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SFF Writer | Author of the dark fantasy Seer of York series published by @BrigidsGatePress.bsky.social | Querying cyberfae Legend of the Bard | Ze/She | Trans Rights are Human Rights | BLM linktr.ee/alethearlyons

"Cover Reveal 6th January 2026" Torn paper showing a sliver of a book cover with some stonework, branches, and the words, "of the S DREA"
"Join the team, cover reveal 6th January 2026" Image of books 1 & 2 with a blank book 3.
Fake book cover with background of York City Walls Text: Book Three of The Seer of York The Dreamwalker Alethea Lyons
"Sale Black Friday 0.00 28th November - 1st December" Graphics show snippets of short story covers in a circle.
Text on screen matches voice reading aloud. Background of libraries, dreams, and music.
A Reader's Guide To Legend of the Bard An Adult Science-Fantasy by Alethea Lyons
A Reader's Guide To The Hiding The Seer of York Book 1 https://books2read.com/The-Hiding An Adult Supernatural Fantasy by Alethea Lyons Background of purple and gold magic with a Gothic cathedral ceiling.
People background of Minster Gate in York leading towards the cathedral with a woman running towards it. Overlay of people eyes. Text: The Hiding, Never Scream, Never Tell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Heart-pounding, gripping, and engaging" Goodreads Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "A captivating tale of magic, mystery, and adventure" Goodreads Review Directed by Guillimo Del Toro Based on the novel by Alethea Lyons
Graphic showing a snippet of character art.
Background taken from the cover of The Hiding showing part of the wonky street of The Shambles. Fancy corners in dark purple with a stylised rose and thorns design. Title: The Hiding Footer: https://Books2Read.com/The -Hiding Central image of the cover of The Hiding Quote: "You will find this killer. Alive, if possible. Or would you sit by and read books while more people are horrifically murdered?"
Square graphic with corners that are celtic knot inspired and cyberpunk inspired. Shows a fake picture of the book with the words 'temporary cover' beneath. Text: Legend of the Bard Out 25th June 2026 Less Than One Year To Go! Please check out my magical cyberpunk with music & romance and consider adding it to your TBR. https://bit.ly/LotB-GR
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Background taken from the cover of The Hiding showing part of the wonky street of The Shambles. Fancy corners in dark purple with a stylised rose and thorns design. Title: The Hiding Footer: https://Books2Read.com/The -Hiding Central image of the cover of The Hiding Quote: People who went for questioning rarely came back. Their photos would vanish from window ledges, their names never spoken again, as if they never existed, no matter the paradox created.
Shown is a graphic of a fantasy world with arches of stone, waterfalls, and alien-looking towers. Near the top is the logo for the British Fantasy Society (a dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’) and a sign saying ‘Urmston Books & Board Games’, plus a graphic of a ticket stating ‘£5 inc. drink (redeemable against a book)’. Three central panels with text: 1. “The British Fantasy Society & Urmston Books ‘Building New Worlds’ Imagination and identity in science fiction and fantasy” 2. “Eliza Chan Dan Hanks Alethea Lyons (mod) Paul Edwards” 3. Tuesday 24th June 7pm BST 72 Flixton Road, Urmston, M41 5AB www.urmstonbooks.co.uk/building-new-worlds Between panels 2 and 3 are four book covers Fathomfolk, The Way Up Is Death, The Triton Run, and The Hiding
Thanks for 25 adds on Goodreads. [Screenshot of Goodreads.] A Cyberpunk Fantasy of Fae, Romance, and Folklore.
Character moodboard A plasma ball A woman looking through fairy lights tangled around her fingers A hooded person A melting candle surrounded by wax/ W water/blood A compass A magician doing card tricks A cat in front of a blood moon A black cat Colourful smoke A table of witchy things.
Background taken from the cover of The Hiding showing part of the wonky street of The Shambles. Fancy corners in dark purple with a stylised rose and thorns design. Title: The Hiding Footer: https://Books2Read.com/The -Hiding Central image of the cover of The Hiding Quote: When neighbour accuses neighbour, it leads to lynchings and mobs.
