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ASCENSION by @stgibson.bsky.social - poly MCs - high priest of the Boston Secret Society has a few demons to deal with - some inner, some summoned by a strange ritual - both could destroy him - 2nd in SUMMONER'S CIRCLE

I dunno man, I just think monsters are like this thing you can project a huge range of an anxieties on, man

*twirling my hair at fictional men* you're like soooooo second son-coded usurper core scheming courtier slay

It’s Mailbag Monday! Today we have queer mysteries & dark romances, tales of resistance & commitment to justice, sapphic terrors on the broad back of the sea & in the courts of queens, strange circuses, & true classics from fantasy masters. Stories from beloved authors & new voices alike! Any faves?

It’s Mailbag Monday! Today we’ve got dragons, and witches, and heroes of old, weird cities, antiauthoritarianism, a Rome yet to come, & some Scots who can’t stop. Plus top-tier tunes & the drinks you really need to pair with them. Plenty of great reads of all lengths for my fall! What's on your TBR?

Slainte! A polyamorous gothic love story set in a crumbling Scottish castle, SAVAGE BLOOMS is for readers who like their sex kinky and their relationships complicated. @orbitbooks.bsky.social

Oct 6 2:30-5 @leannareneehieber.bsky.social, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC, @wickedgoodbooks.bsky.social. Oct 10 7pm Ally Russell, author of middle-grade MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE, @copperdogbooks.bsky.social. Oct 22 7-9 @stgibson.bsky.social, author of Savage Blooms, @nocturnesalem.bsky.social.

Two weeks until Laura Samotin and I get to terrorize Brooklyn by discussing the scary-to-hot faery scale, why primal chase play is therapy, and gothic spicy romance! www.therippedbodice.com/brooklyn-eve... Everyone who turns out to Ripped Bodice will get sent home with a little something sacred 💖

In @emmasternerradley.bsky.social 's swashbuckling fantasy adventure we meet Petrichor and Valour: reluctant murder siblings with "wit as sharp as an assassin's knife” according to @stgibson.bsky.social ! Buy now in a handy paperback: geni.us/snowblooded

the ultimate dream is not to post so you can afford not to work. it’s to be financially stable enough that you don’t have to post.

This book is incredible. This isn't just a vampire novel, @stgibson.bsky.social gave a love letter to anyone who has been or is trapped by domestic abuse. It says you are seen. You are loved. And that no matter what, you can heal. Thank you for this gift. x . #BookSky #books #vampire #gothic #love

Check out my top 3 most downloaded bonus eps: Interview with @stgibson.bsky.social rss.com/podcasts/eld... Interview with @ardenpowell.bsky.social rss.com/podcasts/eld... Interview with @shimaira.com rss.com/podcasts/eld... Transcripts included. 🌈📚🌶️😱📚🩸💙📚 #IndieAuthors #BookSky #SFF #Writing

Finished Savage Blooms by @stgibson.bsky.social and I think it's neck and neck with A Dowry of Blood as my favourite work by her. See IG for my spoiler free review 💐🖤 www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

Sorry I’m like this; my views of love and marriage were shaped irrevocably by reading DEATHLESS by Catherynne Valente when I was 19.

Baffled by unilateral "Saltburn sucks" retconning...I don't think it's controversial to say the film is stylishly shot, well acted, and entertainingly bonkers. Even if you dislike it, it's no waste of film. The main gripe seems to be that the film isn't critical enough of generational wealth, which

if you're appalled by the presence of unsettling eroticism in your gothic media I have terrible news for your about The Definitional Gothic

@pastemagazine.bsky.social list! books by @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social , @samanthashannon.bsky.social , @hollyblack.bsky.social , @senlinyu.bsky.social , @stgibson.bsky.social www.pastemagazine.com/books/fantas...

Two great tastes that taste great together!! This coming Saturday (9/13), I am so excited to be hosting my dear friend and colleague @stgibson.bsky.social here in Louisville, KY, to discuss her latest novel: ASCENSION, Book 2 in the Summoners' Circle series!

I'm abdicating from Wuthering Heights discourse, but rest assured that all energy is being put towards The Unearthly delights series, which is my WH homage. Emily Bronte would not have wanted me to discourse. She would have wanted me to stay on my doomed by the narrative psychosexual freak beat.

peace and love to writers who "would write even if nobody read it". I used to make my friends sit in a circle at recess and listen to me read chapters from my Meg Giry/Phantom fanfic aloud. If the internet went down I would force you to read my updates delivered by pigeon. We are not the same

I saw this pose reference and couldn't get the chase scene out of my mind. It's definitely one of my favorite scenes from this book. The chemistry between Finley and Nicola is just so electric. 🥵 This is actually my last submission for the ARC competition! 🤞 @stgibson.bsky.social 💙📚🌶️📚🌈📚

Sorry I’m like this; my views of love and marriage were shaped irrevocably by reading DEATHLESS by Catherynne Valente when I was 19.

Heathcliff X Cathy is textbook Scorpio man on Scorpio woman violence taken to the furthest gothic end

the denouement of the novel is narrative climax aftercare

It’s probably a good thing the bookish merch market isn’t totally flooded with Wuthering Heights tastesignaling consumer items the way it is with Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice otherwise I would be brokey. And I can admit that.

