Must-Have Monday is a feature highlighting which of the coming week’s new releases I’m excited for. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all books being published that week; only those I’m interested in out of those I’m aware of! The focus is diverse SFF, but other stuff sneaks in occasionally too.
NINETEEN books this week!
(Books are listed in order of pub date, then Adult SFF, Adult Other, YA SFF, YA Other, MG SFF.)
Project Hanuman by Stewart Hotston
Genres: Adult, Sci Fi
Representation: Indian cast
Published on: 11th November 2025
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Blending Indian mythology and classic space opera, Project Hanuman is a bold new science-fiction novel from Stewart Hotston, perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky.
The ship needed to hear voices, to know he was not alone. The pilot thought they were going to fight an enemy, to find someone responsible and mete out justice. The Interlocutor thought they were going to help. The ship only wanted to hear the chaos of life and know he wasn’t alone among the stars.
The Arcology is a pan galactic utopia whose people live entirely online. Tired of paradise, Praveenthi ‘Prab’ Saal had herself printed into the physical world of Sirajah’s Reach, working as an Interlocutor – a go between for the Arcology and the cultures it meets in flesh and blood.
One evening after a call with her family – who are pressuring her to abandon her body and rejoin the Arcology, the city stops. Stops completely – nothing electronic works anymore. Terrified that the Arcology has just up and disappeared, she receives a call for help from a ship in dock whose pilot, Kercher, is a prisoner printed into a body to serve out his sentence in the physical world. Between them they discover it’s not just her planet, but the entire Arcology that’s gone missing. If they don’t find out what’s going on it could be the end of everyone and everything that calls the Arcology home.
Their only resource is their living ship, into which all the knowledge and culture of the Arcology has been downloaded. Asked to be a life raft for the Arcology, the ship, a frigate without a name, is dying – slowly being swallowed whole by the literal universe of information it’s been asked to carry.
Featuring worlds made entirely from gold, an enemy who has no consciousness, allies made of lichen and the grand Ring World of Akhanda – the physical heart of the Arcology. Prab and Kercher will need to put aside their dislike of each other and the Arcology if they’re to help their ship and save anything at all. Can they restore the possibility of hope to their lives?
Fascinated by this set-up, and very interested in the strange worlds the characters are going to be visiting!
You can read an excerpt here (where it says Free Preview beneath the book cover)!
Under the Yule Moon by Nicole Ryan
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: F/F
Published on: 11th November 2025
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Fleur keeps to the edges—of the forest, of the town, of other people. She likes it that way. Her magic is quiet, the kind practiced in herbs and tea leaves, in instinct and salt at the door.
Winnie runs the tavern the way she runs her steady, simple, alone, and she tells herself that’s enough.
But when a snowstorm brings Fleur to her door, that contentment begins to fade. The hearth breathes deeper, the walls seem to listen, and in the hush between them, something old and tender, begins to awaken.
As the Yule Moon rises, magic stirs, choices reveal themselves, and two women must decide what it means to stay—when every part of them is used to leaving.
A cozy, witchy romantasy about quiet magic, unexpected warmth, and love made not just by fate, but by choice.
Sounds very sweet and cosy!
An Outstretched Hand: A Tarot Spread of Queer Stories by R.K. Ashwick, Luna Daye, Tess Carletta, Carolina Cruz, Noah Hawthorne, Sebastian Nothwell
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Queer MCs
Published on: 11th November 2025
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A hand reaching to you from the shadows. Six cards over-turned. Six enchanting queer tales inspired by the magic of tarot.
The Star by Tess Carletta
A lighthouse keeper who influences the fate of her people by wrangling misbehaving stars back into place must remedy her own constellation.The Hierophant by Carolina Cruz
A knight who was disabled in battle gives up on asking the gods for healing and turns to something dark in the woods for help instead.Strength by Luna Daye
A warrior is sent to investigate the rumors of a raided village and is forced to face the trauma of his past, and has to battle more than his grief after a terrifying discovery.The Chariot by R.K. Ashwick
Two witches vie desperately for a goddess’s blessing- but the fortune they seek might be right in front of them.Temperance by Noah Hawthorne
A grieving mercenary searches for the tallest mountain to throw himself from, but a mystery and curious folk keep him grounded for a little while longer.The Devil by Sebastian Nothwell
A repressed Victorian finds fleeting release in a fae courtesan's arms until iron chains threaten their growing bond.Explore the forest, meet the fae, pray to the gods, shepherd stars, or fight creatures of myth. An offering for you, if you accept the Outstretched Hand.
