The Alchemy of Sorrow (COVER REVEAL!)

IT IS TIME. The cover reveal for the SFF anthology, The Alchemy of Sorrow, is live! This gorgeous cover was illustrated by Zoe Badini and evokes fierce sentiments from all 13 stories without being specific to any single one of them.

The cover illustration for The Alchemy of Sorrow. Image description: to the right of the image (the front cover) a woman of color stands before a broken stained glass window. Her body is riddled with glowing golden cracks. A pair of similarly glowing swallows flitter above her hands, held at chest level. She is surrounded by dead vines that curl around the window as well--here and there, a few glowing golden flowers are blooming. To the left of the image (the back cover), a pair of glowing swallows face each other in midair, framed by a few glowing flowers. The rest of the cover shows dead vines and a sense of decay, including a broken ewer.

Virginia McClain designed the rest of the cover, including beautiful typography and descriptions. Here is the cover as it will appear on the book!

Cover art by Zoe Badini and design by VM Designs

Here be dragons and sorcery, time travel and sorrow.

Vicious garden gnomes. A grounded phoenix rider. A new mother consumed with vengeance. A dying god. Soul magic.

These stories wrestle with the experience of loss—of loved ones, of relationships, of a sense of self, of health—and forge a path to hope as characters fight their way forward.

From bestsellers and SPFBO finalists to rising voices, 13 exceptionally talented authors explore the many facets of grief and healing through the lens of fantasy and sci-fi.

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Also, I wanted to use this opportunity to add teaser images of the interior illustrations!