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Deluxe Illustrated Edition of BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN

Wraithmarked Creative is funding an illustrated edition of my bestselling dark academia, Blood Over Bright Haven, on Kickstarter!

This signed deluxe edition will feature a reversible dust jacket with artwork by Syd Mills, a custom interior by Shawn T. King, two full-color endsheets with artwork by Syd Mills, gilded edges, a ribbon bookmark, and ten interior illustrations by Vvilczy with more possible via stretch goals! You can back the project or get more details here!

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Fantasy ebook MegaSale for charity

My Japanese-inspired fantasy, The Sword of Kaigen, and my YA fantasy omnibus of Volta Academy books are both available for 99c as part of the r/Fantasy MegaSale to benefit the Mary Cariola Center.

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Browse the sale via landing page here or via link spreadsheet here!
View the r/Fantasy posting here.

The sale lasts Dec. 26-27 and all participating authors will be donating a portion of each sale to the Mary Cariola Center for special education.

Upcoming BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN Special Edition

The Broken Binding is releasing a special edition of my bestselling dark academia, Blood Over Bright Haven!

This signed edition will feature cover art by Danlin Zhang, endsheet artwork by Raphael Pinna and Peng Lu, and interior artwork by Peng Lu.

ON-SALE DATES & INFO:The Broken Binding will be holding a presale for their Tier 1 Fantasy subscribers on Friday, December 6th (12pm GMT).Presale for their Tier 2 Fantasy subscribers will be Saturday, December 7th (12pm GMT).T...

BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN is here!

Blood Over Bright Haven is available now!

Today is the day! My first traditionally published book, Blood Over Bright Haven, is now available in stores!

The hardcover features red sprayed edges, gold and red foil on the jacket, an endpaper map and an interior illustration. The list price for this edition is $29.99, but as of this writing, it’s discounted to $20.29 on Amazon and Target, $24.15 at Walmart, and $27.89 on Bookshop.org.

The audiobook is narrated by the wonderful Moira Quir...

BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN in audio!

The Blood Over Bright Haven audiobook, narrated by Moira Quirk, is available for pre-order on Audible, Libro.fm, and Apple Books!

Okay, well actually, the audiobook has been available to pre-order for a while, but I now have a preview to share. Having fallen in love with Moira Quirk’s reading of The Locked Tomb books a couple years back, I’m so excited to have her bringing this story to audio for all of you!

(Longer preview and more info available on this page)

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I’m in a New Fantasy Anthology!

New short fiction by amazing SF&F indie writers in this anthology from Grim Oak Press – now funding on Kickstarter!

Unavowed is the exciting new anthology publishing from Grim Oak Press, the award-winning SF&F publisher responsible for anthology series Unfettered and Unbound along with high-end special editions of fan-favorite SF&F novels.

Editor Shawn Speakman reached out to more than 50 self-published and independent SF&F writers. Those who answered the call helped create this ama...

Special Edition Kickstarter 1-week update

One week into THE SWORD OF KAIGEN and WHERE LOYALTIES LIE special edition Kickstarter, I wanted to give a quick update on how we’re doing with our funding goals:

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As I discussed in this post, Wraithmarked Creative is producing brand new signed hardcover editions of The Sword of Kaigen and Rob J. Hayes’ Where Loyalties Lie (both winners of Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off).

Thanks to those of you who backed, just one week into the Kickstarter, we’ve already hit all but one ...

Barnes and Noble discount on BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN

 25% off Blood Over Bright Haven pre-order for BN Members online, September 4-6

From Barnes & Noble: For BN Members, online only 9/4-9/6, 25% off list price at checkout with coupon code PREORDER25 on ebooks, audiobooks, and physical books. Premium Members receive an additional 10% discount off physical preorders. To take advantage, you must enroll or already be enrolled in one of BN’s two new membership programs. Premium is a paid membership, but Rewards is free to enroll.

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THE SWORD OF KAIGEN Special Edition Kickstarter is live now!

SPFBO winners, THE SWORD OF KAIGEN by M.L. Wang and WHERE LOYALTIES LIE by Rob J. Hayes are getting extra special editions… with a twist!

I’ve been working with my friends at Wraithmarked once again to create a brand new signed hardcover edition of The Sword of Kaigen with art from the wonderful Tom Jilesen! This edition was designed to feature on a shelf on its own or as a set with a matching edition of Rob J. Hayes’ swashbuckling pirate fantasy, Where Loyalties Lie (also a winner of Mark La...

BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN pre-order swag

Submit your pre-order receipt for Blood Over Bright Haven to get a holographic art print!

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For those over 18 and living in the US: you can now submit a pre-order receipt for the Del Rey relaunch of my dark academia, Blood Over Bright Haven, via this form to receive an exclusive foil art print by Nyx Aurelia! If you already have a print of this beautiful Sciona artwork from GenCon or the artist’s store, this one will be significantly fancier, with holographic foiling on the window.

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