M. Stevenson

The cover art for ENTER HERE: An Anthology of Portals, edited by C.J. Subko and M. Stevenson. It shows a door in a foggy field, unattached to anything, slightly cracked so bright yellow light spills through. Other shadowy doors are in the background and to the sides.

New story day! (Two days late!) I
could not be happier to have a story in this gorgeous anthology alongside some of my favorite authors. “The God of the Leftmost Door” is a queer love story—two love stories, actually—set at the coziest pub in purgatory. You can pick up a copy here: a.co/d/iv0g3P5 🚪

Thank you so much for being part of it!!

After a year of dreaming and a year of work, ENTER HERE: An Anthology of Portals is here!

@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social and I are so proud of all our slushers, authors, and ourselves.

Get it on Amazon now and Ingram soon! 💙📚

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The header and footer at the top of the image read: “Kindle Daily Deal” and “99c today only!” In the center of the image (which has a background of lush crimson rose blossoms) is the front cover of Stephanie Burgis’s A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience, which shows an ominously closed entrance-gate at the top of the cover and a bat with its wings outspread at the bottom, all framed by climbing roses. Four arrows point at the cover with four chunks of text, reading: “Beauty and the Beast, but he’s a vampire” “She’s brilliant, and he loves it” “Tea is very important” and “She *really* loves libraries.”

For one day only, my cozy-spooky romantasy novella A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience is 99c in the US!

The @nytimes.com called it "a charmingly subversive treat." 🦇

Check it out!

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#romancelandia

Update 15: Please fill out backer surveys! · Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals Hi backers,We are starting to fulfill rewards! Our ebook is ready to go, and we'll be sending out physical copies and other rewards in early December. Keep an eye on your inbox if you ordered an ebook...

If you purchased a copy of the ENTER HERE antho, get ready! Ebook copies go out this weekend and paperback copies are going out in December.

@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social and I are so psyched to share it! Thanks @aimeecozza.com for cover!

Full update here:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ent...

Cover reveal of Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals, edited by C.J. Subko & M. Stevenson. Cover shows a foggy woods with doorways scattered among the trees. In the center, one cracks open, a yellow light pouring through.

Woah, I'm a recognized author on Goodreads now!! While you're on goodreads, you should check out all the wonderful stories in the Enter Here anthology, available for pre-order now! www.goodreads.com/brookelanier

Enter Here an Anthology of Portals edited by C.J. Subko & M. Stevenson. Several doors and trees are set against a foggy blue/gray background. In the center, a door is cracked, and light trickles out.

The official release date for the Enter Here anthology is December 2nd! Lots of unique takes on doors n portals...hope you're ready to walk through 'em! @cjsubko.bsky.social & @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social put together a hell of anthology!

Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals Breaking into publishing can feel like knocking on a cl…

The ENTER HERE anthology is all set to release on December 2nd!

@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social and I could not be more overwhelmed and thrilled.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

The UK cover of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES. A woman stands with her first raised. Behind her stands a man in a cloak and a hazy blue figure wielding an axe and a mace.

The North American cover of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES. A woman stands with her first raised. Behind her stands a man in a cloak and a hazy blue figure wielding an axe and a mace.

Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES

Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)

Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.

Preorders open now!

A black, green, and red swirled space background with two men in the foreground. The one on the left is a broad man with curly brown hair, freckles, a beard, and green eyes. He is wearing a dark blue jacket with golden cuffs and collar open over a black shirt and pants. He has an arm circled around the man on the left’s head. The man on the left is upside down. He is slender and has tawny skin, black hair, and brown eyes. He is wearing all black with cutouts on his shoulders. Below the figures are the words: METROPOLIS DOWN and VESPER DOOM.

Today's the day! Here is the cover for the paperback edition of METROPOLIS DOWN! Done by the amazing @kjetll.bsky.social, it is everything that I wanted and more besides.

Pre-Order today at: ko-fi.com/vesperdoom

A set of dish scrubbers shaped like a cardinal and a bluebird

this is how you lose the dish war

The pivot from being so hyped about the thing you just finished to the terror of sending it to betas

For turning those items off (For both spots that could feed into AI scrapping):

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

And, yep, it messes with things that have been a normal part of gmail for ages.

Sigh.

Be the reason your local indie bookstore stays in business this holiday season

Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals Breaking into publishing can feel like knocking on a cl…

Fancy yourself a little #SFF and #horror? #Specfic broadly conceived? About doors?

You an add ENTER HERE: An Anthology of Portals on goodreads!

Check it with @aimeecozza.com 's gorgeous cover.

Pub day is December 2nd!

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Multi-colored sketchy/scratchboard style drawing of a bunch of different regional birds sitting on a tree in front of Cherynobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Each bird is wearing a tiny gas mask.

Ages ago (13 years now) I did a series called Trash Birds that was birds + how environmental, manmade things affect them

this is 1 of a rainbow of birds all chillin in front of Cherynobyl Nuclear Power Plant

should I post em all in a thread? I shall!

#Art #Birds

Day and night ♥️

Page of digital sketches of three male Brewer's Blackbirds, all facing forward (or mostly). On left, the bird is standing tall and alert with his neck stretched slightly, and he is colored with bright iridescent purple and blue. The other two are sketched in more muted grays. Upper right, the bird is calling upward with beak open and with tiny pupils. Lower right, he is puffed up, looking straight on, as if about to sing and show how buff he is to the ladies.

Hey bsky. My favorite thing right now is forward-facing Brewer's Blackbirds. Just so you know.

Show me your forward-facing birds! 🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt

The cover for Danai’s debut novel, VILE VILLAINS illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen

It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤

Same! I can definitely see why she got so popular!

oh gosh, same. I don't particularly like it but it has been floating around my head for DAYS.

I'm sure I will! I'm so excited for it!

NEED THIS NOW

(around the Spotify logo) GET ICE OUT OF SPOTIFY ICE DOESN’T NEED A PLAYLIST. IT NEEDS ACCOUNTABILITY. • Cancel your Spotify Premium subscription until Spotify removes all ICE ads • Demand Spotify immediately terminate all ICE and DHS advertising contracts. • Urge artists and podcasters to speak out.

Spotify is running ads to help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...

Donate to Support Bookstore Romance Day, organized by Billie Bloebaum tl;dr: Bookstore Romance Day expenses are up. Donations and sponsorships are not. Your d… Billie Bloebaum needs your support for Support Bookstore Romance Day

There's also a GFM if sponsorship isn't a good fit.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-bo...

I'm gonna be real-real here: Bookstore Romance Day may not happen in 2026. By this time of year, I've usually secured at least a handful of sponsors & their backing helps pay for things like newsletter services & Canva & Zoom & internet, all of which are needed for planning & off-season events.

Donate to Support Bookstore Romance Day, organized by Billie Bloebaum tl;dr: Bookstore Romance Day expenses are up. Donations and sponsorships are not. Your d… Billie Bloebaum needs your support for Support Bookstore Romance Day

I know times are tough for all of us, but there is literally nothing in the #BookstoreRomanceDay coffers. I'm trying to put together some special virtual events over the next few months, but I need funds to do so. If you're able, please consider donating. gofund.me/33b48a4d

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

CHEESE

Query Letter and Publishing Journey Questionnaire Hello! I have been too involved in the "publishing journey gatekeeping" conversation on Threads (iykyk) and I understand writers' desire to see how other people did it so they can try to guess/predict...

There's some discourse happening on Threads about authors gatekeeping their publishing journey information. (yeah I know.) Sharing information is helpful, but not required, & not available to everyone. So I've made a questionnaire about the query & publishing journey. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...