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kamilah cole
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Dragon, Lodestar, & Lambda Award Finalist. Bestselling author of SO LET THEM BURN (2024), THIS ENDS IN EMBERS (2025), AN ARCANE INHERITANCE (2025), & WICKED ENDEAVORS (2026) | she/her 🇯🇲
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · Jul 24
How would you like AN ARCANE INHERITANCE a month early and just in time for your first holiday gift card purchase?

Yes, that's right, the on-sale date is changing (again!!!) to DECEMBER 30, 2025 😂

Preorder, plz: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-arcane-...
Scooby Doo meme of Freddie reaching out to pull off a mask that reads January 20, 2026, saying "Let's see what the real AN ARCANE INHERITANCE on-sale date is!" and under the mask it says December 30, 2025. Freddie's face is AN ARCANE INHERITANCE deluxe edition The cover of AN ARCANE INHERITANCE surrounded by tropes and arrows BI FMC X BI MMC SECRET SOCIETIES MEMORY MAGIC FIRST-GEN IMMIGRANT PRESSURE IVY LEAGUE GOTHIC SPICE LEVEL: TWO CHILI PEPPERS BEING BLACK IN EXCLUSIVE SPACES COLLEGE IS A SPECIAL KIND OF HELL "I HATE YOU SO MUCH I CAN'T F*CKING BREATHE" "LOVING YOU IS AS EASY AS TAKING A BREATH"
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 5h
that was me up until last year!!!!
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 13h
-cries- she's beautiful
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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 14h
and here's a static cover reveal post for people who want to skip the book trailer and/or hate videos! cover art by Lucy Rose

THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July 2026, from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social! #author

preorder now: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...
the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood, framed in gold with gold flowers against a dark teal background around the edges. The cover is teal with a stag of flowers and foliage growing from a twisted tree with flowers growing around it and black ooze dripping from a branch overhead. the title "The Lord of the Wood" is in large white serif text to the left, with foliage growing through the letters closest to the tree, and the author "E.M. Anderson" is in all-caps yellow text at the bottom. the tagline, in smaller yellow text, reads, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..." "When lonely clockmaker Arthur Throckmorton loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning into a beast and losing power over a dying forest. If they can’t save the forest before he becomes a beast completely, Arthur will lose the man he's falling for—and never see his family again." Text is in a textbox against a murky image of a forest, with the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood below the text, all against a dark teal background with gold curlicues in the corners. The cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood on a dark teal background with golden leaves overhead, surrounded by yellow text reading: plant magic; sentient forest trying to oops! murder people; intensely homoerotic shaving scene; the one who heard the stories and the one who was in the stories; hopeless romantic who's clueless about his own sexuality; Beauty & the Beast inspired by not a retelling; dual-POV brother/sister; love interest turning slowly into a beast; wound-tending.
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 14h
UK friends, Waterstones is having a sale, and AN ARCANE INHERITANCE is eligible for it! You can use the code OCTOBER25 to get 25% off this and other titles, online only, from now until October 17!

Naturally, I pulled some other recs for you too ;)

www.waterstones.com/book/an-arca...
Waterstones AN ARCANE INHERITANCE 25% off 2026 New Titles with code OCTOBER25 14-17 October | Online Only Waterstones ASCENSION by ST Gibson, CLEOPATRA by Saara El-Arifi, FIRSTBORN OF THE SUn by Marvelous Michael Anson, THE MANOR OF DREAMS by Christina Li 25% off 2026 New Titles with code OCTOBER25 14-17 October | Online Only
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 1d
if i owe you a text or a dm please know that i know that and i will get back to you as soon as my executive dysfunction will allow
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 1d
Once again, AN ARCANE INHERITANCE is an Adult dark academia fantasy with romance, thriller, and horror elements that comes out on December 30, 2025. I can't wait to share it with all of you!

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An Arcane Inheritance (Deluxe Edition)
Check out An Arcane Inheritance (Deluxe Edition) - <p><strong><em>A modern-day dark academia fantasy with a twist, perfect for fans of Babel and A Deadly Education.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Warren ...
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 1d
N ARCANE INHERITANCE has received a review from Kirkus!!!!

They praised the tension and chemistry between Ellory and Hudson, as well as calling my writing "poetic".

