Welcome, seekers of truth and pleasure! Wrap your prayer beads around your wrist and kneel before the candelit statues in our little sanctum. I’m so excited to share a beautiful new cover from stellar publisher Neon Hemlock today, as well as tease some big news of my own.
News
It’s my pleasure to help Neon Hemlock reveal the cover for one of their upcoming 2023 novellas, LOVING SAFOA by Liza Wemakor. LOVING SAFOA is a queer Black vampire story steeped in romance, history, and a richly imagined future, and if you’re a fan of speculative romance, you won’t want to miss it. Witness the beauty!
When schoolteacher Cynthia gets a tattoo at a block party in 1991 Flatbush, she doesn’t realize she’s embarking on a life-changing romance with an immortal Ghanaian vampire. Cynthia’s affair with Safoa weaves together stories from nineteenth century Ghana, late twentieth century New York and a near future reality in Maryland that defies the utopian/dystopian binary.
Cover Illustration by N’Kai DeLauter. Cover design by dave ring.
Help Neon Hemlock fund their 2023 Novella Series by backing their Kickstarter, and snag yourself some amazing speculative fiction including LOVING SAFOA (and other tantalizing goodies) in the process! Personally, I’ve got my eye on those Neon Apothecary candles.
Liza Wemakor is a queer Black fem. She writes speculative romance. Her fiction has been published in Strange Horizons, Anathema Magazine, Rabid Oak Journal, and elsewhere. As of Fall 2021, she’s an English Ph.D. student at UC Riverside. Her novella Loving Safoa is part of Neon Hemlock’s 2023 Novella Series.
Events
.Join me and the truly marvelous Hannah Whitten at Brookline Booksmith on March 10th to celebrate the release of her newest fantasy, THE FOXGLOVE KING! The event is ticketed and space is limited, so grab your tickets today and then join us for a night of romance, magic, and bookish goodness. We’re gonna bring the house down.
Everything I’m Loving Lately
Okay this section should probably be more aptly titled “everything I’m excited about lately” because oh my goodness gracious, do I have an announcement coming for you all. This is news that quite literally made my year and made me shed a few tears, and on March 1st, all will be revealed. Something spooky and sexy is brewing in this witch’s kitchen 🔮
That’s all I have for you this week, dear deviants and devotees, but you bet I’ll be back next Wednesday with that big old announcement for you. I can hardly wait! In the meantime, I’m going to be working my way through my AN EDUCATION IN MALICE edits, making it even more sultry and emotionally devastating.
Be safe and well until we two meet again!