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Millie Abecassis
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Author of SFFH · French & American · Novels & novellas at Row House, Anuci Press, Polymath Press, Shiraki Press · Rep: @ajvanbelle.bsky.social · 📍 California

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 26d
Today is the day! My Gothic & sapphic historical fantasy novel is available everywhere ebooks are sold! #Fantasy #Booksky
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psssssttt just found out there are 15 print copies of The Celestial Seas up for grabs in a Goodreads giveaway! If a queer Moby Dick in space sounds fun please go check it out ✨✨✨

#thecelestialseas #scifibooks
November 16, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤
The cover for Danai’s debut novel, VILE VILLAINS illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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#SFFChat Q4: when the day lasts 27 hours, "noon" is at 1:30 pm! From my forthcoming novel The Color of Time.
Shortly after the clock reached one thirty—Phau’s noon—the cafeteria became alive with miners and other workers walking through the door. They came from all the corners of the galaxy, their skins ranging from the palest white to the darkest shades. What they all had in common was the greenish dust covering their clothes and hair. Some even had diazdust—as they called diastium residue—on their face and hands. A handwashing station was available to them, but they didn’t use it. Either they didn’t have time, or they had given up on safeguarding their health. After all, eating a bit of diazdust would not make a difference if they already inhaled it all day.
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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#SFFChat Q3: Aaah great question! In the sci-fi novella I just finished drafting, aliens adopted the same duration for a second than what humans use because it works well for the planet they've invaded (not Earth, but a similar planet) but they have a centovigesimal (base 120) system!
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#SFFChat Q3: How is time kept or measured in your world? If time is the same way as for us, how does magic or technology influence it?
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November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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#SFFChat Q2: By default, no 😅 but it's sometimes important for the timeline of events, so I'll go back to scenes to ensure I've taken it into account.
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#SFFChat Q2: When you write, do you tend to have a clear picture of the time of day for particularly intense scenes?
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November 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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#SFFChat Q1: In my forthcoming novel The Color of Time, a day on the planet Phau is 27 hours! And yes, time has a color. Not literally, but symbolically 👀
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#SFFChat Q1: What unique features of day, night, or time exist in your world? OR, how do people in your world think about these concepts (maybe they're sacred, etc)?
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November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Hey #SFFChat, I'm Millie, author of SFFH living in usually sunny but now rainy California! My favorite time of the day is probably dinnertime 🍽️
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#SFFChat Intro: Introduce yourself and share your favourite time of day (night, day, evening, morning--lunch!). Be as general or specific as you like. (:
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November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Je suis à 75% de "A Legacy of Blood and Bone" par @millieabecassis.com et j'ai à la fois : envie de le terminer, pas envie de le terminer, et envie d'en apprendre encore beaucoup plus sur cet univers et ses personnages !
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November 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Another commission, this one for @lness.bsky.social for her website! I'm a bug enthusiast so it was great fun to draw all the colourful bugs and portray them in a positive light.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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You can win a copy of my sci-fi mystery novella by participating in today's challenge!

Share an indie sci-fi book you loved and maybe you'll win another one that's definitely out of this world 💎🐋🏙️
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Daily Challenge 8: Out Of This World - Share a science fiction book you loved!

Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
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November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and somehow it's not actually raining.

To tide you over until the weather cooperates, we'll share an interview with Millie Abecassis (@millieabecassis.com ecassis.com), author of A Legacy of Blood and Bone.

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...

#BookSky #AMoRaR
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November 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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A Legacy of Blood and Bone by @millieabecassis.com

"I absolutely devoured this book. It felt fresh and unique, giving me exactly what I was looking for to kick off fall."

Read Avni's full review
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A Legacy of Blood and Bone by Millie Abecassis
Reviewed by Avni Patel ★★★★ I originally came across Millie’s book and her request for ARC readers through a discord server I was in. I’d never come across their books before, but a quick look at t…
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November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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This sounds SO AMAZING!
millieabecassis.com Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 11d
❄️ WELCOME TO SANCTUARY ❄️

☀️ Horror fantasy
🌙 Fairytale retelling
☀️ Astral deities
🌙 Found family
☀️ Spooky & mysterious
🌙 Quick read (novella!)

Forthcoming 3/10/2025 at Anuci Press, and NOW SEEKING ARC READERS! ➡️ forms.gle/BF3zDo97tsWa...

