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Favourite Reads, Folklore & Fairytales

Book DNA is working to connect readers and authors through shared interests and passions. I participated in one event to help promote Three Curses and Other Tales while also sharing the books and authors who influenced me most in writing that collection. You can read my thoughts on my 5 favourite books that influenced me… Continue reading Favourite Reads, Folklore & Fairytales

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Market of Loss

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description There are many things for sale at the market of loss. Your mother's heart. A smile that makes you ache. A chance to feel alive for the first time, or the last. But remember, before you buy, everything at the market is really… Continue reading Market of Loss

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The Demon King

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description He is known as The Prince of Lies. The Father of Demons. He is Alagai Ka, the Demon King. Though humanity won a hard-fought victory in its war against demonkind, the Demon King has escaped in search of a new queen to restart… Continue reading The Demon King

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The Sourdough Compendium

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description Within these pages, coffin-makers work hard to keep the dead buried and their own murderous urges in check; poison girls are schooled in the art of marital assassination; books carry forth stories and forbidden secrets; a young witch wreaks a terrible revenge on… Continue reading The Sourdough Compendium

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Emily Wildeโ€™s Encyclopaedia of Faeries

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description Emily Wilde is good at many things: she is the foremost expert on the study of faeries; she is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encylopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik,… Continue reading Emily Wildeโ€™s Encyclopaedia of Faeries

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Scottish Folklore: The Cรน-Sรฌth

The Cรน-Sรฌth (pronounced koo-shee), a legendary fairy hound from Scottish Highland folklore โ€” and itโ€™s actually a very faithful, atmospheric portrayal. What is the Cรน-Sรฌth?โ€ข The name literally means โ€œfairy dogโ€ (cรน = hound, sรฌth = fairy / otherworld).โ€ข It is not just a magical animal โ€” itโ€™s a liminal being, halfway between:โ€ข the fairy… Continue reading Scottish Folklore: The Cรน-Sรฌth

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Aurealis Awards Finalist

I am delighted to share the news that my fantasy novella TRICKSTER TALES from Brigidโ€™s Gate Press is a finalist for the Aurealis Awards, Australiaโ€™s Premier Speculative Fiction Awards. The Aurealis Awards ceremony will be held on February 21st 2026 in Brisbane as part of GenreCon. You can read the full list of finalists here

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Restoration

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description Walking between the worlds has always been dangerous - but this time V's facing the loss of all she holds dear. Verity Fassbinder thought no boss could be worse than her perfectionist ex-boyfriend - until she grudgingly agreed to work for a psychotic fallen angel. And dealing with a career change not entirely… Continue reading Restoration

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The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes, Vol 1

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description In PRELUDES & NOCTURNES, an occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. After his 70 year imprisonment and eventual escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On his arduous journey Morpheus encounters Lucifer, John Constantine,… Continue reading The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes, Vol 1