I'd be more intrigued by exploring the concept of story 👀

Sounds so good!

Coming soon: The Tides That Reign Books I-III: Queer Epic Fantasy Saga For fans of John Gwynne and M.L. Wang comes a dark tale of tyranny, rebellion, and magic with South East Asian mythology influences.

Love epic fantasy? Love queer fantasy? Check this upcoming Kickstsrter out (and hit Notify Me On Launch) if it looks like your kind of thing.

(RD is SO CLOSE to 150 campaign followers! Who wants to be lucky 150?)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/rdp...

[Image desc: A red cocktail in a stemmed glass sits alongside an advance copy of THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan.]

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan. A queer historical fantasy of strange sorceries, avenging angels, & ravenous werewolves, an utterly delightful debut novel. Our drink is The Beast, be careful not to share with our protagonist...

So I feel (both as a reader & author) like discoverability of new books is down lately, especially for the midlist. Please tell me some recently published (past year-ish) SFF books you loved that are midlist/overlooked/deserve more hype! (And please share your recs/this list!)

My recs in reply!

-The mad sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta
-The work of Vermins by Hiron Ennes
-Slow gods by Claire North
-Audition for the fox by Martin Cahill

Please preorder as preorders are love (and I'm currently a very anxious writer hiding under the blankets).
More seriously: this has been a difficult set of years for us (mental health crisis of relative, hospital, etc), and income would be v welcome. I mean it's always welcome but this year esp.

Mortedant's Peril Check out Mortedant's Peril - <p><b><i>Mortedant's Peril </i>is an epic historical fantasy of murder, mystery and unlikely alliances from RJ Barker, award-winning author of<i> The Bone Ships</i>. Perf...

Anyway, cos I am in writer limbo thought I'd jot down some ideas for Mortedant 3. No point starting it, whether there's a 3 depends on how well the first one does.

Pre-order it here, it has it's first blurb!(from the fab @decastell.bsky.social who also has a book out in May, Our Lady of Blades.)

Daily reminder: preorders are love

Great news for UK readers! Waterstones has selected THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS for their 25% off pre-order sale! Just use the code FEB26 at check-out to get the best price of the year on my dragon.

All three of Garrodigh's heads can't wait to meet you.

Behold, the beautiful cover of THE KNIGHT WATCH, which is now available to pre-order!

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report WICKHILLS By Premee Mohamed Imprint: Tor Nebula Award and World Fantasy Award winner Premee Mohamed's WICKHILLS, a spy thriller pitched as Cold War-era John le Carre meets Gormenghast, to Eli Goldman at Tor, with Jonathan Strahan editing, in a two- book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Michael Curry at Donald Maass Literary Agency (world English). Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy January 28, 2026

OKAY GANG BUCKLE UP we are PUBLISHERS MARKETPLACE OFFICIAL for WICKHILLS

Thank you to @mkcurry.bsky.social and @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social and @torbooks.bsky.social for making it happen!

Prepare for me to NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THIS MOTHERFUPPIN BOOK (when I am less busy)

A paperback copy of THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER surrounded by copper objects on a teal fabric background.

🌊 🌈 Simon Jimenez's multi-award winning novel, THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER, is a sweeping adventure story, an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging and a love story to its blade-dented bone.

Buy now: https://geni.us/Spearcuts

Red, purple and yellow nightime scene in forest, where a redheaded woman stands next to a creepy critter.

New #coverdesign for the Finnish edition of @wiswell.bsky.social's Nebula and Locus winner, SOMEONE TO BUILD A NEST IN! Fun fact: the #illustration started as a cover concept for William Peter Blatty's EXORCIST. 👀 #coverart #booksky

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Gosh I'd love a new book from Simon Jimenez. And Erin Morgenstern !

Summer sons by Lee Mandelo is great.
The spear cuts through water, by Simon Jimenez is wonderful ( long and a bit experimental in the writing)

A book cover for Bodies of Magic by Freya Markse. A deep blue building with a quadrangle, spires and cloisters fills the lower half of the cover with the title text in gold across it. Behind that, the upper background is grey and stormy with a prominent twisting white design that could be a bare tree rising up from the main tower OR an anatomical diagram of the lungs. Centered above the lung-tree are the words DO NO HARM in stark white. Honestly: a complete banger of a cover. Doesn't it make you want to preorder? Yes, yes it does.

BODIES OF MAGIC, out Sept 2026: Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, a mystery set during the final exam week of a magical medical school. (Or: five queer nerds solve a murder and have some feelings.)

Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill.

Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US
Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK

A stack of Asunders, spread over an aesthetically suitable curtain.

✨Asunder is out in the UK today!✨

Shortlisted for the Nebula and Locus Awards, it’s a fantasy about a woman hellbent on survival…and the talkative man she accidentally binds to her shadow.*

*She was trying to extort him, one thing led to another.

This is probably the time to mention that DAGGERBOUND has a very large isopod scholar and I can’t wait for you all to meet her.

Release date set as September 29, 2026 currently

Loved this book!

✨The everlasting✨

I’m thrilled to share the cover I did in collaboration with owlcrate and Alix E Harrow.
This is one of my fav covers I had the chance and opportunity to make this year. It’s was so fun and challenging in a good way.
Thanks a lot for having me.
#illustration #art #artwork

EXPEDITION 33 !!!!!!

I begged Jenny to write this and am so grateful she did.

Sex scene are craft. They are characterization. They are worldbuilding. They are storytelling.

The fact that we're culturally too uncomfortable with sex to recognize that is not the fault of well written sex scenes!

Jenny is doing such incredible work writing about the work that sex scenes do and I'm so grateful for it. We need more of this, but for reasons covered in the essay, a lot of critics are afraid or ill-equipped to do it.

Anyway, this is excellent

Book cover, two people standing on a cliff next to each other, looking down onto ruins that are white and glowing, title: The Edge of a World by JD Rivers - the main colors are beige and brown. Cover illustration by planetsandmagic

One wrong step and the monster in Otar's veins kills.

🛣️ indiana jones but gay
🏛️ archaelogy!
🌎 rooooadtrip
♥️ third chance at love
⁉️ finding oneself
🪄 mystery
🌈 queer

Buy: jdrivers.itch.io/the-edge-of-...
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December Kindle Promotion $4.99 each Titanbooks.com Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher association by Caitlin Rozakis

Hey US folks - want a deal on Kindle editions of my books? Both Dreadful and The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association will be on sale for $4.99 on Amazon US from Dec 1-31. 💙📚

worth giving this another push, we're back to gouging you for the full price on monday, and if you liked the book (or hated it, it's all press), feel free to say so because I can probably leverage it to secure another deranged book deal down the line

Someone You Can Build a Nest In Amazon.com: Someone You Can Build a Nest In eBook : Wiswell, John: Kindle Store

Yooo! Someone You Can Build A Nest In was picked as a Kindle Gold Box Deal! For today only, get it for just $4.99.

A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?

Can't wait 👀