Recs if you like Dead Voices ...

A collection of slightly dark, spooky, or existential books for children whose imaginary friend just might have been a ghost, who fantasized about being an orphan, or who would have appreciated the Well for Sensitive Boys to gaze into. A mix of titles from my millennial childhood with some newer additions.

It's always there just oozing into every part of the story

Horror (and horror adjacent) books with weird/creepy kids and teenagers