Kree Sullivan

If you're voting for the Hugos, Nebulas, Locus, or other awards, please consider this novella about queer love, recovering from trauma, and rewriting your story that CONSISTENTLY resonates with readers. People love this book. More people should know it exists.

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Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher! First book in a while that tempted me to stay up late reading to finish (alas, there's too much sleepy in my soul)

Image of authors Kree Sullivan and Kate Hyers. Text reads: Join Us at Authorcon VI, Kree Sullivan, author of BLACKBLOOD and Kate Hyers, co-author of The Courtesan's Eye. Williamsburg, Virginia, February 27 - March 1 2026

Who: Kate Hyers and Kree Sullivan bring their debut novels to AuthorCon VI, a celebration of all things writing

Where: Doubletree by Hilton Hotel
50 Kingsmill Road
Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185

When: Feb. 27—Mar. 1, 2026

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I told myself I'd play until 1000 days. Finally fucking free

Image: a young woman leaning out of a semitruck window Text: Armina recently inherited the Blackblood, a semitruck that smuggles illegal magical artifacts across the Arachnida Desert. Plagued by the lingering feelings she has for her ex-girlfriend and co-captain, Valaina, Armina struggles to keep her small operation afloat in a country that hates magic.

Image: a young person surrounded by a cloud of black magic and stars with a horse skull poking through Text:Her complicated circumstances become far worse when she finds Canto, a violent criminal mage, stowing away aboard her truck. Canto has just escaped a death sentence and is on the run from the Huntsmen, the militaristic “peace-keeping” order responsible for the arrest and detainment of mages. Not content with their own tentative freedom, Canto asks for Armina’s help rescuing their mother from the Huntsmen headquarters where she’s being held captive.

Image: A young man standing in a rocky outcropping, holding a black sword. Text: Hesitent to agree to such a dangerous heist when her own livelihood is already in peril, Armina agrees only to take Canto as far west as she feels comfortable. That is until Renn, a prodigy Huntsman, tracks them down, revealing that the Huntsmen are already on their trail. Armina must decide whether her personal safety---and her lingering feelings for Valaina---are more important than facing a cruel regime to save a single innocent life.

Image: the cover of the novel Blackblood by Kree Sullivan. There is a stamp that reads Indie Ink Award Finalist. Text: Find out more by reading BLACKBLOOD, a western-inspired, queer fantasy novel by debut author Kree Sullivan. Available online wherever books are sold!

It's been a while since I posted something strictly about my debut novel, Blackblood. If this sounds appealing to you, check it out! I promise you're in for a hell of an adventure.

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Woolhaven has been so sick. Just look at this room design! #cultofthelamb #woolhaven

Text: Thank you for voting for BLACKBLOOD for the Indie Ink Awards! BLACKBLOOD has made it to the finals in the following categories: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation; Trans or Nonbinary Representation

Thank you all 🥰 It means so much to see my debut novel recognized this way. I can't wait to see the finalists in all the award categories. Make sure to check them out for some undoubtedly excellent reads!

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Come say hi! #marscon

Join me at fantasy/scifi convention Marscon!
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Where: Holiday Inn Virginia Beach – Norfolk
5655 Greenwich Rd
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462

When: Jan 16 -18, 2026

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Commonwealth Brewing Co. Literature & Libations Book Fair & Swap. Sunday 11 January 11AM-4PM. Brunch, Coffee, Local Authors

Come join me and other local NoVa authors January 11 for a day of books, coffee, food, and drinks!

Where: Commonwealth Brewing Company, 10426 Main St, Fairfax, VA 22030

When: January 11, 11AM-4PM

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Image: a variety of book covers

Image: a variety of book covers

All 75 books I read this year!