#QuestPit #P #A #H #F #DF
A graphic showing a mock up of the book The Seventh Sister by Millie Abecassis and text reading "ARC SIGN UP" and labels around the books reading "horror fantasy" "fairytale retelling" "found family" "snow white" "blue beard" and "astral deities" WELCOME TO SANCTUARY Seer Éliane is destined to a brilliant future as a servant of Aurië, the Sun-God. Everything changes when the High Seer, her superior, becomes jealous of Éliane's abilities and chases her from the temple. Having no family, Éliane has no choice but to find refuge in Sanctuary, the mysterious mansion of Lady of Clairemont, alongside six women living there as sisters and refugees. When the sisters begin to disappear, Éliane must find the truth about Sanctuary and its secretive owner before she disappears, too. A horrific retelling of Bluebeard and Snow White, The Seventh Sister is a tale about sisterhood and overcoming adversity. A mock up of the ebook and paperback versions of THE SEVENTH SISTER by Millie Abecassis with text reading "Coming .10.2026"
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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❄️ WELCOME TO SANCTUARY ❄️

☀️ Horror fantasy
🌙 Fairytale retelling
☀️ Astral deities
🌙 Found family
☀️ Spooky & mysterious
🌙 Quick read (novella!)

Forthcoming 3/10/2025 at Anuci Press, and NOW SEEKING ARC READERS! ➡️ forms.gle/BF3zDo97tsWa...

#QuestPit #P #A #H #F #DF
A graphic showing a mock up of the book The Seventh Sister by Millie Abecassis and text reading "ARC SIGN UP" and labels around the books reading "horror fantasy" "fairytale retelling" "found family" "snow white" "blue beard" and "astral deities" WELCOME TO SANCTUARY Seer Éliane is destined to a brilliant future as a servant of Aurië, the Sun-God. Everything changes when the High Seer, her superior, becomes jealous of Éliane's abilities and chases her from the temple. Having no family, Éliane has no choice but to find refuge in Sanctuary, the mysterious mansion of Lady of Clairemont, alongside six women living there as sisters and refugees. When the sisters begin to disappear, Éliane must find the truth about Sanctuary and its secretive owner before she disappears, too. A horrific retelling of Bluebeard and Snow White, The Seventh Sister is a tale about sisterhood and overcoming adversity. A mock up of the ebook and paperback versions of THE SEVENTH SISTER by Millie Abecassis with text reading "Coming .10.2026"
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Do you like free fancy art prints and bookmarks? Supporting indie bookstores? Historical fantasy and sapphic romance?

You can get all of that via my collaboration with Beyond Text Bookstore, my fav local indie bookstore!

Buy the ebook via Bookshop while supporting the bookstore and get freebies!
A visual showing the ebook and art prints, and a QR code to buy the book. Text reading: "Support your local indie bookstore and a local author and get free art prints, bookmarks, and more!" Instructions are treaded in the next posts. A visual showing a library and the cover of the book A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE and text above reading “A gothic gem, rich with dread, desire, and a magic system as haunting as it is original.” —April Yates, author of Ashthorne. Around the e-readers are labels reading: Historical fantasy, Belle Epoque, sapphic romance, dangerous magic, set in France, family politics.
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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If we met in another life, would you still love me?

🖤star-crossed lovers
⏳shifting timelines
💀love beyond death
🗡️price of duty
🔥touch her and the world burns

LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE is a dark fantasy love story inspired by Slavic folklore.
Available for preorder (bio).
#QuestPit #P #A #DF #RF
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign.

#QuestPit #A #H #M
The image, made with free non-AI stock pictures, shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects. At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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THE AUGUSTINE AFFAIR

Strap in for a globetrotting, high-octane spy thriller/gay romance.

Fashion mogul (and undercover MI6 agent) Felix finds himself teamed up with assassin Kai to unravel a conspiracy at the heart of the fashion world.

Think Mr. & Mrs. Smith, but gay
#A #r #t #LGBTQ #questpit #q
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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❄️ WELCOME TO SANCTUARY ❄️

☀️ Horror fantasy
🌙 Fairytale retelling
☀️ Astral deities
🌙 Found family
☀️ Spooky & mysterious
🌙 Quick read (novella!)

Forthcoming 3/10/2025 at Anuci Press, and NOW SEEKING ARC READERS! ➡️ forms.gle/BF3zDo97tsWa...

#QuestPit #P #A #H #F #DF
A graphic showing a mock up of the book The Seventh Sister by Millie Abecassis and text reading "ARC SIGN UP" and labels around the books reading "horror fantasy" "fairytale retelling" "found family" "snow white" "blue beard" and "astral deities" WELCOME TO SANCTUARY Seer Éliane is destined to a brilliant future as a servant of Aurië, the Sun-God. Everything changes when the High Seer, her superior, becomes jealous of Éliane's abilities and chases her from the temple. Having no family, Éliane has no choice but to find refuge in Sanctuary, the mysterious mansion of Lady of Clairemont, alongside six women living there as sisters and refugees. When the sisters begin to disappear, Éliane must find the truth about Sanctuary and its secretive owner before she disappears, too. A horrific retelling of Bluebeard and Snow White, The Seventh Sister is a tale about sisterhood and overcoming adversity. A mock up of the ebook and paperback versions of THE SEVENTH SISTER by Millie Abecassis with text reading "Coming .10.2026"
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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BLOOD IS LIFE. BONES ARE STRENGTH. FLESH IS CONTROL. SKIN IS DEATH.

