Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Face Off - Commissioned by Kateryna Vitkovska
Red Demon:
On an isolated planet where unity is as engineered as its people, Jesse seeks the truth behind the slaughter of his family—starting with the immortal who spared him.
A century ago, two human lines nearly wiped each other out rather than acknowledge their shared humanity. But when Jesse’s mining town is slaughtered under mysterious circumstances, it’s clear ancient bigotries linger, and rebels have access to some magic or tech capable of wide-scale genocide.
The Red Demon bloodied her swords in that massacre—a bioengineered immortal left over from that century old war. Jesse expected to be upholding his empire’s fragile peace, not killing her own. Jesse is too optimistic and stubborn to break. Better days are coming—and he’s willing to take on an immortal to ensure they do.
Faruhar, the so-called Red Demon, is not the mastermind Jesse expects. Her fragmented mind is ravaged by guilt over crimes she cannot remember committing, and a code impressed on her by a few kind people she cannot forget.
A fast-paced science fantasy with tense fight scenes, a spicy romantic subplot, and a twisty plot that punches you in the feels. Fans of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising and R.F. Kuang’s Poppy War Trilogy will appreciate this book.
Themes and Tropes: Resilience, found family, mental health, redemption, enemies-to-lovers romance, queer-normative worldbuilding.
Content Warnings: Depictions of death (including children), graphic violence, one chapter of graphic gore, bioengineered animal death (they aren’t cute), profanity, graphic sexual content (M/F), off-page rape references, threats of sexual violence, and inappropriate physical contact.
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Pub Date 8.19.25 (Oria Press).
ISBN: 978-1-968468-00-2 (paperback) | 978-1-968468-01-9 (hardcover) | 978-1-968468-02-6 (ebook).
344 pages, 117,677 words.
Amber-skied world:
My sci-fi thriller novella, Amber Skied World, will be released in Fall 2025 once I sort out Red Demon. It features a teenage girl living on a new terraforming settlement on a planet with signs of earlier, unknown habitation. Working with her mother in a recycling plant, she suffers seizures after exposure to some mysterious slag with high-density compounds. Although her mother and doctor dismiss some of the neurological side effects as hallucinations, Iris believes a mysterious being is reaching out to her. He becomes a little more human each day, as she becomes a little more of whatever he is.
Triggers: Mild profanity, themes those with schizophrenia should not take seriously.
Any Mind Broken (Red Demon Sequel)
Dama, a woman of mixed Chaeten and Asri heritage, tried to be the change she wished to see in the world, peacefully serving as governor in an increasingly corrupting government. When that government drafts her gifted toddler, she needs the help of her estranged mentor, an Asri rebellion leader she hoped to never see again.
Also, did you know that if you were to bioengineer the human amygdala to be PTSD-proof, you’d increase odds of being both bi and very thirsy? (Look it up! That's real!) Meet that mentor’s nemesis, Jeron Alexander, a well-meaning sociopath and immortal trying to prevent the empire from drifting into the bigotry and superstitions of the past. One of the MCs from Red Demon will also fold back into the plot by the second half of the book.
Themes: Grief and loss, redemption, memory neuroscience/ why forgetting is advantageous for mental health, and how your favorite popular public figure is probably a shitty parent.
Target Release: Fall 2026
INTROGRESSION TREE:
I see a ton of posts on reddit to get recs for enemies to lovers romance novels that don't skimp on world-building and prose, This is that, and my intention is to publish this as a standalone in the same universe as Red Demon. Our lead dude is an introvert from the monogamous and traditional Asri culture. As a young boy, his family is executed following their failed rebellion, and he’s since come to accept that they deserved it. As an adult, he gets an unexpected opportunity to redeem his family name and regain his title through a political marriage. However, no one has told him that this is a fantasy book — and therefore — his government is evil. Our leading female main character has all the political savvy and education our dude needs to survive. She comes from the modern, individualistic and artistic Chaeten culture where if you aren’t a sociopath, it certainly helps to fake it.
Themes include: Grief and loss, redemption, enemies to lovers romance, forced proximity, opposites attract.
Target Release Date: Jan 2026
Cover Art by Maria Spada, incorporating elements by Sill (mycelium motif and vectors) and Kateryna Vitkovskata (below)
About Sill
Sill (right) is a parent, sword afficionado, data analyst and suburban chicken farmer from Maryland. Many of my stories come from vivid dreams with fight scenes and recurring characters. After over twenty years of my brain haunting me, writing is now a primary priority in my life.
I love mature approachable prose, witty dialog and twisty enemies-to-lovers subplots. Expect complex characters, emotional devastation, and (eventually) hopeful themes. My world building geeks out into neuroscience, genetics, psychology, and mycology.
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