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  • The Alchemy of Sorrow (COVER REVEAL!)

    IT IS TIME. The cover reveal for the SFF anthology, The Alchemy of Sorrow, is live! This gorgeous cover was illustrated by Zoe Badini and evokes fierce sentiments from all 13 stories without being specific to any single one of them.

    The cover illustration for The Alchemy of Sorrow. Image description: to the right of the image (the front cover) a woman of color stands before a broken stained glass window. Her body is riddled with glowing golden cracks. A pair of similarly glowing swallows flitter above her hands, held at chest level. She is surrounded by dead vines that curl around the window as well--here and there, a few glowing golden flowers are blooming. To the left of the image (the back cover), a pair of glowing swallows face each other in midair, framed by a few glowing flowers. The rest of the cover shows dead vines and a sense of decay, including a broken ewer.

    Virginia McClain designed the rest of the cover, including beautiful typography and descriptions. Here is the cover as it will appear on the book!

    The cover art for The Alchemy of Sorrow. Image description: to the right of the image (the front cover) a woman of color stands before a broken stained glass window. Her body is riddled with glowing golden cracks. A pair of similarly glowing swallows flitter above her hands, held at chest level. She is surrounded by dead vines that curl around the window as well--here and there, a few glowing golden flowers are blooming. To the left of the image (the back cover), a pair of glowing swallows face each other in midair, framed by a few glowing flowers. The rest of the cover shows dead vines and a sense of decay, including a broken ewer. The text laid out across the front cover reads “The Alchemy of Sorrow” in gold across the top with a portion of the text hidden behind the woman’s head but still legible. Below that in white, the subtitle “A Fantasy & Sci-Fi Anthology of Grief & Hope” and below that, “ M.L. Wang, K.S. Villoso, Intisar Khanani, Sonya M. Black, Angela Boord, Levi Jacobs, Krystle Matar, Virginia McClain, Quenby Olson, Carol A. Park, Madolyn Rogers, Rachel Emma Shaw & Clayton Snyder” below that “Edited by Sarah Chorn & Virginia McClain” The spine of the paperback layout shows the publishing logo for Crimson Fox Publishing the the bottom in a light gold color, above that the names Chorn and McClain written in white are separated by a pair of swallows depicted in line art in a light gold color. And above that “The Alchemy of Sorrow” is written out in a stylized font to match the front cover. The back cover text reads as follows “Here be dragons and sorcery, time travel and sorrow. Vicious garden gnomes. A grounded phoenix rider. A new mother consumed with vengeance. A dying god. Soul magic. These stories wrestle with the experience of loss—of loved ones, of relationships, of a sense of self, of health—and forge a path to hope as characters fight their way forward. From bestsellers and SPFBO finalists to rising voices, 13 exceptionally talented authors explore the many facets of grief and healing through the lens of fantasy and sci-fi.” And below that it reads “Find out more at books2read.com/rl/alchemyofsorrow” and then next to the ISBN Barcode it says in small white text “Cover Illustration by Zoe Badini ©2022, Cover Design VM Designs ©2022”
    Cover art by Zoe Badini and design by VM Designs

    Here be dragons and sorcery, time travel and sorrow.

    Vicious garden gnomes. A grounded phoenix rider. A new mother consumed with vengeance. A dying god. Soul magic.

    These stories wrestle with the experience of loss—of loved ones, of relationships, of a sense of self, of health—and forge a path to hope as characters fight their way forward.

    From bestsellers and SPFBO finalists to rising voices, 13 exceptionally talented authors explore the many facets of grief and healing through the lens of fantasy and sci-fi.

    Pre-order your book now!

    Also, I wanted to use this opportunity to add teaser images of the interior illustrations!

    Teaser Images for Interior Art

  • SPFBO Finalist Mega Sale 2022!

    SPFBO Finalist Mega Sale 2022!

    The SPFBO Finalist Mega Sale is here! For the rest of the month, over 40 titles from pretty much all finalists in the past seven years will be on sale for 99c on Amazon US and UK.

    Gotta catch ’em all!

    Check it out here and go wild!

  • Rise Red Kingdom Released!

    Rise Red Kingdom Released!

    Hi everyone, I’m excited to announce that Rise Red Kingdom is in the wild! The ebook and paperback versions are available on Amazon, and over the next few days will be ready to order in bookstores. The hardcover will be available soon!

    As always, thank you so much for the support! If you’re into elemental magic, dragons, and airship shenanigans, check it out and add it to your Goodreads!

  • The Alchemy of Sorrow Kickstarter (Update!)

    The Alchemy of Sorrow Kickstarter (Update!)

    I’m excited to share that we’ve reached another amazing milestone in our Kickstarter project: art prints of my illustrations of all these amazing stories will now be available as professional poster prints as an add-on!

    Check out the art we’ve already revealed in my Art Commissions section! And as always, thank you so much for your support!

  • Pre-Order Rise Red Kingdom

    Pre-Order Rise Red Kingdom

    The ebook pre-order for Rise Red Kingdom (Burn Red Skies #2) is now live on Amazon! The official release date is:

    February 22, 2022

    Order the ebook now and snag a copy at half price until release! Click the icon below: