Looking for adventure or to escape their troubles, five would-be brides journey to 1860s Washington Territory, where men outnumber women fifty to one. In The First Bride by Sofia Hunt, Lizzie Prescott answers a "brides wanted" ad in order to protect herself and her sisters from a murderous uncle. She and her men must find love together in this untamed land. In The Husband Contract by Bella Grace, Olivia, running from an unsavory fate back home, secures passage to the territory, but she is ...

Nebula Award Finalist for Best NovellaNamed a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2024 by Esquire, The New York Times, SLATE, The Washington Post, and ELLE“I am in love with Sofia Samatar's lyricism and the haunting beauty of her imagination. Her stories linger, like the memory of a sumptuous feast.”—N. K. JemisinA Most Anticipated in 2024 Pick for Goodreads | LitHub | Book Riot | She...

FBI special agent Sofia Blake, with a Ph.D. in linguistics, can decipher any hidden codes, messages or foreign languages the Bureau sends her way, finding patterns where others cannot and making her indispensable in tracking down the most heinous of serial killers. When a prominent community member is found dead with a cryptic note during the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration, Sofia must crack a cypher that only she can solve—if she can do it in time to save the next victim…“Th...

LIGHTSPEED was founded on the core idea that all science fiction is real science fiction, and that all fantasy is real fantasy. The whole point of this magazine is that science fiction and fantasy is vast. It is inclusive. It is about all people and for all people.Funded as a stretch goal of LIGHTSPEED’s People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Kickstarter campaign, we’re happy to present a special one-off issue of our otherwise discontinued sister-magazine, FANTASY (which was m...

Don't miss Lucy Foley's new book, The Midnight Feast, coming June 18th!THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension – an undeniably engrossing guessing game.” — Vogue""[A] clever, cliff-hanger-filled thriller."" — PeopleFrom the New Yor...

Huge immersive fantasy novel that will shock and pull readers in.First novel by a unique new voice.Publicity starting in Madison, WI, on WPR and growing from there.Online pre-publication ad campaign to build awareness.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The third book in the sexy, emotionally charged Stark trilogy—a romance between a powerful man who’s never heard “no” and a fiery woman who says “yes” on her own termsBeautiful, strong, and commanding, Damien Stark fills a void in me that no other man can touch. His fierce cravings push me beyond the brink of bliss—and unleash a wild passion that utterly consumes us both.Yet beneath his need for dominance, he carries the...

I walk into the job expecting to find broken souls and death. I don't expect to leave with my newest obsession.The tiny woman who survived torment and terrors others don't want to imagine.She curls into my arms like a delicate little orchid but she's strong.So much has been taken from her, because I failed.And by God I'll get it back.Because I fell for her that first night when I took her away from the place where she'd been left to die.The girl ...

Four women - a soldier, a scholar, a poet, and a socialite - are caught up on opposing sides of a violent rebellion. As war erupts and their loyalties and agendas and ideologies come into conflict, the four fear their lives may pass unrecorded. Using the sword and the pen, the body and the voice, they struggle not just to survive, but to make history.Here is the much-anticipated companion novel to Sofia Samatar’s World Fantasy Award-winning debut, A Stranger in Olondria. The Wi...

There’s a reason crows circle overhead nightly. It’s to remind themselves of where they’ve been, where they’re going, and, most importantly, who they’re with—who is friend, and who is foe.Guardian River spent years cataloging every detail of how his best friend accidentally electrocuted his wings, leaving him scarred, flightless, and furious. The healers say his molting is psychological. That he needs to “forgive and forget” to heal. Crows don’t forget. And River w...

“Given everything our world faces today, having faith in love is no small thing.” —Rev. Dr. Sofía BetancourtUnitarian Universalists as a progressive religious community hold a humbling expectation to periodically re-evaluate the freely chosen covenant that holds us together. While this work impacts the bylaws that define our governance structures, it also gives life to the values we express in common cause. We do this work to live into the Unitarian Universalism of...

Her life was picture-perfect…until him.Charismatic. Unflappable. Fiery.Twenty-three year old K-pop idol Hanji is on top of the world. To the public she’s been the leader and choreographer of top-selling girl group JINI for six years, earning them global awards and recognition for their unique modern interpretation of the traditional Korean art of dancing with swords, Geommu. To the magical community, though, Hanji and her group members are Guardian...