🌹 Historical fantasy
🇫🇷 Belle Époque
🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance
🩸 Body-based magic system
🗡️ Family feuds
🗝️ Gothic vibes

Now available! A spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue and dangerous magic. #QuestPit #P #A #F #HF #R
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November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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ARC readers wanted!

Do you like horror? Fairytale retellings? Found families? Spooky stories filled with dread and mystery?

Join my ARC team! Fill out the form at the link below ⬇️
forms.gle/BF3zDo97tsWa...

#BookSky #Horror #Fantasy #ARCReaders #Reviewers
Cover of The Seventh Sister by Millie Abecassis. A graphic showing a mock up of the book The Seventh Sister by Millie Abecassis and text reading "Coming 3.10.2026" and labels around the books reading "horror fantasy" "fairytale retelling" "found family" "snow white" "blue beard" and "astral deities" WELCOME TO SANCTUARY Seer Éliane is destined to a brilliant future as a servant of Aurië, the Sun-God. Everything changes when the High Seer, her superior, becomes jealous of Éliane's abilities and chases her from the temple. Having no family, Éliane has no choice but to find refuge in Sanctuary, the mysterious mansion of Lady of Clairemont, alongside six women living there as sisters and refugees. When the sisters begin to disappear, Éliane must find the truth about Sanctuary and its secretive owner before she disappears, too. A horrific retelling of Bluebeard and Snow White, The Seventh Sister is a tale about sisterhood and overcoming adversity.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Available for preorder now!
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The Revenant of Surolifia by Florence Chien Secrets are often liabilities, but sometimes they are power. The Revenant of Surolifia by Florence Chien Secrets are often liabilities, but sometimes they are power. Lucas Rhine has seen enough violence. When the Empire of Colours slaughters 17,000 of his silver-eyed kin, Lucas buries his hatred, hides his eyes behind coloured lenses, and vows to become the imperial gendarmerie’s commander. He will liberate his annexed island home through a diplomatic secession. Usurped prince Faye Phlorik wants his throne back. When violent revolutionaries help him escape from prison, he joins them. They need a silver-eyed champion to rally the people, and he needs their resources to defeat the gendarmerie protecting the usurper. When Faye’s escape costs Lucas his promotion, Lucas adds revenge to his list of reasons to stop the bloody revolution. While the two hunt each other across the country, the Empire's warships are landing in two weeks to exterminate everyone with silver eyes. If Lucas and Faye can't unite their forces against the imperial fleet, there will soon be nothing left of the people they're both trying to liberate.
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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A recent release that is part of a series and is available in paperback and ebook
THE FLOATING Castle by L. N. Holmes She wants to control him. He wants to kill her. THE FLOATING Castle by L. N. Holmes She wants to control him. He wants to kill her. To secure her position as the emperor’s favorite daughter, Princess Fu Liling sails across a monster-infested sea to marry and subdue Elias of House Zartisval, crown prince of a rival kingdom. When she meets Elias, however, he unexpectedly refuses to marry her. At risk of being cut off from the imperial family, Liling tries to force the wedding, only to discover that Elias is a murderer and she is his disposable hostage. Liling resolves to expose this betrayal to her father and plots an escape, relying on a reluctant guard and a rebel witch to aid in her flight. Elias, who’d rather see them all dead than free, gives chase. The ensuing battle may cause the Floating Castle to literally fall, and Liling must decide: surrender and die to keep the peace or dishonor her father in exchange for her own life and liberty. The repercussions of her choice will ripple across a continent.
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Recent release, available in ebook:
A Legacy of Blood and Bone by Millie Abecassis Blood is life. Bones are strength. Flesh is control. Skin is death. A Legacy of Blood and Bone by Millie Abecassis Blood is life. Bones are strength. Flesh is control. Skin is death. Every blessed family knows this mantra, and Aubeline—gifted with blood magic and heiress to the powerful Sterraux line—is no exception. When her father dies unexpectedly, Aubeline inherits the title of Countess. But her brother Renan soon challenges her claim, demanding the title of Count for himself—and quietly coveting guardianship of their young niece, Damarisse. As sinister forces gather around Renan and his allies wield forbidden, deadly power, Aubeline must seek out unlikely companions to protect Damarisse, As sinister forces gather around Renan and his allies wield forbidden, deadly power, Aubeline must seek out unlikely companions to protect Damarisse, expose her brother’s true intentions, and stop a catastrophe that could unravel their world. She never expected her greatest ally to be Damarisse’s new private teacher, Vinnie—a clairvoyant woman cursed with uncontrollable visions. Nor did she expect to fall in love with her, defying every rule of polite society and risking everything for a chance at love in a world built on blood and secrets.
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Read and preorder some indie fantasy this autumn. Book blurbs below 👇
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November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM