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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Jun 30

thank you @publisherswkly.bsky.social for including LOCAL HEAVENS in the Fall '25 SF/Fantasy/Horror season preview 🫶

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Jun 30

Releasing simultaneously with the US, this stunning hardcover UK edition comes out Oct 14th and is available for preorder now! 🔗 in bio.

✨Save your receipts!✨ there will be a preorder campaign TBA (open internationally)

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Jun 30

✨UK COVER REVEAL is here✨

thrilled LOCAL HEAVENS will be pubbed in the UK w/ @zaffrebooks.bsky.social @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social thank you to my UK editor, Kelly, for acquiring it w/ so much understanding💚

LOCAL HEAVENS is a dystopian love story & queer cyberpunk Great Gatsby remix. details ⬇️🧵

Gatsby. But queer. And cyberpunk.
Not just a cyberpunk reinvention of the great gatsby. but a singular revelation in its own right
OLIVIE BLAKE
LOCAL HEAVENS
K.M. FAJARDO
PRE-ORDER NOW

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Jun 6

category is: book endings that made me feel like i swallowed a bag of bricks

first pride month read done and it was 10 stars. CRY VOIDBRINGER is out this October and y’all really don’t wanna miss this one

My Review

An unflinching examination of war, revolution, and the complexities of freedom. Equal parts dark and tender, intimate and cosmic, CRY, VOIDBRINGER is an autopsy of an epic fantasy novel: bloody, incisive and illuminating.
For as common as it is for SFF to tackle themes of oppression and resistance, rarely does a book so candidly demand that its reader sit with their discomfort. This is not a book to "escape into" but fantasy that holds a mirror up to our own souls.
These are the kinds of stories l'd desperately like to see more of in today's SFF.
(Extra extra bonus points for the sapphic characters in this omfgggg)
I will read anything Elaine Ho writes next. You do not (!!!!) want to miss this one. Out Oct 2025.

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Laura Rennert @ljrennert.bsky.social · Jun 2

I have 2 client books on BookTrib's 10 Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Reads for Pride list! THE MERCY MAKERS by @tessagratton.bsky.social and LOCAL HEAVENS by @kmfajardo.bsky.social. Check out the list here: booktrib.com/2025/06/02/1...

10 Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Reads for Pride | BookTrib.

Happy Pride Month! To celebrate, we've curated a list of ten science fiction and fantasy novels that showcase the richness and diversity of LGBTQ+ narratives. These stories span a variety of genres an...

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Jun 1

happy pride, yearners!!! from me & my bi panic cyberpunk nightmare book. also pls clap for my GREEN OFFICE i get to decorate this month

if you like bipoc queer stories, toxic relationships, examinations of capitalism/technology, gatsby x bladerunner x black mirror — LH is for you 💚

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · May 22

today’s blurb is from Chloe Gong 💐💗 tysm to chloe for sharing the nicest words ever for my debut!

LOCAL HEAVENS releases 10/14. available for preorder now (save your receipts!) ARCs can be requested on netgalley/from my publisher.

🔗 kmfajardo.com/local-heavens

$ON SALE OCT \4 PRE ORDER NOW LOCAL HEAVENS K. M. FAJARDO "Gorgeous, decadent atmosphere. Local Heavens pierces to the core of an American classic, transforming the original Gatsby's prosperity and prohibition into an era of technological dominance and the consequences therein. An exemplary execution of the cyberpunk genre." CHLOE GONG NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF IMMORTAL LONGINGS$

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Laura Rennert @ljrennert.bsky.social · May 19

Loved seeing @kmfajardo.bsky.social's upcoming LOCAL HEAVENS on this list of books by Asian authors! bookish.netgalley.com/must-reads/0...

20 Books by Asian Authors for Your TBR - Bookish

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · May 19

yes i am an olivie blake stan to my core !! no i wasn’t chill at all when i received this blurb !!!

🔗 to pre 0rd3r:
kmfajardo.com/local-heavens

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · May 19

kicking off the LOCAL HEAVENS blurb reveals with these kind words from @olivieblake.bsky.social 💐

LOCAL HEAVENS releases Oct 14th. available for pre0rder now! 🔗 in 🧵

PRAISE FOR LOCAL HEAVENS
"Easily one of my favorite books of the year. Creative, incisive, and elegantly crafted, this one will wow you even as it wrecks you.
Olivie Blake
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELING AUTHOR
OF THE ATLAS SIX

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · May 15

hiii my US publisher is gathering names/interest for physical ARCs so if queer dystopian fiction is up your alley, there's a link to the request form in my bio :)

kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Mar 10

asked for roaring 20s x cyberpunk & the team came through like omg. from the diffused neon, shadowed city, bi flag colours for THE most bi panic story ever… im blessed 💗💙💜