Shown is a graphic of a fantasy world with arches of stone, waterfalls, and alien-looking towers. Near the top is the logo for the British Fantasy Society (a dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’) and a sign saying ‘Urmston Books & Board Games’, plus a graphic of a ticket stating ‘£5 inc. drink (redeemable against a book)’. Three central panels with text: 1. “The British Fantasy Society & Urmston Books ‘Building New Worlds’ Imagination and identity in science fiction and fantasy” 2. “Eliza Chan Dan Hanks Alethea Lyons (mod) Paul Edwards” 3. Tuesday 24th June 7pm BST 72 Flixton Road, Urmston, M41 5AB www.urmstonbooks.co.uk/building-new-worlds Two author photos on either side: Left: Eliza Chan and Alethea Lyons Right: Dan Hanks and Paul Edwards
Moodboard in purples and pinks. Five columns. 1. A city that looks like S starting to crumble. 2. A violin, York Minster, a cat in front ofafullmoon. 3. A couple kissing. 4. A flesh and cybernetic hand touching, a misty forest, a cybernetic eye. 5. A fortress/castle/tower fantasy city.
Black and white aesthetic except for central circle which is blue. Background of Lendal Bridge, York. An eye with a pentacle in it, A man in a Dickensian outfit. A hand with tattoos. A treble clef. Chocolates. Blue image - a hand touching water.
Background taken from the cover of The Hiding showing part of the wonky street of The Shambles. Fancy corners in dark purple with a stylised rose and thorns design. Title: The Hiding Footer: https://Books2Read.com/The -Hiding Central image of the cover of The Hiding Quote: As Harper hurried back through the vaults, she could almost hear W words whispering through the shelves. They followed her, disturbing no one else. "Never scream.."
"What's Your Cyberfae Title? The [Date of Birth] [A letter from your first name] of [Star Sign] Tell us in the comments"
2x2 moodboard with a purple background and bluish-grey panels. An umbrella hovering in the rain. A full moon behind a naked tree. A lantern. A magic book. "We play. We eat. We're coming."- Whispers n the Dark
Background taken from the cover of The Hiding showing part of the wonky street of The Shambles. Fancy corners in dark purple wvith a stylised rose and thorns design. Title: The Hiding Footer. https://Books2Read.com/The -Hiding Central image of the cover of The Hiding Quote: "Could have saved him."
Three central panels with text: 1. “The British Fantasy Society & Urmston Books ‘Building New Worlds’ Imagination and identity in science fiction and fantasy” 2. “Eliza Chan Dan Hanks Alethea Lyons (mod) Paul Edwards” 3. Tuesday 24th June 7pm BST 72 Flixton Road, Urmston, M41 5AB www.urmstonbooks.co.uk/building-new-worlds Two book covers on either side: Left: Fathomfolk and The Hiding Right: The Way Up Is Death and The Triton Run
Aesthetic with a forest background A redhead leaning against a tree. A cup of tea with heather. A windswept tree on the moors. Apples and honey. A mask. A pen and paper with fancy writing A flesh hand touching a cybernetic hand. Hands holding a ball of air. A book with magic coming out of it. Quote: "I came here for information and, by the Mother, this damned forest better give it to me." - Cassandra Gwynn
A brown paper page with packing symbols for ‘this way up’ and ‘fragile.’ A contents label reads: Cinnamon rolls - 2, Magic - Lots. Three small sections of the paper are ripped away. One reveals two different skylines, depicting ruined buildings, with a green slash between them. The second, the face of a white boy with curly hair, smiling shyly at someone. The third, the face of a boy with straight dark hair and an eager smile, looking up at the first person).
