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Books by first-time debuts (authors who have never published any book before).

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  • Cover for Portrait of a Haunting, showing a dark haired woman wearing sunglasses. In the reflection of the sunglasses, a ghostly hand appears to be reaching for her. The book typeset drips down the page like blood.

    Portrait of a Haunting

    October 6
  • Cover for The Fire Walker, showing two illustrated characters - Appa and his son Velan- and a temple Kovil gopuram. The characters are wearing traditional shirts and are against a blue and magenta twilight background, with stars in the sky. Fiery sparks and the stars glow the scene. The book’s title, the author’s name, Ainkaran Sivaaji, and the illustrator’s name, N. Dejeshwini, are written in a bright artistic font.

    The Fire Walker

    September 15
  • Cover for These Vile Hearts by Melody Robinette, showing a whimsical tree covered in dripping candles and red flowers, with roots growing into an anatomical heart, flanked by a dryad man with horns and a fairy with black eyes, as well as a dagger and insulin syringe.

    These Vile Hearts

    August 11
  • Cover for Westward Women, showing the outline o a woman's face in hypnotic red circles. The woman is wearing yellow sunglasses, also comprised of hypnotic circles, that look like abstract suns. The book title and author name, Alice Martin, are written in 1970s, hippie-esque font. A quote from Joyce Carol Oates on the cover compares the book to Margaret Atwood's style.

    Westward Women

    March 10
  • Cover for We Run the Night, showing an illustrated black girl looking afraid and two ghostly figures of a boy and a girl staring down at her, on a background of a tree with branches growing through the ghostly figures. The book title and author’s name, Peace Mbengei are written in yellow font.

    We Run The Night

    September 15
  • Cover for Jenny Will Eat You Now. The title is set in individual tiles on the wall of a condemned train station, splattered with scum and blood stains. Jenny's green, webbed hand leaves claw marks along the wall. Smaller tiles discolored with age sit on top of the title.

    Jenny Will Eat You Now

    September 29
  • Book cover for The Death Row Club by V.A. Vazquez. Neon pink lettering overlays a moody teal night scene of a lit cabin at the end of a winding driveway surrounded by dark forest. A blurb reads, “Fresh and unforgettable” — Karin Slaughter.

    The Death Row Club

    July 14
  • Cover for All the Scattered Stars, showing a dark green background with a predominate golden koru done in a distressed style. An intricate gold border of lines, dots, and swirls frames the edges. The title is spelled out in a bold, golden font and the author's name, Via Luino, appears at the top.

    All the Scattered Stars

    April 21
  • The cover for The Game of Oaths, featuring a red circus tent with the Eiffel Tower in front, and a golden trapeze artist above. The circus tent is flanked with red roses, joker playing cards, and red butterflies with gold designs. The book title is in front of the image, with a dagger making up the "T" in the word "Oaths" and dripping blood. The author's name, S.C. Bandreddi, is below on a brown ribbon. The cover's background is a teal blue color and decorated with gold sparkles, as well as the outline of an analog clock.

    The Game of Oaths

    June 2
  • Cover for Mr. Mendlebee's Pandimensional Literary Repository (and Yarn), featuring a black cat, a ball of red yarn, and a blurb from Sarah Beth Durst.

    Mr. Mendlebee’s Pandimensional Literary Repository (and Yarn)

    November 17
  • Cover for How to Love You When You're Gone. A blond teenage boy, in a pasta-water yellow poleo, sits across from a brunette teenage girl wearing a yellow hat. They're at a diner, sitting in a red booth. The walls are bright pink!

    How to Love You When You’re Gone

    May 26
  • Cover for We Became Wild, by H.D. Carver, showing an illustration of two teen girls with large hiking backpacks walking away form the viewer along a desert trail toward mountains in the distance. The sky glows orange and red. The title appears in large white letters across the top and bottom of the cover.

    We Became Wild

    June 23
  • Cover for What Is Left For Us, showing a woman in the water on an ombre blue background. The book title and the author's name are written in a strong, sans serif font.

    What Is Left For Us

    March 10
  • Cover for Winter's Teeth, showing foliage and flowers with antlers on a blue-gray wash background. The book title and author's name, R. A. Betzer, are written in bold font, as well as the tagline: Don't go into the woods.

    Winter’s Teeth

    October 6
  • A sea-green book cover with a woman sitting at the edge of a rocky shore. She has one foot in the water, and a seal lifts its head above the water near where she sits. Title reads "The Sea-Glass Shore." Author name reads "Julie Salmon Kelleher." A blurb at the top reads: "A book as beautiful and haunting as the coast it inhabits.--Jared Pechaček." A blurb in the water reads: "A brilliant swim--Lidia Yuknavitch."

    The Sea-Glass Shore

    September 1
  • A pink cover with gold accents. A banner with the title reading “Letters from the Last Apothecary” over a photo of a Victorian style greenhouse at sunset.

    Letters from the Last Apothecary

    June 9
  • Cover for "Casting April," showing an illustrated Chinese girl pulling back a theater curtain to reveal a stage. She is wearing a headset and a tracheostomy tube, and she's holding the script for a play called "Finding Primula." Onstage, an actor in an astronaut costume is looking into the spotlight. The book title is decorated with stars.

    Casting April

    June 16
  • Cover for The Fourth Wife showing a woman dressed in white, sitting staring at the reading. The vibes are dark with a hot pink, Gothic lettering for the title.

    The Fourth Wife

    March 31
  • Cover for Fleet of Wonders, showing an ornate ship-of-the-line on tossing seas against a sunrise. Surrounding the rising sun is a decorative circular gold motif reminiscent of a compass or a clock; toward the top of the cover, this gold motif connects with a decorative rectangular frame for the cover, adorned with three gold-outlined blue and purple Atropa belladonna flowers. Sea hawks swoop through the air, silhouetted by the sun.

    Fleet of Wonders

    October 27
  • Cover for Where the Bones Took Root, featuring a cloaked young woman at the center. She has dark brown hair and green eyes. She holds a dagger in one hand and a necklace with a finger bone pendant in the other. Green magic crackles around the hand holding the bone, encircling the peridot ring she wears. There is also a leatherbound spellbook hanging from her belt. The background is a dark, moonlit forest with a turreted castle in the distance. On either side of the girl, there are skeletons and glowing blue mushrooms.

    Where the Bones Took Root

    October 6
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