We’re excited to share that DON’T CROSS MO ELLERY by Birdie Horne rings in at #118 on the USA Today Bestseller list! A laugh-out-loud mystery following the indomitable hot mess Mo Ellery, whose job as a school crossing guard pulls her into an unhinged murder investigation.
Review: PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells
Wall Street Journal: “As always, Murderbot is snarky and deadly but unsure of where it stands in the world of humans when it isn’t the one holding the gun. For some foul-mouthed and lethal summer fun, this is a perfect escape.”
Review: THE UNHAUNTING by Michaiah Johnson
Booklist: Avery and Shantell have been friends for decades, while the two fear Tobias, Avery’s older brother, who has uncontrolled anger. Avery takes care of and protects Shantell, who struggles with agoraphobia. They move from the city to a house in Mississippi that has been in Avery’s family for some time. The plan is that over the course of the summer, Shantell, Avery, and Avery’s girlfriend Emily will stay there and work on the house with the help of Tobias, […]
Starred Review: GOBLIN MARKET by A.J. Hackwith
Publishers Weekly: Inspired by Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market,” this delightful fantasy from Hackwith (Toto) plunges readers into a memorable and wonderfully off-kilter magical world. A decade after goblin changeling Toast was retrieved from the mortal world, where she spent her childhood believing herself to be human, she’s reluctantly made a life in the Goblin Market, helping human visitors find the right merchant or perfect deal. Everything’s for sale in the Goblin Market, which is ruled by “the cosmic concept of […]
DON’T CROSS MO ELLERY featured in People Magazine!
In an exclusive essay, Birdie Horne — the pen name of author team Eden Robins and MW Garguilo — reflect on their debut co-written novel ‘Don’t Cross Mo Ellery’ in this exclusive feature in People Magazine! “The story of how we went from being mortal enemies to writing a comedy murder mystery novel together is worthy of its own novel.”
A TRADE OF BLOOD is a New York Times Bestseller!
Congratulations to Robert Jackson Bennett as A TRADE OF BLOOD comes in at #10 on the NYT Bestseller list! Detective Ana Dolabra must prove a condemned man’s innocence and confront a terrifying magical technology in this fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy awards.
A TRADE OF BLOOD is a National Bestseller!
Congratulations to Robert Jackson Bennett! A TRADE OF BLOOD debuts at #8 on the Indie bestseller list and #16 on USA Today! Detective Ana Dolabra must prove a condemned man’s innocence and confront a terrifying magical technology in this fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy awards.
2026 World Fantasy Award Finalists
The finalists for the 2026 World Fantasy Awards have been announced! Congratulations to DMLA authors Thomas Ha and Elise C. Tober! Best Long Fiction “Uncertain Sons”, Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons and Other Stories) Best Short Fiction “In My Country”, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 4/25) Best Collection Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Thomas Ha (Undertow) Special Award – Non-Professional Elise C. Tobler, for The Deadlands
Review: I AM THE MONSTER UNDER THE BED by Emily Zinnikas
Booklist: Willa is the center of Zinnikas’ debut, and readers will enjoy getting to know all three versions of her. As a child, Willa made friends with a presence under her bed. It—or he—likes to be read to and doesn’t like it when Willa’s mom vacuums under the bed, but Willa doesn’t seem afraid. Teenage Willa is known as the sole survivor of the Rapture Mystery Slayings. In her hometown of Rapture, seven teens went into the woods but only […]
July Translation Deals
Arabic rights to Aggie Blum Thompson’s YOU DESERVE TO KNOW, to Falak (Saudi Arabia), by Iklele Montaser at Bears Factor Literary Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier. French rights to Nebula Award winner Premee Mohamed’s THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS, to L’Atalante, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry. German rights to Elle Madison and Robin D. Mahle’s The Frostbound Court series, to Von Morgen, in a three-book deal, by Sarah Knofius at Thomas […]








