Hi! I'm Emmylou Kotzé, a poet, writer and editor from Mangaung, South Africa (which translates as "The Place of the Cheetah" from Sesotho). I'm not too hung up on genre, and my work spans literary, fantasy, sci-fi, and romance, with my main focus on three-dimensional characters with an inner life and the ways in which they relate to each other. In my stories, people like assassins, kinslayers and sex workers navigate their complex lives in magical worlds and fall in love – as often as not, queer love.
I have a long history of questioning everything: religion, sexuality, gender, history – and I strive to reflect that stance in my writing. The two themes that make me practically quiver in delight are feelings of otherness, and clashes of culture. I love narratives where things get messy and complex, and where it all comes with a heaping side of intense, gory pulp-style action.
Outside of writing, I did get that geoscience doctorate in the end, and I can confidently explain the terms "buttress" and "orogeny." I currently live on the border of Lesotho, with the sight of my favourite mountain range, the Malutis, in the distance.
You can find my free poetry at amphipolitan.com, or purchase a print book on Amazon. The revised edition of The Broken Knight is currently available as an ebook and paperback on Amazon, and will be available here in October. You can also find my story "What Makes A Man..." in the 2024 edition of Cloaked Press' Fall Into Fantasy, releasing on Amazon on 21 Sept.
I'm also the Editor-In-Chief at the brand-new webzine The Pink Hydra, free to read at thepinkhydra.com. We publish short stories and poetry with an unreal feel, with genres spanning SFF, romance, erotica, and literary.
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Forest of the Morning (The Saga of Nico & Fish)
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Nineteen years ago, the world was upended when the blood sorcerer Arran Sylvaissen invaded Vailana and sent the Mage-Gifted into exile, slavery or death.
Now, Arran's dark goals are finally within his reach. His war against the Forest of the Morning, last refuge of the Mage-Gifted, will soon be decided. His sorcerous creations are ready to overrun the whole continent; his children, blood sorcerers all, proudly await his bidding.
Capturing and corrupting a young mage-soldier, Albryan Lana, is a tiny detail in Arran's grand plan. But when Albryan escapes and flees to the Svanlyn mountains with an aged convict in tow, what he finds there promises to alter the course of the war.
In this world of fate and mischance, only death is certain. High in the reaches of those mountains, Velda Davidz mourns her lost family, completely unaware that she possesses an unheard-of ability to undo magic. Meanwhile, in a city of thieves and Guildmasters, the assassin Nico Klavbert uncovers the sinister past life of his beloved partner in crime and best friend, Fish.
With Arran's brutal daughter, Dannine, hunting them, Velda and Fish must each draw on their unique powers to survive. For them both, the past offers only pain; for them both, the promise of love flickers even amidst the storm of war...
Título : Forest of the Morning
EAN : 9781037005978
Editorial : Pink Hydra Press
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