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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)
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“To Wonder and Starshine is a frolic though space, time, and different realms. Once again, Gammon delivers a book bursting with colour that dares minds to dream bigger, search farther, and imagine more vividly. You’ll be left believing in goodness and wonder in the world.”
– Jesse Reid, author of Bran Finds His Feathers 

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!
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Or order from your favorite bookseller!
A mind-bending exploration of grief, love, and the unknown, Atacama is as unnerving as it is hopeful, and left me clawing for more as it pulled me deeper into its eerie world.”
— Mallory Pearson, author of Voice Like a Hyacinth and We Ate the Dark

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CAMPY HORROR and SCI-FI:

DOOMFLOWER, a novel by Jendia Gammon, via Encyclopocalypse Publications (April 8, 2025). Available NOW!
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Or order from your favorite bookseller!
“Bitchy high-schoolers, homicidal plants, and a mysterious conspiracy–what more could you ask for? A real page-turner.”
Antony JohnstonNew York Times bestselling author of Atomic Blonde and  The Dog Sitter Detective series

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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.

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL By Jendia Gammon Imprint: Chooseco Nebula and BSFA finalist Jendia Gammon's DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL, pitched as a Choose Your Own Adventure book about young explorers of an abandoned 80s mall coming up against supernatural perils and a warlock from another dimension, to Benjamin Wilgus at Chooseco, for publication in spring 2026. Children's: Middle Grade Fiction February 3, 2025

MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY and HORROR, GAME WRITING (cover coming soon)

DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL, a Choose Your Own Adventure book, via Chooseco (April 21, 2026)
Cover and Preorder links forthcoming.

Godfestation Announcement

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.

Weird West Gammon

HORROR, WEIRD WEST:

Short story (title forthcoming) in WOMEN OF THE WEIRD WEST anthology publishing via Brigid’s Gate Press in 2026.
Preorder links forthcoming.

MAGICAL REALISM:

Short story “Upon the Gloaming Hour” in Seaside Gothic Issue 11 (2024) Longlisted for the BSFA Award in Best Short Fiction.

SCIENCE FICTION:

Short story “Copper” in Interzone Magazine #295 – Finalist for the 2024 BSFA Awards for short fiction. Featured on the Nebula Awards Reading List.

As J. Dianne Dotson

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THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN, out via 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).
Bookshop.org (ebook), Bookshop.org (paperback)
“An exciting, adventurous blend of heroism, fantasy, and sci-fi. The originality of the world-building in this charming YA novel is matched by beautiful writing and characters you can’t help loving as though they were friends.”  
S.P. Miskowski, author of the Skillute Cycle

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ARRIVING October 21, 2025 (cover coming soon)

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

Dawn Of Dusk Book Announcement

ARRIVING AUTUMN 2026

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.

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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.
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“A deeply satisfying collection of fantasies that ranges from Americana to outer space, charming and precise in equal measure.”
Paul Cornell, author of Witches of Lychford and I Walk with Monsters

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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

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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. DellThe Augment Saga and The Flight of the Aurora

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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

SCI-FI/FANTASY YA:

Short story “Midnight Serenade” in Solarpunk Magaazine