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Please vote for Blackblood for the 2025 Indie Ink Awards. Swipe for more info [image of cover for Blackblood by Kree Sullivan; Indie Ink Award badge]

Text: Blackblood has been nominated in the following categories: Best book cover and cover artist Best friendship Best morally gray character Best setting Best use of tropes Side Character MVP Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation

Text: Voting takes place from DECEMBER 15 to DECEMBER 31st Anyone can vote, and voting is free! The only thing you’ll need to do to participate is make an account on indiestorygeek.com You can vote for Blackblood in any and all categories it’s nominated for At the end of the year, the ten novels with the most votes in each category move on to a final judging round. Place your vote at https://indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-awards-2025 Once you’ve voted, please share this post!

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Text: Lonely Castle in the Mirror | Mizuki Tsujimura | Fantasy | Coming of Age This was an unexpected delight. It had been on my TBR for quite a while, and I put off picking it up for some reason. I’m so glad I finally did this year. This was heart-wrenching, beautiful, and sweet, and I haven’t cried so hard reading a book in such a long time. Sure, it was 100+ pages of tears at the end, but it was the cathartic kind of crying you sometimes just really need. This book was a stunner, a 100000/10, and everyone should read it at least once.

Number 1 of my Top Reads of the year is Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

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Text: Piranesi | Susanna Clarke | Fantasy This was one of the first books I read this year, and when I finished it I looked at my wife and said, “I just read the best book of 2025. In January.” Technically I did rank one book above this, but I consider my top three so closely tied that any given day my favorite could change. Piranesi is a nearly perfect book. Thought-provoking, wonderous, weird, tragic, joyous, and beautifully written. I’d recommend it to everyone who likes reading. Period.

Number 2 of my Top Reads of the year is Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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Text: How to Survive This Fairytale | S. M. Hallow | Fantasy | Horror | Romance God, this was good. It’s a fairy tale retelling done right, building up a world that can be nasty and cruel, but at the center of it all there are people who lead with compassion, heart, and who offer encouragement to keep going. This book is ruthless in the best way, and I especially appreciate the way it’s written. I love when authors play with structure and form, and this book is such a good example of what can be done by having fun with writing.

Number 3 of my Top Reads of the year is How to Survive This Fairytale by S. M. Hallow

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Text: The Summer Hikaru Died, Vols. 1-6 | Mokumokuren | Horror | Coming of Age This covers all the currently released volumes, and probably all the volumes that will come after. This series is a remarkably tender, devastatingly tragic look at grief and growing up. It’s also an undeniably queer story, even if that queerness is never overtly named and even when it has nothing to do with romantic feelings. It’s built into a pervasive sense of otherness and trying to find community in a world where you don’t seem to fit.

Number 4 of my Top Reads of the year is The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren!

And Merry Christmas!

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Text: The Man with No Shadow | Bonnie Quinn | Horror I picked this one up after reading a mutual’s 1-star review. At the time, I’d been looking for a book to scratch the r/nosleep itch that had lodged itself deep in my brain, and the way they described it made it sound perfect. It was exactly what I wanted at that moment, likely helped along by the fact that it did originate on nosleep. I preordered the second one the moment I finished this, and the fact that it doesn’t come out until April makes me want to CRY.

Number 5 of my Top Reads of the year is How to Survive Camping: The Man with No Shadow by Bonnie Quinn

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Text: The Killer Question | Janice Hallett | Mystery Before reading this one, I’d read Hallett’s The Examiner and The Appeal. I adored the former and found the latter just okay. The Killer Question blew both out of the water and had me reading the rest of Hallett’s backlog as soon as I could get my hands on them. I love pub trivia, I love mixed media stories, I love zany characters. As someone with a deep obsession with the Knives Out franchise, this scratched that itch so well. So twisty, I couldn’t put it down.

Number 6 of my Top Reads of the year is The Killer Question by Janice Hallett

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Text: Midnight Timetable | Bora Chung | Horror This is one of my recent reads, and it blew away most of its competition with ease. I love when a short-story collection has individual but interconnected tales, and this one does it so well that I hope Chung revisits the Institution’s universe in future entries. The stories here are spooky, thought provoking, and strange while always holding a sense of kindness and wonder at their core.

