#stars hide your fire

[green446004]

Cover art I’ve done this year for Dazzlingbookishshop’s special editions of The Darkness Outside Us and Stars, Hide Your Fires

[franklyn-newt]

Delayed starting my day by four hours cause I had to watch a four hour review of an impossibly expensive Star Wars themed hotel that got shut down in under two years

[resolutepath]

SO WE'RE NOT INTERACTING? // STARTER CALL. // NO LONGER ACCEPTING!!

It's what it says on the tin. If we have no threads or minimal threads going currently like this post and I'll write you a starter. The whole muse list is open, you've got your pick of the lot, main roster & request only. All I ask is you specify my muse & your muse if you're a multi.

[idiopathicsmile]

Cover reveal for my upcoming queer sci-fi mystery YA novel, STARS HIDE YOUR FIRES! Isn't it incredible?

A wanted thief. A murdered emperor. A killer loose on the station.

As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one. The emperor’s ball is her chance to steal a fortune for herself, her ailing father, and her scrappy crew of thieves and market vendors.

Her plan is simple:

Hitch a ride to the planet of Ouris, the dazzling heart of the empire.

Sneak onto the imperial palace station to attend the emperor’s ball.

Steal from the rich, the royal, and the insufferable.

But on the station, things quickly go awry. When the emperor is found dead, everyone in the palace is a suspect—and someone is setting Cass up to take the fall. To clear her name, Cass must work with an unlikely ally: a gorgeous and mysterious rebel with her own reasons for being on the station. Together, they unravel a secret that could change the fate of the empire.

STARS, HIDE YOUR FIRES goes on sale July 11, 2023 and it's available for pre-order right now. Read the first chapter for free here!

[ace-artemis-fanartist]

My piece for @rainbowcrate’s July book box.

Jessica Mary Best’s Stars, Hide Your Fires.

[crossingscon]

Announcing our next two reads for Crossings Book Club! On Saturday, December 28, we wrap up our readthrough of the Queen's Thief series by @meganwhalenturner with the short story collection Moira's Pen.

Then, on Saturday, January 25, we're going to kick off the year of CrossingsCon 2025 by reading a book by one of our Guests of Honor: Stars, Hide Your Fires by @idiopathicsmile.

Visit our website for more book club information and to register for CrossingsCon 2025, happening August 15-17 in Philadelphia!

[ladyoftherefrigerator]

Philip and Colm in the background of the 10th Anniversary Concert always put me in a Stars, Hide Your Fires mood, so since I changed my lock screen to this

the other day, I’ve been trying to wrangle the next couple chapters into shape.

[knightwithakay]

Now that I've finally had time to sit down and read it, please allow me to recommend Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Best!

A gloriously multicolor sci-fi queer romance accurately pitched as "Knives Out in space", this book has a cast of characters all worthy of their own spin-offs and a cleverly ticking mystery at its heart.

You can read the plot bits elsewhere, I won't get bogged down in em. Here's what I love: this is sci-fi with a beating heart. In Stars, Hide Your Fires no one is an island, even in space; I was strongly reminded of Becky Chamber's Wayfarers, with its complex and complicated communities of people who are just trying to make it through the day. (The space day. It is, still, a sci-fi novel, with delightful diversions on the food they eat, the way transit works, interplanetary commerce, and of course, space cussin'.)

Our hero is charming, and practical, and relatable, and funny sometimes to her own detriment, and has some growing to do. Our romance is complicated For Plot Reasons, but built on mutual respect and admiration and food-sharing (not how you'd expect!). Our perspective is one in which we have all the clues, if we can put them together fast enough-- for one delightful moment I was one step ahead of Cass as I called a plot twist, only to realize with dawning horror exactly what that meant for the narrative--

Our story is one with a satisfying ending and room still for expansion. I know I'll enjoy going back to this one again and finding all the hints I missed, and just living in this universe for a little while.

Recommended for: Fans of The Starship Iris (duh), Becky Chambers readers, people with intense feelings about AOS Jim Kirk, anthropologists disappointed by lazy sci-fi cultures, lesbians with a competence kink, cosplayers who enjoy a challenge, and you, if you're reading this.