I recognise some of these author names, and I am INTRIGUED!
You can read an excerpt here (where it says Free Preview beneath the book cover)!
Shadowplay (Micah Grey, #2) by L.R. Lam
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Intersex MC
Published on: 11th November 2025
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In the second installment of the Micah Grey Trilogy from the award-winning, USA Today-bestselling author of Dragonfall, Micah must learn two types of magic—one for the stage, and one with deadlier consequences—while navigating a tender new love.
Old magics are waking. Will the world survive their return?
Micah Grey almost died when he fled the circus with Drystan. Now he and the ex-clown must use Glamours to disguise themselves and hide in the once-grand Kymri Theatre, run by a once-renowned magician, Jasper Maske. Drystan claims Maske’s stage magic is all smoke and mirrors, but where’s the line between trickery and real power?
Micah and Drystan will soon learn the answer, when Maske's arch-nemesis challenges them all to a duel that will seal all their fates.
Meanwhile, the Shadow still haunts Micah’s steps, and as the duel draws near, Micahincreasingly suffers from dark visions. Events that destroyed the ancient world are being replayed. Can Micah's latent powers break this deadly pattern?
In this rich and evocative second novel of the Micah Grey series, L.R. Lam blends a coming-of-age story, queer romance, and magical powers into a charming and original fantasy world, inspired by Victorian Scotland.
The second book in the Micah Grey trilogy! Like the first book, this has been heavily rewritten since it was first published as YA years ago, and is now very much Adult.
You can read an excerpt here (where it says Free Preview beneath the book cover)!
Creative Futures (Beyond and Within) by Allen Stroud
Genres: Adult, Sci Fi
PoV: 11th November 2025
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Inspirational and thought-provoking collection of short stories imagining future crises and solutions, uniting the spheres of creative storytelling and real-life resilience building.
We’re going to change the world.
Science Fiction writers spend their lives thinking about what will happen in the future. In this anthology, a select group bring imaginative thinking to the challenges the world will face in the next century.
This anthology is a collection of works that draw inspiration from the Creative Futures Research Project, a partnership between Coventry University and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the UK Ministry of Defence’s science and technology organisation. The writers involved in the project created stories that imagined some of the future crises that we may have to resolve and the ramifications of our choices on the generations who come after us.
Edited by author, lecturer and researcher Allen Stroud, who had a leading role in the research project, this anthology not only entertains and inspires, but also reminds us of the immense value of the imagination and creativity of science fiction writers in helping us plan for future crisis management and resilience.
The full list of featured authors in this book is: Allen Stroud, Gavin Smith, Kieran Currie Rones, Stewart Hotston, Emma Newman, Stephen Oram, Tiffani Angus, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Adeola Eze, Gareth L. Powell, Stark Holborn, and Sophia McDougall.
Yes I AM annoyed I couldn’t find a proper cover image – publishers I want THE COVER, not PHOTOS OF THE BOOK POSING. Mutter mutter. Regardless, this sounds like an utterly marvelous read – give me all the wildly imaginative futures, please!
This Gilded Abyss (The Titan's Wrath Trilogy, #1) by Rebecca Thorne
Genres: Adult, Queer Protagonists, Sci Fi
Representation: Sapphic MC, Black sapphic love interest
Published on: 11th November 2025
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Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier. She’s also desperate to leave her haunted past deep in the bioluminescent ocean, buried alongside her best friend, Quian. So, when Subarch Kessandra, Valkesh’s favorite royal–and Nix’s loathed ex–requests Nix’s help investigating a massacre in the abyssal city of Fall, Nix refuses. Vehemently.
She should have known Kessandra would fight back.
Consigned as Kessandra’s bodyguard, Nix grudgingly boards the Luminosity, a luxurious submersible that offers the only transportation to Fall. But Kessandra wasn’t truthful–surprise, surprise–and her “investigation” isn’t about the massacre, but rather what caused it: an illness that incites its victims into a violent craze.
