If you haven't seen on my social media yet, I am doing seven days of giveaways in celebration of the launch of our first book next Tuesday!

But before I get to today's giveaway, let me just remind you that with Cry, Voidbringer coming out in just six days, right now is the perfect time to order your copy! Pre-orders make a massive difference in the early success of a book and a huge part of successfully fighting for Black and brown authors is helping their stories to get onto more bookstore shelves. This is how we get that done. So if you are in a position to order now, rather than after launch, please do so. Here is a direct link: https://bookshop.org/a/87137/9781964721521

Now for our giveaway!!!

WHAT ARE WE GIVING AWAY TODAY?

• An ARC of Devil of the Deep by Falencia Jean-Francois. This is the second acquisition for our imprint--Left Unread Books, It will be launching in April of 2026 and is an exploration and scathing rebuke of Christian nationalism packaged within a Haitian mermaid & pirate story. It follows a Black woman who has built a name for herself as the most fearsome pirate on the seas after she comes across a young mermaid who has fled her home to protect a mystical artifact from the underwater cult that is pursuing her. Together, a long with her long lost love--a Black trans man who has found himself aligned with the very cult they are fleeing from--they must tackle not only the organization trying to destroy them, but wrestle with the ideologies that have robbed so many of their people of their ancestral identities. This is a story about wrestling with colonial religion and reclaiming ancestral identity and faith.

HOW DO YOU ENTER?

• Be subscribed to this community at any tier. Including the free tier.

• Comment on this post with the title of a recent book you read that you would recommend.

FOR EXTRA ENTRIES:

• Subscribe at a paying tier. 1 entry for the $5 tier, two for the $12 tier, 3 for the $25 tier

• Email me a receipt of your pre-order of Cry, Voidbringer

  michael_laborn@icloud.com

• Share this giveaway on your socials and post a link in the comments.

WHEN WILL THE GIVEAWAY WINNER BE DRAWN

I will draw a winner tonight at 12:00 am CST and will make a post in the morning announcing our winner and providing details for tomorrow's giveaway. The winner will receive an email from me soon after and, once they have provided their mailing address, I will forward that to our team, who will ship their copy of Devil of the Deep.

Thank you all for being here and for being such loud and consistent advocates for Cry, Voidbringer and for Elaine Ho! I cannot wait to see how far this book goes. I am so grateful to all of you and I truly believe the work we are doing here is going to have an incredible impact on the world.