3x3 aesthetic with purple and pink tones. Quote reads: "Humanity is plugged in. The planet is dying. Creativity could be the cure or the curse." 1. Hands cradling a cup of tea 2. A violin 3. A person looking at scenery with a guitar on their back 4.A human silhouette in a cyberpunk street 5. A gothic corridor 6. 2 people in cyberpunk clothing 7. A richly dressed person acting seductive (kind of vampiric) 8. A sparked 9. An elf leaning between 2 trees
Shown is a graphic of a paper heart with a rainbow of paper colours coming from it like sunbeams. Near the top are logos for the British Fantasy Society (a dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’) and Queer Lit (a capital ‘Q’ in the Pride Flag), plus a graphic of a ticket stating ‘tickets £5’. Three central panels with text: 1. “The British Fantasy Society & Social Refuge – Queer Lit ‘Queer and Weird’ Making Fiction Gay” 2. “Frances White Emma Sterner-Radley Caroline Kuhtz Lindz McLeod” 3. Wednesday 21st May 6:30pm BST Social Refuge, 27 Great Ancoats St. M4 5AJ https://bit.ly/EventBriteQueerWeirdSFF Two book covers on either side: Left: Voyage of the Damned and Sloe Moon Tall Trees
Background taken from the cover of The Hiding showing part of the wonky street of The Shambles. Fancy corners in dark purple with a stylised rose and thorns design Title: The Hiding Footer: https://Books2Read.com/The -Hiding Central image of the cover of The Hiding Quote: For a while, she observed the soulless form, still as a prayer. Then she washed her hands in the river and released the stolen vocal cords into the dark water.
Read Along With Me Broken Trail Edition Copy of the book on the right Quote: “Men are still burning bitches for being witches. Just the fires look a bit different these days.” Background of a creepy forest.
Read Along With Me Broken Trail Edition Copy of the book on the right Quote: The sparks from the fire flew skyward, crackling and then extinguishing in the black like fairies’ last breaths. Background of a creepy forest.
Read Along With Me Broken Trail Edition Copy of the book on the right Quote: Trees see death all around them and still they soldier on, ever upward, to the white light of the sun. I don’t much mind being like a tree. Background of a creepy forest.
Read Along With Me Broken Trail Edition Copy of the book on the right Quote: Nature is a balm. Background of a creepy forest.
Read Along With Me Broken Trail Edition Copy of the book on the right Quote: Forever. He’d said it to her so many times, their fingers, bodies, lives intertwined. And now he was gone, leaving nothing but a cold, dark hole in the space he’d filled for decades. Background of a creepy forest.
Read Along With Me Broken Trail Edition Copy of the book on the right Quote: Sirens blared in her skull. This was the wrong choice. She had made a terrible mistake. She was sure of it. How had she even ended up in this situation? Trying to help someone—Clara should know better. She could barely even help herself. Background of a creepy forest.
Read Along With Me Broken Trail Edition Copy of the book on the right Quote: “I hope you’re not thinking this will be a survival story. Most of the characters didn’t survive. And those of us who did, well, you know . . .” Background of a creepy forest.
Blue 9 square aesthetic 1. close up of guitar being played 2. sheet music 3. 2 energy beings kissing 4. a leafless tree on cracked ground 5. a heart with a treble clef and Wil' 6. an open book with magic coming out 7. a fountain pen writing 8. a man hunched over looking miserable 9. close up of the front of a guitar
Background of zipping lights Pictures collage style - A heart made of computer code, complicated circuits, a disassembled gun, oysters on a beach, a cybernetic hand, clockwork, silhouettes of two men sitting side by side
Background taken from the cover of The Hiding showing part of the wonky street of The Shambles. Fancy corners in dark purple with a stylised rose and thorns design. Title: The Hiding Footer: https://Books2Read.com/The -Hiding Central image of the cover of The Hiding Quote: The night draws close and the mists rise. Death still walks the streets of York."
The cover for The Girl with the Fierce Eyes by Sophia Vahdati. A multi-racial girl stands at the centre of a swarm of blue power and waves, eyes glowing. with a fierce expression on her face. Tagline: Your Eyes Decide Your Destiny. Background of the sea and sky with additional text: Coming July 17th 2025, Cover Reveal, Art by @Jdebbiel.