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Happy UK Book Birthday to @julietmarillier `s THE AMBER OWL, hitting bookshop shelves tomorrow!
A lyrical new eco fantasy from acclaimed author of the SEVENWATERS series, World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award-winner Juliet Marillier, it`s perfect for fans of UPROOTED & THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN!
Buy now from all good booksellers!
"Stasya lives in an isolated farming village on the edge of the mysterious Heartwood Forest with her unusual dog for company. Thought odd by the locals, she is tolerated for her rare gift with animals. Engaging with her fellow humans is difficult, with one exception: goatherd Lukas, who shares her love of storytelling.
The peace of Heartwood is shattered when a group of soldiers descends, under orders from the Ruler of the Northlands. Their mission: to hack a path through the forest and find the fabled treasure said to lie deep within. Under the gruelling decree, Stasya’s village falls into chaos. The task is clearly impossible. The forest is alive with bears and wolves, and the old tales speak of evil spirits, monsters and uncanny beings. Nobody has ever gone deep into Heartwood Forest and returned safe and well.
When Stasya raises her voice in protest she is removed from her beloved home and transported to court – a different world. Word of her special skills has reached the Ruler’s ears, and Lady Elisabeta has a job for her. But Stasya will not break her vow to protect the forest, even under the most appalling threat.
As Stasya and her band of unlikely allies embark on a perilous mission, it becomes apparent that uncanny forces may indeed be involved. Maybe the old tales of the Hermit are true..."
#julietmarillier #theamberowl #thehiddenway #theheartwoodduology #classicfantasy #historicalfantasy #romanticfantasy #ecofantasy #daughteroftheforest #sevenwaters #sevenwatersseries #daughteroftheforest #wildwooddancing #cybelessecret
🎂 🥳 Happy Book Birthday to @rarrmageddongrist `s HOME SICK, out in the US today and the UK on Thursday!
It`s the psychological horror that`s taking reviewers by storm! A BuzzBooks pick for summer and perfect for fans of THE LAMB and WE USED TO LIVE HERE.
🌳 Cottagegore in rural Scotland
😱 Women going through it
🏡 Creepy neighbours
🪓 Escape to the country, take your problems with you
📚 Folklore
Buy it now from all goodbooksellers!
“The symmetry should have tipped me off.”
After a violent incident at work, Tamsin goes looking for a fresh start in a remote cottage far away from her old life. Here she could make real friends, find a job she loves, become a whole new person, even.
But the solitary cottage is actually a semi-detached, with only a thin wall separating her from a total stranger. Her neighbour is an enigma. Dowdy one moment, vivacious the next, but always wearing an unnerving smile. Tamsin can’t shake the feeling that there’s something wrong with her, especially when she starts experiencing disturbances in her own home.
As the locals share strange stories about her house, and her barely contained paranoia spirals out of control, Tamsin begins to suspect that the past she was so desperate to escape might never let her go."
#homesick #rhiannongrist #horror #horrorbooks #cottagegore #newbooks2026 #2026debuts #newhorrorbooks #womeninhorror #psychologicalhorror #summerofhorror #buzzbooksofficial #horrorreads #horrortok #horrorgram #newhorrorbooks #newhorror #newhorrorreads #newhorrorbook #newhorrorbooks2026 #newhorrorbookrelease #newbook
Flee the summer heat into the long dark of the undermoor...it`s perfect time to dive into @granite_and_glitter / Sam K. Horton`s dark folkloric historical fantasy - THE EYTHIN LEGACY!
Join Nancy Bligh as she holds the line against the dark in 18th century Cornwall and pick up GORSE and RAGWORT today!
Available from all good bookshops. GORSE is now out in the wild in paperback, though you can also still snag a matching hardback for the sequel - RAGWORT!
"Cornwall, 1786.
For years, the villagers of Mirecoombe have turned to their Keeper, the old and battle-scarred Lord Pelagius Hunt, mediator between the worlds of men and fey, for help. But this is a time of change. Belief in the old ways, in the piskies and spriggans, has dimmed, kindled instead in the Reverend Cleaver’s fiery pulpit. His church stands proud above the mire; God’s name is whispered, hushed, loved. And now, death stalks Mirecoombe on the moor. There are corpses in the heather. There is blood in the gorse.
Nancy Bligh is determined to do what Pel will not: maintain the balance between the fey and the human world, be the Keeper that he refuses to be. Blessed with natural sight, friend to spriggans, piskies and human locals of Mirecoombe, Nancy has power that Pel never had and never lets her use. But as Mirecoombe falls into darkness, perhaps her time has come.
A poignant and lyrical examination of faith, love and grief, Gorse asks what do we choose to believe, and how does that shape who we are?"
