Artemis Whelan
sci-fi and fantasy author
Books
The Education of Imryn Dyre
Half-goblin Imryn Dyre has always had to work harder than most, especially as a scholarship student amongst his wealthier, more privileged peers. So it comes as no surprise when the prestigious healer’s guild denies him entrance. With Imi’s only hope of one day opening a clinic now resting on a recommendation from a master wizard, he's forced into every graduate student’s worst nightmare: an apprenticeship.Elim Greenwood is eccentric but kind—and, to Imi’s utter horror, painfully handsome. He thinks Imi’s magic may be exactly what he needs to soothe a curse buried deep in his heart. Imi doesn't plan on falling in love, as doing so would ruin his chances of opening his own clinic. Yet right as he begins to realize his budding feelings, he makes a shocking discovery: the curse isn’t only sapping Elim’s strength. It’s killing him, too.Just as Imi begins a desperate dive into finding a cure, Elim’s cousin and her husband, Percy, come to them for aid. Poor Percy has been cursed since birth to subsist on the souls of other living creatures, and the madness associated with his condition has finally caught up to him. But when things go horribly wrong, leaving Percy tethered to his wife as a ghost, they will need to swiftly reverse the damage before it’s too late. The only catch? The counterspell they need is locked in the house of the very same person who placed the deadly curse on Elim all those years ago.As this ragtag group of friends race against the clock to save Percy and continue the search for Elim’s cure, Imi will grapple with a supernatural guard dog, take a crash course on riding wyverns, and even face evil ex-girlfriends, all to save the family, and the man, he’s come to love.
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Bringer of New Things
Intrepid reporter Meera always knew he was destined for adventure.Unfortunately, he was born on Tollis, a planet whose gravity is so low he’ll have to surgically alter his bone density if he ever wants to explore the galaxy. No matter. He’s happy to exchange the crushing pain of high-G environments for the crushing disappointment of his family, who don’t even bother being there when he wakes up from surgery.Meera’s editor at the Starlight Gazette is quick to make use of his one and only Tollisian reporter’s new mobility. He assigns him to cover The Endurance, a military starship under the command of the notoriously recalcitrant (and infuriatingly handsome) Captain Jon Baptiste. Meanwhile, he makes it clear that if Meera’s story doesn’t deliver, the Gazette, which paid for his surgery, will be forced to let him go.Meera’s only hope is to unearth scandal amongst a happy-go-lucky crew who immediately take him under their wing. What he doesn’t expect is to discover an insidious connection to piracy and evidence of a saboteur onboard, both of which lead him down a path far more dangerous than he was anticipating. All he knows is that something’s rotten onboard The Endurance. And he’s going to get to the bottom of it.Even if his chief suspect is the broody captain he’s starting to fall hard for.
About
Artemis Whelan (they/them) writes romantic speculative stories set in feminist, diverse, queernorm worlds. When not writing, they spend their free time playing video games and reading way too much Hobbit fanfiction. They like to combat writer’s block by walking their mini-dachshund; playing with their cats; or tending to their garden, where they raise sweet potatoes, cucumbers, shallots, peppers, blackberries, strawberries, and many species of native plants and wildflowers.Represented by Cheyenne Faircloth at Handspun Literary