Number 7 of my Top Reads of the year is Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung

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Text: The Stepford Wives | Ira Levin | Horror I first read Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby back in high school, and I loved it. I’m actually shocked it took me this long to get to The Stepford Wives. This book was horrifying, fast-paced fun that holds up uncomfortably well in modern times. It’s just plain great satire that I can’t recommend highly enough. Plus it’s super short, so a free afternoon is all you need!

Number 8 of my Top Reads of the year is The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

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Please vote for Blackblood for the 2025 Indie Ink Awards. Swipe for more info [image of cover for Blackblood by Kree Sullivan; Indie Ink Award badge]

Text: Blackblood has been nominated in the following categories: Best book cover and cover artist Best friendship Best morally gray character Best setting Best use of tropes Side Character MVP Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation

Text: Voting takes place from DECEMBER 15 to DECEMBER 31st Anyone can vote, and voting is free! The only thing you’ll need to do to participate is make an account on indiestorygeek.com You can vote for Blackblood in any and all categories it’s nominated for At the end of the year, the ten novels with the most votes in each category move on to a final judging round. Place your vote at https://indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-awards-2025 Once you’ve voted, please share this post!

Text: Thank you for your support! From me and the crew of the Blackblood! Image: character art of Renn, Armina, and Canto by @Neunian

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Text: The Butcher of the Forest | Premee Mohamed | Fantasy | Horror Surprisingly, I DNFed this book once before giving it a second shot, and I’m so glad I did. It just goes to show that sometimes you have the right book but at the wrong time. This book is a perfect little fairy tale with just the right amount of grotesquery. I, a huge fan of creepy forests and murderous creatures, ate this up in one sitting like I was starving.

Number 9 of my Top Reads of the year is The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

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Text: Everything Is Tuberculosis. John Green. Non-Fiction I was apprehensive to pick this one up since 1. I don’t read a ton of Non-fiction and 2. I haven’t read a John Green novel in over a decade. After a friend’s recommendation I read this one, and I’m really glad I did! This history of the impact and ongoing war against Tuberculosis taught me so much while being incredibly accessible. I especially appreciated its focus on the racist and classist implications of this treatable disease’s continued deadliness in the current age.

Number 10 of my Top Reads of the year is Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green!

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Text reads: TOP READS OF THE YEAR. Today's Books: HONORABLE MENTIONS. I read over 70 books this year, and so many were amazing. I want to showcase a few that didn’t quite reach my top ten. These books all received at least a 4.5 star rating from me!

Text: Strange Pictures --- Uketsu | Mystery/Horror | Alongside Uketsu’s other novel, Strange Houses, Strange Pictures is a fun, twisty romp with mixed-media elements that really add to the experience Hide --- Kiersten White | Horror | dark, gory, and fast-paced in a double-trouble horror-combo setting: a reality show in an abandoned theme park The Backyard Bird Chronicles --- Amy Tan | Non-fiction | There’s something uniquely delightful about seeing famous author Amy Tan go absolutely unhinged about the birds in her yard

The Haar --- David Sodergren | Horror | I read a lot of horror this year, and I appreciate The Haar for its unique approach of being both incredibly gory and softly romantic When the Tides Held the Moon --- Venessa Vida Kelley | Romance/Fantasy/Historical | This book is an absolute stunner of historical romance with beautiful writing and such tender relationships. Cannot recommend this one enough Cursed Bunny --- Bora Chung | Horror/Fable | This is a short story collection, and it’s a fantastic mix of the weird, tragic, and wonderful. There are some fables here that feel right out of classic fairytales. You Weren’t Meant to be Human --- Andrew Joseph White | Horror | Horrific yet beautiful in its righteous rage. Read the content warnings, then read this one. AJW never misses. What Stalks the Deep --- T. Kingfisher | Horror | I adore T. Kingfisher, and this is probably my favorite of the Sworn Soldier Series. I hate caves, so this one hit my eerie buttons perfectly. The Labyrinth House Murders --- Yukito Ayatsuji | Mystery | This is my third House Murders book and my second favorite! They’re all fantastic, and I really enjoyed putting together the mystery in this one. Found --- Anthology | Horror | Both this and Found 2 were SO much fun. I was really craving found-footage horror this year, and this hit this spot like no other.

