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Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26)
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✒️ Fantasy & Historical Fiction Author
🗡️ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (7/7/26 Rising Action)
🍂 HOLLOW WHISPERS OF THE WIND (Ch 1 in Uncharted Mag)
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📍 Toronto, CA • She/Her
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Went to Scriptus, the Toronto pen show, today, and absolutely SPLURGED. Scored myself a Nahvalur Eclipse and a seY Studio maki-e winter sparrow. I have officially achieved grail pen status! So much for no-buy 2025 lol
October 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Goodreads page here! 👇
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
The Revenant of Surolifia, by Florence Chien, comes out on July 7, 2026. Add on Goodreads now at www.revenant.one
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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For fands of Death Note, Andor, Carnival Row, Les Miserables, and The Phantom of the Opera
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Spycraft via art scams and bank fraud, breakneck pacing, every protagonist is also an antagonist, standalone and fully concluded ending
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Featuring a magic system inspired by Nolan's Inception and opulent neoclassical and belle epoche aesthetics
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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A story of revenge and revolution about a thief and a soldier killing each other because they believe the other person is wrong in the way he tries to prevent genocide
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Can I convince you to add The Revenant of Surolifia to Goodreads in 4 slides? 👀🧵👇
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

#2026debuts #comingsoon #fantasy #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading 🪐📚💙
Can I convince you to add my political fantasy, The Revenant of Surolifia, to Goodreads in 4 slides or less?
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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✨COVER REVEAL! ✨ The Revenant of Surolifia is coming out July 7, 2026, you can add it on Goodreads now!

#2026debuts #comingsoon #fantasy #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading #BookSky 🪐📚
October 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Something is coming on Oct 1... 👀
#2026debuts #comingsoon #fantasy #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading #BookSky 🪐📚
September 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨
A soldier with chronic migraines will overthrow the empire. A thief who often dooms his partners will reclaim his throne. They aim to kill each other, but to liberate their silver-eyed kin, they must work together.
📅 07.07.26 #PosterPit #P #A #F
Mock-up movie poster of the adult political fantasy novel, The Revenant of Surolifia, written by Florence Chien, published by Rising Action. The poster features a photo of an art gallery with marble statues and checkered floor. Overlaid over the photo is an upside-down illustration of a faceless robed scholar holding a sword.
August 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨
belle époque vibes | so many schemes

🗡️ an imperial officer bent on revenge
🪽 a thief plotting scandals & revolution
🩸 they aim to kill each other
🔥 but must cooperate to stop another war

📅 07.07.26 #questpit #P #A #F
Secrets are often liabilities Sometimes they are power When the Empire of Colours slaughters 17,000 of his silver-eyed kin, Lucas Rhine buries his hatred, hides his eyes behind coloured lenses, and vows to liberate his country through a diplomatic secession. Usurped prince Faye Phlorik escapes from prison and joins the revolutionaries. They need a silver-eyed champion to rally the people, and Faye needs their resources to reclaim his crown. Lucas and Faye must eliminate each other to achieve their goals. But when the empire's warships come again, they must unite their forces or there will be nothing left of the people they're both trying to liberate. The Revenant of Surolifia A political fantasy Florence Chien
August 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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There are so many one-liners in this book of mine, but I will never not love this one lol 😆🚽
#amediting #amwriting #WritingCommunity
July 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Yo! #WritingCommunity, drop lines 8+9+10 from page 187 of your MS and tag 3 friends!
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Something beckoned her from within the folded fabric of the world—an essence so ephemeral it was almost transparent among the writhing concepts of geometry and motion, camouflaged like a white bird in a snowstorm. Etherite? Elsa turned her alarmed mind toward it. Chapter 15, The Emissary. The Revenant of Surolifia, coming soon July 7, 2026. florencechien.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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I'm getting way ahead of myself but I just found my dream audiobook narrator for my #HistoricalFiction 👀 So... any editors wanna buy this book so I can cackle at all the times a-Ling abuses Edgar with her sass? 😂 #amwriting #WritingCommunity ⏳📚💙
‘What’s inside of that?’ My eyes cut down on his leather folio. ‘I’m afraid that’s privileged.’ I tilt my head, pretending to contemplate. ‘Is it last quarter’s ledger of Jardine Matheson’s profits from smuggling opium into China?’ ‘There’s not been anything of the sort for a hundred years.’ ‘Oh, so you’re all saints now. Forgive my insolence.’ He shrugs with a rueful smile.
May 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨ JULY '26 ✨

🗡️ An imperial officer with a secret identity
🪽 A thief trying to start a revolution
⚖️ A university student turned diplomat
🩸 They want to kill each other
🔥 But they must cooperate to stop a war

#questpit #P #A #F #2026debuts
A quote from the book reading as follows: "Do you hear that music?" he said in the thunder's wake. The dissonate countermelody of Horus's determination was juxtaposed with Arletta's mystic prayers in the winding woodwinds. Lucian pulled her close. "Abandon your thoughts. Listen." The winding melody swelled to an explosive chorus and he launched her into a feverish dance. From Chapter 8, The Monolith The Revenant of Surolifia by Florence Chien In bookstores summer 2026
May 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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1937. 21yo a-Ling's final task in Shanghai is to save her cousin's magazine from censorship. But when the Kempeitai murders her cousin, a mysterious British financier promises to whisk her away to the London of her dreams, if only she spies on her family and country.

#PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #HF
Movie poster mock-up of Hollow Whispers of the Wind, a historical fiction written by Florence Chien. Poster depicts a sensual biracial couple of a Chinese woman and a Caucasian man, set against an old and torn up photograph of The Bund, Shanghai, in the 1930's.
April 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA IS COMING TO BOOKSTORES JULY '26! ✨

🗡️ An imperial officer with a secret identity
🪽 A thief trying to start a revolution
⚖️ A university student turned diplomat
🩸 They want to kill each other
🔥 But they must cooperate to stop a war

#PosterPit #PosterPitP #A #F #2026debut
Mock-up movie poster of the adult political fantasy novel, The Revenant of Surolifia, written by Florence Chien, published by Rising Action. The poster is in a Belle Epoch aesthetics. In the foreground is a mysterious gentleman in an armchair with a glitch effect obscuring his face. Standing behind him is a military officer and a cloaked thief. The three individuals are set against the backdrop a grandiose marble staircase with sculpted pillars and fresco-painted ceilings.
April 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Had a blast today at @aijiang.bsky.social's book launch for A Palace Near the Wind, hosted by @melisfluous.bsky.social
at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social 🔥❤️🎉 Thank you everyone who put this amazing event together! 🥰 (And congratulations Ai on the Hugo nomination for We Drink Lava!! 🎉)
Photo of the cover of A Palace Near the Wind, a novella by Ai Jiang A selfie of Ai Jiang and Florence Chien
April 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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#1stLinePit #TP #A #F
THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA 🗡️ Summer '26

Faye’s nightly routine was simple. Replenish his empty pocket, buy a hearty breakfast, then unburden a few of Azena’s apartments of unnecessary clutter. It was a routine he had repeated for five years. He did not expect to be caught.
Moodboard for the character named Fayrian Phlorik, known as the pickpocket prince, and champion of the revolutionaries. Pictures show a hooded man in a red cloak gazing intently at a magical crystal. Other pictures include a painting of a 1800's battle involving canons. A quote on the moodboard reads as follows: "But where was his place on the tower of society? Between the crown that ought to be his and a death sentence for a murder he didn't commit, he was looking at the entire height of that tower and there was no place for him except for six feet under."
April 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Weirdly specific things that exist in both my #fantasy and #historicalfiction:

⚖️ MMC getting court-martialed
🏦 asshole banker & lawyer
🩸 crimson bedsheet
🌶️ LI says "Can I make it up to you?" then proceeds to kiss & fuck the MC. Case in point, see screenshots below 👇

#amwriting #WritingCommunity
Snippet from my fantasy novel, The Revenant of Surolifia, readinga s follows: "Can I make it up to you?" Alex rounded the bar and stopped a breath away. "Can you?" "I'll try," Faye said, lifting his head. Alex kissed him deeply, as if fulfilling a desperate thirst. Snippet from my historical fiction, Hollow Whispers of the Wind, reading as follows: He glances at me. I glance away. He sighs. 'Can I make it up to you?' I give him a taste of his favourite treatment. He kneels down and smooths a messy lock behind my ear. 'You really are beautiful, especially when you're angry,' he says with a small amusement, then leans in to kiss me.
March 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Post the first video game you ever played.

Mario & Luigi, MS-DOS (1994). This is so oddly specific I can't even find a gif for it so here's a picture instead I guess 😂
Still image of the game Mario & Luigi from 1994 on the MS-DOS platform. Picture shows Mario dumping on a turtle to get to a pipe.
March 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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#WIPSnip #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #amwriting #writesky #booksky #fantasy #2026debut 💙📚
Painting of a woman's folded hands with a quote from The Revenant of Surolifia, coming soon summer 2026: Lucian took off his gloves instead. “Show me that my secrets will be safe with you.” He held out a hand. Elsa swallowed. A touch was a direct connection, which would allow them to manipulate each other’s essence. He could shatter her catalyst; he could breach her mind. Between strangers, a touch could be a criminal offense.
March 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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After 11 months of research & 17 months of drafting, ✨🎉 1ST DRAFT OF HOLLOW WHISPERS IS DONE! 🎉✨

Feat.:
✨ 104k words; 24 chapters
✨ 2 open-door 🥵 scenes
✨ so much angst & slowburn
✨ the ending actually isn't too depressing? 👀

(artwork by @hvmator.bsky.social) ⏳📚💙 #WritingCommunity #amwriting
Character moodboard showing a young Chinese woman who is aged 22 and is a journalist and editor, and a British man who is aged 42 and is a lawyer and financer.
March 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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This reminds me... It's new pen(s and ink) day!
March 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Post an old illustration you still like.

I don't actually draw anymore so I actually don't have anything to show that isn't old-as-fuck. This is Isaac and Faye, the twins from my debut novel, The Revenant of Surolifia. IDK why nobody liked this drawing back then. Might be cos it's so simplistic.
March 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM