Book Spotlight: The Sigil: A Novel

Today I have a book spotlight for you on the upcoming LGBTQ and dark urban fantasy novel, The Sigil by Shakeil Kanish and Larissa Mandeville. The book is currently on preorder and will be released this coming March. Enjoy.

The Sigil: A Novel by Shakeil Kanish and Larissa Mandeville

Lake’s brother Devlin was murdered right in front of him. Simply because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Or was he? Why, then, does Lake think Devlin knew he was going to die before they ever set foot in the gas station that night? As he obsesses over his brother’s death, Lake begins to uncover a hidden world full of forbidden magic and growing danger. Now he’s stuck, caught between the world that his brother was meant for and his own. Lake is beginning to realize that no one and nowhere is safe.

Nova Rathers may not be especially powerful in the Mage world but she makes up for it with a magical bag of snacks and a body constructed by the Gods to slay. Desperate to be more than her lineage, she finds herself teamed up with a group of misfits and, in her mind, the weakest creature of all - a gida...a powerless human. Together, they start to unravel the lies that built their world and continue to hold it hostage. Nova’s last year at Breyburn Academe was never going to be easy but she had no idea that it could ever get this bad.

Lake, Nova, and their newfound friends are about to find the truth behind what has been hunting them. But knowing is only half the battle. Even if they survive, will the rest of the world remain standing?

You can preorder it on Amazon
Or from the publisher, Three Furies Press

About the Author

Shakeil Kanish loves to write, which, considering you’re holding his book, makes perfect sense. The Sigil is his debut novel and he’s super excited about being an openly gay author and getting the chance to write about an openly gay protagonist. He feels it’s something sorely missing from the writing world, and he wants underrepresented kids everywhere to be able to root for a new type of hero. He loves playing video games and enjoys snacking down on apple pie, as any sane person should. You can become his best friend by asking him to duet any song from the Greatest Showman. No, seriously, please do it.

Drabble Wednesday: Bring the Magic

Today on Drabble Wednesday the magic wands are waving and the spells are being cast. So come in, check out the wonders, and don’t forget to duck occasionally to avoid being turned into a toad...

Time Slips Away

The gnarled hand of a old woman knocked thrice on the aged wood of the door. The same hand then brushed a stray hair from her face as she waited. No answer.

She again knocked, three further thumps with no more answer than before. She sighed, and lifted the latch.

The hinges creaked and the oaken entry swung open, rasping its displeasure. As the elderly mage walked through the gateway, arcane mist puffed from the inky recesses of the realm beyond, swirling around her feet. An old man, another mage, looked up from his work.

“It’s lunchtime you old fool!”

Talking with Fish

Stupid nosy neighbour!  A pox on him and his dumb cell phone!  A person can’t leave their kitchen curtains open these days!

He showed me the video yesterday.  Clear as day, I’m there chatting with Percy, my sentient fish familiar, while using my magic pendant. I tried to laugh it off, but conjuring a shower of gold from thin air is hard to explain.

The weasel threatened to sell the video to the tabloids if I don’t cut him in on the wealth.  I may have to pay him off, unless I can get him to drink this poisoned tonic.

Jack and the Jellybean

Once Upon a Time… a young man named Jack found a magic jellybean. A splendid thing, pink and glowing, that sang of wonders beyond the Great Realm. Of adventures, giants, and gold riches, waiting for a daring soul to come and claim them.

“Throw me into the Lake of Mystics,” it said, “to find the doorway to your dreams.”

So Jack travelled onward and tossed the jellybean into the lake, transforming its surface into a forbidding, black, screaming maw, a gate to another world.

He trembled in fear, but if you think that stopped him…

Then you don’t know Jack.