I had so many books rated 4.5 Stars and up this year, so today I'm posting my honorable mentions. These books could all easily have been in the top 10 this year, it was SO difficult to pick favorites.
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This is my debut, so I'm just thrilled to be included 🥰

Thank you for including Blackblood! 🖤🥰

Indie Ink Awards book recs. Of Knights and Books and Falling in Love by Rita Rubin. Silver Blood by T.L. Morgan. The Demon of Elderstay by I. Ribbon. Us, Et Cetera by Kit Vincent. Bite Marks and Broken Hearts by TJ Rose. Demon Engine by Marten Norr.

Indie Ink awards book recs. To Speak with the Stars by K.V. Wilson. The Good Boys Club by Jemma Croft. Sweet and Wild by Alex Larkspur. The Witch Who Chases the Sun by Dawn Chen. What Death Forgets by Thea Verdone. Gospel of the Cuckoo by Sirius.

Indie Ink Awards book recs. The Burn of a Bourbon Soaked Cherry by MJ Marlowe. Miners of the Mystics by Penny Moss. Volatile Reaction by Magnus Thorne. My Chaos Reign over You by La Purvis. Blackblood by Kree Sullivan. Rainsquall by Penny Moss.

Indie Ink Awards book recs. Songs of Broken Bells by Lilly Lockwood. Lizards hold the Sun by Dani Trujillo. Under the Lupine Moon by A. Knightley. A Legend in the Sky by Faye Oliander. All for the Blood of the Lamb by A.L. Davidson. A Promise of Sirens by V.L. Barycz.

It is Indie Ink Awards season, and I had a hell of a time voting for my favorites. In doing so, I found a ton of new indies I want to read, and some old favorites.

Vote for your indies, and find some new reads for your TBR! (2/3)

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Okay, authors who have Indie Ink Awards nominations, tell me *one* category you think your book excels at and why! Pitch us your biggest strength 👀

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Cover of BLACKBLOOD surrounded by trope arrows: found family; enemies-to-???; queer af; heists!; semi-trucks and the lesbians who drive them; dystopian bc fuck the government; gender is cool but have you ever tried stabbing someone?; magic is illegal but we're doing it anyway

Blackblood has been nominated in the following categories: Best book cover and cover artist, Best friendship, Best morally gray character, Best setting, Best use of tropes, Side Character MVP, Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation, Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation, Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation, Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation, Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation

The category I think Blackblood most excels at is Best Setting! It's a second-world fantasy novel that takes place in a desert country, and most of the narrative is aboard a semi-truck. I worked hard on the world building to combine a swords-and-sorcery aesthetic with diesel-punk grunge!

Please vote for Blackblood for the 2025 Indie Ink Awards. Swipe for more info [image of cover for Blackblood by Kree Sullivan; Indie Ink Award badge]

Text: Blackblood has been nominated in the following categories: Best book cover and cover artist Best friendship Best morally gray character Best setting Best use of tropes Side Character MVP Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation

Text: Voting takes place from DECEMBER 15 to DECEMBER 31st Anyone can vote, and voting is free! The only thing you’ll need to do to participate is make an account on indiestorygeek.com You can vote for Blackblood in any and all categories it’s nominated for At the end of the year, the ten novels with the most votes in each category move on to a final judging round. Place your vote at https://indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-awards-2025 Once you’ve voted, please share this post!

Text: Thank you for your support! From me and the crew of the Blackblood! Image: character art of Renn, Armina, and Canto by @Neunian

Voting for the Indie Ink Awards is now open! indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

This is an awesome, free way to support me and my writing journey. Please share this post!

Thank you so much!

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