When another royal is brutally murdered, Nix and Kess realize the disease has spread–and no one on the Luminosity is safe. If they’re going to survive until Fall, they’ll have to trust each other… but considering Kessandra is responsible for Quian’s death, that won’t be easy.
Fascinated by the sound of this setting!
You can read an excerpt here (where it says Read Excerpt beneath the book cover)!
Turns of Fate (Isle of Wyrd, #1) by Anne Bishop
Genres: Adult, Fantasy
Published on: 11th November 2025
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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. They come to walk through a beautiful park and to eat at the hotel’s restaurant. They come in the hope of catching a glimpse of the Arcana, the paranormal beings who rule the Isle of Wyrd.
But some people come to make a bargain with the Arcana—to change their fate. And some people come for dark purposes.
When Detective Beth Fahey is sent to Destiny Park to inquire about a “ghost gun,” she will begin a strange journey on which she must learn to navigate the Arcana’s unforgiving laws and dangerous attractions. Her search will draw her into seemingly impossible cases and the secrets of her own past as tensions rise between the Arcana and their human neighbors across the river.
For the Isle of Wyrd is a place where the dead ride trains to their final destinations, predators literally become prey, and seekers’ true natures are revealed in the ripples of destiny unknowingly stirred in their wakes.
Who will live? Who will die? And who will be lost in between?
The start of a new series from Anne Bishop! Diverse? Probably not, but I’ve found her prose addictive since I was a teenager, and I will absolutely show up to check out her newest world!
You can read an excerpt here!
The Amberglow Candy Store by Hiyoko Kurisu, Matt Treyvaud
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Magical Realism
Representation: Japanese cast
Published on: 11th November 2025
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A charming book of linked stories with a sprinkling of cosy fantasy and a fable-like touch . . .
The Amberglow Candy Store in the Night Alley introduces the reader to half-fox shopkeeper Kogetsu, whose magical wagashi sweets from his shop on Gloaming Lane promise to change his customers' lives for the better.
We follow an array of characters from various walks of life through their encounters with Kogetsu, who himself learns some major life lessons along the way, and reveals his own backstory in the process.
I love books about food or sweets, and this sounds lovely and heartwarming. A kitsune candy-seller!
You can read read an excerpt here (where it says Read Sample beneath the book cover)!
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
Genres: Adult, Sci Fi
Published on: 11th November 2025
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Humanity is under assault by malevolent "antimemes"—ideas that attack memory, identity, and the fabric of reality itself—in this wickedly brainbending tale of science-fiction horror, an entirely reimagined and expanded version of the beloved online novel.
They’re all around us, hiding in plain sight.
One could be in the room with you, now, just to your left. You could be seeing it right now—but from this second to the next, you’ll forget that you did. If you managed to jot down a note, the paper would look blank to you afterwards.
These entities can feed on your most cherished memories, the things that make you you—and you’ll never even know anything changed.They can turn you into a living ghost—make it so that you’re standing next to your spouse, screaming in their ear, and they won’t know you’re there.
They are the perfect predators, equipped with the ultimate camouflage—the ability to wipe out memories of their own existence.
And they aren’t just feeding on us. They’re invading.
But how do you fight an enemy when you can never even know that you're at war? How do you contain something you can't record or remember?
Welcome to the Antimemetics Division. No, this is not your first day.
This sounds so incredibly strange that I want to take a look at it – not least because I’ve had a very interesting time with some of qntm’s other fiction!
You can read read an excerpt here (where it says Read Sample beneath the book cover)!
The Music of Creation by Chris Allen, Paul Knight
Genres: Adult, Sci Fi
Published on: 11th November 2025
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In a universe where music is a narcotic, an alien must protect a brilliant Irish composer from abduction.
Music from Earth has a profound impact upon alien species who use it as a mind-altering drug. Our planet is fertile ground for a ruthless off-world cartel called the Abductors who hunt musicians to sell as commodities. These kidnapped musicians are then forced to perform for those wealthy enough to purchase them.
