And lookie here, a newsletter….The Dark Apple Newsletter.
A place to spew writing griefs and greats, introduce books I live and breathe for, and how procrastination and stalling become a pastime.
Where the Darkness Outshines the Light
“If you don’t feed your word goblins then best believe, they will haunt you like your creepy uncle who keeps getting invited to the family functions.”
-S. L. Martinez (author whose books either get planned or get written after a monologue in the shower while trying not to pass out)
Fantasy with a sprinkle of mischief and bloodshed…
Fantasy. But Fantasy with science. Fantasy with dark romance and betrayal laced in between the lines. Fantasy with beautiful yet horrific, predatory creatures threatening to rip you apart, limb from limb. Fantasy with a softness that wrenches through devastation, whether within or external.
The Verdian Chronicles and many others series and stories to come are just that. Yeah, there’s romance with pinning, adoration, toxicity, but then you can’t forget about the toppling of an entire empire. Or a blood lustful sister, and a delusional man who’d love to see it all burn just for someone to tell them: “I never asked you to do this…”
And the strictly romance I do write? Well…can’t have a good romance story without the FMC having a little vengeance and fun along the way.
S. L. Martinez | Dark Fantasy Author & Book Editor 