Brazen New Year: 2024

We have avoided forced ‘happy’ salutations this new year, especially when many folks worldwide struggle. Who needs to hear “be ‘happy’” when they can’t afford to be warm? We don’t know what’s going on in the individual lives of our highly valued Brazen Readers, so instead of forced cheer and platitudes, we want to send you our sincerest hope.
We hope that each of you has or finds peace, gratitude, and love in your lives—peace in a noisy, stress-filled, demanding, complicated, and war-torn world. We live in conflicting, demanding, and unforgiving times. We want peace for everyone. Sometimes, we must look for little ways to be grateful in a harsh world, and it’s not always easy to find them, but when we see one, the next spark is often right beside that, and in mindfulness, those things multiply. We hope you each find that spark, and your blessings fill you up and keep you warm in the cold. And love—this begins within oneself, and like peace and gratitude, putting love into the world and noticing the little glimmers has a ripple effect.
So, we do not wish you a ‘happy’ new year, but we do share our hope that you find and multiply peace, love, and gratitude in your lives and those of others whose paths entwine or cross with yours.
2023 was a particularly challenging year for many, us included. We’ve wrestled with health, family, work, and finding and keeping our footing while so much involving what we do spins and dissolves, leaving a force of will and absolute desire for the creative process behind.
Despite obstacles and the distance between us, our rare and precious collaborative partnership thrives, sometimes sidetracked of our intentions and that thief many know well: time. We’re staying the course, committed to our stories, and bursting with fresh plans and ideas for 2024 and beyond!
Like many, we feel slightly off-kilter, a bit off track in a crazy and unprecedented business climate. Logistics and financial concerns have also affected the world of writing and publishing, and we’re continuing to assess and plan our best paths forward.
Stay with us. We’re rolling with the waves. Brazen Folk Horror’s best is yet to come. We’re resilient, passionate, determined and more brazen by the day about our craft and are committed to producing only quality stories that will, hopefully, endure us to our loyal readers for years to come.
If you haven’t yet subscribed to our newsletter, join our flock to get all the delicious bits first. Book II in the Delevan Trilogy, The Delevan Diaries, releases very soon, with the conclusion to our contemporary gothic classic a little later in 2024!

And we have plans for an addition to our seductive and slightly sinister brand alongside exciting appearances at events and conventions throughout the year.

Hang on tight! We will make this year one to remember, and we’re fortunate to have your continued love and support!
Peace, love & gratitude,