You can read it here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
"Cole's writing is vivid and creative, sometimes even poetic. She excels at conjuring Warren's special cocktail of sinister spookiness and academic intensity." Kirkus Reviews The cover of AN ARCANE INHERITANCE surrounded by tropes and arrows BI FMC X BI MMC SECRET SOCIETIES MEMORY MAGIC FIRST-GEN IMMIGRANT PRESSURE IVY LEAGUE GOTHIC SPICE LEVEL: TWO CHILI PEPPERS BEING BLACK IN EXCLUSIVE SPACES COLLEGE IS A SPECIAL KIND OF HELL "I HATE YOU SO MUCH I CAN'T F*CKING BREATHE" "LOVING YOU IS AS EASY AS TAKING A BREATH"
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 2d
OMG!!! CONGRTS @jennaleeyun.bsky.social !!!!
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2d
The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Middle Grade is THE LAST RHEE WITCH by Jenna Lee-Yun
2025 Winner Outstanding Middle Grade: THE LAST RHEE WITCH by Jenna Lee-Yun
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 2d
there's a giveaway for one of ten print copies of AN ARCANE INHERITANCE going on on goodreads right now! almost 6K people entered before i even saw it, which is so wild and flattering. go go go!

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole Oct 11-Nov 08, 2025
Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Oct 11-Nov 08, 2025. Enemies to lovers + dark academia in this sultry fantasy: enter fo...
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 5d
this tweet is too loud
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 5d
rewarding myself for getting though a patch of write's block on WICKED ENDEAVORS by commissioning art with money i don't have, woop woop!
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Ghabiba @ghabibaweston.bsky.social · 6d
ARCANE x #A SPICE ROAD

An artist & an admiral conduct an impossible tea magic heist. Now they're being hunted by a sisterhood of deadly alchemists.

🗝unreliable narrator
🫀intergenerational muli-POV
🩸elements of horror
🫖creative power unlocked with tea magic
🗡colonial rage

#DVpit #F #POC #OWN #WOC
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 6d
eeee??? good luck my friend 🥔
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 6d
listen if you really wanted me to play you'd come here and make me
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 6d
where i stopped they had literally just gotten off the boat and he had to go find his sister......... so like 20 minutes in
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 6d
oop oop well i better get back to it then
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 7d
y'all i just turned the final page on THE BODY by @bethanycmorrow.com and i am breathless, speechless, floored by how good it is. the horror of churchianity may be the pitch, but it's so much more i'm. please. preorder this book

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The Body
Check out The Body - <p><b><i>The Body</i> is a pulse-pounding supernatural horror story from bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow, where one woman must survive a series of bizarre and escalating atta...
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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 9d
Being an adult isn’t always easy, but occasionally you can spend the whole day eating donuts and playing video games—just like Kid You imagined—and no one can tell you no. 🥰😂
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 11d
that's all i got for now. if you have any other questions about this, let me know! and one more time: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH I LOVE YOU
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 11d
having international editions is a huge privilege that helped immensely, but the bulk of my copies were sold in the U.S. so far. THIS ENDS IN EMBERS isn't out yet internationally, so we might see a bump in international sales when they have the whole duology too.
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 11d
for me, specifically, earning out included not just sales in the U.S. but the total of the advances and sales from the international editions of my book (canada, uk, france, poland, germany, spain, brazil).
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 11d
they email it but i saw a tweet by Roseanne A. Brown and went into my author portal to check. but these two things combined are why most authors have multiple jobs. publishing doesn't usually pay quickly or consistently
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 11d
in addition, my royalty statement covers the period from january 2025 to june 2025. not only did i earn out in this period but i also earned royalties already. however, it's october 2025; i have yet to receive my check and didn't know i'd earned out until i checked my statement.
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 11d
first, you don't get your advance all at once. i got some on signing, some when the manuscript went to copyedits, some when the book came out, and some 12 months after publication. yes, this means that despite selling this book in 2022, i actually have not received my entire advance yet
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 11d
i get so much value from @silviamg.bsky.social's publishing threads (buy her books!), so i figured i'd follow in her footsteps with some transparency here 🧵
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 12d
SO LET THEM BURN and THIS ENDS IN EMBERS (yes, both!) have earned out.

SO LET THEM BURN, my debut novel, came out a year ago. THIS ENDS IN EMBERS completed the duology in February. And now every time someone buys a copy in any format, I earn royalties.

I can't stop crying. Thank you so much.
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