Cover Reveal and ARC Signups: Devotion in the Open Air by Inked in Gray Press

Within the pages of Devotion in the Open Air you’ll find eighteen stories written by women of color from all walks of life that embrace the beauty in the everyday with speculative tales to bring you out of the fast-paced chaos of real life, immersing you in something much more contented.

This collection of stories delivers relaxed takes on life’s real issues such as family trauma, discovering identity, and healing from a past that would rather be forgotten. While all the stories are speculative and low-stakes they are vastly different. Some ask the reader to imagine a world only slightly different from our own while others take you to a new universe entirely. Yet each one invites you to have a seat, pull up a chair, and breathe.

Featuring:

• Ministry of Moss by Kionna Walker LeMalle
• Collecting Dragonflies by Stefanie Contreras
• Don’t Look Under the Bed by Chere Taylor
• Naija Babylon by Molara Wood
• Subbed Out by Sandhya Singh
• Sunna’s Eclipse by L. Nabang
• The Sacred in the Mirth by Amena Jamali
• Mother, Ghost, Bride by Audris Candra
• Dova by Kay Mabasa
• Birds of Sky, Shadows of Earth by Carla E. Dash
• The Secret Keeper by Marie Sinadjan
• The Wish of a Tree by Veronica Faline
• Tale of the Moon by Huang Chen
• Red Dancing Shoes by Joti Bilkhu
• The Autochthon by T. H. Yuan
• The Familiar’s Gambit by Maggie H.
• Horro and the Mirrimit by M. M. Sahoo
• Dear Ekemini by Winifred Òdúnóku

This anthology releases on February 25, 2025 and is now available for pre-order from the Inked Shop!

If you're a reviewer or blogger, you can also request for a review copy. Reviewers can opt to receive an ebook to review on a site of their choosing (Goodreads, their own blog, etc), or request a media kit with a physical copy if they wish to do a video review.

My story The Secret Keeper is based on Philippine legend/folklore and has a sapphic love story. A related story, Visiting Hours, is available to read for free, and it includes an extensive author's note on the elements of Filipino myths and folklore used in these tales.

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Hi! I'm Marie, a Filipino SFFH author and book reviewer currently based in the UK. I’m the co-author of The Prophecies of Ragnarok, a Norse myth new adult urban fantasy trilogy, and I also have several short stories published in anthologies and literary journals.

You can find more info about me and my books, and also subscribe to my newsletter for more content, here. And if you like what I do, please also consider supporting me on Ko-fi! 🩷 https://ko-fi.com/mariesinadjan

If you fancy a short read, I have a cozy reimagining of the Norse myths about Hel, but it's just under 70 pages and can be read in one sitting. ✨ Plus there's a swag kit available on my shop! Includes a "membership card," a bookmark, a sticker, an origami dog, and an exclusive 500-word story 🫶🏼

AS A HOLIDAY TREAT, Nameless Queen is currently free to download!

All things end, and all must die.

But death is not always the end.

When Geiravor Lokisdottir was stripped of her name and cast out of Asgard, torn from her family and the life she had known, she thought she’d lost it all. But in the shadows of Niflheim she discovers the path to her destiny, and what it truly means to be queen.

This is a prequel short story to THE PROPHECIES OF RAGNAROK trilogy by Meri Benson and Marie Sinadjan, and a retelling of the myths involving Hel, the Norse goddess of death and the queen of the underworld.