The card back design from the Rook and Rose pattern deck, showing a golden spindle, shuttle, and shears, linked by a violet thread that becomes ribbon, against a subtle background of a labyrinth. Credited to Emiko Ogasawara.
And @emiko-ogasawara.bsky.social/Emiko Ogasawara's design for the card back links the spindle, shuttle, and shears of the deck's three suits together with the thread of fate. Eligible in the fan artist category! (To be clear, that's due to other factors, not art quality.) 4-
#HugoAwards #Hugos
16.02.2026 18:27 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
A grid of twenty-four images of cards from the Rook and Rose pattern deck, with Avery-Liell Kok credited as the artist.
@aliellkok.bsky.social/Avery Liell-Kok's Faces and Masks -- think court card/Major Arcana -- are gorgeous watercolors whose "blind contour" technique creates a shifting, overlapping look that perfectly fits the dream magic of Vraszan. Also pro eligible, near as I can tell! 3-
#HugoAwards #Hugos
16.02.2026 18:27 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
A grid of forty-five images from the Rook and Rose pattern deck laid out in rows, with A.C. Esguerra credited as the artist
@blueludebar.com/A.C. Esguerra's cards are an intricate series of repeated motifs, compositional layouts, and color groupings that help link them together across the suits. As best as I can navigate the byzantine rules, they are eligible in the pro category! 2-
#HugoAwards #Hugos
16.02.2026 18:27 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
If you're nominating for the #HugoAwards, may I rec to your attention our wonderful artists for the Rook and Rose pattern deck? I *think* the first two are eligible in the pro artist category and the third in fan (though if you want to be *really* sure, you can nominate them in both). 1- #Hugos
16.02.2026 18:27 — 👍 18 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1
YouTube video by Marie Brennan
Bonus ARCs in the box!
And after ending that recording, we discovered that our lovely editor included bonus ARCs of books by @anuja-v.bsky.social, @mollyoneillwrites.bsky.social, and @oranjessie.bsky.social!
youtu.be/kS6ZZ4TF7ng
06.02.2026 21:32 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
YouTube video by Marie Brennan
Unboxing The Eye of Leviathan by M.A. Carrick!
We have ARCs! The Eye of Leviathan takes one step closer to being a real book!
youtu.be/mpCobQSGdkI
06.02.2026 21:30 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite
In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world
What a better way to start a Monday than with the third part of "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"?
Third part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):
jamreads.com/articles/a-j...
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29.12.2025 11:02 — 👍 28 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 0
this book is super fun!
22.12.2025 01:06 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Oh wow. This is a great deal on book 1 of one of my favorite series of the last few years. If I didn’t already own it, I’d be all over this.
21.12.2025 23:03 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
This is such a fun series. You should read it if you haven't already! 📚
21.12.2025 23:16 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
This is a *great* book and you should get it.
21.12.2025 22:56 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
This is also CAD $2.99 on Kobo books!
I highly recommend it!
21.12.2025 22:26 — 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1) eBook : Carrick, M. A.: Kindle Store
TODAY ONLY (12/21), The Mask of Mirrors ebook is discounted to $2.99 on Kindle as an "Editor's Pick Goldbox" deal! (US customers only; my apologies to the rest of the world.) Affiliate link:
www.amazon.com/Mask-Mirrors...
21.12.2025 21:31 — 👍 15 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 7
The back of a card from the Rook and Rose pattern deck, showing a golden spindle, shuttle, and shears linked by violet thread twining into a ribbon. These overlie a subtle labyrinth background and are surrounded by an intricate frame of ribbons and cord.
For years we've had a widget on our website where you can lay out a pattern reading for yourself -- but great news! Now it has the pretty, pretty art by @blueludebar.com, @aliellkok.bsky.social, and @emiko-ogasawara.bsky.social!
www.macarrick.com/pattern/
10.12.2025 18:01 — 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
The back of a card from the Rook and Rose pattern deck, showing a golden spindle, shuttle, and shears linked by violet thread twining into a ribbon. These overlie a subtle labyrinth background and are surrounded by an intricate frame of ribbons and cord.
