It’s Read an Ebook Week over on Smashwords!
My books are 75% off today through March 8th, including…
• Fiorenzo, cross-class romantasy featuring swordplay and hurt/comfort.
• Oak King Holly King, historical romantasy with a fae/mortal pairing.
• Mr Warren’s Profession, cross-class historical romance featuring neurodivergent heroes and hurt/comfort.
• The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall, gothic historical romance.
• Hold Fast, historical romance featuring whaling and hurt/comfort.
There’s a new episode of Right Here Write Queer waiting for you in your favorite podcast app!
From Victorian penny dreadfuls to 21st century fanfiction and everything between and beyond, St John Starling chats with Sebastian Nothwell about serial fiction, Gothic romance, and bold strategies for telling stories.
St John Starling (he/him) is the author of the queer Gothic romances What Manner of Man and The Sacred Sins of Father Black. You can connect with him on tumblr @stjohnstarling and join his newsletter at stjohnstarling.substack.com
Now is your best chance to find my entire ebook collection for a steal at Smashwords as part of their End of Year Sale through the end of 2024!
Including…
♡ Oak King Holly King, a Victorian fae romantasy between a fae warrior and a mortal clerk.
♡ Fiorenzo, a fantasy-of-manners romance featuring swordplay, hurt/comfort, and a happily-ever-after.
♡ Mr Warren’s Profession, a Victorian cross-class romance featuring hurt/comfort and a happily-ever-after.
♡ Hold Fast, a Victorian romance between a whaling harpooner who inherits a baronetcy and the estate agent tasked with turning him from sailor to gentleman.
♡ The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall, a Victorian gothic romance rife with horror and heartache, wherein an American heiress makes an ill-advised marriage to bring herself closer the woman who’s stolen her heart.
Save the date! Join us at Tatnuck Bookseller for the Monsters & Mayhem author panel and book signing.
WHO
• Jared Grace
• Kathryn Marie
• Liz Sauco
• Amanda Sinatra
• Sebastian Nothwell
WHEN
Saturday, October 26th @ 12:30pm
WHERE
Tatnuck Bookseller
Westborough Shopping Center
18 Lyman Street
Westborough, MA
Come say hello – I can’t wait to see you there!
There’s a new episode of Right Here Write Queer waiting for you in your favorite podcast app!
Carolina Cruz (they/them) interviews Sebastian Nothwell (he/him) about his gothic sapphic romance The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall, including lesbian flirtation through sapphic literature, drawing inspiration from Carmilla and The Goblin Market, the perils of writing about writers, 19th century spirit photography, and a surprise guest appearance by Man Door Hand Hook Car Door.
Carolina Cruz (they/them) is the author of the vampire horror romance Blood in the Water and the queer fantasy series The Creed of Gethin (beginning with The Unwanted Prophet). You can connect with them on instagram @ninawolverina
There’s a new episode of Right Here Write Queer waiting for you in your favorite podcast app!
A ship at sea is beset by a vampire, leaving two survivors—one turned, one human—adrift in uncertain tides. A bloody beginning begets a shockingly sweet end. Sebastian Nothwell (he/him) interviews Carolina Cruz (they/them) about their horror romance novella Blood in the Water.
Spoilers for The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) and Passengers (2016).
Carolina Cruz (they/them) is the author of the horror novella Blood in the Water as well as the fantasy series The Creed of Gethin beginning with The Unwanted Prophet. You can follow them on twitter and instagram @ninawolverina
Chapter Seventeen of Vampires Vampires Vampires , a M/M/M Victorian vampire romance, is up on Patre♡n – the thrilling conclusion!
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You’ll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chaper will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
Completed works…
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas – John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job – Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 – Hold Faster (mm)
Chapter Fifteen of Vampires Vampires Vampires , a M/M/M Victorian vampire romance, is up on Patre♡n! Wherein an unwanted guest takes a villanous turn.
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Knowing the truth of the matter from its inception didn’t make the words any less repulsive to hear. Nor did it alter Malory’s answer. “I shall never consent to the match.”
Milford’s gaze narrowed. A faint smile twitched at the corner of his moustache. “Oh, but I think you shall.”
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Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You’ll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chaper will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
Completed works…
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas – John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job – Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 – Hold Faster (mm)
Chapter Fourteen of Vampires Vampires Vampires , a M/M/M Victorian vampire romance, is up on Patre♡n! Wherein the baronet, the bo’sun, and the vampire meet in the monastery ruin.
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Malory glanced between them, looking as though he’d forgotten how to breathe and didn’t particularly mind it.
Octavio slipped a hand behind the nape of his neck and kissed the breath back into him.
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Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You’ll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chaper will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
Completed works…
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas – John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job – Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 – Hold Faster (mm)
Happy book birthday to Gothic Lesbians!
Five years ago I hit publish on my gothic lesbian Victorian romance, The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall.
Perfect for readers who enjoy…
You can find The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall wherever fine books are found – but if you get it thru Smashwords it’s 50% off (along with all my other books)!
And thank you for reading!
Sebastian Nothwell 