✨pre order wherever you buy your books: kmfajardo.com/local-heavens

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Apr 25

gatsby
-professional liar
-the maturity of a teenager and the soul of a 90 year old i think
-can and will ruin lives for a crush
-billionaire (derogatory)
-sagittarius if that means anything

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Apr 25

nick
-not actually named ‘carraway’
-picks up smoking halfway thru the book
-really smart but simultaneously dumb
-not immune to blond men
-has ptsd but pretends he doesn’t
-try not to crash out challenge: failed
-a virgo (idk anything bout astrology)

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Apr 25

today’s the last day to pre 0rd3r LOCAL HEAVENS, my queer cyberpunk Gatsby reimagining, for 25% off through B&N.

if you’ve already pre0rd3red, ily. also save your receipts 💚

here’s Nick and Jay art — by @/mossbun_ ✨ (full versions below)

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Apr 21

this sale on Bookshop ends tmrw!!

get a discount on LOCAL HEAVENS pre 0rders while you still can ❇️🍸

kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Mar 18

it’s baby’s first ✨book sale!✨

my queer cyberpunk gatsby reimagining, LOCAL HEAVENS, is available to pre 0rder for 15% off (!!!) on Bookshop for a limited time.

if u wanna support a debut author & indie bookstores … now’s a good chance <3 🥹

📌book info pinned
🔗 in bio

Orange and pink gradient background.

Book centered: LOCAL HEAVENS by KM FAJARDO. On sale 3/18-4/22.

Use code: LOVEBOOKSELLERS for 15% off on Bookshop.org

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Apr 10

of course you can still try and request the ARC on netgalley if you aren’t selected for the giveaway! & US readers can pre 0rd3r the book for 15% off through Bookshop, from now until 4/22. 🔗 in b!o.

🇬🇧 uk friends, i haven't forgotten about you!!! please stick around for updates x

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Apr 10

💌 newsletter: kmfajardo.substack.com/p/100-years-...

✨giveaway: to enter, you just need to join the Inky Phoenix community on Bindery (all tiers, including free followers, are eligible)! you have until sunday to enter - winners will be selected at random: inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com

🍸❇️ 100 Years of Gatsby (& a LOCAL HEAVENS giveaway)

on the centennial of Fitzgerald's great american novel, the gatsby multiverse in my heart, and a local heavens ARC giveaway

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Apr 10

✨GIVEAWAY✨

happy 100th birthday to The Great Gatsby 🍾 i wrote a newsletter dedicated to the centennial :)

+ to celebrate, my publisher is granting access to e-ARCs of LOCAL HEAVENS so if the netgalley gods denied you, there is hope!! details + newsletter 🔗 in 🧵

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Keir Alekseii @keiralekseii.bsky.social · Apr 8

My friend @soumiroy1.bsky.social is a brilliant writer and scientist who is in a terrible position right now. Please help in any way you can, even if it's just sharing or boosting ❤️

gofund.me/74bc7dde

Donate to Help Soumi survive after she lost her life savings to a scam, organised by Keir Alekseii Roopnarine

Hey all, My name is Keir and I am a friend of Soumi's. … Keir Alekseii Roopnarine needs your support for Help Soumi survive after she lost her life savings to a scam

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · Apr 9

Black and brown authors, it’s time! Send me your manuscripts! PitchFest is opennnn!!!

docs.google.com/forms/d/1HGW...

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Koren/K. M. Enright @kmenright.bsky.social · Mar 28

I cannot express just how good LOCAL HEAVENS is, but it *is* on Netgalley now if you wanna see for yourself!

kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Mar 28

thank you to everyone who’s been requesting digital ARCs of my dystopian debut / queer cyberpunk Gatsby remix on Netgalley 🍸❤️‍🔥 & to those tagging + messaging me on ig! i can’t check reviews so the excited DMs are very kind lol

here’s a preview of the physical ARC interior✨👀

(Netgalley 🔗 in bio!)

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Mar 28

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · Mar 28

the ghiblification slop on twitter is a really interesting phenomenon in the sense that it reveals something about the culture that creates it (twitter users/ai slop enjoyers), but fundamentally betrays a misunderstanding of the source material so profound you can really only laugh

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Mar 28

thank you to everyone who’s been requesting digital ARCs of my dystopian debut / queer cyberpunk Gatsby remix on Netgalley 🍸❤️‍🔥 & to those tagging + messaging me on ig! i can’t check reviews so the excited DMs are very kind lol

here’s a preview of the physical ARC interior✨👀

(Netgalley 🔗 in bio!)

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kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social · Mar 26

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