Jibril Stevenson

World Hijab Day: unapologetically Muslim books

World Hijab Day: Books with Muslim (hijabi) protagonists 🧕🏼📚

Yes!

I had never heard of this cult before two days ago, when it was mentioned in a random audiobook about physics and philosophy I happened to pick up, so either the algorithm is reading my audio library, or it’s the Baader-Meinhof Effect in, umm, effect.

The image, made with free non-AI stock pictures, shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects. At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign.

#QuestPit #A #H #M

Sword Of Justice: A Zulfiqar Jaffery Western - Historical Novel Society This is a Western with a twist: Zulfiqar Jaffery is a Muslim protagonist, a Syrian immigrant farmer in the Dakotas and sometime bounty hunter. It’s 1898, and he is on the train headed for New York to ...

It’s November so the latest
@histnovsoc.bsky.social
reviews are out, including one for my Sword of Justice. Thanks for the review!
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Hello #WritingCommunity! I'm interested in starting a pitch event with the hashtag #MuslimPit dedicated to uplifting the voices of Muslim writers who are at any stage with their manuscripts. As an #amquerying writer myself, I am passionate about expressing my religious identity through my work!

I’m old…

Mock-up movie poster of the adult political fantasy novel, The Revenant of Surolifia, written by Florence Chien, published by Rising Action. The poster features a photo of an art gallery with marble statues and checkered floor. Overlaid over the photo is an upside-down illustration of a faceless robed scholar holding a sword.

✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨
A soldier with chronic migraines will overthrow the empire. A thief who often dooms his partners will reclaim his throne. They aim to kill each other, but to liberate their silver-eyed kin, they must work together.
📅 07.07.26 #PosterPit #P #A #F

A movie-style poster with brown, white, and blue text over a silhouette of someone walking into the desert with clouds in the distance.

When the Chosen One lets a giant rift monster kill mech-pilot Aria's adoptive family, she swears to destroy the Chosen's position in the coven. But if Aria succeeds, she could lose her squad or worse... She could become the next Chosen One.

#PosterPit #Q #A #SF #F

A black and white movie-style poster with three people and a planet and with orange, yellow, and white text.

Arun "Starling" Tige wants out. No more assassinations for her. But the key to remembering her lost past is with the man who trained her. To get her memories back, the price is one last job. And it could cost her life. Now... she just needs TO KILL A KING.

#PosterPit #W #A #SF

A movie-style poster with a woman covered in purple filaments and purple and yellow text.

What would you do if you had the power to protect what you love?

So what if Nyx’s humanity slips a when she uses her new AI-god abilities against a power-hungry Galactic Queen. If she doesn’t, she’ll lose everything she ever wanted--her own crew and a real family.

#PosterPit #P #A #SF

Silhouettes of two young women, one holding a surfboard and one on a broom, both in witches hats. Early Magic In Query Boxes Now, A novel by Jessica Fisher Riches

🧹 EARLY MAGIC - When a cocksure witch loses her magic to a cunning daemon, she hatches a plan to steal it back—though it means betraying a grieving classmate who’s only just discovered the world of magic.
#posterpit #PosterPitQ #F #YA

A poster, featuring an illustrated portrait of Aubeline de Sterraux from A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE. She is a white woman with brown hair tied in an intricate hairstyle. She wears a black dress with puffed sleeves and white earings. Aubeline is shown kneeling and praying, her head looking up. The top of the poster is colored, and the bottom part is black and white, the two part being separated by a red stain reminiscent of blood. The title of the book is in the center. Underneath is more text reading "A novel by Millie Abecassis," then a quote by April Yates reading "A gothic gem, rich with dread, desire, and a magic system as haunting as it is original." Under the quote are the names of several characters, listed as if they were actors: Aubeline de Sterraux, Vinnie Anneton, Damarisse de Sterraux, and "unhinged dudes." At the top are Cannes festival-style quotes reading "dangerous body-based magic" and "slow-burn sapphic romance."

Forthcoming 10.21.2025 at Brick & Bloom, a spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue and dangerous magic ✨

🌹 Historical fantasy
🇫🇷 Belle Époque
🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance
🩸 Body-based magic system
🗡️ Family feuds
🗝️ Gothic vibes

#PosterPit #P #A #F #HF

Request an ARC here: forms.gle/N6awtckRwFGy...

I try to follow all authors back, but if the first book on your Amazon page is about how India and Isræl are saving the world from evil Moslems, miss me with that bullshit.

Even with limited aid allowed in, hunger in Gaza is as bad as ever. Please help if you can. gofund.me/293ff2d5

three cartoon elephants are standing next to each other in a foggy scene Alt: three animated mammoths emerging from the mist.

DANCING WITH MAMMOTHS—Neanderthals, #queer found family 🌈, #neurodivergent perspectives 🦄, pygmy mammoths 🦣, and a sibling bond that could outlast an ice age 💗. Set in Vancouver. 🇨🇦 Give'r. #questpit #MG #S #Q

Moodboard for Previous Moons; 8 images: close up of couple kissing, with bloody lips; an old castle on a hill; a potion bottle; dark trees on white; a ruin on a beach; a woman with branches as arms; a teen boy wearing a red beanie; a druid holding a staff

🌙 Previous Moons
#questpit #W #YA #F

A young druid is determined to prove his missing father is alive. To save him, he must travel to a dying world - one his powerful mentor will stop at nothing to control.

Novel moodboard for "The Best Kisser in Prague" - with a circular image in the middle and four around it: a couple kissing; a pile of cassettes, a tram, a club, polaroids and drinks on a table

The Best Kisser In Prague

She's telling herself she's got the Future all figured out.
He's pretending he's let go of his Past.
Will Magda and Dominik miss the magical Now?

🇨🇿 Expats in Prague
🇨🇿 Early-90s nostalgia
🇨🇿 Drifters, artists, seekers
🇨🇿 A crossroads in history
#questpit #W #NA #HF

The Book of the Ocean by Molly Haniszewski: An Agent's Guide

Comps for the Book of the Ocean: Features the covers of The Cartographer's Daughter, The Whisperwicks, The Girl of Ink and Stars, The Time of Green Magic, The Midnight Guardians, and Greenwild

A moodboard featuring books, the ocean, flowers and a bumblebee, a Black person wearing a flower crown of daisies, green hills, hands touching leaves, a lake, and rows of striped trees. The board is surrounded by tropes including: Deaf rep, nonbinary love interest, magical books, bookworm mmc, secret map, kids on a quest, and science nerds!

Pitch: Bookworm Elliot and his deaf, nonbinary crush Sky seek the books where the government hid the ocean, mountains, forests, and snow so they could control the world’s agriculture. The kids plan to open the books to restore the world's biodiversity. But in this world, if you rebel, you disappear, and the kids have to work quickly to stay ahead of the others searching for the books.

The WHISPERWICKS X THE CARTOGRPAHER’S DAUGHTER The government hid the forces of nature in enchanted books and now biodiversity is collapsing. Luckily, Elliot and his friend Sky find a map that might lead them to the books. They just hope they can get there first.

#questpit #MG #SFF #LGBTQ+ #DIS #Q

Honoured that @thefantasticother.bsky.social have published another short story of mine! Check out AT THE FEET OF GUARDIANS in their tenth issue with other brilliant contributors and a stunning cover 😍

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It’s official! I can’t wait to see this out in the world next summer.

Even with limited aid allowed in, hunger in Gaza is as bad as ever. Please help if you can. gofund.me/293ff2d5