Countering the Abductors are the Protectors, who have long dedicated their energy to guarding musicians from these ruthless traffickers. Lindsey is from the planet Thales and is a Protector waiting for her first assignment. When a brilliant teenaged composer is discovered in Ireland, a boy of such incredible talent his music can alter space, the Abductors plot to capture him. The Protectors must rush the inexperienced Lindsey to protect Ryan Reilly, his mother, and his sister from the predatory Abductors. Against the turmoil of an intergalactic war, Lindsey must succeed before Ryan's ability destroys the universe.
Again, this one sounds so unlike anything I’ve read before that I want to take a peek at it!
To Kill a Queen by Amie McNee
Genres: Adult, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Nonbinary MC
Published on: 11th November 20225
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Enter a shadowy world of crime in Elizabethan London with this twisty historical mystery featuring a queer sleuth and a dash of romance!
When Queen Elizabeth I is nearly assassinated, the rebellious heir to a criminal legacy seizes an opportunity for a better life.
London, 1579. In the treacherous alleyways of London, Jack has left behind the life of petty crime, hoping to atone for the past by rooting out murderers. As the eldest child of a notorious and infamous figure who controls the slums, Jack has no safe place to land and dreams of a future off the streets. When an attempt is made on the Queen’s life, it falls to Jack to catch the would-be-assassin and fight for different future.
With the help of a coroner, Damian, a sultry barmaid with a secret, and the criminal connections from Jack's past, the unlikely investigator dives into the case. But the former thief's informants keep turning up dead, and every lead seems to vanish just when it feels within reach. As Jack follows the trail deeper into danger, the question who can truly be trusted?
With the promise of security and redemption hanging overhead, Jack must uncover who orchestrated the assassination attempt before time runs out in this historical mystery, perfect for fans of Tasha Alexander.
As far as I know this isn’t spec fic – except in the way in which all historical fiction is speculative, I guess? – but we don’t see nonbinary characters in historical fic very often, and I like the sound of this one!
You can read an excerpt here (where it says Free Preview beneath the book cover)!
Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland
Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, YA
Published on: 11th November 2025
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A young woman cursed with a fatal heartbreak-induced sickness must race against time to find a cure and protect her family legacy from the ancient finfolk that would destroy it, the fiancé that would kill her for it, and the boy who would love her if she forsook it.
The seafaring humans of Kirkrell have always been plagued by finfolk—bloodthirsty fae who haunt the seas, sinking ships and cursing bloodlines. Yet it’s only by hunting magical whales that Kirkrell can prosper. Nineteen-year-old Annie is heir to the Fairfax Whaling Company, but their family's success came at a cost: a curse by which heartbreak turns Fairfaxes slowly into monsters. And six years ago, the shipwreck that killed Annie’s parents left her with scales spreading up her arms, claws sprouting from her fingertips.
The love of her fiancé, August, salved her heart for a while—but when she learns August is maneuvering to take over the company, the curse worsens. Fearing her time is running out, she strikes a bargain with a disreputable young captain, half-finfolk and half-human Silas Price: on a voyage to hunt whales in the far north, Silas will take Annie to the finfolk queen, who can lift the curse in return for a promise to end whaling forever.
As Annie, August and Silas sail north, she is determined to uphold her family’s legacy, but the threat of the finfolk tests her resolve. Lies corrupt her relationship with August; meanwhile a dangerous connection with Silas blooms—but he’s keeping secrets too, and his might be the most dangerous of all.
As heiress, it’s Annie’s responsibility to deliver whale magic to her city. But as heartbreak looms, she must choose between saving herself and her family’s legacy—and hope it doesn’t cost her everyone she loves.
Not my usual kind of read, but I’ve been waiting for this one since before it had a pub deal, purely because the magical whales sound amazing, as does taking the historical whaling industry and tweaking it just a bit to be magic!
You can read an excerpt here (where it says Read Excerpt beneath the book cover)!
Age of Defiance (Defiance Gray Book 1) by Adrianne Brooks
Genres: Adult, Fantasy
Representation: Black MC, blind Black MC
Published on: 12th November 2025
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DEFIANCE HAS NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE...
Mainly because it came and went long before she was born. A banshee with the power to Mark man and God alike for the Reaper, she knows that joining the Church will mean her death. So, she runs, and in doing so, inadvertently frees the Demon Uriel.
