Bunny

Samantha Heather Mackey, an outsider in her highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University, finds herself repelled by her cliquish cohort of wealthy, twee rich girls who all refer to each other as "Bunny." Preferring the solitude of her dark imagination to their company, Samantha's world takes an unsettling turn when she unexpectedly receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon." Drawn into their bizarre and saccharine orbit, she ditches her only friend, Ava, and plunges deeper into the Bunnies' world. As Samantha begins to participate in their ritualistic off-campus "Workshop," where they conjure monstrous creations, the boundaries of reality and fantasy become dangerously blurred. The novel descends into a twisted, down-the-rabbit-hole narrative where friendship, desire, imagination, and the sinister undercurrents of academia collide in a darkly humorous and ultimately terrifying way, forcing Samantha to confront the true nature of her new companions and the potential costs of belonging.