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SEEING OTHER PEOPLE by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

Morgan is being ghosted by her ex. No, really. It’s sad Zach died and became a ghost. But Morgan and Zach only ever went on the one date, and now she’s being haunted by him. Zach has no desire to spend eternity with Morgan, but he…
SEEING OTHER PEOPLE by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Morgan is being ghosted by her ex. No, really. It’s sad Zach died and became a ghost. But Morgan and Zach only ever went on the one date, and now she’s being haunted by him. Zach has no desire to spend eternity with Morgan, but he can’t recall his past and doesn’t know how to move on. At a support group for humans and their haunters, Morgan and Zach run into Sawyer, whose fiancée-turned-ghost has started to fade.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
DAWN OF CHAOS AND FURY is a USA Today Bestseller!

Thrilled to see Melissa K Roehrich's DAWN OF CHAOS AND FURY hit the USA Today's bestseller list at #88!
DAWN OF CHAOS AND FURY is a USA Today Bestseller!
Thrilled to see Melissa K Roehrich's DAWN OF CHAOS AND FURY hit the USA Today's bestseller list at #88!
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December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
November Translation Deals

Brazilian Portuguese rights to Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction winner Vajra Chandrasekera's RAKESFALL, to Editora Companhia das Letras, by Cristina Purchio at International Editors’ Co. in association with Michael Curry. Chinese (simplified) rights to New York Times…
November Translation Deals
Brazilian Portuguese rights to Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction winner Vajra Chandrasekera's RAKESFALL, to Editora Companhia das Letras, by Cristina Purchio at International Editors’ Co. in association with Michael Curry. Chinese (simplified) rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, ROGUE PROTOCOL, EXIT STRATEGY, NETWORK EFFECT, FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, SYSTEM COLLAPSE, and PLATFORM DECAY, eight books in The Murderbot Diaries, to Yilin, by Yichan Peng at Grayhawk Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Starred Review: TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher

Booklist: It has been three weeks since the devastating magical attack on Chicago (Battle Ground, 2020), leaving the city in complete disarray and wizard Harry Dresden's life in shambles. He is mourning the loss of a loved one, has been banished from…
Starred Review: TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher
Booklist: It has been three weeks since the devastating magical attack on Chicago (Battle Ground, 2020), leaving the city in complete disarray and wizard Harry Dresden's life in shambles. He is mourning the loss of a loved one, has been banished from the White Council of Wizards—although he is not as upset about that—and has been forced by the ruthless Queen Mab into an engagement to the provocative leader of the White Vampires.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
DAWN OF CHAOS AND FURY by Melissa K. Roehrich

A Destiny to Defy Tessalyn Ausra has been betrayed at every turn, but she’s also dealt betrayals of her own. With the consequences of her choices hanging over her, she’s done letting others define her purpose, but choosing that path could prove costly.…
DAWN OF CHAOS AND FURY by Melissa K. Roehrich
A Destiny to Defy Tessalyn Ausra has been betrayed at every turn, but she’s also dealt betrayals of her own. With the consequences of her choices hanging over her, she’s done letting others define her purpose, but choosing that path could prove costly. Theon has sent her away, and Luka is wrestling with his own destiny, unsure if that still includes her.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Goodreads Choice Award nomination for Best Fantasy

Robert Jackson Bennett's second novel in the Ana & Din series, A DROP OF CORRUPTION, has been nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award in Best Fantasy! Congratulations, Robert!
Goodreads Choice Award nomination for Best Fantasy
Robert Jackson Bennett's second novel in the Ana & Din series, A DROP OF CORRUPTION, has been nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award in Best Fantasy! Congratulations, Robert!
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November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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MAD SISTERS OF ESI is one of The Washington Post’s 10 best SFF novels of 2025. In the sheer amount of what gets published each year and what gets lost, this feels like a small, precious miracle ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU’RE SLEEPING hits USA Today list!