Left blinded by a centuries-old war, Uriel has no hope of navigating this new, bloodthirsty world on his own. His Holy Weapon, a shotgun with a mind of its own, will only get him so far without a soul to power it. Uriel knows better than anyone that the damned can't be saved. But if humanity has any hope of redemption, he and Defiance will need to find a way to do just that.
With the Reaper stalking her dreams, new enemies and old joining force, and the very horsemen of the apocalypse riding out to play, Defiance will learn just how far she's willing to go to save the unsavable.
Demons lost the Great War.
The Apocalypse was over.
Defiance has known these things her whole life...But what if she'd been wrong?
I got to be part of the cover reveal for this one, and I’ve been so excited to read it ever since!
Shackles and Shards: Shattered: A Sapphic Epic Fantasy by Dax Murray
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Sapphic MC
Published on: 13th November 2025
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A Priestess of Death or a Bringer of Life?
Scions and Shadows #3Sresca has lived her whole life in service of Dana—the Goddess of Death and Lady of Sorrow. Yet that is not enough; she hopes to join the goddess herself in the underworld. There, she can unravel the mystery of the strange, winged creature that teaches her shadow magic—a creature that has memories of Sresca that can't possibly be true, leaving her wondering if she is wrong about her past.
While Sresca prepares for her trials, a former duke notes her resemblance to the lost princess, thought to have perished in the revolution. With Sresca as his puppet-queen, he can conquer the fledgling democracy that stripped him of his lands and titles. But the full scope of his plan is darker still. Even with the powers of her goddess at her command, Sresca won’t be able to stop him.
But her strange companion offers her a clue; one hidden in a past she doesn’t remember. Sresca must uncover the truth of her identity before opposing forces meet on the battlefield; it might just be the key to foiling the duke's dark designs. Otherwise, the republic—and her future—will be destroyed.
Shackles and Shattered is the third full novel in the Scions and Shadows series. Full of lesbian and sapphic romance, political intrigue, and darker themes, this book is perfect for fans of The Locked Tomb series and The Jasmine Throne. While this novel can be enjoyed on its own without any previous reading in the series, it does contain spoilers for previous books in the series. This book is ownvoices for disability and mental illness representation.
I haven’t read the rest of this series, but they’re all standalones so I shouldn’t need to! It’s very simple: if you put a giant winged snake on the cover, you had better believe I’ll show up!
You can read an excerpt here (scroll down near the bottom of the page)!
In Ice We Steel by Ayleen K. Kyrstin
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Queer MC/s
Published on: 13th November 2025
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Rebellions aren’t born. They are forged.
On Kerti Island, where knowledge is scarce and belongs solely to the regime, Zea is a Truth Seeker: scholar, polymath, advisor, prisoner—born and raised to serve. But she is done serving. Her fate will be hers to decide. And her plan might just be the spark that ignites a revolution.
Ax, a thief, doesn’t care about rebellion—only money. But what if even the right price can’t buy freedom under tyranny?
Veyre, a soldier, is sworn to uphold order, hunting down rebels without question. But can she keep her honor when the orders no longer demand loyalty—but her conscience?
Tricks, lies, and secrets uphold the Great Leaders’ regime. And tricks, lies, and secrets will bring it to its knees.
But for Kerti Island to rise, they need more than hope. More than a plan. More than a spark. Above all—they need the right story.
And sometimes, a story is all it takes.
What bookworm isn’t interested in the power of stories? And I’m interested in the sound of the Truth Seekers!
You can read an excerpt here (where it says Free Preview beneath the book cover)!
Planting Life in a Dying City by Jess Mahler
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Nonbinary MC
Published on: 15th November 2025
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Left alone after a tsunami destroys eir village, Lefeng would have walked into the mountains and not looked back. A child lost on the trails redirects eir course and another survivor plants the seed of an idea – a new family. Lefeng’s commitment to those ey comes to love will take em to the hated city and a new way of life. But in a slowly dying city, Lefeng’s determination can only carry them so far.
Set in a genderless world of polyamorous marriage, communal care work and multi-generational families, this queernormative tale abounds with details ranging from trauma recovery and neurodivergence to winter romance and city politics. Lovers of cozy narratives can soak in the story of long, steady, unsung work in these pages, the effort and joys of building lives together and building each other up. It's an experience that will stay with you for a while.
