#queeromance

Preorders for my novel are open! If you're into [squinting at the teleprompter] epistolary novels set against a backdrop of endless stars that explore such complicated themes as:

Were there any cheesy gordita crunches in ancient Rome? and

Is it really "starboard" in space? and

My personal vendetta against tripod telescopes disguised as a character's personal vendetta against tripod telescopes,

then maybe check it out!

Or maybe listen to what actual reviewers had to say:

PRAISE FOR DEAR STUPID PENPAL

"A joyously Weird tale of unexpected genre mashups, overwhelming odds, quotable lines, and queer romance that even the most jaded cynic can't help but get swept up in."

 Íde Hennessey, "Sequoia Point", Split Scream: Off the Map

“Veers from funny to dread-inducing and back again as Hartley slowly reveals the beautiful, achingly romantic core of the story [and] hints masterfully at a fascinating outside world…before convincing us that the only things that truly matter are Finch, Aku, and how they find each other across time and space. Dear Stupid Penpal could be placed alongside This Is How You Lose the Time War as a blueprint for a compelling, propulsive, gorgeous epistolary novel.”

Emma Cole, editor at Harlequin Books, author of Love Never Dies

"Dear Stupid Penpal is a beautiful and bittersweet novella about two lonely hearts grounding each other in reality through letters that transcend space and time. It's touching, funny, yearnful, and very real. The title is hilarious, Finch and Aku are made for each other, and space reveals to be everything and more. Highly recommend!"

JD Rivers, author of The Salt in the Sea and The Edge of a World

Preorder it today using these links! Or tomorrow! Or yesterday! I don't know how time works!

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And finally, LOOK AT THESE LEGOS

PRAISE FOR DEAR STUPID PENPAL FROM ONE SPECIFIC DISCORD DM

PRAISE FOR DEAR STUPID PENPAL FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ON MY DISCORD

(Except JD, hi JD)

"A joyously Weird tale of unexpected genre mashups, overwhelming odds, quotable lines, and queer romance that even the most jaded cynic can't help but get swept up in."

 Íde Hennessey, "Sequoia Point", Split Scream: Off the Map

“Veers from funny to dread-inducing and back again as Hartley slowly reveals the beautiful, achingly romantic core of the story [and] hints masterfully at a fascinating outside world…before convincing us that the only things that truly matter are Finch, Aku, and how they find each other across time and space. Dear Stupid Penpal could be placed alongside This Is How You Lose the Time War as a blueprint for a compelling, propulsive, gorgeous epistolary novel.”

Emma Cole, editor at Harlequin Books, author of Love Never Dies

"Dear Stupid Penpal is a beautiful and bittersweet novella about two lonely hearts grounding each other in reality through letters that transcend space and time. It's touching, funny, yearnful, and very real. The title is hilarious, Finch and Aku are made for each other, and space reveals to be everything and more. Highly recommend!"

JD Rivers, author of The Salt in the Sea and The Edge of a World

THIS TIME I REMEMBERED THE SUMMARY

Atticus “Finch” Davani does not want to be an astronaut. He hates space, he hates the ship, and he strongly dislikes his fellow crew members. He makes that painfully clear in his letters to Aku, his corporate-assigned penpal back on Earth.

Soon, Aku becomes much more than a penpal. But when the crew engage hyperdrive, Aku’s punctual letters start coming at random intervals, and Finch and his shipmates realize that time, for them, is moving all wrong.

As everyone else’s penpals rapidly die of old age, Finch turns, heartbroken, to Aku; who, more than a century later, is still there.

DEAR STUPID PENPAL is an entirely epistolary exploration of cosmic dread, the passing of time, and the lifelines we cling to against the vast endlessness of space.

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(And here's this on its own)