An investment

ICYMI, my latest review at @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social tackles THE GRYPHON KING by Sara Omer www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book...

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)

The Gryphon King, Bataar’s First Trial by Matthismind - Artist's gallery on IAMAG Community : https://itsartm.ag/4nnYFAF

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) @toritalks2.bsky.social @zbsteele.bsky.social @philipchase90.bsky.social @zsdiamanti.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @joelee.sffinsiders.com #books #indiebooks

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

Brand new interview with yours truly on @omersarae.bsky.social ‘s Recipes for Writing Substack! Go read: saraomerauthor.substack.com

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!! #booksky #books #readersky

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

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

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

COVER REVEAL

Query letters can be the worst! Get a subscription + query letter critique from the amazing Sara Omer, author of The Gryphon King, for invaluable query letter insight! Big thank you to @omersarae.bsky.social for offering this! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Monthly reminder that I have a Ko-fi account, and that probably it will end on acquiring more books, not going to lie. ko-fi.com/jamedi

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

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! books2read.com/u/b5YEw1

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.

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. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

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

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

I’m getting review bombed (by my own characters) Ty to @omersarae.bsky.social for signing them up for goodreads 😫

🎉🎉 COVER REVEAL TIME 🎉🎉 I am so, so hyped to bring you THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY 🥳 coming May 2026!

Enter to win THEE hiking fantasies of the year, if not the decade!!

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about SUMMER IN THE HOUSE OF THE DEPARTED by Josh Rountree. A sere novella of death & haunting in east Texas, a mournful & moving read, cut through with ghosts & the dry burning heat of surreality. Our drink, a mocktail, is the Safeheart.

Today we have a BONUS EPISODE! We spoke with @nghivo.bsky.social, one of our favorite authors (and panelists!). Listen to OWWR talk on A Mouthful of Dust, part of the Singing Hills series! @tordotcom.bsky.social #booksky #singinghills #pubday linktr.ee/OwwrPod?utm_...

My sequel has a title and a cover (coming very soon!). You can add The Harpy Knight on Goodreads and read The Gryphon King now if you’re interested in zombie ghouls, man-eating horses, ravenous beasts, Southwest Asian inspired worldbuilding, or princess knights.

Monthly round up! We covered five books on Bar Cart Bookshelf this September: time travel shenanigans, parallel worlds, gods, monsters, & mortals, the raddest & radish of wives, clever foxes, deadly assassins, & stalwart couriers. Have you seen all this month's episodes? Have you tried the drinks?

If you love gift-giving (or just love queer art) but don’t have a specific recipient in mind, you can add a gift subscription to your pledge and we’ll make that sub available to someone who wouldn’t be able to afford one otherwise.

Read my interview with Danai! Learn about vile ladies and Vile Lady Villains!

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I'm participating in Read for Palestine Readathon & Fundraiser this month. I'll be donating £2 for each book I've read: 🍉The Gryphon King (re-read) 🍉Love at First Lance 🍉A Witch's Guide to Love and Poison 🍉The Hollow Places 🍉The Angel of Khan El-Khalili 🍉The Haunting of Tram Car 015 📚💙

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE DEAD CAT TAIL ASSASSINS by P. Djèlí Clark. A thrilling night journey as an undead assassin grapples with a target she can’t bear to kill, in a fantastical city of clockwork, divinity, and dark sorcery. Our drink is the Eviscerator.

✨ Press Update ✨ Novella & novelette submissions will remain open until September 15 !! Get polishing, Augurians 👏👏

On the picture place (same name) hosting a little giveaway…

131.- The Gryphon King, by @omersarae.bsky.social (pub by @titanbooks.bsky.social)

Catching up on my latest books/shows/comics with a REVIEW ROUNDUP 4.25⭐️ - Soul Fraud by @sigils.bsky.social 4⭐️ - The Gryphon King by @omersarae.bsky.social 4.5⭐️ - 100 Years of Solitude 3⭐️ - Hacktivist by Alyssa Milano 4.5⭐️ - The Bear S04 4⭐️ - The Keeper of Magical Things by @julieleong.bsky.social

Readers who love Fantasy books inspired by or located in Middle East and North Africa, we've got you! Ifrits & Ink picks a monthly book and we read it together in discord! This month is The Gryphon King and we are so excited to discuss it with you

THE GRYPHON KING by @omersarae.bsky.social has been out for one month! 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

Happy almost one month birthday to my book of angry birds (lion birds, horse birds, bird birds). Celebrate with tea and plotting your enemy’s downfall.

One of my favorite interviews so far! 👇

Hey readers! 💙📚🌈 If you fancy an epic Swords & Sorcery historical fantasy in a West Asian inspired setting, pick up new release 🐦‍🔥The Gryphon King👑 by Sara Omer @omersarae.bsky.social A must-read for fans of fantastical beasts, battles, +enemies to lovers! ⚔️🛡🐦‍🔥🧿 #booksky #newrelease

Next up on my Saturday, poke at a review of the fantastic The Gryphon King by @omersarae.bsky.social #teamgriffin (or is that #teamgryphon ?)

Yes! Take to the Skies – it’s The Gryphon King by @omersarae.bsky.social ✨ Love the artwork overlays and the tea & treats are a lovely bonus! Would definitely get one of these again!

First time getting a book box from @dryadbookshop.bsky.social 🤩 what a treat! Can you guess what the book is? Answer 👇🏽

My Middle East and North Africa Fantasy Book club that I run with my friend is reading The Gryphon King this month and AHH we are so excited! @omersarae.bsky.social wrote it and we know you will all love it Join Ifrits & Ink to read MENA inspired books every month! #booksky