Shattered Ice is out today.

A YA environmental fantasy about northern ice, disrupted migration, water, wildlife, dragons, grief, courage, and hope.

It is written for young readers who know the future should not be negotiated without them — and for the parents, teachers, librarians, and climate-minded readers who still believe stories can help them face it.

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Sylvia here! I am so excited to be revealing the cover of K.S. Villoso's upper YA fantasy, SHATTERED MAGE (The Dageian Puppetmaster, Book 3). The cover features art by Merilliza Chan. The book is coming out on August 18th!

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It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is SEVERAL. Ted is in the place where all the information that defines his home town, past, present and future, is stored - and about to have an unexpected reunion there. #bookqw #yafantasy https://www.benjeapes.com/index.php/the-teen-the-witch-the-thief/

Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.

Sketch by Ros Hill

A fun fantasy about magic ink and a superhero’s fight to save the world from the evil Finger Gunman
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Sketch by Ros Hill - Independent Book Review

SKETCH by Ros Hill is a fun fantasy about magic ink and a superhero’s fight to save the world from the evil Finger Gunman. Reviewed by Tara Peck.

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Check out what I've been working on this year, my take on how to make #YAFiction more accessible for young people, and my #authors / #BookRecommendations.

Thanks British Fantasy Society for featuring me.

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I wrote Shattered Ice before the latest headlines about opening the Arctic to more oil development.

But that is exactly the point.

The future rarely arrives as fiction. It arrives as policy, profit, melting ice, disrupted migration, and people saying it is necessary.

Releases June 3.

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It's my birthday month!
To celebrate, my epic YA #fantasy trilogy, whose mostly queer & neurodivergent cast have been my fictional co-adventurers for 1/2 my decades, is $8.99 (USD) -direct from me- till May 31st!

Think Narnia; Aussie-er, queerer & darker!

My Direct Store: https://payhip.com/b/QKvL7

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YA Dystopian Fiction and the Defanging of Dark Themes - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

The Hunger Games is built on the premise of children murdering children on live television. The Giver depicts infanticide as routine civic procedure. Divergent packages totalitarian body-sorting as a personality quiz. YA dystopia is wildly popular and systematically defanged — and the gap between its premises and its execution tells us something important about how we talk to young readers about the darkness they already live inside.

David Somerfleck
Wazo the Wildcard: Things Go Wrong, Mostly

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The Book of Wands

The cards await, ready to unveil their secrets. Are you prepared to witness their magic?The Book of Wands The Tarot Series Book  1 by Lauren Louise Hazel Genre: YA Academy, Urban FantasyThe cards await, ready to unveil their secrets. Are you prepared to witness their magic? Olivia Pembroke is in her final year of The School of Wands, where she will vie against her friends and rivals for qualification in The Final Judgment. Designed to be the ultimate test of Intelligence, […]

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