A Queer Enigma Books and Candles:
Queer fantasy books and bookish candles created by Emeric Rowene. While most of my work sits at the crossroads between old school fantasy and creeping gothic horror, I love to explore the full breadth of the speculative umbrella.
NEW RELEASE! Fractured Magic is an epic fantasy that follows a prince's quest to rescue his kidnapped king, a disgraced hero who comes back from the dead to stop him, and all the emotions that come with the clash of wills between these two estranged friends.
Fractured Magic is for you if you like any of the following:
Slow Burn and Second Chance Romances
M/M primary pairings with a mainly-queer cast
Political Legitimacy and How to Topple Governments 101
Anti-fascist narratives with undercurrents of hope, love, and community care
Spies, assassins, and secret identities
The Lonely Immortal (TM)
"I thought you were dead"
[ Learn More & Buy the First Book ]
The Case Files of Sheridan Bell is a series of fantasy mysteries that follow Henry Sheridan Bell, an up-and-coming private detective in the world of Tamarley, a world of sidhe, intrigue, and unstable magic.
The Case Files are for you if you like Sherlock Holmes but wish there were more queer fairies. It's also for you if you like your fairies with more Irish folklore influence and less sexy brooding.
Mystery #1 | The Vanishing Beast:
A strange woman comes to Detective Bell with an even stranger problem: she’s about to be arrested for murder and needs Detective Bell to clear her name. When the police confuse a simple protection charm for something more sinister and arrest the wrong person, Bell must untangle cons, confront powerful sidhe families, and find the mysterious beast that roams the streets of his city. Featuring: Faustian bargains, horrible fairy-hounds, and magical grifters
[ Read Mystery 1 Here ]
Mystery #2 | The Confession of a Medium (WIP):
After Detective Bell's childhood friend Renna narrowly escapes death twice in one night, he suspects those were more than mere accidents — especially when a medium warns that Renna's life is in danger. But finding the culprit requires delving into Renna's past, and the young widow herself is hardly forthcoming with answers. The answer, Detective Bell believes, lies in the last days of her late husband's life. Can he continue to dig, knowing the pain it will cause his dear friend? And can he continue to dig, knowing there are secrets there she wants to keep hidden? Featuring: Seances, mediums, and the Otherworld
(Coming this Fall)
Candle Shop: Buy trope candles such as mutual pining, enemies to lovers, and slow burn.
Image Credits:
Two Header images and both banner images by @lisawn
Fractured Magic cover and Sheridan Bell illustration by @littlestpersimmon
