So Witches We Became

For high school senior Nell and her friends, a spring break trip to a private island off Florida sounds like a dream, until Nell's secrets fuse with the island's own tragic history and trap them all in a curse: a toxic, vengeful mist choking the island and an unseen, devouring beast in the surrounding water.

To save herself and her friends, Nell has to confront memories she's spent a year burying, including the truth behind the assault that changed her, all while her friends' own hidden secrets threaten to make everything worse.

Jill Baguchinsky, drawing on her experience surviving Hurricane Irma, writes a queer horror novel about female friendship, storm surge, and reclaiming power after trauma.