If you can't get enough of found family and queer fiction in fantasy, you'll love Planting Life in a Dying City.
Natural disaster/death, ableism, internalized ableism, classism
Very here for the worldbuilding, but it sounds like the story will be lovely too!
You can read an excerpt here (where it says Preview Now to the right of the book cover)!
Her Blood Runs Cold by Samantha Tano
Genres: Adult, Queer Protagonists, Sci Fi
Representation: Trans MC
Published on: 15th November 2025
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What price would you pay to be yourself?
The frontier planet Celestine, millennia from now. Two months after the events of In the Valley, A Shadow, Alix and her crew are in hiding from the menacing Xypha Corporation.
As the crew works to repair her ship, the Shadow, outside a remote mining town, demons from her past are on the hunt, seeking revenge.
Jailed by the local lawman, Alix hatches a reckless plan to escape and return home to the Isidis Valley. There, she comes face-to-face with the bloody consequences of her actions.
Facing down the man who raised her, Alix must reckon with the woman she’s become.
Can she save the people and planet she loves, or will her lust for violence drag them deeper beneath Xypha’s terrifying shadow?
This is the sequel to last year’s In the Valley, a Shadow, which I admit I haven’t gotten to yet, but of which I have only heard good things!
You can read an excerpt here (the second slide) and elsewhere on the author’s insta!
Lesser Hungers by Rien Gray
Genres: Adult, Horror, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Nonbinary MC
Published on: 15th November 2025
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There's a haunting in Cameron Ciris's blood, and the city they live in is hungry for every drop.
Chicago is like every other American built on a foundation of death. Little surprise that when a loving couple in a low-rent apartment cannibalize each other, the police write it off as a bizarre murder-suicide. Cameron—local fixer and addict in recovery—volunteers to take up the case as a favor to their neighborhood, the 49th Ward.
A year ago, Cameron overdosed on a hot new party drug and picked up an extra passenger, an entity that forces them to perform rituals written in blood. Being possessed is Cameron's new normal, but as more cannibalized victims turn up, so does an eldritch doppelganger of Cameron's old dealer, hunting them through nightmares and hallucinations.
Cameron tracks the molding remnants of their dealer from block to block, discovering a malicious growth that promises to spread through Chicago and give it a whole new shape. With a body not quite their own, Cameron faces the question lurking throughout the urban who gets devoured, and who gets to feast?
Problem is, they're getting real goddamn hungry.
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something ravenous this way comes. Lesser Hungers is no mere appetiser, it's an entire feast comprised of beautiful, brutal imagery wrapped in a delicate spiderweb plot. Gorgeously written and as visceral as a vulture's lunch, it's how 'Venom' should have been written." – Lindz McLeod, co-author of Sunbathers.
"Bold and unique, LESSER HUNGERS is a novella that oozes atmosphere and comes with a rapidly beating pulse." Judith Sonnet, author of THE HOME
I’ve out read horror from Gray before, but their prose has enchanted me in the past and I’m loving the sound of this haunting!
Grace & Favour by Wendy Palmer
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Gay MC, biracial Malay love interest, M/M
Published on: 16th November 2025
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Leo Sweetwater holds a coveted licence for daguerreotype at Hampton Court Palace, surrounded by genteelly impoverished grace-and-favour residents and crowds of eager day-trippers.
He also holds three closely-guarded secrets: his affections lie with men, he’s in love with his best friend, Cole, and he’s been haunted since childhood by the ghosts of the Palace.
An affair with an earl’s son is probably not the best idea for a man with a reputation to protect and so many things to hide, but Leo’s lonely and Harry’s very handsome. When the ill-advised fling has unexpected repercussions, secrets are threatened, shades of the past stir, and Leo must contend with malign forces, both from beyond the veil and among the living.
Luckily, he’s got Cole, his dog, and a friendly ghost on his side.
NEW WENDY PALMER NEW WENDY PALMER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I’m reading this at the moment (you can grab it through her website if you don’t want to wait for the official release day!) and am LOVING IT SO MUCH.
You can read an excerpt by going to the link above and clicking Sample below the book cover!
Will you be reading any of these? Did I miss any releases you think I should know about? Let me know!
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