Congratulations again to Alta Hensley as HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING rings in at #103 on the USA Today Bestseller list! Why choose between naughty or nice in this steamy, suspenseful Christmas-themed stalker romance that’s perfect for dark…
HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU’RE SLEEPING hits USA Today list!
Congratulations again to Alta Hensley as HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING rings in at #103 on the USA Today Bestseller list! Why choose between naughty or nice in this steamy, suspenseful Christmas-themed stalker romance that’s perfect for dark romance readers seeking a spicy, festive read.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Review: QUEEN DEMON by Martha Wells

AudioFile: Eric Mok returns to narrate this sequel to WITCH KING, bringing back all of his wonderfully varied British accents for the large cast. The narrative jumps back and forth between two timelines: In the past, immortal demon Kaiisteron and Prince-heir…
Review: QUEEN DEMON by Martha Wells
AudioFile: Eric Mok returns to narrate this sequel to WITCH KING, bringing back all of his wonderfully varied British accents for the large cast. The narrative jumps back and forth between two timelines: In the past, immortal demon Kaiisteron and Prince-heir Bishasha advance against the powerful, subjugating Heirarchs; years later in the present day, long after the war is over, Kai and his found family investigate whether any Heirarchs might still survive.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Review: DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan

Shelf Awareness: Even in Tartarus, the great labyrinth builder reckons with the death of his son and confronts his failures as a father and a man in Seamus Sullivan's debut novella, Daedalus Is Dead. Daedalus's son, Icarus, famously flew too close to the…
Review: DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan
Shelf Awareness: Even in Tartarus, the great labyrinth builder reckons with the death of his son and confronts his failures as a father and a man in Seamus Sullivan's debut novella, Daedalus Is Dead. Daedalus's son, Icarus, famously flew too close to the sun with the wings his father built for the two of them to escape from King Minos. The wax melted, and Icarus crashed into the sea and died.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Review: TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop

Publishers Weekly: In this sprawling series opener, Bishop (the Black Jewels series) crafts an entertaining and sometimes brutal tale of magic, mystery, and mischief. Shortly after Junior Detective Beth Fahey is assigned to the Penwych police’s 13th precinct…
Review: TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop
Publishers Weekly: In this sprawling series opener, Bishop (the Black Jewels series) crafts an entertaining and sometimes brutal tale of magic, mystery, and mischief. Shortly after Junior Detective Beth Fahey is assigned to the Penwych police’s 13th precinct special investigations team, she’s tapped for an unusual case involving a magical gun. The inquiry sends her across the Fate River to the Isle of Wyrd to search for answers with the Arcana, the Isle’s enigmatic, fae-like inhabitants who believe that bargains are sacrosanct, intentions have power, and nothing comes free.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
HE KNOWS WHEN YOU’RE AWAKE debuts at #6 on the NYT bestseller list!

Congratulations to DMLA author Alta Hensley as HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE hits the New York Times Bestseller list! This Christmas, it's all about getting what you really want in this dark billionaire stalker romance sequel to He…
HE KNOWS WHEN YOU’RE AWAKE debuts at #6 on the NYT bestseller list!
Congratulations to DMLA author Alta Hensley as HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE hits the New York Times Bestseller list! This Christmas, it's all about getting what you really want in this dark billionaire stalker romance sequel to He Sees You When You're Sleeping. Stalking in a winter wonderland...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
HE KNOWS WHEN YOU’RE AWAKE is a USA Today bestseller!

Congratulations to DMLA author, Alta Hensley, as HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE rings in at #63 on the USA Today Bestsellers List! This Christmas, it's all about getting what you really want in this dark billionaire stalker romance sequel to He…
HE KNOWS WHEN YOU’RE AWAKE is a USA Today bestseller!
Congratulations to DMLA author, Alta Hensley, as HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE rings in at #63 on the USA Today Bestsellers List! This Christmas, it's all about getting what you really want in this dark billionaire stalker romance sequel to He Sees You When You're Sleeping. Stalking in a winter wonderland...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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I have a new interview about RAKESFALL up at Reactor! In which I am quite verbose reactormag.com/author-inter...
A Conversation With Vajra Chandrasekera, Author of Rakesfall - Reactor
"I think writers, like all artists, have a responsibility to act as human cultural workers in an actual society"
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November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Convincing you to read my ~preceding~ novel, because I need the sales in order to get this one contracted. 😬

Share yours if you want!
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
2025 World Fantasy Awards

The winners of the 2025 World Fantasy Awards were announced and DMLA congratulates Robert Jackson Bennett! Best Novel THE TAINTED CUP, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
2025 World Fantasy Awards
The winners of the 2025 World Fantasy Awards were announced and DMLA congratulates Robert Jackson Bennett! Best Novel THE TAINTED CUP, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
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November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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"Make your choice. Change your fate." A new world to explore from NYT bestseller Anne Bishop! TURNS OF FATE is out today! bookshop.org/a/57446/9780...
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop

A young detective investigating crimes of the uncanny will learn that bargains can change your fate—for good or ill—in this darkly enthralling fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Others and the Black Jewels series. Words have power. Intentions…
TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop
A young detective investigating crimes of the uncanny will learn that bargains can change your fate—for good or ill—in this darkly enthralling fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Others and the Black Jewels series. Words have power. Intentions matter. Most people come to Destiny Park for entertainment. They come to have their cards read to tell them a bit about their future.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Review: TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop

