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🌊NEWS🌊
I am delighted to share that my adult fantasy debut, THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE, will be published by @orbitbooks in autumn 2025!
I cannot wait to share this book with you next year, and I hope y'all love Grey and Kier and their messy dynamic as much as I do 🖤
Orbit UK is thrilled to announce that we have acquired The Second Death of Locke by V.L. Bovalino!
Out autumn 2025 and perfect for fans of Shadow and Bone, The Second Death of Locke is a gothic and romantic story of the undying bond between a mage and their paladin.
@toribov
ALT against a black, white and red background features V.L. Bovalino's author photo with the following text 'acquisition announcement, The Second Death of Locke, V.L. Bovalino.
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I can finally scream about this! LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY
For years, I dreamed of having a Red Cover. So many of my favorite books have a red vibe, and for a book about chilis, blood, and revolution, it could not be more perfect.
Oh, and did I mention my MC standing on a kaiju?!
COVER REVEAL TIME! Time for a new BADASS cover art in your feed. This is for SEVEN RECIPES FOR REVOLUTION by @ryanprose! Pitched as Attack on Titan meets The Bear, I definitely will read and review this book next year! 😄
Cover art by @kerbyrosanes
Designed by @ChattyNora
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We're excited to announce today that @sarahreesbrenna and @toribov will be joining Veronica Roth on her upcoming UK tour celebrating WHEN AMONG CROWS! ⚔️
Have you got your tickets yet?
🎟️ tinyurl.com/VRothUKTour
@WaterstonesLPL @WaterstonesTraf
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🚨 this is not a drill 🚨
Best Hex Ever is 99p on kindle, today only!
amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CNJYK…
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Today’s the day! My spicy and cosy witchy romance Best Hex Ever publishes in the UK 🍁
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How delicious are these proofs for Seven Recipes for Revolution by @ryanprose? The Bear meets Attack on Titan in this exhilarating, food-based epic fantasy filled with high stakes and monster steaks.
Releases in the UK in July 2025, and is available to preorder now.
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seeing a lot of queer knight content (for excellent reasons) and if that's your thing, @tashadrinkstea and I have books for you next autumn 👀
(we are affectionately labeling the end of next year "Knights! Knights! Knights!" plz join us in our enthusiasm)
Tasha's next book (you want it, it's incredible): goodreads.com/book/show/2191…
Annnnndddd if you haven't already added Locke on Goodreads, here she is!
goodreads.com/book/show/2085…
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HELL FOLLOWED WITH US, my book about a trans boy, the autistic guy he has a crush on, & giant corpse monsters fighting Evangelical cultists is getting an ANIMATED MOVIE
with the help of Lilly Wachowski (THE MATRIX) and Powerhouse Studios (CASTLEVANIA) 🔥
deadline.com/2024/09/lilly-w…
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🌙 AJW ILLUMICRATE SET 🌙
HFWU, TSBIT, & CF have gotten a makeover!
Redesigned dust jackets, exclusive case art, printed edges, & two breathtaking illustrated endpapers per book - all in a gorgeous three-book bundle.
Thank you @illumicrate, @EvernightBooks, and @Daphne_Press!
ALT A set of three books on a black background: HELL FOLLOWED WITH US, THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH, and COMPOUND FRACTURE. They share the same artist and general composition; an abstract portrait. HFWU is blue and red, featuring a fang-mouthed boy surrounded by eyes, wings, and broken buildings. TSBIT is purple and gold, featuring a long-haired boy surrounded by ghostly rabbits. And CF is gold and pale green, showing a bandage-faces boy surrounded by debris.
ALT Another set of three books, showing the “naked cover,” or case. The HFWU one features a six-winged bluish-white ptarmigan covered in eyes, flowers, and sporting a halo, on a red background. The TSBIT one features a purple-pink rabbit trapped in a rib cage surrounded by eyeball flowers, on a black background. The CF one shows an angry reddish dog with flowers in its mouth, flanked by antlers, on a green background.
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The news is out, @FairyLoot are doing a special edition of Best Hex Ever!
We are so excited to present to you… the ‘Best Hex Ever’ Exclusive Edition, brought to you in collaboration with @delreyuk and Nadia El-Fassi!
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Congratulations to @toribov on the sale of THESE STOLEN WORDS! #TeamTriada
astonishingly accurate 💀
I’m editing @toribov’s The Second Death of Locke right now and let me tell you this entire book is just a manifestation of this exact meme
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Folk horror is my favorite sub-genre of horror to write in and 2024 has added 24 great new folk horror works that should be on your shelf or in your TBR:
Unbound - Christy Healy @christykhealy
Island Witch - Amanda Jayatissa
My Throat an Open Grave - Tori Bovalino @toribov
Undead Folk - Katherine Silva @KatherineSilva_
Cursed Shards: Tales of Dark Folklore - ed. Leanbh Pearson @LeanbhPearson
Foul Days - Genoveva Dimova @gen_dimova
That Which Stands Outside - Mark Morris @MarkMorris10
The Unmothers - Leslie J. Anderson @inkhat
Night Owls - A.R. Vishny
Ghost Apparent - Jelena Dunato @Jelenawrites
All the Hearts You Eat - Hailey Piper @HaileyPiperSays
Necrology - Meg Ripley @ripley_meg
Gorse - Sam K. Horton @Eythin_Trust
Indian Burial Ground - Nick Medina @MedinaNick
We Shall Be Monsters - Tara Sim @EachStarAWorld
Sacrificial Animals - Kailee Pedersen @KaileePedersen
The Dark Becomes Her - Judy I. Lin @judyilin
Hell Shall Make You Fear Again - Jack Finn @TheRealJackFinn
The Bog Wife - Kay Chronister @kaychronister
The Wee Ones - Darryl Hughes
Sundown in San Ojuela - M.M. Olivas @OlivasTheWriter
Withered Hill - David Barnett @davidmbarnett
The Ravening - Daniel Church @DannyTheChurch
The Folk in the Woods - E.M. McConnell
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Giveaway alert! I’ve got a spare proof of this utterly gorgeous, queer, cosy fantasy debut - repost to win and I’ll pick someone at random tomorrow. I’ll post anywhere and even throw in a bookmark, tropes postcard and cute violin pin.
I'm going to yell more about Second Death as we get closer to the release date, but until then, Grey is bi and the entire main cast is queer 💜
goodreads.com/book/show/2085…
Join us next week!
Calling all folk horror fans!
Join MY THROAT AN OPEN GRAVE author @toribov for a Folk Horror Panel alongside @sennydreadful, @AdamLeslie1974 and @LMcKnightHardy!
📍 : Waterstones Trafalgar Square
🗓️ : Thursday 27 June, 7pm
🎟️ : tinyurl.com/4xbcspny
coming out of two weekends of cons and just gotta say: publicists are magicians. Not only are they nice and wonderful and patient and deal with authors at their most stressed/frazzled, they're also wizards with travel and ensure people are fed/happy even if things are on fire
(not that there were any metaphorical fires I saw at either con this or last week, besides a billion flight cancellations and train delays)