BLOOD AT THE ROOT x SQUID GAME A poor 17yo boy in America’s secret 51st and only all-magical state must win a deadly competition to save his family from the debt of a crime boss and his chance with the girl of his dreams — who is competing too! #DVPit #YA #F #BVM

In a land ruled by man-hating queens, a boy fighting to restore men to power must work with the princess he hates most to find a mythical wizard island in 3 days or his best friend she surprisingly loves too will stay dead because of them and take their hearts with him. #DVPit #YA #RF #BVM

BLOOD AT THE ROOT x COBAB When a 16yo mama’s boy discovers he’s half-magical, half-Antarctican, and 100% a sacrifice to free those born on the frozen continent, he must search its hidden world for an impossible third option because if he doesn't die, his mother will. #DVPit #YA #F #BVM

BLOOD AT THE ROOT x SQUID GAME 👦🏿 Magical Black Boy MC 🗡️ Deadly Magical Competition 💓 First Love 💰 Magic as Currency 🤝🏾 Importance of Community #Q #YA #F #Questpit #BVM

BLOOD AT THE ROOT x RAYBEARER 🔮Magical Black Boy MC 🥶Antarctica setting 💔Complex Parent-Child Relationship 🧊Icicles as wands 🐧Penguins! #Q #YA #F #Questpit #BVM

Wow, the protesters in Portland are so wild.

BLOOD AT THE ROOT x SQUID GAME A poor 17yo boy from the secret 51st and only all-magical American state must win a deadly competition to use magic whenever he wants, avoid living on the streets, and afford care for his grandmother who raised him after he causes her heart attack. #DVPit #YA #F #BVM

BLOOD AT THE ROOT x SQUID GAME A poor 17yo boy from the secret 51st and only all-magical American state must win a deadly competition to use magic whenever he wants, avoid living on the streets, and afford care for his grandmother who raised him after he causes her heart attack. #DVPit #YA #F #BVM

BATR x RAYBEARER When a 16yo mama's boy discovers he's half-magical and half-Antarctican, he must traverse the frozen continent's fantastical hidden world to foil his mother sacrificing him, or countless innocents will freeze to death — but success means his beloved mother dies. #DVPit #YA #F #BVM

BLOOD AT THE ROOT x SQUID GAME A poor 17yo boy from the secret 51st and only all-magical American state must win a deadly competition or his family won't escape debt, his grandma won't afford life-saving care, and he won't grow old with the girl of his dreams — who is competing too! #DVPit #YA #F

Black art is revolutionary because we live in a society that seeks to keep us so busy we can't reflect and produce art.

So honored to be included in this incredible anthology! Don't miss out on it! 👏🏾 #writingcommunity #blacksky #blackwriters

The Melanin Library@melaninlibrary.com · 2y ago

✨ AUTHOR INTRODUCTIONS ✨ Meet James Gettys @jgettys7.bsky.social, the second author of ✨ MAGIC IN THE MELANIN: A BLACK FANTASY ANTHOLOGY ✨ He's bringing us Black men and boys in fantasy and we ALWAYS need more of that 🤎 Preorder the anthology today! shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...