Morning bath of the Plain-bellied emerald. São Paulo, Brazil.
An alternative poster for Phantom Thread, designed by Darya Shnykina.
The Neon Hemlock 2022 novella series is LIVE ON Indiegogo… so you can preorder UNCOMMON CHARM! In this 1920s gothic comedy, bright young socialite Julia and shy Jewish magician Simon decide they aren’t beholden to their families’ unhappy history. Together they confront such horrors as murdered ghosts, alive children, magic philosophy, a milieu that slides far too easily into surrealist metaphor, and, worst of all, serious adult conversation.
I’ll be frank: we’ve got our funding. But the best place to preorder the book is IGG– the authors get more of the proceeds and you’ll get 14% off the cover price! Perks include an adorable Simon-starling sticker + a CANDLE (with champagne, citrus and ginger). As ever, thanks to Marlowe Lune for the INCREDIBLE cover!
If you’d like to wait or you can’t contribute right now, you can still get the book. Suggest Uncommon Charm and the rest of the Neon Hemlock novella series to your local library! You can also wait and place a preorder through a bookstore, though as a bookseller I’d strongly prefer you go to an indie. Allow me to suggest Room of One’s Own in Madison, Rainy Day Books in Kansas City, or Next Chapter Booksellers in St. Paul (which I’ll sign, btw)!
here’s an excerpt from the very nice Publisher’s Weekly review:
“It’s not often that a gothic novella might be described as sweet, but Bergslien and Weaver bring such levity and humanity to their 1920s London-set debut that the word is only fitting.”

LOOK at the foil shimmer on the proof ;-;
revolutionary girl utena ep 20 “wakaba’s flourishing”
dir. sakurabi katsushi / sb’d. mamoru hosoda / ad. nobuyuki takeuchi
i like houseplants
The Neon Hemlock 2022 novella series is LIVE ON Indiegogo… so you can preorder UNCOMMON CHARM! In this 1920s gothic comedy, bright young socialite Julia and shy Jewish magician Simon decide they aren’t beholden to their families’ unhappy history. Together they confront such horrors as murdered ghosts, alive children, magic philosophy, a milieu that slides far too easily into surrealist metaphor, and, worst of all, serious adult conversation.
I’ll be frank: we’ve got our funding. But the best place to preorder the book is IGG– the authors get more of the proceeds and you’ll get 14% off the cover price! Perks include an adorable Simon-starling sticker + a CANDLE (with champagne, citrus and ginger). As ever, thanks to Marlowe Lune for the INCREDIBLE cover!
If you’d like to wait or you can’t contribute right now, you can still get the book. Suggest Uncommon Charm and the rest of the Neon Hemlock novella series to your local library! You can also wait and place a preorder through a bookstore, though as a bookseller I’d strongly prefer you go to an indie. Allow me to suggest Room of One’s Own in Madison, Rainy Day Books in Kansas City, or Next Chapter Booksellers in St. Paul (which I’ll sign, btw)!
here’s an excerpt from the very nice Publisher’s Weekly review:
“It’s not often that a gothic novella might be described as sweet, but Bergslien and Weaver bring such levity and humanity to their 1920s London-set debut that the word is only fitting.”