Oh, why is this an audio post? Because this is a song based on the book we recorded and I thought it would be neat. :)

[jamteayang]

book blurbs!! hell yes 💖

I’ve only been an editor for a hot second, so while other editors might be like “ho hum, a blurb from a NYT bestselling author? just another day at the office” -- I am screaming, crying, etc. I am starstruck! 

It is pretty freaking cool that YA authors I love to read have nice things to say about a book I edited. And it’s really fun to get to email these blurbs to the author (Jessica Mary Best!) and be like “hey! that’s you!! they’re talking about your writing!!!” 

So that’s my unsolicited perspective on the whole thing. Without further ado, some praise for Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best: 

"With lush worldbuilding, high stakes, and a page turning mystery, STARS, HIDE YOUR FIRES is impossible to put down. Brilliantly crafted and delightfully fast-paced."—Rachael Lippincott, coauthor of SHE GETS THE GIRL

"A delightfully, mischievous adventure full of intrigue, betrayal, and a touch of romance. Get ready to join your new favorite rebel crew." —Dahlia Adler, author of COOL FOR THE SUMMER

"A delightful and gripping space mystery with twists and more twists; a charming and unlikely detective team; an adorable, banter-y romance; and an extravagant sci-fi ball!"—Vanessa Len, author of ONLY A MONSTER

And if “queer Knives Out in space” sounds like your jam, then consider: pre-ordering Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best. Pre-orders are really important for the success of a book -- they signal to buyer accounts, booksellers, etc that this is a book they should be paying attention to. So if you do end up pre-ordering or requesting the book at your local library, thanks! I appreciate you. 

[twofoursixohjuan]

how this 'grace' thing works

bloodhunter Athan, aka hand practice

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread

Stars, Hide Your Fires

fun sapphic YA space opera mystery

a girl from a small planet steals from tourists to survive, but still can’t make enough to save her ailing father, learns about a ball for the galaxy’s richest, and sneaks in disguised

but when the emperor is murdered, the station’s locked down she has to find out who the real killer was so she’s not blamed, and ends up working with another imposter - a mysterious rebel - and in their investigations they uncover secrets that could change the fate of the empire

[haveyoureadthisscifibook]

vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

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[judgeitbyitscover]

Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best

Cover art by Christina Chung

Quirk Books, July 2023

As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one. The emperor’s ball is her chance to steal a fortune for herself, her ailing father, and her scrappy crew of thieves and market vendors.

Her plan is simple: 1. Hitch a ride to the planet of Ouris, the dazzling heart of the empire. 2. Sneak onto the imperial palace station to attend the emperor’s ball. 3. Steal from the rich, the royal, and the insufferable.

But on the station, things quickly go awry. When the emperor is found dead, everyone in the palace is a suspect—and someone is setting Cass up to take the fall. To clear her name, Cass must work with an unlikely ally: a gorgeous and mysterious rebel with her own reasons for being on the station. Together, they unravel a secret that could change the fate of the empire.

[resolutepath]

    “These dudes act really tough, but we can take them down!”

RESOLUTEPATH. a multifandom multimuse ft. Kirishima Eijirou alongside other muses from animanga, g.enshin, h.sr, f.go, t.gcf sources & more. [ 30+ / UK ] credit.

[idiopathicsmile]

I was starting to get nervous about how much social media posting I’m gonna need to do in the coming months so I made a little friend.

Meet Tiny Cass! She's about two inches tall and made of Sculpey Premo, which is a polymer clay that hardens in the oven. Her full-size novel character counterpart is the star of my upcoming YA mystery STARS, HIDE YOUR FIRES.

Tiny Cass’s main job is to hang out on my desk and encourage me to be less self-deprecating. Book Heroine Cass’s job is…a little different! (She steals jewelry, mostly.)

(If anyone has any interest in seeing how the clay figurine came together, I took photos along the way and can post a little how-to guide.)

STARS, HIDE YOUR FIRES is out July 11th. In the meantime, if a sapphic YA mystery in space sounds up your alley, you would really be doing me a solid by preordering the book here or pretty much wherever books are sold!

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: Starks didn't create beautiful things. They created weapons that destroyed beautiful things. That was the way it had always been. But when the four-year-old's wide eyes blinked at him, Tony was struck with the sudden realization that maybe that had been a lie.

Author: @yellowdistress