C. N. Kuster

Tidespeaker A Barista’s Guide to Love & Larceny A Vow in Vengeance Into the Midnight Wood The Book of Blood & Roses The Poet Empress Godstorm Once Upon A Song

February🌷 Heart’s Gambit Queen of Faces The Forest on the Edge of Time The Faithful Dark All We Have Is Time The Iron Garden Sutra Weavingshaw Saltswept

The Last Starborn Seer Midnight on the Celestial These Shattered Spires Child of the Dragon A Wish So Deadly Prodigal Tiger Honeysuckle Aicha The Geomagician The Celestial Seas

2026 is our debut year!! Here are some of the SFF authors I have the honor of debuting with early this year. I am really excited about these books so please check them out when you have the chance!

#booksky

I’m going to DM you on Discord!

I’m such a nerd for fountain pens!! Like…big time. If you ever want recommendations or to nerd out about them, you should hit me up. What kind did you get?

Thank you so much for including #TheBloodweaver on this list, @jamreads.com!! I’m so honored!

The UK cover of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES. A woman stands with her first raised. Behind her stands a man in a cloak and a hazy blue figure wielding an axe and a mace.

The North American cover of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES. A woman stands with her first raised. Behind her stands a man in a cloak and a hazy blue figure wielding an axe and a mace.

Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES

Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)

Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.

Preorders open now!

Ahhh, thank you!!!

I think I’m the luckiest debut author in the world to get such a gorgeous cover. @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social brought “The Bloodweaver’s“ main character, Kerick, to life in such stunning, intimate detail that I’m still pinching myself over it.

This is real life, right?

Ahhhhh! This is an author’s dream to hear!!! ❤️❤️❤️ I am so grateful to you, thank you!

Who can say? 🤔

Perhaps.

I'm so honored and excited to share I have a new story in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social coming out this October! Look at this incredible cover!
Cant wait for y'all to read it :')

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

Omg, thank you so much for coming!!

In the SFF Families panel and 1000000x yes to @cnkuster.bsky.social 's points on teens being portrayed tropily in fiction while their earnestness and desire to be seen are dismissed or invisible.

THE LAST LEAP - A gothic thriller. Rebecca X Mexican Gothic.

She has seen him kill. Now there is no escape. Where would she run when the man in the black suit is everywhere, even in her dreams?

#QuestPit #Q #T #H #A #AmQuerying #AgentsGuide

I don't know how it got to be the end of summer but...

Hi! I'm the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and crossover speculative books! If you've got an adult or YA SFFH book publishing next year please share the link/info here!

Hi! I'm a little late, but my debut novel, THE BLOODWEAVER comes out next june! It's the first installment of an epic fantasy trilogy! www.cnkuster.com/bloodweaver

The way those movies fueled my anxiety disorder back in the day….

Webcam: Sled Dog Puppies - Denali National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)

If you don't have the Denali national park sled dog puppy cam playing 24/7 on your computer, what are you even doing??
www.nps.gov/dena/learn/p...

I believe I'm in it! Just to be sure, do...geese mean anything to you?

Hey! I can't find the original post, but would it be possible to be added to the 2026 Starter Pack? (Also, I am in the "I am trash" phase of editing/drafting.)

Well, snap. I forgot to post this here!!! I’m gonna be a published author, y’all!!

A portrait of a young man with a pleasant look on his face. He looks at the viewer. On his shoulder a small, finch-like bird is sitting and looking to the right.

Meet Emiel! He’s the third and final sibling in my novel, THE BLOODWEAVER, a story about siblings who must navigate the increasingly volatile landscape of a world divided by new magic.

I drew this using a Wacom tablet, Photoshop, and brushes that emulate soft pastels. It took me about 35 hours.

A portrait of a young man with a pleasant look on his face. He looks at the viewer. On his shoulder a small, finch-like bird is sitting and looking to the right.

Meet Emiel! He’s the third and final sibling in my novel, THE BLOODWEAVER, a story about siblings who must navigate the increasingly volatile landscape of a world divided by new magic.

I drew this using a Wacom tablet, Photoshop, and brushes that emulate soft pastels. It took me about 35 hours.

Boosting this for visibility!! Good on you, @clarionwest.bsky.social!!!

Ruoxi Chen Joins Putnam as Executive Editor At Putnam, two-time Hugo Award–winning editor and 2022 PW Star Watch superstar Ruoxi Chen will serve as executive editor, with a focus on acquiring crossover fantasy, romantasy, and sci-fi.

Very excited for a new editorial adventure. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief...

Soak the fabric first so it doesn’t stick and reopen the wound!

Hello #Booksky! This is Mel, a protagonist in my novel, THE BLOODWEAVER. When her girlfriend gets arrested for Bloodweaving, Mel will do anything to keep her from harm, even if it means posing as a Bloodweaver herself and forging ties with her captors.

I drew this myself. No AI was used.

#fantasy

This is the most underrated album of the 90’s, and I will die on this hill.

Hello #Booksky! This is Mel, a protagonist in my novel, THE BLOODWEAVER. When her girlfriend gets arrested for Bloodweaving, Mel will do anything to keep her from harm, even if it means posing as a Bloodweaver herself and forging ties with her captors.

I drew this myself. No AI was used.

#fantasy