Kate Hyers & J.C. Smith

This is a book art commission for What We Lock Behind the Gates, an upcoming horror fantasy novel

Just look at this ART 😍😍

RELEASE DAY! 🎉

She's here. She's finally here. This beaut—it ties together 4 years of writing & refining the same 105k words until we wanted to feed it to our dogs. But we made it. We persevered. And we're so, so glad we did.

Thank you to @conquestpublishing for partnering with us on this journey!

The cover of THE COURTESAN'S EYE, featuring the following tropes: - enemies-to-lovers - "touch her and die" - grumpy/sunshine - disaster bisexual - forced proximity

ARC READERS WANTED!

Ready for a dark fantasy filled w/ enemies-to-lovers tension, disaster bisexuals, and the ultimate "touch her & die" moments? 😏💀

Sign up for an ARC of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗘𝘆𝗲: storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies... @conquestpublishing.bsky.social

Cover by @annalisejensen.bsky.social 💜

Gonna grab a copy next time I'm in Montpelier!

If empathy is a sin, sin boldly.

An image of the cover of Blackblood. Text reads ONE WEEK

An image of the cover of Blackblood. Text reads: There’s still time to: Enter the giveaway to win a hand bound copy of Blackblood, stickers, and bookmarks. (Now open to international entries!) Read the prequel stories on Tinyghostpress.com Preorder Blackblood everywhere books are found!

Images of the Hand bound copy of Blackblood available in the Giveaway

A little over a week left to enter our giveaway of a hand bound Special Edition of Blackblood! RULES UPDATE: GIVEAWAY NOW OPEN TO INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES! See pinned post to enter.
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‼️👀 COVER SNEAK PEEK 👀‼️

This is all we can show you for now, but trust us—there's way more where this came from. Think magic, danger, romance, & a bit of sass. HUGE thank you to @annalisejensen.bsky.social for creating a cover that's as bold as our titular courtesan.

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Two authors (Kate & J.C.) looking at each other with the following text: Things to Know About Us - We started writing together because of D&D - Kate is addicted to tattoos and Mike Flanagan shows - J.C. loves Cate Blanchett and sharks, all the sharks - Our novel, THE COURTESAN'S EYE, debuts this July!

Two redheads, one dark fantasy, and a whole lot of long-distance teamwork. Meet the authors behind 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗘𝘆𝗲 – coming this summer from @conquestpublishing.bsky.social! 📚✨

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Nine Years Before the Blackblood Drives West. Averard’s been teaching me how to whistle since we pulled outta the mountains, but I think I'm finally getting the hang of it. Only when I do it, it's sounding like I'm just hissing through my teeth instead of the shrill clear sound he's making. I try again, puckering my lips like he showed me, but the air just blows out like ss ss ss. “Getting better, Mina,” he says with a grumbly laugh that sets me sulking against the Blackblood's passenger door. I most certainly am not getting any better, and he knows it. “Don't pout now. Any skill worth learning isn't mastered in a single afternoon.” He peels his hand off the steering wheel to drop it on my head, smooshing my hair down into my eyes. “Just keep at it and you'll get there, I promise.” ... Read the rest in the Tiny Ghost Press Newsletter at tinyghostpress.com !

Read the first BLACKBLOOD prequel story from the perspective of Armina nine years before the novel starts. It’s a big day for the Blackblood, whether Armina and Averard know it or not…

 Full story can be found at www.tinyghostpress.com/post/before-...
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text: Like this post!, Optional: share / comment / or preorder for additional entries, Optional: Fill out the form linked in my bio, Winner will be announced on April 2, 2025

The first-prize winner will receive one signed and personalized hand-bound copy of Blackblood, along with several promotional stickers and bookmarks. Ten runners up will receive the promotional stickers and bookmarks alongside a hand-signed thank-you note from author Kree Sullivan. This giveaway will run from 3/7/2025 to 4/1/2025 at midnight EST. Entrants must be 18 years or older and have a mailing address in the United States or Canada. To enter, participants must like the giveaway post on either Bluesky or Instagram and have DMs open so we may contact you if you are one of our winners. Alternatively, they may fill out the form linked in my Bio with their email address. For additional entries, participants may: 1. Share the post on Bluesky 2. Comment on the post on either Bluesky or Instagram (each comment is an additional entry) 3. Include proof of preorder for Blackblood on the form linked in my Bio (worth 5 extra entries!) Blackblood is written and owned by Kree Sullivan and published by Tiny Ghost Press. Instagram and Bluesky in no way sponsor or endorse this giveaway. Instagram and Bluesky are not associated with this giveaway and are not responsible for its administration.

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Win a copy of Blackblood hand bound by author Kree Sullivan! This is a special edition, one-of-a-kind copy of my queer, YA, western-inspired story of revenge and redemption. #booksky #writesky #YAfantasy #LGBT #giveaway

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It's 12 WEEKS 🙀 until my next horror novel comes out, let's play a game!

Pick a number between 1-335 and I will post the 12th sentence from that page.

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a foggy day in maine. I'm writing in front of a window with my dog resting on my leg.

foggy friday fantasy feels

The logo reads The Courtesan’s Eye with an eye over y

July release date means we have to hold our beautiful cover hostage for several more months before the ✨reveal✨ But we couldn’t resist sharing the beautiful typography hand drawn by @annalisejensen.bsky.social (1000000/10 recommend ❤️)
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Image of the cover of the novel Blackblood. Text reads: BLACKBLOOD "A riveting story of redemption." -KIRKUS A grieving smuggler. A fugitive mage. A turncoat Huntsman. The heist of their lives. Out April 1 Pre-order now!

BLACKBLOOD releases in one month! To kick us off, I have tons of fun extras to share in the coming weeks. Keep an eye on here and my Instagram for more, and prepare to join the crew of the Blackblood on their blood-soaked cross-country rescue mission! #booksky #writesky #YAfantasy #LGBT #readsky

Ending on a high note 😏😏😏

A #ValenTales writing prompt calendar for the month of February.

Last day of #ValenTales!

Post a snippet from your WIP with the word "throb." #writersky

Our current WIP is the very definition of enemies-to-lovers...

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A February writing prompt calendar called #ValenTales

#ValenTales Day 25!

Using emojis, describe the build-up of romantic tension in your WIP. #writersky

#ValenTales Cordè would have one goal and one goal only: make Aelus blush as hard as she can. And if that means performing an impromptu striptease during her song, so be it. ✨💃

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#ValenTales For our big burly priest in THE COURTESAN’S EYE, he’d pick a lil sultry jazz tune to try and woo Cordé—but he’d be a nervous, blushing mess the entire song.

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February chart full of romantic prompts

#ValenTales Day 18 🎶

Post a song one of your MCs would sing to their significant other during karaoke. #writersky

Next up, J.C.’s characters!

Aelus (THE COURTESAN’S EYE) is undoubtably an Oath of Devotion Paladin. Loves pretty things & flowers 💐

Briar (BIND THE NIGHT) is a Psychic Warrior (w/ high cha) who prefers to get down and brutal w/ his bronze knuckles. Craves control, but v v bad at maintaining it 💜

First up, Kate's characters! Cordè (from our upcoming debut, THE COURTESAN'S EYE) would be College of Dance Bard, no question.

Kal (WIP, BIND THE NIGHT) would multiclass Hexblade Warlock/Swashbuckler Rogue bc of the whole air captain thing.

Dice-wise, they'd both go ✨glam✨ (Cordè gold, Kal purple)