Evocation @stgibson.bsky.social 💙📚🌈📚🌶️📚

I need to read a regency romance bound so tightly by repressed societal taboos that him grasping her bare wrist in public is akin to ravishing her on a table at a crowded party.

I'm not saying SAVAGE BLOOMS is the best book I've ever written, that's not quantifiable, but I am saying it's the only one of my books I've ever re-read solely for enjoyment and the giggling and kicking my feet factor. Definitionally, writing the book I wanted to read.

Biphobia is a recession indicator. As right-wing forces shape hegemonic impulses to order and control an increasingly frightening/unknown future, sexual divergence is less tolerated, and those seen as “choosing homosexual lifestyles” threaten the message that queerness is an affliction to be cured.

I am an adherent to the philosophy that all the best artists are perverts in some way, if not openly then privately. What is perversion if not having unchecked passion, the same passion that fuels artistry.

Nothing but respect for Eoin Colfer writing an unapologetically environmentalist children's series in the early aughts. And the environmental themes in Artemis Fowl aren't symbolic or incidental; I was twelve being radicalized about polluted oceans and oil drilling and deforestation. King behavior.

“you shouldn’t sleep with people with no books in their homes” to “you shouldn’t sleep with AI sycophants” accelerationism

So a new batch of bookmarks were made for the paperback version of Snowblooded and I love them. They will certainly be in every book I send out from now on! #bookish

July was another great month for books. Ascension was amazing! I was spoiled with another @stgibson.bsky.social arc! I loved Savage Blooms! It was a really engaging read Ending this month with Dark Rise to immediately jump into Dark Heir has been a great choice. 💙📚🌈📚🌶️📚

im in scotland reading the savage blooms arc by @stgibson.bsky.social and i found a copy of the first edition of a dowry of blood in a charity shop for cancer research (went in thinking about my uncle so he’s the reason i found the book) it was meant to be 🔮✨

Aside from how much I LOVE these books, the cover designs are too good! If anyone is looking for tarot, demons, magic, queerness, and poly rep in a book series, look no further. @stgibson.bsky.social

Summoner’s Circle by @stgibson.bsky.social 🌈📚💙📚🌶️📚

How exquisite must it feel, to have someone take the burden of choice away from you? — I like my games…I like to compete & I like to win. Sometimes, I even like to lose. It’s very simple. Savage Blooms by @stgibson.bsky.social Erotica|Fantasy OUT 10.07.2025 Orbit Books #bookrecsbyvibe 🌶️📚🌈📚💙📚

can you do do postgraduate research at a university for a season/year without being enrolled in a full PhD program? As someone with a MA in theology and research interests in arts and theology that inform my job (writing books and articles)can I like. go be a weird researcher somewhere for a summer.

Savage Blooms by @stgibson.bsky.social is a hot, dark, fun story about Adam and Nicola, who travel to a Scottish manor in search for answers and get pulled in to twisted games and lies. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/bdff...

SHATTER THE SUN ed. dave ring. I'm biased cause I'm in it, but this is gonna be such a cool anthology! Not just sword and sorcery stories, but a game, poems, illustrations! The full package that not even the longest loincloth could cover! www.neonhemlock.com/books/shatte...

"But God stayed silent, and the fire inside Rhys raged on, spreading from his chest to the points of his fingers and the tips of his toes." - @stgibson.bsky.social Inspired by Chapter 14 of Ascension. Highly recommend securing your own copy to find out what happens ✨

Happy release day to @stgibson.bsky.social !! Ascension is amazing and I’m excited for y’all to read it! 🖤 I heard this audio and knew I had to make a video of David and Rhys. It’s my first time making a reel/tiktok or really drawing fan art. 😬😅 #summonerscircle 💙📚 🌈📚 🌶️📚

SAVAGE BLOOMS by @stgibson.bsky.social! Many a long hour has been spent in happy company discussing the blissful fuckedupness of this new erotic fantasy trilogy from my dear friend. Y'all haven't seen faeries like this yet, I promise. You'll be thrilled right to the root!

A polyamorous relationship, the occult, secret societies, and demons - both literal and internal.🩸📚 #booksky #darkacademia #fantasybook 🪐📚💙 @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social @stgibson.bsky.social

In the Catholic Church..We kneel at the altar to show submission. We prostrate ourselves in the presence of what is holy, & we offer our hearts as a sacrifice.” — The vibes were, to put it plainly, fucked. Ascension by @stgibson.bsky.social OUT: 7/8/2025 LGBTQ+|Fantasy #BookRecsByVibe 💙📚 🌶️📚 🌈📚

This Must-Have Monday I'm ft ELEVEN new books, incl 🐥🌕chicken smuggling on the moon from @clairebarner.bsky.social! 🌊☁️Peter Grant's off to Scotland with @benaaronovitch.bsky.social! 🔥a return to ceremonial magic and polyamory by @stgibson.bsky.social!

very unsettling how much information software programs and internet clouds can hold. eerie to interface with a digital entity that can store more knowledge than my brain could ever comprehend in a lifetime. something cosmic horror about that.