Year of the Mer duology - Year of the Mer

L.D. Lewis is an editor, publisher, and Shirley Jackson award-nominated writer of speculative fiction. She serves as a founding creator and Project Manager for the World Fantasy and Hugo Award-winning FIYAH Literary Magazine. She also serves as the founding Director of (Hugo-nominated) FIYAHCON, the Ignyte Awards, Researcher for the (also award-winning) LeVar Burton Reads podcast, and pays the bills as the Director of Programs and Operations for Lambda Literary. She is the author of A Ruin of Shadows (Dancing Star Press, 2018) and her published short fiction and poetry includes appearances in Out There Screaming (Edited by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams), FIYAH, PodCastle, Strange Horizons, Anathema: Spec from the Margins, Lightspeed, Fireside, and Neon Hemlock, among others.

L D Lewis' Year of the Mer transports readers beyond familiar waters to explore deeper issues of generational identity, trauma, revenge, and anger. The book has so much heart, and so many moments where my own heart was ready to crumble. I can't wait see it out in the world, wrecking havoc. A fantastic, deeply moving story.-Fran Wilde, Double Nebula Award-winning author of A Philosophy of ThievesA phenomenal book that is transformational as much as it transports. L.D. Lewis solidifies herself as a master of story and character, with no punches pulled, and many thrown in Year of the Mer. A book that kept me up night after night, whose turns left me in wonder with every surprise twist of phrase. Lewis knows how to keep the reader engaged, and how the ebbs and flow of tension should sink the reader into story.-Jordan Kurella, Nebula Nominated author of I Never Liked You AnywayMuch like the sea, there are depths to L.D.'s writing that can't be fathomed. You will walk away from THE YEAR OF THE MER heartbroken, pondering the nature of power and desperately ready for more. L.D.'s a true talent that deserves a generational audience. Be here at Yemi's beginning.-Brent Lambert, author of A Necessary ChaosExhilarating... Lewis crafts a maelstrom of familial love, ancestral hurt, and alluring magic.-Ladz, author of The Fealty of Monsters and The Cradle of Eternal Night