S.E. McPherson
@semcpherson.bsky.social
Fantasy, romantasy, and speculative fiction author specializing in queer and neurodivergent stories.
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S.E. McPherson
@semcpherson.bsky.social
· Mar 25
In A King's Trust, my poly romantasy, the spare becomes heir, discovering ancient magic, political intrigue, and two loves of his life.
"A compelling tale with well-drawn characters and beautifully executed LGBTQ+ romance."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
www.semcpherson.com/books/a-king...
"A compelling tale with well-drawn characters and beautifully executed LGBTQ+ romance."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
www.semcpherson.com/books/a-king...
Look at these STUNNERS. Fresh character art drop from
@wendibones.bsky.social!
Elias Batesian, recently resurrected revenant and once-Watcher, now wearing his heart-mage's scars and tattoos as magic brands.
(A Villain's Hope by S.E. McPherson, book 2 in the Heart-Mage Trilogy)
@wendibones.bsky.social!
Elias Batesian, recently resurrected revenant and once-Watcher, now wearing his heart-mage's scars and tattoos as magic brands.
(A Villain's Hope by S.E. McPherson, book 2 in the Heart-Mage Trilogy)
February 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Look at these STUNNERS. Fresh character art drop from
@wendibones.bsky.social!
Elias Batesian, recently resurrected revenant and once-Watcher, now wearing his heart-mage's scars and tattoos as magic brands.
(A Villain's Hope by S.E. McPherson, book 2 in the Heart-Mage Trilogy)
@wendibones.bsky.social!
Elias Batesian, recently resurrected revenant and once-Watcher, now wearing his heart-mage's scars and tattoos as magic brands.
(A Villain's Hope by S.E. McPherson, book 2 in the Heart-Mage Trilogy)
If you happened to be wondering why you saw a sudden influx of indie bookstores asking authors for wholesale links in January:
#booksky
#booksky
A Peek Behind the Publishing Industry Curtain: How Ingram F#CKED Indie Bookstores
To get our books from finished manuscript to physical copy in a bookstore, most self-published authors select a print-on-demand provider who can print and distribute books as they're ordered. There ar...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:52 PM
If you happened to be wondering why you saw a sudden influx of indie bookstores asking authors for wholesale links in January:
#booksky
#booksky
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We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
Anti-gen-AI folks get called "Luddites." Do you know who Luddites were? They weren't anti-tech—they destroyed machines in textile factories circumventing labor protections to harm workers. It was the only threat that made business owners listen to demands for fair treatment.
We need more Luddites.
We need more Luddites.
January 30, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Anti-gen-AI folks get called "Luddites." Do you know who Luddites were? They weren't anti-tech—they destroyed machines in textile factories circumventing labor protections to harm workers. It was the only threat that made business owners listen to demands for fair treatment.
We need more Luddites.
We need more Luddites.
You like reading books early (for free)?
You like fantasy romance with intrigue, magic, spice & complex characters?
You want it all from the perspective of the "touch him and die" MMC?
Get an ARC of A Villain's Hope, book 2 in the Heart-Mage Trilogy, right now:
www.semcpherson.com/books/arc-re...
You like fantasy romance with intrigue, magic, spice & complex characters?
You want it all from the perspective of the "touch him and die" MMC?
Get an ARC of A Villain's Hope, book 2 in the Heart-Mage Trilogy, right now:
www.semcpherson.com/books/arc-re...
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
You like reading books early (for free)?
You like fantasy romance with intrigue, magic, spice & complex characters?
You want it all from the perspective of the "touch him and die" MMC?
Get an ARC of A Villain's Hope, book 2 in the Heart-Mage Trilogy, right now:
www.semcpherson.com/books/arc-re...
You like fantasy romance with intrigue, magic, spice & complex characters?
You want it all from the perspective of the "touch him and die" MMC?
Get an ARC of A Villain's Hope, book 2 in the Heart-Mage Trilogy, right now:
www.semcpherson.com/books/arc-re...
So #booksky, your favorite trope is found family because you:
- Are LGBTQ+ and/or neurodivergent
- Had a difficult home life
- Long for people who won't leave you?
- Are LGBTQ+ and/or neurodivergent
- Had a difficult home life
- Long for people who won't leave you?
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
So #booksky, your favorite trope is found family because you:
- Are LGBTQ+ and/or neurodivergent
- Had a difficult home life
- Long for people who won't leave you?
- Are LGBTQ+ and/or neurodivergent
- Had a difficult home life
- Long for people who won't leave you?
The good advice about my AuDHD, cinnamon roll main character Beau I'm glad I DIDN'T take before I hit publish on A King's Trust:
www.semcpherson.com/post/the-goo...
#booksky
www.semcpherson.com/post/the-goo...
