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SK English

@skengli

SFF writer | illustrator | she / her |

 UK
Joined February 2023
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My YA book Lightyears Between Us is launching today! I’m so happy it’s now out there in the world — if you like enemies to lovers academia and spaceships, give it a try. tinyghostpress.com/lightyear…
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I’m so excited to announce my adult fantasy debut - ENDLESS BLUE BENEATH, coming out June 9th 2026 with Orbit Books! Gay mermaids, deep waters, a historical setting, and an appetite for human flesh. Eppie and Marie are hungry for readers. bit.ly/3XO7x8N
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Orbit US has acquired ENDLESS BLUE BENEATH, the first in a fantasy duology from debut author @skengli coming June 2026. In a small 1750s coastal community, a distressed gay woman is suddenly transformed into a flesh-hungry mermaid. Learn more: bit.ly/3XO7x8N
Acquisition Announcement Endless Blue Beneath Shannon K. English

ALT Acquisition Announcement Endless Blue Beneath Shannon K. English

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My short scifi story ALTEA was published in this week's Mslexia magazine - give it a read here mslexia.co.uk/magazine/lates… if you like sad astronauts trapped on sentient planets.

Latest Issue - Magazine : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

Latest Issue - Magazine : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

mslexia.co.uk
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Red Queen x The Originals In order to survive at the castle in a Canada where vampires rule as royalty, Melody must figure out why girls tend to disappear there and guard her heart and neck from a hot but probable vampire and cute servant girl. Indigenous rep #queerpit #YA #fr
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The Night Circus x ToG 🎪🔮 Disguised as a circus fortune teller, Sigrid hides her Seer gifts behind false fortunes & parlour tricks - until she's visited by a shadow-cloaked assassin demanding to see the future in order to find & kill their elusive target 🗡️😈 #queerpit #f #a
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GILDED ONES X RAYBEARER BUT SAPPHIC 🌳A divided forest🕷️ 🧒Found family 🪄 Deadly Emotion magic 🤝 Faustian bargains 🏳️‍🌈 Grumpy x sunshine ⚰️Dead parents 💀A resurrected MC 😈LI turning evil ⏳A ticking clock 🇳🇬CULTURE🇳🇬 Love... I mean Dark magic conquers all #QueerPit #F #YA
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A DOWRY OF 🩸 x A MARVELLOUS LIGHT Bi disaster and hedonistic artist Leo has never concerned himself with an early grave, until something from the grave tries to sink its teeth into him. ❤️‍🩹 Bi angst 💃 Ballet witches 🎨 Vampire art club 👻 Ghosts & possession #QueerPit #A #SN #F
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GEARBREAKERS X ANDOR 🤖Robot Dictator 🇳🇬Divided 2060 Lagos 🏳️‍🌈Cyberpunk Gays Teni, a rebellious undercity artist unites with Leena, a wealthy core city heiress and bio-mod surgeon to take the undercity back from OBA's enforcers or risk its final extermination #Queerpit #SF #D
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SAPPHIC INDIANA JONES x PIRATES A pirate captain hunts a legendary dragon egg, but when a note arrives announcing her childhood love's engagement to a prince, she must choose between her heart and her ambition...or spill enough blood to get both #QueerPit #A #NA #F
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The Romantic Agenda x Yinka Where’s Your Huzband? Ace, single & not ready to mingle, Ife is determined to steer far off 💕. But her mom’s determination means the altar is close by. Can she keep her sexuality hidden or is she doomed to marry to make her mom proud? #QueerPit #A #R
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Indiana Jones X Captain America, but sapphic Experimented on during WWII, a woman must survive the changes to her body and mind, seeking answers in a mysterious bunker before her newfound lust for blood consumes her. #PitDark #A #SPEC
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BEING HUMAN X MAGICIANS When a witch and a werewolf wind up living with a human, it's not easy to keep each other from figuring out what they are, especially when Hunters of supernatural creatures start showing up around them. #PR #FA #PitDark
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SHUTTER ISLAND x HOME BEFORE DARK Once suspected schizophrenic, a 26 YO psychologist, Mavi James, finds out she was adopted but must choose precisely between her birth parents because one of them is a true psychopath. However, her brain never seemed that precise. #PitDark #A #PT
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Bavarian INHERITANCE TRILOGY x Literary PRIORY When Mairie’s husband orders her death, mastering her long-forgotten magic is the only way to save her kingdom—and her life. But trusting the rogue prince teaching her might cost her even more: her heart #QueerPit #A #FR #F #MV #MH
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BARRY x KNIVES OUT Robbie takes pride in being a queer karaoke bar owner & a contract killer. When her latest hit isn’t who he says, she must find out his real identity & who wants him dead to keep her partner, the bar, & her musical dreams alive. #QueerPit #A #CON #M #ACE #ND
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We Are Totally Normal x Heartstopper Only You has… 🇹🇹 🇬🇾 Indo-Caribbean identities and culture 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ leads 👬🏾Enemies to Lovers ❤️ High School First Love 🎵A fusion of Hollywood & Bollywood music ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Resiliency #QueerPit #YA #POC #OWN #CR #LGBT #MV #CON
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We Are Totally Normal x Heartstopper When an unexpected kiss turns into a secret high school fling, Aakash must navigate the obstacles of his forbidden love against a queerphobic Caribbean culture and a devastating family betrayal. 🇹🇹🏳️‍🌈 #QueerPit #YA #POC #OWN #LGBT #MV #CR
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Caught between godhood & mortality, Achilles lives in the sea with his mother. To reunite with his father, he sets out on an adventure. He finds Patroclus too. When he's called to choose between life or glory, he must decide which matters most. #queerpit #myth #LGBT #A #ACE
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In 2122, HS baseball star Leon must choose to forsake the will of the authoritarian government, God's United Reich, for true love when he meets Theodore. 👦🏽 Multi-racial MC 👬 Friends to Lovers ✨ Star-Crossed Lovers ❤️‍🔥MM Romance Handmaid's Tale ❌ The Outrage #QueerPit
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BARU CORMORANT x LOCKE LAMORA A gendarme with chronic migraines will overthrow the empire. A thief with a record of dooming his partners will reclaim his throne. To succeed, they must kill each other. To liberate their kin, they must work together. #MoodPitch #A #F #POC #ESL #IMM
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ALT Mood board with central images depicting a woman holding roses, a solemn regency man drinking wine at a window, and a hooded thief. Outside images depict a pocket watch; a painting of regency-era politicians in heated discussion within a gallery of marble statues; a lit wrought iron streetlamp depicting armed knights; translucent crystals; a painting depicting tall ships at war; and a regency platoon firing muskets.

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