#ragwort #gorse #theeythinlegacy #eythin #samkhorton #fantasybooks #darkfantasy #folklore #folkloricfantasy #fae #thefae #nancybly #theundermoor #bookstagram #bookish
There`s 1 month to go until the Arthur C. @clarkeaward ceremony!
So, now`s the perfect time to pick up @raine_clouds_writes ` Clarke finalist - THE SALT ORACLE!
A genre-bending science fantasy with a locked-boat mystery in a world rife with digital ghosts and vengeful seas...
Buy now from all good bookshops!
"It`s been seventeen years since the internet crashed and left the world broken...
On the Bellwether, a huge floating college safe from the politics and war of the mainland, Auli is part of a research team studying the Oracle - a strange, uncanny girl who channels dangerous ghosts.
The scientists notate everything she says, using her to piece together maps, weather forecasts, and anything else that might make the region’s hazardous waters a little safer for shipping cartels and local fishermen alike.
Auli is horrified when her beloved mentor, Boudain, reveals his scheme to create more human Oracles, seeking to leverage the power of this unique girl into security for the Bellwether and perhaps even a return to a new, warped digital age. The very next day, she finds him dead.
Reluctantly promoted to lead her team, Auli begins an investigation into Boudain`s death. Her scrutiny reveals the corrupt heart of the institute she has dedicated herself to, and as the ghosts and even the very seas around them start to mutate, she is forced to wrestle with a life-changing decision: save the Oracle or save the Bellwether - and all the lives that depend on it."
#thesaltoracle #lorrainewilson #weareallghostsintheforest #thelasttodrown #saveourseas #saveouroceans #clifi #climatefiction #scifi #sciencefantasy #murdermystery #darkacademia #sciencefantasy #clarkeaward #arthurcclarkeaward #clarkeawardfinalist
As it was 4th July/USA250 last weekend, we thought now might be a good time to highlight titles on the Solaris list that centre indigenous experience!
(All available to buy now from good booksellers everywhere)
Featuring:
☀️ @rebeccaroanhorse`s BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY: a Hugo award-winning epic fantasy trilogy set in the pre-Colombian Americas
🌺 @shaykauwe`s Hawaiian urban fantasy THE KILLING SPELL: the first traditionally published adult SFF novel written by an indigenous Hawaiian explores language erasure and rising seas!
🐉 @klstoryteller `s THE CROWNS OF ISHIA is a novella trilogy centred on indigenous dragon riders,
🐦⬛ @Caskey_Russell_author `s tlingit epic fantasy trilogy (with a very rude raven) begins with THE DOOR ON THE SEA and will continue with THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN later in the year
🌳 @authortrmoore `s romantic eco-fantasy debut THE GODS MUST BURN pits invading forces against the spirits of the land they are attempting to colonise
#indigenousfic #indigenousfantasy #indigenoussff #indigenousfiction #indigenousstories #indigenousbooks #blacksun #feveredstar #mirroredheavens #rebeccaroanhorse #hugoaward #hugoawardforbestseries #hugoawardwinner #bestseriesawardwinner #thekillingspell #shaykauwe #thedooronthesea #theravenandtheeagletrilogy #theeagleinthemountain #caskeyrussell #tlingit #tlingitfiction #tlingitfantasy #thegodsmustburn #trmoore #debut #debutfiction #debutsff #ecofantasy #romanticfantasy
To celebrate our first full week in our new home at Profile Books, how about some #newbeginnings #fridayfun ?
Here are a selection of opening lines from Solaris books, including from @rebeccaroanhorse @truepennyvixen @maryrobinettekowal @granite_and_glitter @mkhardywrites @raine_clouds_writes @csecooney @edashtonwriting @rarrmageddongrist @_vajra @zoe.duhaime @isabelcanas_ @caskey_russell_author @authortrmoore & more!
#firstlines #openinglines
🪓🐑 @rarrmageddongrist `s Scottish cottagegore psychological horror debut HOME SICK is out next week, and here are all the events where you can celebrate it (so far) with many more to come!
Come and see Rhiannon in Glasgow, @waterstones_edi @inkandquillmontrose and @waterstonesleeds .
Preorder HOME SICK now from all good booksellers!
“The symmetry should have tipped me off.”
After a violent incident at work, Tamsin goes looking for a fresh start in a remote cottage far away from her old life. Here she could make real friends, find a job she loves, become a whole new person, even.
But the solitary cottage is actually a semi-detached, with only a thin wall separating her from a total stranger. Her neighbour is an enigma. Dowdy one moment, vivacious the next, but always wearing an unnerving smile. Tamsin can’t shake the feeling that there’s something wrong with her, especially when she starts experiencing disturbances in her own home.