#booksky
The Good Advice I'm Glad I Didn't Take
When A King's Trust was in the editing phase, the first couple of beta readers immediately disliked Beau. "He's too much," they said. "He takes up too many causes, he gets too easily overwhelmed, he'...
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January 26, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The good advice about my AuDHD, cinnamon roll main character Beau I'm glad I DIDN'T take before I hit publish on A King's Trust:
www.semcpherson.com/post/the-goo...
#booksky
www.semcpherson.com/post/the-goo...
#booksky
Writers, feel my pain! Why aren't there more good synonyms for "laughed"? Like "giggled," "chuckled," "chortled," "guffawed"--these all have extremely specific use cases that usually aren't right.
June 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Writers, feel my pain! Why aren't there more good synonyms for "laughed"? Like "giggled," "chuckled," "chortled," "guffawed"--these all have extremely specific use cases that usually aren't right.
While ferociously swordfighting a neighbor child, my 8yo called him a "rapscallion," a "miscreant," and a "dishonorable rogue."
I'm amused and delighted.
I'm amused and delighted.
June 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
While ferociously swordfighting a neighbor child, my 8yo called him a "rapscallion," a "miscreant," and a "dishonorable rogue."
I'm amused and delighted.
I'm amused and delighted.
Every full moon I send a slightly(?) unhinged newsletter. For the Flower Moon subscribers got a sneak peek snippet from A Villain's Hope, the upcoming sequel to A King's Trust.
For hot character art, witchy shit, insider info on publishing & exclusive lore drops, sign up for my newsletter! #booksky
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May 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Every full moon I send a slightly(?) unhinged newsletter. For the Flower Moon subscribers got a sneak peek snippet from A Villain's Hope, the upcoming sequel to A King's Trust.
For hot character art, witchy shit, insider info on publishing & exclusive lore drops, sign up for my newsletter! #booksky
For hot character art, witchy shit, insider info on publishing & exclusive lore drops, sign up for my newsletter! #booksky
Prince Beauregard would never have a fully charged phone. Elias definitely has Life360 set up to track his disaster bi.
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
#booksky
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
#booksky
May 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Prince Beauregard would never have a fully charged phone. Elias definitely has Life360 set up to track his disaster bi.
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
#booksky
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
#booksky
Over a thousand copies of my debut novel A King's Trust were bought or downloaded in its first month out, and I want to CELEBRATE!
This book is a love story to AuDHDers w/ no idea what's going on half the time who still deserve the world bc I KNOW we can make great leaders. (1/3)
#booksky
This book is a love story to AuDHDers w/ no idea what's going on half the time who still deserve the world bc I KNOW we can make great leaders. (1/3)
#booksky
May 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Over a thousand copies of my debut novel A King's Trust were bought or downloaded in its first month out, and I want to CELEBRATE!
This book is a love story to AuDHDers w/ no idea what's going on half the time who still deserve the world bc I KNOW we can make great leaders. (1/3)
#booksky
This book is a love story to AuDHDers w/ no idea what's going on half the time who still deserve the world bc I KNOW we can make great leaders. (1/3)
#booksky
May 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Better believe that drama fueled four entire loads of laundry.
Get you some imagination-fuel INTRIGUE in A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson.
Get you some imagination-fuel INTRIGUE in A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson.
April 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Better believe that drama fueled four entire loads of laundry.
Get you some imagination-fuel INTRIGUE in A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson.
Get you some imagination-fuel INTRIGUE in A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson.
Writer mama may be enabling little storytellers-in-training. Nothing brings joy like hearing a dozen neighborhood kids live-negotiating a story in my living room lol
#writersky
#writersky
April 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Writer mama may be enabling little storytellers-in-training. Nothing brings joy like hearing a dozen neighborhood kids live-negotiating a story in my living room lol
#writersky
#writersky
Reposted by S.E. McPherson
"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin
April 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin
See, the problem with creating three gorgeous fictional people is that I can just sit here bi panicking about them all freakin day instead of writing their sequel
#booksky
#booksky
April 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
See, the problem with creating three gorgeous fictional people is that I can just sit here bi panicking about them all freakin day instead of writing their sequel
#booksky
#booksky
I post ONE video with the P&P 2005 hand flex & suddenly my FYP on every platform is nothing but thirst trap edits of Matthew Macfadyen's Darcy. Am I irritated about it??
...nah, that tall glass of autistic-coded silence can block the breaking news with his lil cravat and 10,000 a year any day.
...nah, that tall glass of autistic-coded silence can block the breaking news with his lil cravat and 10,000 a year any day.
a man in a black coat is standing in front of a window with the words " more silence " below him
Alt: Mr. Darcy, played by Matthew Macfadyen, in a black coat and cravat, stands awkwardly in front of a window and avoids eye contact, twisting his gloves in his hands, with the words 'more silence' beneath him.
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April 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I post ONE video with the P&P 2005 hand flex & suddenly my FYP on every platform is nothing but thirst trap edits of Matthew Macfadyen's Darcy. Am I irritated about it??
