Just wanted to take a minute to shout out some of the authors I’ve been working with recently in my freelance book cover illustration life! If you can’t tell, I really love books and want to participate in the art of books at every step of the process.
What would happen if you dreamed a new life and moved away from the old? Find out —read “Something,” @nickdmytrow.bsky.social ‘s first published work of fiction!
Patio reading and knitting time. First up, Songs from the Blimp Ruins by @pdforan.bsky.social
10/10 vacay day reading Terrestrial by @suzyeynon.bsky.social
Honestly still surreal to see my book on a cool independent bookstore shelf @malarkeybooks.bsky.social
Finally some peace to sit and read @suzyeynon.bsky.social’s Terrestrial. This is taking me back—the setting, themes, even the high school name (minus the shadow)! Loving it.
Here’s the cover for @willmusgrove.bsky.social’s story collection After Last Call. Drops next April, reserve a signed copy now. Thanks to @mrwojorising.bsky.social for another great cover! malarkeybooks.com/store/afterl...
Tomorrow! Free workshop led by prose editor @thebrandonhaff.bsky.social!
Sign up here: variantlit.com/fiction-work...
speaking of collections and collecting them, I'm still very motivated by this thoughtful review of Boxcutters by @emhall47.bsky.social
for @necessaryfiction.com that traced the jagged through-line of a chaotic collection
necessaryfiction.com/reviews/boxc...
long live indie book reviewers!!
"Go ahead and tell me I’m thinking too narrowly, that I’m asking too much. That my questions miss the mark."
Read "Graydough" by Adina Leschinsky Levine
variantlit.com/graydough/
“They’re Irish, the others…. They pull up quietly, disrobe, and walk the sloped path right into the ocean…. Like stepping into their showers, they do this. He’s not sure if that makes them more crazy or less.”
Read all of “Something” by @nickdmytrow.bsky.social in @variantlit.bsky.social Issue 23.
