Hello Friends,

I am so happy to be able to share with you the cover for the first book from our imprint, WHAT FEEDS BELOW by Tatiana Schlote Bonne.

This cover, illustrated by Niclas Mortensen is absolute perfection and I think it lets you know just want you're going to be getting into when you pick up What Feeds Below.

This YA Horror Fantasy is perfect for:

• horror lovers

• quest/adventure fantasy lovers

• video game and anime lovers

• people who thought they'd see more quicksand in their lives

• people who love Annihilation and The Descent

• poeple who love books that read like love letters to the horror genre

Before we get to the goods, I want to share a quick message about pre-orders.

Pre orders are important to all authors, but especially BIPOC authors, it signifies interest in the book to book boxes, media, book clubs , book lists, the early energy surrounding a book has a huge impact on success.

I want Tatiana to have the best publishing experience she has ever had and get all the things that she's ever wanted. (Can you help us make a best seller list?!) I am so passionate about Bindery's mission and the stories that I am choosing to put out in the world and I want to keep doing it (and excelling!)

Our goal is to hit 1,000 preorders by the end of January. Most trad published authors would laugh at that and say BEST OF LUCK! but I believe in this book, and I believe in the power that this community has, and I believe when we work together we can perfectly compete with Big Publishing. It's time to do the work.

I have a second book announcing this week (stay tuned) that is set to publish in Spring 2027. 1,000 preorders could guarantee a book for Fall 27 (super secret: but I've met with an Indigenous author whose work I am very interested in reading and if I love it, I don't want to wait until Spring 28!)

WILL YOU JOIN MY SCREAM TEAM?

• Will you pre-order What Feeds Below today? Even if you don't like horror or fantasy, gift it to someone?

• Will you post the book with the pre-order link and encourage others to pre-order?

  
  WHAT FEEDS BELOW SYNOPSIS:

The darkness isn’t empty. It’s hungry.

At the edge of the City of the Void, a massive chasm extends miles into the earth, its treacherous terrain overrun with vicious monsters and carnivorous plants. For orphaned best friends Petra and Jade, guiding treasure-seeking tourists down into the Void is the only way to earn enough to pull themselves up out of the slums for good.

Petra prefers to play it safe and take jobs only in the Void’s upper levels, where the dangers are better understood, while Jade wants to risk a descent to the deepest and most mysterious Sixth Layer. Because the deeper they go, the better the payout, and the sooner their dreams can become reality. Their friendship is Petra’s whole world, and Jade’s approval means everything—so Petra agrees to do it Jade’s way.

When their job goes wrong and Jade is lost in the Void, Petra must plunge deeper than she’s ever dared to save her friend. But she doesn’t know the truth of the Void . . . or what really waits for her in its depths.