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Book Review: The Gryphon King by Sara Omer A monster-filled secondary-world fantasy that takes its cues and worldbuilding inspirations from points east of the Bosporus Strait In a wor...

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Knight Time book recs. An Outstretched Hand: A Tarot Spread of Queer Stories curated by RHWQ Productions. Nimona by ND Stevenson. The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi. All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny. Goldheart by Tess Carletta. Burly Tales edited by Steve Berman. Of Knights and Books and Falling in Love by Rita Rubin. Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith. The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman.

Knight Time book recs. A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland. Reforged by Seth Haddon. The Unbroken by C.L. Clark. Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang. Lady Dragon by A.M. Strickland. The Gryphon King by Sara Omer. Dark Moon Shallow Sea by David R. Slayton. A Hex for Hunger by Alistair Reeve. The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow.

Knight Time book recs. Queer Knights Comics Anthology by Kitsune Art, Audrey Molinatti, Atlantisvampir. The Princess Knight by Cait Jacobs. Where Shadows Bloom by Catherine Bakewell. The Knight and the Necromancer by A.H. Lee. By Her Sword a Sapphic Fantasy Romance Anthology. Spear by Nicola Griffith. The Heretic Prince by Theo J. Malloy. Dragon's Descent by Sam Burns and W.M Fawkes. Dragonoak by Sam Farren.

Knight Time book recs. Splinter and Ash by Marieke Nijkamp. Feathers of Dawn by Jess Galaxie. A Tale of Two Knights by James Persichetti and L.S. Biehler. Squire by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas. The Story of Silence by Alex Myers. How I stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy by AJ Sherwood. Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers. Holy Wrath by Victoria Mier. The Crack at the Heart of Everything by Fiona Fenn.

It's Knight Time; fealty, love, and a whole lot of swords.

Some of these aren't your typical knights, but they protect their charges or kingdom with their lives regardless, and honor their oaths. (1/2)

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If you’d like to read a dark, epic Southwest Asian-inspired fantasy with political intrigue and messiness like A Song of Ice and Fire and the fighting and horror of The Poppy War, inspired by the Ottoman Empire and Turkic tribes WITH LADY KNIGHTS who have lady love interests…

I didn't read many books this year but these were the ones that brought me joy (and emotional damage)
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THE GRYPHON KING by @omersarae.bsky.social is the first in a sweeping Southwest Asian-inspired epic fantasy trilogy brimming with morally ambiguous characters, terrifying ghouls and deadly monsters! ✨

Out now! https://tinyurl.com/3udnjazb

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Brand new interview with yours truly on @omersarae.bsky.social ‘s Recipes for Writing Substack!

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I have to hype up @omersarae.bsky.social ‘s The Gryphon King — really thoughtful, devastating, rich west Asian steppe raider fantasy (with a hint of romance… the bisexual kind) … you must experience the adventure with me!!

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The Gryphon King Check out The Gryphon King - <b>The first in a sweeping Southwest Asian-inspired epic fantasy trilogy brimming with morally ambiguous characters, terrifying ghouls and deadly monsters. <br><br>Combini...

THE GRYPHON KING by @omersarae.bsky.social
- bi MC
- warrior princesses on man-eating flying horses
- need I say more
- okay fine:
- a warlord takes the kingdom and the princess vows revenge
- but djinn & ghouls & monsters are returning
- and she'll have to work with the warlord to save her people

Happy birthday!

Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon!
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social

Award eligibility post: this year I published knights and more knights

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Commissioned by @ PedroOjeda.author

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Art can’t convince you to read a book—
The art:

You have the eye 😌

COVER REVEAL

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Dune by Frank Herbert alongside a bright blue cocktail in a stemmed glass rimmed with golden sugar.

NEW VIDEO ALERT! The Dune-isode has arrived! A classic’s classic of science fiction, DUNE is always a joy to revisit, especially with the arrival of Dune Part 2 in theaters. Desert worms & fanaticism abound. The Spice must flow, blue as Fremen eyes & redolent with layered flavors.

Do you want:
✨a fantasy with the same wonder of dragon riders but with flying, man-eating horses
✨lady knights in a non-European fantasy world
✨to witness the outbreak of a mythic disease that turns men into ghouls?

All this and more in The Gryphon King

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LGBT rep in TGK:

Lesbian older sister who is better than you at everything
Demisexual warlord doomed by the narrative
Nonbinary eldritch god in the sky
Bisexual girlfailure (feral)
Poly woman with game
Codependent homoerotic friendships
“Straight” couple that’s probably bi for bi

I’m so excited to finally reveal that Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love has an audiobook! 🌸📚
It’s narrated by the fabulous Cody Sloan and available now!

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If you’d like a sisterhood of female knights, political plotting, Ottoman Empire and Turkic tribe-inspired cultures, and a main character riding a man-eating pegasus, then you should read my debut adult dark fantasy The Gryphon King.

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YOU DID IT! We hit $15,000 and unlocked a bonus reprint in every issue! Our next stretch goals are all about sustainability and survival: each goal funds a Year 3 issue of OTHERSIDE! We want to keep bringing you fantastic queer art for a long, long time.

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Oooo scaaarrryyyy hallloooowwweeeen time what if you paid a ghastly $13.99 for a high quality paperback (BOOOOOO!) of Shiver Me from Amazon which is also full of horror and terror but definitely pays me the most per copy (haunted) … pirate romance not that scary unless you are avoidantly attached

A screenshot of a post that reads David Simon, creator of *The Wire*, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro, NPR And then a screenshot of a conversation that goes like this: SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot