Anarcho-fantasy, podcasting, and human-made design
Huge news! We are making not one, but two (2) more Sad Bastard Cookbooks! One for regular sad bastards, one for sad bastards who also have to feed kids. And we’re looking for new recipes because we basically used all of ours up in the first one. If you want to get involved, here’s how: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfqmePHa22aMV…/viewform
“They would have you believe all hope is lost. So let them see what it looks like when we fight without hope.”
I’m so excited to share the cover for Blight (The Sleep Of Reason #2). It’s the sequel to Cascade, and follows the surviving characters as they struggle to navigate a new, post-disaster world shaped by feral magic, demons, and tyranny.
The cover illustration is by the fabulous Marten Norr. You can find more of his work at Flower Prince Draws.
As for the book itself—it will be released in Spring 2025 through The BumblePuppy Press. Can’t wait that long to read it? You can reach me through my contact page for an Advance Review Copy, or just wait for the ARC signup sheet that I’ll be posting soon.
If you haven’t read Cascade yet, what are you waiting for? I’m so excited for you to read Blight, but it’ll make much more sense if you read Cascade first. You can buy it anywhere online or through the publisher.
Praise for Cascade:
“A near-perfect blend of implacable horror, gallows humor, and ecological apocalypse.” — Peter Watts, author of Blindsight
“Finally, an urban fantasy that kills the cop — and the rest of the government — in your head. Relentlessly radical and often hilarious, Cascade will change the way you look at magic, and the state, forever.” — Nick Mamatas, author of The Second Shooter
Advance praise for Blight:
“Suffused with masterful horror and black humour and compassion for its beleaguered and all-too-human characters, this spellbinding chronicle of leviathanic magic, political intrigue, and righteous insurrection hurls a molotov cocktail at the evil lurking in humanity’s banal appetites for control.” — Dale Stromberg, author of Maej
“Rosen is a daring voice in Canadian SFF, and she’ll break your heart while making you laugh.” — Michelle Browne, author of Meaning Wars
“Rosen’s ability to create such a beautifully vivid picture of a vicious world as it slowly chokes to death is simply breathtaking.” — Rohan O’Duill, author of Cold Blooded
“A worthy sequel to an epic ecofantasy. The world’s on fire, it’s time to lick our wounds and start putting it back together.” — Zilla Novikov, author of Query
Cascade (The Sleep of Reason Book 1) is now available for pre-order in the ebook format of your choice! Paperback coming soon.
When Vasai Singh resurrected drowned Mumbai and raised it into the clouds, the world reacted with awe and wonder – and no small amount of fear. As with the climate crisis believed to have caused the Cascade, resurgent magic proved lucky for some, a disaster for many others, and a source of hope and dread for everyone else.
A generation has passed since the Cascade transformed the world, smashing the tectonic plates of the political landscape and infesting the wilderness with demons and shriekgrass.
In Ottawa, a scandal-plagued government clings to power, kept afloat by the manipulations of its precognitive political rainman, Ian Mallory. But when his predictions signal only catastrophe ahead, the magic-loathing photojournalist Tobias Fletcher, land rights activist Jonah Augustine, his ex-wife, climate scientist Blythe Augustine, and emoji-spell wielding intern Sujay Krishnamurthy must overcome ideology and bureaucracy to save a future from a present whose agenda spells only doom.
Kickstarter campaign for Rachel A. Rosen’s brilliant debut novel, Cascade is now up and running!
What that means for you, is that you have the opportunity to:
