall 2026; Claire Friedman and Jessica Mileo at InkWell Management sold North American rights.