Books - Jendia Gammon

Books

As Jendia Gammon

Book cover for To Wonder and Starshine by Jendia Gammon, with a nighttime scene of mountains and trees under 3 planets and a crescent moon, with a starburst behind them and stars in the sky. A golden Art Nouveau styled border surrounds the image and text, with midnight blue outer edges.

FANTASY and SCI-FI

TO WONDER AND STARSHINE, a collection of charming fantasy and science fiction tales by Jendia Gammon, via Trepdatio Publishing/JournalStone (July 25, 2025)

Choose Your Own Adventure: DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL by Jendia Gammon Book cover depcits and abandoned mall covered in caution tape, and three pre-teens in front of it, one with brown hair, one with blond hair, one with blue hair; above them, purple lightning bolts erupt from the staff of a demonic-looking warlock. The title font is very 1980s inspired.

MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY and HORROR, GAME WRITING

DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL, a Choose Your Own Adventure book, via Choose Your Own Adventure® (April 21, 2026)
Preorder NOW! Additional links forthcoming.

Atacama by Jendia Gammon - Front Cover featuring a woman with light brown hair and a man with curly, dark hair in front of a hexagonal, abstract stained glass greenhouse design. The upper portion of the cover shows blue and green Appalachian Mountains upside down. The bottom portion of the cover shows the Atacama Desert in hues of purple, rose, and sand. Unusual biological organism designs are featured on the cover as well as two triangles representing night in the two different regions.

HORROR and SCI-FI THRILLER

ATACAMA, a novel by Jendia Gammon, via Sley House Publishing (May 13, 2025). Available NOW!

CAMPY HORROR and SCI-FI

DOOMFLOWER, a novel by Jendia Gammon, via Encyclopocalypse Publications (April 8, 2025). Available NOW!

Placeholder for The Vale of Seven Dragons. Not the final cover. A dragon with wings spread and the words: Cover Coming Soon Publishing April 7, 2026 via Sley House Publishing

FANTASY (cover coming soon)

THE VALE OF SEVEN DRAGONS, first in a trilogy of dragon fantasy novels by Jendia Gammon, via Sley House Publishing (April 7, 2026).
COURSERS OF WINGS AND FLAME – sequel (April 2027)
THE VALE OF FIRE WROUGHT – sequel (April 2028)
Cover and Preorder links forthcoming.

HORROR, APPALACHIA, and DARK FANTASY (cover coming soon)

GODFESTATION, an Appalachian weird horror novella via Sley House Publishing (August, 2026).
Cover and Preorder links forthcoming.

As J. Dianne Dotson

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THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN (Android Press 2023) – Finalist for the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Readers and for the BSFA Award for younger fiction. Longlisted for the British Fantasy Award for fantasy novel. Longlisted for the Lodestar Award at the Hugo Awards (Glasgow Worldcon 2024). Nominated for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize (no longlist). A sequel and prequel arrive in 2025 and 2026.

The front cover for THE SECRET OF THE SAPPHIRE SENTINEL by Jendia Gammon, writing as J. Dianne Dotson, featuring a blue-haired teeanage girl and a white-haired teeanage boy in futuristic outfits, edged by deep red light, surrounded by huge thorny vines and swirling blue light, and something glowing among the thorns. Text reads: Sequel to THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN A Nebula &. BSFA Award Finalist J. DIANNE DOTSON The in white, scripted font: The Secret of the Sapphire Sentinel

THE SECRET OF THE SAPPHIRE SENTINEL, out via Android Press (October 21, 2025). The Sequel to Nebula Award Finalist and BSFA Award Finalist THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN (2023). Preorder now! Additional links forthcoming.

The Dawn of Dusk and Twilight cover coming soon

THE DAWN OF DUSK AND TWILIGHT, out via Android Press (Autumn 2026). The Prequel to Nebula Award Finalist and BSFA Award Finalist THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN (2023) and THE SECRET OF THE SAPPHIRE SENTINEL (2025). Preorders forthcoming in 2026.

THE SHADOW GALAXY: A Collection of Short Stories and Poetry, out via Trepidatio Publishing – Featured on the Nebula Awards Reading List and Longlisted for the BSFA Awards. Longlisted for the British Fantasy Award for single-author collection.

Heliopause by Jendia Gammon writing as J. Dianne Dotson - Front Cover

HELIOPAUSE – THE QUESTRISON SAGA®, Part One of a four-book space opera series published by J. Dianne Dotson

“A fascinating SF mystery.”
– Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time and Saturation Point

EPHEMERIS – THE QUESTRISON SAGA®, Part Two of a four-book space opera series published by J. Dianne Dotson

“Ephemeris is a great follow-up to Heliopause. Again there is a fast-pace and interesting twists. And the world-building was first rate.”
– Jonathan Maberry, New York Times Bestselling Author of NecroTek and the Joe Ledger series

ACCRETION – THE QUESTRISON SAGA®, Part Three of a four-book space opera series published by J. Dianne Dotson

“The action-packed, emotionally devastating third book in J. Dianne Dotson’s Questrison Saga. In short, Accretion is an excellent third entry in the saga, and I’m looking forward to seeing what Luminferous holds in store for Galla and the Questri. Highly recommended.”
– Alan K. Dell, The Augment Saga and The Flight of the Aurora

LUMINIFEROUS – THE QUESTRISON SAGA®, Part Four of a four-book space opera series published by J. Dianne Dotson

“An enigmatic robot race, evil aliens hellbent on ruling the galaxy, sentient bugs, technomages in sky cities, you name it! J. Dianne Dotson is somewhat of a wizard herself, weaving such an amazing tale and making it all come together like a four-dimensional puzzle cube!”
– Erik Martenson, author of The Last Navigator series