Welcome to Dorley Hall

What if the only way to fix toxic masculinity were to erase it entirely?

‘A morally complex and deeply humane novel that uses society’s biggest fears about gender to explore fundamental questions about how it affects us all’ Ray Stoeve

Mark Vogel is like the older brother Stefan never had, but one day he disappears without a trace. A year later, after encountering a woman who looks near-identical to Mark, Stefan becomes obsessed. He finds that dozens of young men have disappeared over the years, many of them students at the Royal College of Saint Almsworth, and most of them troubled or unruly. Why are students going missing? Who are these women who bear striking resemblances to them? And what is their connection to the selective student accommodation on the edge of campus, Dorley Hall?

Stefan starts studying at Saint Almsworth for one reason and one reason only: to find out exactly what happened to the women who live at Dorley Hall, and to get it to happen to him, too.

An electrifying début by Alyson Greaves, Welcome to Dorley Hall is an intense exploration of gender and society that will appeal to readers of Torrey Peters, Imogen Binnie and Gretchen Felker-Martin.

‘Greaves has developed an ethics on fantasy, self-creation, and authority that only a trans woman could have come up with, all while telling a story so intimate and psyche-gripping I had to remind myself to breathe’ Torrey Peters

‘There’s much to admire in this provocative blend of fairy tale and horror . . . Greaves deserves credit for crafting such a unique and darkly funny narrative. This one's hard to forget’ Publishers Weekly

‘A sly, subversive satire of toxic masculinity wrapped around the heartfelt story of a trans woman fighting to find genuine gender expression. Alyson Greaves’s delicious debut  . . .  deserves a place on every dark academia bookshelf’ Layne Fargo

OUT APR 2026. AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW

Paperback: 400pp

Published: Wilton Square (April 2026)

ISBN: 9781806770939