Kristen (she/her) writes about SFF books at Fantasy Cafe, where April is Women in SF&F Month. Likes: Myths, wordsmithery, complex characters, dark stories, BG3.
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ALT Cover to Letters from an Imaginary Country Art by Catrin Welz-Stein Design by Elizabeth Story
ALT Event graphic showing a path through trees and the girl sitting in a cafe reading a book from my website. The text on the graphic says: Virtual Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Recs with Kristen of Fantasy Cafe Thursday, May 15 @ 6:30-7pm ET Quarterly on the 3rd Thursday Please Register: https://tinyurl.com/apl-fantasy-cafe
ALT Photo of Kate Elliott
ALT Cover of THE WITCH ROADS by Kate Elliott, showing two small figures on a path lined with large statues of armored figures with swords, the closest of which have animal heads. The path leads to a fortress with three turrets. Text at the top: "An absolute gem of a story." - S. A. Chakraborty on SERVANT MAGE
ALT Cover of THE NAMELESS LAND by Kate Elliott, showing the backs of two figures on a road looking towards a large fortress that has clouds and a bright blue sky surrounding its top. Text on the left: "An absolute gem of a story." - S. A. Chakraborty on SERVANT MAGE
ALT Photo of Lindsey Byrd
ALT Cover of THE SUN BLESSED PRINCE by Lindsey Byrd showing a large bright sun with the title and a black crown within its center. The cover image is orange and yellow with some swirly flower designs in black. Text at the top: "What is life without death?"
ALT Photo of Lindsey Byrd
ALT Cover of THE SUN BLESSED PRINCE by Lindsey Byrd showing a large bright sun with the title and a black crown within its center. The cover image is orange and yellow with some swirly flower designs in black. Text at the top: "What is life without death?"
ALT Photo of Mia Tsai
ALT Cover of THE MEMORY HUNTERS by Mia Tsai, showing a thick forked branch with some green leaves covered in bright red fungus against a scarlet background. Text at the top: "A haunting dystopia that will infect your blood with its hyphae and fruit inside your heart." - Yume Kitasei
ALT A screenshot of Karin's blog post over at Fantasy Café.
ALT Photo of Linsey Miller
ALT Cover of THAT DEVIL, AMBITION by Linsey Miller, showing a dark purple snake atop a medium purple desk with books, glasses, roses, and a jar on its side with red liquid spilling out of it. A face is peeking through an opening between books in a bookshelf in the back. Text at the top: "This teacher's pet has teeth."
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ALT Cover of THE ADVENTURES OF MARY DARLING by Pat Murphy, showing a figure in a blue dress and hat holding a sword pointing downward with a man in red examining a small fairy with a magnifying glass a bit behind her to her left.
ALT Photo of Pat Murphy
ALT Cover of THE ADVENTURES OF MARY DARLING by Pat Murphy, showing a figure in a blue dress and hat holding a sword pointing downward with a man in red examining a small fairy with a magnifying glass a bit behind her to her left.
ALT THE ESSENTIAL PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP cover Art by Tom Canty Design by Elizabeth Story https://tachyonpublications.com/product/the-essential-patricia-a-mckillip/
ALT Photo of Sara Hashem
ALT Cover of THE JASAD HEIR by Sara Hashem, showing gold patterns on a charcoal gray background with a large griffin standing in the bottom half, wings extended in an arc. Text in the upper right corner: "A remarkable, razor-sharp debut." - Chelsea Abdullah Text in the lower left corner: "Will have you turning pages in a frenzy." - Shelley Parker-Chan
ALT Cover of THE JASAD CROWN by Sara Hashem, showing purple patterns on a black background with a large black bird sitting atop the crossed hilts of two swords in purple, wings extended into an arc. Text in the lower left: "A thrilling read." - Chelsea Abdullah on THE JASAD HEIR Text in the lower right: "Will have you turning pages in a frenzy." - Shelley Parker-Chan on THE JASAD HEIR
ALT Cover of THE MOUNTAIN CROWN, The Crowns of Ishia Book One by Karin Lowachee. It is yellow with a detailed orange-red image of a winged dragon atop a mountain.
ALT Cover of THE DESERT TALON, The Crowns of Ishia Book Two, by Karin Lowachee. A large yellow and orange dragon is in the air with its wings spread wide with two smaller dragons flying in the background. Below them are orange-red sands.
ALT Cover of A COVENANT OF ICE, The Crowns of Ishia Book Three, by Karin Lowachee. It shows a detailed image of a winged blue dragon in the air with a mountain and people below it. Other than the black title, the cover is in pale-to-medium shades of icy blues.
ALT Photo of J. D. Evans
ALT Cover of REIGN & RUIN, Mages of the Wheel Book One, by J. D. Evans, showing a woman with long dark hair above a man holding a dagger against a white background.