The O'Neal family experienced the loss of one of their twin boys during childbirth. Adding to their distress, new mother Kristen O'Neal also discovered that her engagement ring is missing.
Kristen O’Neal’s debut novel, the YA horror-comedy
Lycanthropy And Other Chronic Illnesses is out now and to celebrate we’re giving away a copy to one lucky SciFiNow’er!
Here is a synopsis to get your teeth into (sorry)…
Priya worked hard to pursue her premed dreams at Stanford, but a diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease during her sophomore year sends her back to her loving but overbearing family in New Jersey and leaves her wondering if she’ll ever be able to return to the way things were.
Thankfully she has her online pen pal, Brigid, and the rest of the members of ‘oof ouch my bones’, a virtual support group that meets on Discord to crack jokes and vent about their own chronic illnesses.
First published in 2009,
The Blue-Spangled Blue poises itself as an immersive sci-fi epic filled with an enormous cast of characters. On the cover was seemingly the protagonist of this ensemble: a beautiful dark-skinned Black girl with braids, standing in front of a deep indigo background and starry outline of a man. An absolutely beautiful cover, promising what appeared to be a sci-fi tale of a Black heroine embarking on an adventure amongst the cosmos or finding a memorable, star-crossed romance.
Unfortunately, however … that ended up not being the case. A few hours after Bowles revealed this cover, criticism popped up online over what many felt was a misrepresentation of the actual content of the story. The Black woman on the cover was in fact