As the locals share strange stories about her house, and her barely contained paranoia spirals out of control, Tamsin begins to suspect that the past she was so desperate to escape might never let her go."
#homesick #rhiannongrist #horror #horrorbooks #cottagegore #newbooks2026 #2026debuts #newhorrorbooks #womeninhorror #psychologicalhorror #summerofhorror #buzzbooksofficial #booktour #bookevents #bookishevents #horrorevents #scottishevents #scottishauthor #welshauthor #folkhorror
We`ve got our lucky little mitts on an advance copy of PREACHING TO THE CHOIR, Adrian Tchaikovsky`s latest installment in his multi award-winning, thematically linked series of standalone TERRIBLE WORLDS novellas!
Swipe to see the splendidly spooky cover design, as the scifi supremo blends horror with SF in a new tale of old money for fans of READY OR NOT and KNIVES OUT!
Releasing August 2026. Preorder now in signed limited run hardback, eBook & audiobook from all good retailers!
"Elena Mendes thought she understood what "old money" was.
She knew her boyfriend Ross Enderbough was rich. Like, "old money" rich. She knew he was the scion of some eccentric British line that predates the whole United States. She knew he didn`t really get on with his family, and that he fled to America to study free of their influence.
Ross has been summoned to Enderby, the family mansion built as a monastery centuries ago, for an exclusive, mysterious family gathering that happens only once a generation. Spouses and partners aren`t invited, but Ross has asked Elena to come anyway for moral support.
But there are secrets in the moldering old pile, and terrors in the unkempt woods on the estate. And Elena slowly comes to realize that "old money" means so much more than she`d ever imagined . . ."
#preachingtothechoir #terribleworlds #terribleworldsnovellas #adriantchaikovskysterribleworlds #ironclads #ogres #firewalkers #onedayallthiswillbeyours #walkingtoaldebaran #andputawaychildishthings #saturationpoint #thehungrygods #cynthiaerivo #michaelbay #scifinovellas #fantasynovellas #horrornovellas #horrornovella #scifihorror #bodyhorror
🍂 🦉 Next week, THE AMBER OWL - the first half of the HEARTWOOD duology arrives in the UK!
A lyrical new eco fantasy from acclaimed author of the SEVENWATERS series, World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award-winner Juliet Marillier, it`s perfect for fans of UPROOTED & THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN!
Preorder now from all good booksellers!
"Stasya lives in an isolated farming village on the edge of the mysterious Heartwood Forest with her unusual dog for company. Thought odd by the locals, she is tolerated for her rare gift with animals. Engaging with her fellow humans is difficult, with one exception: goatherd Lukas, who shares her love of storytelling.
The peace of Heartwood is shattered when a group of soldiers descends, under orders from the Ruler of the Northlands. Their mission: to hack a path through the forest and find the fabled treasure said to lie deep within. Under the gruelling decree, Stasya’s village falls into chaos. The task is clearly impossible. The forest is alive with bears and wolves, and the old tales speak of evil spirits, monsters and uncanny beings. Nobody has ever gone deep into Heartwood Forest and returned safe and well.
When Stasya raises her voice in protest she is removed from her beloved home and transported to court – a different world. Word of her special skills has reached the Ruler’s ears, and Lady Elisabeta has a job for her. But Stasya will not break her vow to protect the forest, even under the most appalling threat.
As Stasya and her band of unlikely allies embark on a perilous mission, it becomes apparent that uncanny forces may indeed be involved. Maybe the old tales of the Hermit are true..."
#julietmarillier #theamberowl #thehiddenway #theheartwoodduology #classicfantasy #historicalfantasy #romanticfantasy #ecofantasy #daughteroftheforest #sevenwaters #sevenwatersseries #daughteroftheforest #wildwooddancing #cybelessecret
Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive). Every hired gun in Kansas is out to collect the bounty on her head... Saddle up. It`s going to be a bloody ride! 😈
@alexgrecian.bsky.social `s western horror romp, RED RABBIT, is the perfect read for #summerween! Available to buy from all good booksellers!
"Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive). And every hired gun in Kansas is out to collect the bounty on her head, including bona fide witch hunter Old Tom and his mysterious, mute ward, Rabbit.
On the road to Burden County, they’re joined by two vagabond cowboys with a strong sense of adventure – but no sense of purpose – and a recently widowed schoolteacher with nothing left to lose. As their posse grows, so too does the danger.
Racing along the drought-stricken plains in a stolen red stagecoach, they encounter monsters more wicked than witches lurking along the dusty trail. But the crew is determined to get that bounty, or die trying."
#redrabbit #roseofjericho #alexgrecian #horror #westernhorror #newenglandhorror #horrorreads #horrorbooks #horror #solarisbooks #newhorror2026 #newbooks #solarishorror #witchbooks #witchhorror
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