![A modified trope map graphic for The Strangers' Shrine. Over a blurred background of a Tuscan landscape, the text reads: When home betrays you, build a new home * queernorm world & mostly queer cast * thorny themes, cozy setting * small-town festivals & gatherings * supportive mentors * found family (when the first one fails you) a small-scale fantasy novel with trauma, triumph and community In the center, the book cover [art by May Barros]: two people leaning against a fence, looking out over a hilly landscape.](https://www.serobertsonfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/strangers-trope-map-sans-arrows-2160-x-1130-1.png)
Coming Soon: The Strangers’ Sanctuary
Coming Late 2025 When home betrays you, build a new home Two former classmates, faithless priest Placida and traumatized shrine guard Lunden, […]
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AI Use (or lack thereof) Statement
Hi. This isn’t a mea culpa or a request for respect. Just an attempt at transparency. All works of mine up to […]
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How I Became a Therapist in Another World: Vol. 1-4 Omnibus
Genre/keywords: fantasy isekai but make it tired, millennial, and gay; let’s throw all the tropes in a blender with a giant pile of feelings […]
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The Healers book 1 of 3: The Healers’ Road
Genre/keywords: slice-of-life fantasy, queernorm, shouting-distance-from-cozy fantasy but check the content warnings first please, character-driven, road trip from hell, unlikely friendship, please note: […]
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Actually seriously good news
Along with 300+ (!!!) other indie books, How I Became a Therapist in Another World: Vol. 1-4 Omnibus will be in the […]
Read moreGot an ereader, have thoughts
This isn’t relevant to much of anything; it’s just way, way, way too long for Bluesky. I’m also not an affiliate and […]
Read moreAnother, more encouraging update [update: or not]
Update, a couple of weeks later: Not only has it come out that Stripe, owner of LemonSqueezy, is refusing any and all […]
Read moreQuick update
The itch.io links from my site are being taken down today while I figure out an alternative. My books were not shadowbanned […]
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Stats post: Cozy Up with Fantasy, July 2025
Is this useful to anyone? I dunno! I just like transparency. So here’s my wrap-up for yesterday’s sale. Thanks to the organizer, […]
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One day only: Cozy Up with Fantasy Sale
Sale! July 15, 2025 only, check out cozyupwithfantasy.com for cozy fantasy ebooks at 99c. How I Became a Therapist in Another World […]
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Pride Book Fair 2025, last week of June
Starting Sunday, 6/22 and running through Monday, 6/30 (the times will vary depending on your time zone), Therapist Omnibus 1 will be […]
Read moreDeath of the Author, acephobia, and the power of friendship
Recently, I joined a new reading-tracking site/app, because I’d tried to get by without one for a while and quickly lost track […]
Read moreChecking in, June 2025 Edition
It’s been a while; just checking in. Happy (and various other emotions) Pride. Newsletter comes out tomorrow (the 15th), including some commissioned […]
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