Booklist: Beth is new to the police force, a rookie member of the team that investigates unusual happenings, the things that connect with the Arcana living on the Isle of Wyrd. Her first assignment is to cross the river and look into the origins of a ghost gun…
Review: TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop
Booklist: Beth is new to the police force, a rookie member of the team that investigates unusual happenings, the things that connect with the Arcana living on the Isle of Wyrd. Her first assignment is to cross the river and look into the origins of a ghost gun in Destiny Park. She gets some answers but is left with even more questions—and the challenges of navigating the rules of the Arcana while doing her job as a detective in the human world.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Starred Review: AN AMATEUR WITCH’S GUIDE TO MURDER by K. Valentin

Publishers Weekly: An air of dark whimsy pervades Valentin’s thoroughly entertaining debut. In the five years since Mateo Borrero’s less-than-maternal witch of a mother went missing, the 23-year-old has just been trying to get by;…
Starred Review: AN AMATEUR WITCH’S GUIDE TO MURDER by K. Valentin
Publishers Weekly: An air of dark whimsy pervades Valentin’s thoroughly entertaining debut. In the five years since Mateo Borrero’s less-than-maternal witch of a mother went missing, the 23-year-old has just been trying to get by; not helping matters is the fact that he’s possessed by a demon. Working at a print shop barely pays the bills for him and his best friend and roommate, Ophelia De La Garza, who finds it hard to hold on to a job due to her partially involuntary powers of astral projection.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Review: SEEING OTHER PEOPLE by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

Library Journal: A reclusive widower and a lonely wanderer open their hearts to love with the help of two ghosts in Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka’s latest, following Book Boyfriend. Morgan is searching for a solution for an…
Review: SEEING OTHER PEOPLE by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Library Journal: A reclusive widower and a lonely wanderer open their hearts to love with the help of two ghosts in Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka’s latest, following Book Boyfriend. Morgan is searching for a solution for an unusual problem—she’s being haunted by the ghost of a past lover, and his supernatural disturbances are threatening her home, her current love life, and her peace of mind.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
B&N Best Picture Books of 2025

Congratulations to DMLA author, Neil Sharpson as DON’T TRUST FISH has been listed as a Best Picture Book of 2025 by Barnes & Noble Reads!
B&N Best Picture Books of 2025
Congratulations to DMLA author, Neil Sharpson as DON’T TRUST FISH has been listed as a Best Picture Book of 2025 by Barnes & Noble Reads!
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November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
October Translation Rights

Chinese rights to Sue Burke's SEMIOSIS, to Science Fiction World, by Yichan Peng at The Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Jennie Goloboy. Czech rights to Hugo and Nebula nominated author Thomas Ha's UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, to Planeta9, by…
October Translation Rights
Chinese rights to Sue Burke's SEMIOSIS, to Science Fiction World, by Yichan Peng at The Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Jennie Goloboy. Czech rights to Hugo and Nebula nominated author Thomas Ha's UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, to Planeta9, by Milena Kaplarević at Prava i prevodi for Michael Curry. Japanese rights to Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction winner Vajra Chandrasekera's THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS, to Tokyo Sogensha, by Shreya De Sousa at The English Agency (Japan) in association with Michael Curry.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Starred Review: TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop

Library Journal: The Isle of Wyrd is a place where mundanes can supposedly safely meet the uncanny. Whenever humans disobey the rules, however, Precinct 13 goes out to clean up the mess and pick up the bodies. Not every cop can hack the isle, but…
Starred Review: TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop
Library Journal: The Isle of Wyrd is a place where mundanes can supposedly safely meet the uncanny. Whenever humans disobey the rules, however, Precinct 13 goes out to clean up the mess and pick up the bodies. Not every cop can hack the isle, but newcomer Beth Fahey feels like she’s come home—and the Arcane who control the isle are sure she’s theirs.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

DMLA congratulates Vajra Chandrasekera as RAKESFALL is announced as the 2025 winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!! The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction is an annual prize given to a writer for a single work of imaginative fiction. This…
2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
DMLA congratulates Vajra Chandrasekera as RAKESFALL is announced as the 2025 winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!! The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction is an annual prize given to a writer for a single work of imaginative fiction. This award is intended to recognize those writers Ursula spoke of in her 2014 National Book Awards speech—realists of a larger reality, who can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to how we live now.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM