Today we are honored to help reveal the cover of Bjørn Larssen’s upcoming second novel in The Ten Worlds series, Land. Which is a grimdark retelling of the discovery of Iceland, and the sequel to Children. It’s set to be released on November 5, 2024. If you like what you see, don’t forget to pre-order or request an ARC!
The epic sale of beloved SFF books 2024 is here! What is this, you ask? Well, I’m glad you asked. Between August 23rd and 27th, you can get over 60 indie SFF titles for a mere $0.99 or even free! That sounds like a good deal to me. You’d be crazy to miss out!
The epic sale of beloved SFF books is back in 2023! What is this, you ask? Well, I’m glad you asked. Between August 18th and 22nd, you can get over 50 indie SFF titles for a mere $0.99! That sounds like a good deal to me. You’d be crazy to miss out!
As we are celebrating Wyrd & Wonder Month, so if you are currently on the hunt, can we interest you with these 25 underrated self-published fantasy books? We promise they are totally worth your time!
Guess what, Team Queen’s Book Asylum is back for SPFBO 9! We could have stopped and quit while on top (Small Miracles, our champion won SPFBO 8!), but we enjoy ourselves way too much, and we are not quite done with bringing the pandamonium to your doors. I’m sure some of you despair over this news, but that’s life for you. As some would say: suck it up, buttercup!
My Challenge Check-In for April 2023 in which I talk about how I did with my reading challenges this month, and offer you 5-5 recs for 2 The Sound of Madness Reading Challenge prompts. Which are Teenage Dirtbag and You Look Better When I’m Drunk.
Stuck in the Pages is a brand new feature I created for the Asylum 5th anniversary bonanza, and I honestly had a lot of fun with it. I didn’t plan to create anything new, hell knows I have enough as it is, but since this happened, Bjørn Larssen, the author of historical fiction, and Norse mythology-inspired Fantasy novels, officially introduces you to it!
You know how the saying goes, “new year, new me”. Apparently, that’s true for book covers as well, as Bjørn Larssen decided to give a brand new cover to his debut novel, Storytellers. And the Asylum is excited to show it to you!
I hope you missed us, because the good news is, Team Queen’s Book Asylum is back for SPFBO 8 after taking a well-deserved break! This time I have a whole new team with one fellow returning judge, and a slightly updated process which I’ll explain in this post below. So, come and meet Team Queen’s Asylum and check out what we are sending into the Cover Contest!
April’s edition features snarky Norse retellings, cozy haunted houses, and powerful reworkings of the classic canon.