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❝I must be as I am.❞

Meera. They/them. Genderqueer. Biracial (South Asian). Bi-gray ace-Sapphic-Polyam. Neurodivergent. Writer of gothic historical fiction and a myriad of other things. Goth and gothic on main. 

❝l’art pour l’art.❞

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The Folio Society's edition of Fire & Blood, a large red book with a matching slipcase. The book's cover displays a variation of House Targaryen's heraldic sigil, a red three-headed dragon breathing fire, pierced in the heart by a sword. The book's spine reads "George R.R. Martin | Fire and Blood", printed in gold. The slipcase cover has a gold monogram, an elaborate design of F and B intertwined, with a dragon crest.ALT
A sample double-page of Folio Society's edition of Fire & Blood, with a chapter heading on one side ("A Surfeit of Rulers", with an illustration of a spiked helmet), and on the other, a painting of Jaehaerys and Alysanne Targaryen (description in next image) illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen.ALT
Queen Alysanne Targaryen and her brother-husband King Jaehaerys I Targaryen embrace and kiss in front of a large window, two Kingsguards standing at attention to either side of them. Though the window, glowing with sunlight, can be seen their dragons, the bronze Vermithor and the silver-grey Silverwing. A painting illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen for the Folio Society's edition of Fire & Blood.ALT
Aerea Targaryen, looking thin and distressed in a ragged gown. She is dwarfed by the massive size of the black dragon Balerion that surrounds her, its orangey slitted eye larger than her head. A painting illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen for the Folio Society's edition of Fire & Blood.ALT
Rhaenyra Targaryen, crowned and gowned, wearing an armored breastplate and holding a bloody sword, seated on the Iron Throne. There appears to be a spatter of blood along the bottom left part of her gown, near the sword. A painting illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen for the Folio Society's edition of Fire & Blood.ALT
Daemon Targaryen holding his sword Dark Sister and a shield, standing in front of a weirwood heart tree with white bark, red leaves, and red sap like blood coming from the eyes on the carved face on its trunk. A painting illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen for the Folio Society's edition of Fire & Blood.ALT
A double-page spread from the Folio Society's edition of Fire & Blood. It displays a painting of Nettles, a young dark-skinned woman, flying on her brown dragon Sheepstealer, who is breathing fire. Illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen.ALT

The Folio Society presents an illustrated collector’s edition of Fire & Blood

George R. R. Martin’s Fire and Blood, the prequel to A Game of Thrones, joins the Folio series. Explore the Targaryen dynasty with beautiful illustrations, detailed maps, sigils and family trees. A must-have for Westeros fans. ​

Coming 28 January 2025.

What’s that in the distance? Is it the brush of dragon’s wings against the clouds? Queen Daenerys’s family tree is a rich one, filled with over 300 years-worth of rulers of the seven kingdoms. In Fire and Blood, George R.R. Martin dissects the Targaryen family’s history through the eyes of Archmaester Gyldayn. ​

This is the ultimate book for fans of the original series; it provides rich context of the family responsible for the world of Westeros as we know it. Plus, there are dragons, and lots of them!

Artist Audrey Benjaminsen has captured the Targaryen family like no one else. Her illustrations jump from the page – the absentness in Area’s eyes upon returning with Balerion, the madness in Rhaenyra as she sits on the Iron Throne. This is the definitive edition of a definitive story, one that would surely sit in the library of the Citadel for centuries to come.
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PRODUCTION DETAILS

Bound in three-quarter blocked cloth with a printed and blocked cloth front board ​
Set in Vendetta with Esmeralda as display ​
616 pages  ​
4 full-page and 1 double-page spread colour illustrations ​
Prints 2 colour throughout in black and gold with illustrated chapter openings ​
Printed endpapers ​
Coloured tops ​
Blocked and printed slipcase ​
Additional colour illustration inside slipcase ​
Sized at 10˝ x 6¾˝  ​
Printed in Italy​


UK £110, US/Canada $150, elsewhere £125

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weird little beaſt pride parade

[ID: a medieval manuscript-style digital drawing of several medieval marginalia beasts carrying pride flags, surrounded by a thin pastel rainbow border. from left: an orange dog carrying the progress pride flag, a green frog carrying the trans flag, a pastel rainbow dragon carrying the lesbian flag, an orange catlike creature carrying a lute and the bi pride flag and wearing a bi pride flag cape, a little grey mole carrying the nonbinary flag, a pink and purple mammalian beast carrying the intersex flag, a blue mammalian beast in a rainbow snail shell carrying the asexual pride flag, a purple mammalian beast carrying the pansexual pride flag, and a grey bat with rainbow wings carrying the original gilbert baker pride flag]

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[image description: the bugs bunny in a tuxedo "I wish all a very pleasant evening" meme edited to say "I wish all of my Jewish followers a very pleasant passover". Next to bugs is a photo of a small stack of matzo and the cup of Elijah. ]

Writer friends! If you're on Instagram, check out the hashtag #humanvoicesonly

There are a ton of voice actors and audiobook narrators organizing an event to protest AI voice narration in audiobooks which can steal their jobs, steal our words, and just create shittier audiobooks in general. As part of the event you can submit a small snippet of your writing and have it read by Human Voices Only for the event, which is great for publicity on both sides.

This was the link I found but it looks like there are a lot of narrators participating so look around!

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Hey can we queers please remember that the rural queer experience has unique challenges thanks

Coming out is different when you know if you come out to one person you risk the whole town knowing. Coming out is different when religion is entwined in your entire community. Being queer is different when you can't trust that your doctor or therapist will stay confidential. Being queer is different when conversion therapy is subtle and normalized. Transitioning is different when there aren't gender clinics or gender therapists for 50 miles. School is different when other kids are put at risk by being seen with you. Can we stop acting like there aren't queer people living in rural areas and start supporting them