...nah, that tall glass of autistic-coded silence can block the breaking news with his lil cravat and 10,000 a year any day.
...nah, that tall glass of autistic-coded silence can block the breaking news with his lil cravat and 10,000 a year any day.
If you're not using your maladaptive daydreaming to romanticize your chores, what are you even doing?
Join me in this delusion: it's published in A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson, a poly romantasy with a KILLER found family.
#booksky
Join me in this delusion: it's published in A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson, a poly romantasy with a KILLER found family.
#booksky
April 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you're not using your maladaptive daydreaming to romanticize your chores, what are you even doing?
Join me in this delusion: it's published in A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson, a poly romantasy with a KILLER found family.
#booksky
Join me in this delusion: it's published in A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson, a poly romantasy with a KILLER found family.
#booksky
If you yearn for YEARNING, read the book Independent Book Review called, "Tantalizing & dripping with tension—a slow-burn romantasy that explodes when things get hot," & readers called, "If you don't let them f*^xing KISS I'm gonna lose my—oh, there it is, OH GOD!"
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
April 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you yearn for YEARNING, read the book Independent Book Review called, "Tantalizing & dripping with tension—a slow-burn romantasy that explodes when things get hot," & readers called, "If you don't let them f*^xing KISS I'm gonna lose my—oh, there it is, OH GOD!"
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
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My friends I just finished reading this MINUTES ago and I am FERAL FOR IT
I do actually need everyone to go grab a copy IMMEDIATELY
I do actually need everyone to go grab a copy IMMEDIATELY
In A King's Trust, my poly romantasy, the spare becomes heir, discovering ancient magic, political intrigue, and two loves of his life.
"A compelling tale with well-drawn characters and beautifully executed LGBTQ+ romance."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
www.semcpherson.com/books/a-king...
"A compelling tale with well-drawn characters and beautifully executed LGBTQ+ romance."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
www.semcpherson.com/books/a-king...
April 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My friends I just finished reading this MINUTES ago and I am FERAL FOR IT
I do actually need everyone to go grab a copy IMMEDIATELY
I do actually need everyone to go grab a copy IMMEDIATELY
In this corner: Lady Penamour, duchess by cunning and force of will. She's a ferocious politician, a fierce defender of justice, and the staunch enemy of our dear Prince Beauregard.
Love banter? See her verbally duke it out with Beau in A King's Trust: buff.ly/jf8NeI7
#booksky
Love banter? See her verbally duke it out with Beau in A King's Trust: buff.ly/jf8NeI7
#booksky
April 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In this corner: Lady Penamour, duchess by cunning and force of will. She's a ferocious politician, a fierce defender of justice, and the staunch enemy of our dear Prince Beauregard.
Love banter? See her verbally duke it out with Beau in A King's Trust: buff.ly/jf8NeI7
#booksky
Love banter? See her verbally duke it out with Beau in A King's Trust: buff.ly/jf8NeI7
#booksky
My feed is (understandably and on purpose) all political news and activism, so I was both surprised and very grateful for bunnies to grace it. Needed a lil bun snuggle in my afternoon.
April 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My feed is (understandably and on purpose) all political news and activism, so I was both surprised and very grateful for bunnies to grace it. Needed a lil bun snuggle in my afternoon.
Who doesn't love a "touch him and die" bodyguard love interest???
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
MMF poly fantasy romance
www.amazon.com/Kings-Trust-...
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
MMF poly fantasy romance
www.amazon.com/Kings-Trust-...
![Illustration of a hot-ass guard with long dark hair half up, a scruffy beard, and a serious expression. Beneath that are quotes from reviews: "I enjoyed [Elias's] mysterious and, at times, deceiving character. He is so full of sunshine but also an enigma." "...the tension between Beau and Elias - sizzling! ...I can't blame him either - Elias is lush." "Elias is a super-guard--the best fighter in the kingdom by a long shot and supremely loyal to Beau. Beau's unending trust in Elias makes us nervous as readers, but Elias squashes those nerves time and time again." "Elias is a bit more of an enigma--deeply protective and devoted, willing to be cruel if it means he guards the safety and emotions of those he cares about."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x2qmlffbvnrbli3bbj2zrwr7/bafkreigdurb26k5umzzffb7xjpnnja4vochmyhb6guckq5iram2muf4goi@jpeg)
April 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Who doesn't love a "touch him and die" bodyguard love interest???
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
MMF poly fantasy romance
www.amazon.com/Kings-Trust-...
A King's Trust by S.E. McPherson
MMF poly fantasy romance
www.amazon.com/Kings-Trust-...
Saw a random 4x increase in book sales yesterday. Quick, what the f*ck did I do yesterday??
April 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Saw a random 4x increase in book sales yesterday. Quick, what the f*ck did I do yesterday??