Author: Millie Abecassis

• My favorite reads of 2025

  What a year! Despite being very busy on the writing and publishing fronts, I managed to read 60 books in 2025, and it’s time to share my favorite reads of the year. – STARLET by Danger Slater (horror, bizarro, humor): it was immensely fun and fucked up, exactly how I like my books. – CASUAL by Koji A.…

  Millie Abecassis

  January 1, 2026

  Book Recommendations

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• 2025 Award Eligibility

  It’s the time of the year where we (writers) let people know about our work eligible for award nominations, and here I am doing it for the first time in my writing career. Below is my work eligible for all the various SFFH awards such as Stokers, Locus, Ignyte, Hugos, Nebulas, etc., in case you…

  Millie Abecassis

  November 27, 2025

  A Legacy of Blood and Bones, Bright City, Shattered, Daughters of the Blue Moon

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• Read Avni Patel’s review of A Legacy of Blood and Bone

  Huge thanks to Avni from Grimoire Ink Reviews for reading my novel and writing such a great review. Check it out now!

  Millie Abecassis

  November 10, 2025

  A Legacy of Blood and Bones

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• Half-year check-in (or surviving debut year)

  2025 has been a crazy year so far. Great, but crazy considering the number of releases, deals, edits, and events happening. I keep telling myself I will slow down the pace in 2026, but knowing myself, it will probably be the same. I guess I’ll sleep when I’m dead, right? #SmallPitch is stronger than ever…

  Millie Abecassis

  July 23, 2025

  #SmallPitch, A Legacy of Blood and Bones, Book Recommendations, Bright City, Shattered, Daughters of the Blue Moon, Moon Dust, The Color of Time, The Seventh Sister, Writing Journey

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• Three years, two manuscripts, and three hundred rejections

  If you follow me on social media and/or are a subscriber to my newsletter, you probably know that I am now represented by A.J. Van Belle at the Booker Albert Literary Agency, and that I just signed with Row House Publishing for the release of my debut novel A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE this…

  Millie Abecassis

  May 17, 2025

  Writing Journey

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• Coming January 2026: The Seventh Sister, a horror fantasy novella

  Last week I shared that Anuci Press, the publisher of my debut novella, acquired my latest novella The Seventh Sister after an exclusive submission. It was a difficult story to write, and I don’t really know why. All I know is that once I was done with it, I was very happily surprised with the…

  Millie Abecassis

  March 7, 2025

  The Seventh Sister

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• Coming September 2025: Moon Dust, a gritty novelette

  Last week, Baynam Books (ex-Unveiling Nightmares) acquired my novelette Moon Dust. I had almost given up on submitting this story because of how hard of a sell it was. First, it was the dreaded novelette, this length in between the short story and the novella, either too short or too long for most publishers. Second,…

  Millie Abecassis

  January 14, 2025

  Moon Dust

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• My favorite reads of 2024

  In 2024, I read over 70 books, about half of those being novelettes or novellas—so it’s not as impressive at it sounds. I also DNFed a lot more books than past year (about 15), which I’m happy with as I have a giant to-read pile and too little time for books I don’t enjoy. As…

  Millie Abecassis

  December 29, 2024

  Book Recommendations

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• A novel, a pitch event, and a book award walk into a bar

  Though I don’t have any bar joke to tell (sorry for setting false expectations), I do have a lot to share about what I accomplished so far in 2024 (besides signing two book deals) (yeah, I’ve been busy). I wrote a novel First, I’m happy to share that I wrote a new book, and this…

  Millie Abecassis

  October 21, 2024

  #SmallPitch, A Legacy of Blood and Bones, SSBA

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