A white and orange cat on a couch staring at the camera with a mildly annoyed look.

Enjoy this picture of Maui being bothered by me calling his name to take yet-another-picture of him.

A white and orange cat on a couch staring at the camera with a mildly annoyed look.

Enjoy this picture of Maui being bothered by me calling his name to take yet-another-picture of him.

“A lushly written novella full of intriguing magic and love of all kinds.” —E. H. Lupton, author of the Wisconsin Gothic series. “A thoughtful, fantastic escape from the mundane.” —Amanda Cherry, author of the Ruby Killingsworth series “Tender and hopeful. A balm for my garden-loving heart!” —Meredith Rose, author of the Ladies of Baker Street and Alchemy Empire series

WINE FOR ROSES by Emily O'Malley Liu is out now! Get your copy in ebook or paperback at shirakipress.com/wfr

#booksky #gardencore #fantasy #romance

WINE FOR ROSES by Emily O'Malley Liu is out today! Get your copy in ebook or paperback at shirakipress.com/wfr

“A lushly written novella full of intriguing magic and love of all kinds.” —E. H. Lupton, author of the Wisconsin Gothic series. They say the stolen rose blooms best. When Ethan Keating Mendoza is hired as a gardener at an old Victorian residence in central Indiana, he has one clear mission: make the roses bloom. Ethan's life is roses--he's the son of a hedge witch and a partner in his father's rose growing business--but he has no magic himself. The Kilbride estate is wild and overgrown. The roses have not bloomed in decades, and Ethan fears he may be in over his head. Worse still is Louis, the peculiar trustee of the property, who lives under a bloodthirsty curse that ties him to the garden. But Louis gives Ethan a chance, and Ethan is determined to do right by the suffering roses. As Ethan and Louis grow closer, Ethan becomes increasingly desperate to save the man he loves from the garden's curse. But the garden isn't letting them go without a fight.

It's time to make the roses bloom.

WINE FOR ROSES by Emily O'Malley Liu is out today! Get your copy in ebook or paperback at shirakipress.com/wfr

#booksky #gardencore #fantasy #romance

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How cool is that? Ad for THE COLOR OF TIME in @locusmag.bsky.social 💜

THE COLOR OF TIME comes out May 19! <3
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Victorian estate Cursed rose garden Disability representation M/M relationship Magical realism Fantasy romance Emily O'Malley Liu's gardencore romantic fantasy WINE FOR ROSES comes out April 14! Preorder now at shirakipress.com/wfr

WINE FOR ROSES by Emily O'Malley Liu comes out April 14! Preorder now at shirakipress.com/wfr

#booksky #gardencore #fantasy #romance

Jorna is an #exvangelical, type-A scientist who is making the world a better place one plant at a time. But she can’t outrun her past.

If you need a reminder that you’re the only one you have to convince to give yourself a second chance, then shirakipress.com/age might be your next favorite read. ❤️

A picture of Millie Abecassis, a white woman with long brown hair, blue glasses, wearing jeans and a blue hoodie. She sits on the floor in front of a book case filled with various books and comics. She holds a copy of the book THE COLOR OF TIME, and piles of the same book are on the floor next to here.

An author in her natural environment.

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

They've been flagged for hosting and profiting from nazi/antisemitic content for a while.

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Emily O'Malley Liu's gardencore romantic fantasy WINE FOR ROSES comes out April 14! Preorder now at shirakipress.com/wfr

“A lushly written novella full of intriguing magic and love of all kinds.” —E. H. Lupton, author of the Wisconsin Gothic series. They say the stolen rose blooms best. When Ethan Keating Mendoza is hired as a gardener at an old Victorian residence in central Indiana, he has one clear mission: make the roses bloom. Ethan's life is roses--he's the son of a hedge witch and a partner in his father's rose growing business--but he has no magic himself. The Kilbride estate is wild and overgrown. The roses have not bloomed in decades, and Ethan fears he may be in over his head. Worse still is Louis, the peculiar trustee of the property, who lives under a bloodthirsty curse that ties him to the garden. But Louis gives Ethan a chance, and Ethan is determined to do right by the suffering roses. As Ethan and Louis grow closer, Ethan becomes increasingly desperate to save the man he loves from the garden's curse. But the garden isn't letting them go without a fight.

Calling all #librarians! Emily O'Malley Liu's gardencore romantic fantasy WINE FOR ROSES comes out April 14.

