When you've lost all you believe in, how will you know what's worth fighting for?
The debut novel and soundtrack of the Southwest Gothic series. From the creator of Star Cross'd Destiny, this book features sassy witches in the Desert Southwest.
An ancient villain draws Macarthy Black into its spiral as a mysterious drought overtakes the region. When legends such as the Marfa Mystery Lights and the Ghost Torch of the Chisos go missing, Macarthy returns to her roots only to uncover that the enemy has set a target on her back. She finds herself in cahoots with renegade meteorologist and closet necromancer, Remy Gaumond; scholar and sassy librarian, Jonas Rodriguez; and the charmingly dark, cartel-associated Vincent Salmerón. Tensions and wit run high as this makeshift group of strangers race to uncover their villain’s weaknesses before it unleashes its world-altering Reaping.
Witches, legends, and sass converge for a wild ride in the wicked wild west!
I've tried to keep this campaign as simple as possible while still including some cool exclusive bonuses. All physical pledges come with the limited edition hardcover, which will be signed and numbered. This is a very small run of this book, which I hope to use to help fund the editing of Books 2 through 4, as well as additional runs. Get in on the ground floor and help me make this dream a reality!
All shipping fees will be chargedseparately, AFTER the campaign, during pledge management. The prices below are estimates. Actual shipping prices will be determined after production is finished and we're gearing up to send out the books. Also, if you add-on additional physicalcopies of the book to your order, your shipping cost may increase.
Estimated shipping costs (for asingle book):
$12 USA
$30 UK
$25 Canada
$30 Most of Europe
$35 Australia, NZ
Items will be fulfilled as quickly as possible, with the hope that they'll be in transit but the end of October.
Some items may ship slower than others due to processing/creation time. This is likely to mainly affect the Coven/Regent Editions.
Once Upon a Time, An Introvert Wrote a Story to Avoid Humans
When I moved from the Dirty South to the Wicked Wild West in 2019, I had already started putting together the idea for a story surrounding a rag-tag group of sassy witches. Then, I got to Albuquerque, and true to introvert fashion, I holed up in my apartment and never ventured out into my new city.
November rolled around and back then, we had this groovy thing called National Novel Writing Month. I decided to commit to my new story and characters--a part of my life I'd missed wildly since leaving Star Cross'd Destiny years prior--and vow to write 50,000 words in a month. I started at bars, coffee shops, and took the train, and then, started venturing out by car to ghost towns all across New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. By March, I had a completed book, right as the world was falling into the hands of a pandemic.
I come from a publishing background but I wanted this book to get a real shot. I got it professionally edited and reached out to nearly 100 agents, none of which emailed me back. Turns out, the book industry is just as nasty as the music industry. But that's all fine, because I have the chops to do this myself, with your help. I published several titles back in my hey day. I know how to work with prepress files, how to deal with printers, and what to do to get it distributed. But I can't do it alone. Printing a book is a massive financial undertaking, which is why this campaign exists.
This won't be just some run-of-the-mill hardcover. It has spot UV treatment on a cover put together by an award-winning designer featuring the book's main sigil. It has a unique interior, complete specialty content. It even has custom edge printing, to seal the mood. And each copy will come flat-signed by me.
"What is it you believe?"
I believe you're going to absolutely fall in love with these characters. You're going to vibe with a particular coven, just like you do your Myers Briggs. It'll make you yearn for the wide open road but also make you wonder what's in the dark. And when you finish this book, you're gonna be ready for the next one, and the one after that. I've built a whole witchy world for you and I cannot wait for you to join me!
Rock and roll, my beautiful friends. Let's make art!
I'm a rockstar by night, scientist by day, and someone who enjoys running only in dreams. In addition to my work with the Southwest Gothic series, I have written and recorded several varieties of sonic entertainment, including an accompanying soundtrack to the novels. A Desert Southwest native, I do my best writing in the ghost towns of the borderland between the real and the unreal. Also a witch, the second law of thermodynamics is my magical ethos and I try to live everyday as though it were Halloween. Queer, nonbinary, alternative, I like cats, honey mustard, yelling at clouds while drinking scotchy scotch. Might be composed almost entirely of jokes.
