#rachel gillig

[rosiethorns88]

Latest Sketch-a-Wish voted on by my lovely Patreon members for September, featuring Elspeth and Ravyn from ONE DARK WINDOW by Rachel Gillig! I don't know about you all, but I got Pride vibes (from Full Metal Alchemist) with The Nightmare and so paid a little homage to that here. I know functionally it would be more like Greed/Ling, but the patient and lethal personality reminded me of Pride.

[alphasrainbow]

Nightmare every time Elspeth is in trouble:

[daphnevincent]

ONE DARK WINDOW

a heart of gold can still turn to rot. what he wrote, what he did, was all done for naught. his cards are but weapons, his kingdom now cruel. shepherd of folly, king of the fools.

[morgana0anagrom]

I'm posting this artwork, which was requested by my subscribers on Patreon. I had so much fun drawing this artwork. characters are Elspeth & Ravyn from the Shepherd King Duology by @rmgillig if you want to have a chance to request the artwork and see sketches and work-in-progress files, I would suggest you subscribe to my Patron. this month's suggestion was Dracula. and it's coming along nicely. https://www.patreon.com/morgana0anagrom

[edenblossom5]

[sarahreesbrennan]

Goodbye, September!

Being Barnes & Noble’s SFF Book of the Month meant getting to sign piles of books wherever I went, having LONG LIVE EVIL in windows, seeing cool displays and my fabulous poster, having a wonderful event with the lovely Rachel Gillig, seeing other books on my Evil Table - it was especially thrilling when I saw books that were inspirations for LONG LIVE EVIL (shouted out in my acknowledgments!) like Scott Lynch’s Lies of Locke Lamora, anything Leigh Bardugo, Spinning Silver and THE PRINCESS BRIDE ON MY TABLE DO YOU SEE IT.

I’m mostly a text girl on my tumblr, but it was a wonderful time. Overwhelming (I was a slug with the amnesia for a week there) but wonderful. I was really sure, after cancer and losing many professional friends and contacts and after people in publishing TOLD me I was done, that I was done. I am so grateful to see Evil being embraced, to my publisher and my readers for giving me a chance. Publishing is a strange game, and it’s early days yet. This could all fall through. Sometimes you go into strange worlds for one brief adventure and sometimes they become home. But I want to be very joyful, even if just for a moment.

(Also yes I stole a book trolley and ran around B&N Union Square. That’s not important at this time.)

LONG LIVE EVIL has been on US bestseller lists for 4 weeks.

Farewell, September. Farewell, Evil Tables. You were a hell of a birthday month. I’ll miss you. I’m happy you happened.

[bookblr-of-nightingale]

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig 🍁🍒🖤

[luardraws]

"He came for the girl... And got the monster instead."

Elspeth Spindle from One Dark Window

[everbluems]

“I resisted, Elspeth, because I was already imagining how I might press my finger against your wet lips again, like I had in my room.” He took in a breath, his mouth dropping to my ear. “And that was nothing to the wicked things I was imagining after we argued in the garden.”

— Ravyn Yew, One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

[ddgraywrites]

Just finished reading #twotwistedcrowns and I just have to say, the hype is real.

I’m obsessed with the magic system. The concept of Providence cards and its magical properties is so interesting and unique! I highly recommend this duology for any fantasy lover 🃏

Synopsis of One Dark Window (book 1):

Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her. Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for free, especially magic. When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason. Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.

[chelsea-lat3ly]

[ekatdoodles]

“Be wary the pink, be wary the rose. Be wary of beauty divine, unopposed…”. 🥀✨ Ione Hawthorn and her Maiden Card from The Shepherd King duology by Rachel Gillig. Art by me: @ekatdoodles

[alphasrainbow]

The Shepherd King dedications slap

One Dark Window

Two Twisted Crowns

[voicesfoundmysoul]

[margielalalove]

“I’ll love you for a hundred years—and an eternity after.”

Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)

[delightfully-loud]

I WOULD NOT ONLY LIKE TO THANK GOD BUT ALSO RACHEL GILLIG FOR THESE MASTERPIECES