Available via Ingram, Overdrive, and Hoopla. More info at shirakipress.com/wfr

Who wants cool queer books by a great indie press for 15% off? 👇

Who wants cool queer books by a great indie press for 15% off? 👇

Use the code SHIRAKI for 15% off our paperback titles on @bookshop.org

Accelerated Growth Environment - @teffeau.bsky.social (Available now)
Wine for Roses - Emily O'Malley Liu (April 14th!)
The Color of Time - @millieabecassis.com (May 19th!)

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Don't Go for the Vault A Bank Robbery Horror Anthology

Who wants to help us reach 80 backers AND work towards a stretch goal or two?

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A coffee mug and a book on a table. The mug features the PM announcement of Danai’s book, Vile Lady Villains, and next to it is the hardback cooy of the book

My book is out today in the UK! If you like Shakespeare, this book might be for you. If you hate Shakespeare, this book might be for you.

But if you hate Agamemnon… this book is definitely for you!

www.penguin.co.uk/books/470416...

Doooone thanks for emailing ppl who backed the previous antho, I would have missed it otherwise!!

Gentlepeople, shall I suggest you back this upcoming anthology? I'm very picky with short stories but I DEVOURED (pun intended) their Cursed Cooking anthology. A.C. Bauer is an editor to watch 👀 (and read!).

#Horror #IndiePress

locus magazine cover -- house on an eerie hill

We can't review what we don't receive! Check out our submission guidelines to consider sending us your work! We love small press authors and are always on the lookout for New & Notable work.
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the anthology cover is great, but this illustration could make a great cover for another book I'm thinking of starting with a C

I'm in this one with Hatred Enthrones Me! I even made some art for it. Really a bucket-list success for me, and supporting a good cause.

I may be perceived for one day only. The other 364 says you're SOL. #tdov

A collage of 40-ish badasses

Both of us at Tenebrous are deeply honored to present the 40+ badass 🏳️‍⚧️creators🏳️‍⚧️ who will comprise the Table of Contents for YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, a New Weird Cosmic Horror anthology due out 10.06.26!

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#transdayofvisibility #tdov

Thanks again friend, it looks so good 💜 I'm so happy to have your art in my book!

A book page with a chapter illustration of a snake. The dingbat is a snake curled into an infinity symbol.

A black and white, woddcut-style illustration of a snake.

A black and white snake curled into an infinity symbol.

Here's some work I did recently for @millieabecassis.com's upcoming "The Color of Time", from @shirakipress.com. I had the good fortune to do the chapter header illustration and the dingbat (which is what I learned the dinky paragraph divider icons are actually called).

Thanks for putting this together! Can I be added too? I have a folk horror novelette coming later this year in an anthology.

He could be a never-as-good-as-the-original cover song, for all she cared. He was still going to end up dead. That was the job, after all. “Yeah. I’ll go kill him in the morning 

@briannahwrites.bsky.social
@sbkslibrary.bsky.social 

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Submissions open in May, so there's still time to polish up those manuscripts and portfolios!✨

For today's WIHM interview, we meet A.J. Van Belle who is a literary agent, author, and holds a PhD in rot and decay. See what they have to say about how they got into horror and where we're headed.

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@ajvanbelle.bsky.social

OENONE by Leah Rochelle MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES by Kristen Argyres CHILD OF THE DRAGON by Ashley N.Y. Sheesley THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA by A.D. Sui 72 HOURS OF YOU by Darianne Schramm FOREVER FOR THE CULTURE by Steven Underwood LAST TO LEAVE by Teresa Richards THE BETTER MOTHER by Jennifer van der Kleut

ANYWHERE ELSE: ESSAYS ON FLORIDA by Rachel Knox BURN THE SEA by Mona Tewari THE BLOOD WEAVER by C.N. Kuster OUR ROGUE FATES by Sarah Glenn Marsh GIFT OF THE BEAR by Patricia Zube THE GAME OF OATHS by S.C. Bandreddi THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA by Florence Chien I'M THE UNDERTOW by Eric Scot Tryon

FAKE MAKE OUT by Kate Williams THE COLOR OF TIME by Millie Abecassis THE HERESY OF THIEVES by Mia V. Moss THE SEA-GLASS SHORE by Julie Salmon Kelleher GRACE & JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER by Jess Mey THE BLACK PARADE by Ilana M. Lindsey BLACK WIDOW by White Shroud WE, THE MISSING by Arwyn Sherman

National Small Press Month shines a light on many of the great authors around the world using a small press to become published. Here are books from small presses published in 2026.
Book lists in ALT text.

#nationalsmallpressmonth #smallpresses #smallpressbooks #2026publication #booksky #books