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Gray is a snarky thief with a traumatic magical past. He cheats at dice, drinks too much, and flirts as naturally as he breathes. When he’s framed for a string of murders in his district, his past comes back to haunt him. Abandoned by his guild, betrayed by his friends, he’s blackmailed into stealing an artifact straight out of urban legend.

Cover (Re)veal

T. Olsen’s a longtime friend with a great deal of talent, and she stands to make a splash in the indie scene. I was thrilled when she said yes to my offer to help with her cover reveal (a rebrand of her fantasy adventure, Shadows of Old Town). SoOT deserves so much more attention, and I’m really excited to share this with you today!

Shadows of Old Town is available RIGHT NOW, so don’t hesitate to grab a copy on Amazon.

 

Cover reveal in . . .

 

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GAZE IN AWE!

Cover of Shadows of Oldtown. Portrait of a young man, done in blue, with ink splotches coming off his profile that meld with the blue tone. Inside half of his portrait is a Renaissance-era street scene. The portrait sits on a pale grey background with darker grey octopus tentacles emerging from behind him. A dagger piereces the title.
Cover by Get Covers

Shadows of Old Town

Legend says there was once a labyrinth where the city of Sangarie now stands. Each year on the Night of Shadows the populace stays inside while gateways to the labyrinth appear in the streets, and shadows wait to devour the brave, or the foolish. Gray was both, and it still haunts him.

He deals with his nightmares through sarcasm and overconfidence, and has risen in

Image of the book on a wooden shelf.

 the ranks of the criminal guild to wrangle the most unruly district in the city: Old Town. He cheats at dice, drinks too much, and flirts as naturally as he breathes. When he finds the body of a fellow guild member, rumors spread that he’s the killer and he does what he does best—ignores authority and tries to handle it himself.

His investigations leave him on the run from both the guild and the guards, and he’s blackmailed into one last heist. One that will plunge him into the bowels of urban legend and force him to face his own traumatic past. The city’s future depends on the wit and bluster of the greatest thief ever to run across its rooftops, but can he survive the labyrinth a second time?

 

Steve Hugh Westenra

Steve is a trans author of fantasy, science fiction, and horror (basically, if it’s weird he writes it). He grew up on the eldritch shores of Newfoundland, Canada, and currently lives and works in (the slightly less eldritch) Montreal. He holds advanced degrees in Russian Literature, Medieval Studies, and Religious Studies. As a reader, Steve’s tastes are eclectic. He enjoys anything that could be called speculative, including fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, but has been known to enjoy a good mystery as well as literary fiction. He’s always excited to try something new or that pushes boundaries, particularly from marginalized authors. Steve is passionate about queer representation, Late Antiquity, and spiders.

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