I’m absolutely thrilled to reveal the UK cover of STRANGE BEASTS, from Hodderscape!! Their covers are always exceptional, and I am so incredibly pleased with what they’ve done for STRANGE BEASTS. Whether you’re in the US or UK, you can preorder your copy from Waterstones or Amazon.co.uk.
I am delighted to share that the Italian rights for my debut novel STRANGE BEASTS have been sold to Fazi Editore!! Background image copyright Adobe Stock Photos/ Tryfonov.
I am THRILLED to reveal the phenomenal Emily Woo Zeller will be narrating the audiobook of STRANGE BEASTS for Podium Audio!! Emily Woo Zeller voiced Panam in Cyberpunk 2077 and is an award-winning audiobook narrator. Pre-order the audiobook here!
I’m absolutely thrilled to reveal my new website, designed by the unmatched @gaildvillanueva! To give you some insight into the detail work she did here: the flowers by the skull are the same as the flowers in my tattoo. My tattoo is also of a bee, and you can see the glorious little bees all over […]
STRANGE BEASTS is an exploration of feminine power through the lens of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes, and a queer puzzlebox mystery wrapped in gothic historical fantasy.
Dr. Helena Moriarty, from STRANGE BEASTS (my gothic historical fantasy with puzzlebox mystery and queer romance, OCT 2024). She’s only about 2cm on the actual cover, but she is STUNNING!! Cover reveal on 3/28!! View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Inky Phoenix Book Club (@theinkyphoenix) Cover reveal on 3/28!
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I can hardly believe STRANGE BEASTS debuts in 2024!!! Do you like gothic historical fantasies with puzzlebox mysteries and queer romance? Or are you just incurably nosy and want to know what I’m working on? Check out this snippet of an interview I did with my publisher, Kathryn Budig of Inky Phoenix Press: Susan J […]
I’ve been reading Publisher’s Weekly for almost 20 years. Last week, I was blown away to see my debut STRANGE BEASTS actually IN it! Article Text Reads: Susan J. Morris has sold world rights (excepting the U.K.) to her novel Strange Beasts to Kathryn Budig at Inky Phoenix Press, an imprint of upstart Bindery Books. […]
