Anthologies are the sampler platter of the bookish world in my opinion. They are perfect for both readers potentially interested in a theme or genre and for readers who know they love it!

In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane contains the following short stories:
1000 Ships by Kate Weinberg
Pythia by Olivie Blake
Sabbatical by James Tate Hill
The Hare and the Hound by Kelly Andrew
X House by J.T. Ellison
The Ravages by Layne Fargo
Four Funerals by David Bell
The Unknowable Pleasures by Susie Yang
Weekend at Bertie’s by M.L. Rio
The Professor of Ontography by Helen Grant
Phobos by Tori Bovalino
Playing by Phoebe Wynne