For years we've had a widget on our website where you can lay out a pattern reading for yourself -- but great news! Now it has the pretty, pretty art by @blueludebar.com, @aliellkok.bsky.social, and @emiko-ogasawara.bsky.social!
www.macarrick.com/pattern/
10.12.2025 18:01 — 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
ten cards from the official oracle card deck based on the world of fantasy novel trilogy ROOK AND ROSE by M.A. Carrick. this batch depicts special animals symbolic of the clans in the books and some of the main characters. imagery includes a white horse on a cliff surrounded by crashing waves, black owls with white faces on a nearly-bare tree branch, a group of rats climbing strands of red woven rope out of a fire, a spider weaving a geometric shape against a jewel-green background, a dashing fox in a tree fending an opponent off with a rapier, a raccoon on a midnight rooftop carrying a sack of loot, a mysterious bird with a slender curved beak enfolded in an iridescent swirl of feathers, the seven Vraszenian clan founders, the Rook and the Rose together in a shadowy grey cloud of smoke and fire, and Vargo standing in a run-down alley near a canal.
last but not least: special character + clan cards. thanks again for having me help illustrate the official ROOK & ROSE oracle deck @macarrick.bsky.social !
01.12.2025 21:32 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Pre-order Rook and Rose Pattern Deck on BackerKit
Oracle cards for divination and games -- shipping now!
Since I have a BackerKit store for the Rook & Rose pattern deck *anyway*, I might as well add more things to it! So if you want signed bookplates for the Memoirs of Lady Trent or foreign language editions of both my books and M.A. Carrick's, check it out!
pattern-deck.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
24.11.2025 18:00 — 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Pre-order Rook and Rose Pattern Deck on BackerKit
Oracle cards for divination and games -- shipping now!
We have spiffed up the BackerKit store for the Rook and Rose pattern deck with new images of the actual products (as opposed to the Kickstarter mockups), and also SIGNED BOOKS! Check it out:
pattern-deck.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
01.10.2025 18:10 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Rook and Rose pattern deck and guidebook with dark green drawstring bag.
Rook and Rose pattern deck and guidebook with dark green drawstring bag. Kickstarter rewards from @macarrick.bsky.social!
17.09.2025 23:19 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Pre-order Rook and Rose Pattern Deck on BackerKit
Oracle cards for divination and games
We'll be closing our BackerKit store to pre-orders on JULY 22ND, and while we may have a setup for selling the remaining decks afterward, that won't be available for a while. So if you want a Rook & Rose pattern deck by M.A. Carrick, get it while you can!
pattern-deck.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
09.07.2025 23:54 — 👍 17 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
The sale will take place on Thursday 3rd July in the Dragon’s Hoard.
Tier 1 sets will go on sale at 7pm BST and cost £120 + shipping.
Tier 2 sets will go on sale at 7.15pm BST and will cost £100 + shipping.
27.06.2025 11:04 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
We are holding a sale for leftover sets of The Rook and Rose trilogy by M.A. Carrick! 😍
27.06.2025 11:04 — 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
haha, that one is very lovable! i'm so glad Marie asked to keep the face the same as in the thumbnail sketch.
27.06.2025 02:07 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
a photo of a pattern deck in its box, showing Emiko Ogasawara's back design of a spindle, shuttle, and shears joined by violet threads and ribbons
a photo of the pattern cards spread out so you can see Hundred Lanterns Rise, The Face of Stars, and Turtle in Her Shell
The pattern deck is HERE, y'all, and it is every bit as gorgeous as we hoped!!! HUGE thanks to @emiko-ogasawara.bsky.social , @aliellkok.bsky.social , and @blueludebar.com for their gorgeous, gorgeous work in bringing this dream to life.
pattern-deck.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
27.06.2025 00:30 — 👍 27 🔁 9 💬 4 📌 1
We are just TWO WEEKS out from @baycon.org (which is also Westercon this year), where @alychelms.bsky.social and I, as @macarrick.bsky.social, are among the Guests of Honor! We'll have sample pattern decks to show off and so much more -- hope to see you there!
20.06.2025 19:00 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Damn! I was so sure! Thanks for answering though!
I finished the last book a few days ago, and I was LOCKED IN the whole time! So many twists and turns! I am normally really good at guessing upcoming story beats, but this series constantly surprised me. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm hyping it up to everyone I know. 😆
20.06.2025 18:55 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Nope! It has its roots in a Pathfinder campaign, but no relations to Curse of Strahd.
20.06.2025 18:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Our next BayCon 2025 Guests of Honor to join our amazing lineup are @swantower.bsky.social and @alychelms.bsky.social , AKA, @macarrick.bsky.social !! ✍️📚
We’re excited to have them join us for this years BayCon!
06.06.2025 01:48 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
