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Charla Ayers

@cmorganayers

Author & Editor | MFA Publishing GWU | English Professor Repped by Alex D'Amico at The Rights Factory.

 Atlanta, GA
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Joined March 2014
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Shrike is my debut atmospheric, dark academia romantasy that is drenched in Irish folklore and mythology. Shrike explores themes of self-discovery, desire, and learning how to navigate the intricacies of evolving relationships while monsters nip at your heels.
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15K in less than 2 months AND nearly 150 copies sold. Thank you to every single person reading, supporting, and sharing. You are making dreams come true. 🥹
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THE FOXGLOVE KING x ALCHEMISED Rage isn’t always loud. Women must often harness their anger to safely move through oppression. Rory Alwine knows this too well. She and her daughter are thrust among demigods where she will have to play into male egos to survive. Sacrificial religion and misogyny await. But can she stifle her defiant nature to keep from a fate no woman should meet? #PitDark #A #DR #DF
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THE FOXGLOVE KING x ALCHEMISED A dark romantasy story with older characters and a mother as the protagonist? Rory shuns the status quo of the aristocracy she was raised in. But when she and her daughter are stranded on the demigod side of the continent, she must slip back into the role she resisted and team up with an ostracized demigod to uncover that humans are being used for power and breeding. #PitDark #A #DF #DR
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THE FOXGLOVE KING x ALCHEMISED When Rory Alwine uncovers that the demigods of the continent might be human trafficking, she hesitantly teams up with a powerful, ostracized demigod to survive in a place that the Divine have forbidden her to be. Who can she trust amid the misogyny, vitriolic religion, and militia uprisings? #PitDark #A #DF #DR
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👻Samhain setting 👻Folklore meets occult horror 👻Celtic practices & Norse mythology #Ghostpit #A #H #WIP
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There are no heroes, just b*stards too angry to die. 🩶Desert setting 🩶Grimdark military 🩶Enemies while lovers #ghostpit #A #F #WIP
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THE FOXGLOVE KING x ALCHEMISED Rory’s lifetime of defiance against oppressive forces is challenged when she and her daughter become refugees among demigods in a land where the Divine have forbidden humans to be. But did they end up there by accident? Rory will uncover that other humans are trapped there as well—trafficked humans that will keep demigods in power… and populated. #PitDark #A #DF #DR
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THE FOXGLOVE KING x ALCHEMISED Rory and her daughter are stranded on the forbidden side of the continent among magical demigods, where defiance is paid in blood and bold female voices must be harnessed to ensure survival amid misogyny, classism, sacrificial religion, and human trafficking. Rory will have to decide who to trust or face a fate worse than death. #PitDark #A #DF #DR
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THE FOXGLOVE KING x ALCHEMISED Rage isn’t always loud. Women must often harness their anger to safely move through oppression. Rory Alwine knows this too well. She and her daughter are thrust among demigods where she will have to play into male egos to survive. Sacrificial religion and misogyny await. But can she stifle her defiant nature to keep from a fate worse than death? #PitDark #A #DF #DR
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Who else is doing #PitDark this week? It is my first pitching event and I’m excited but nervous. Does anyone want to be on my list? I want to hype others up as well! Leave a comment and I’ll add you!
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📣TOMORROW IS PUB DAY! 📣 I cannot believe it's here and that this story is now yours. If you are interested in a signed copy or the infamous Dominus oil, they are now available on my site under SHOP! Thank you for each and every reader, post share, support, and review.
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Leather-bound journals ✍️ 
Hidden weapons in the walls ⚔️ 
Tea that tastes like betrayal ☕ 
A pocket watch counting down to midnight 🕰️ 
Irish folklore coming to life 🌙 
Academic rivals who hate how much they want each other 🔥 SHRIKE- Coming 10/13/2025
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Early readers are loving Shrike! 🖤 Preorder Shrike here: books2read.com/u/m0Pzl0
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LINKS: EBOOK: a.co/d/ftomyZV BARNES & NOBLE: barnesandnoble.com/s/charla%…

Shrike

Thorne Alder is a weapon, and she knows it. When Thorne proposes a project to the headmaster of Adonien Academy of History and Art, her true goal isn’t to develop a mythology journal or even academic...

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🕯️OCTOBER IN NIGH🕯️ Shrike is currently being finalized, and preorders will be available SOON. 👀 What format are you most excited for? #IndieAuthor #AuthorLife #IndieBooks #SelfPublished #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfInstagram #BookDesign #Debut
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There’s something in the water 🌊 When an island whispers different versions of unwritten local legends & turning into a creature of the deep as a result of heartbreak makes you want to drown your ex- no one is safe Especially not the ex boyfriends #QuestPit #Q #A #R #S #SFF
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CURIOUS TIDES x BELLADONNA When a necromancer at a ruthless magic school reanimates the bog body of her kingdom’s long-lost prince, the two must work together to hide her forbidden power and solve his centuries-old murder before the college closes in. 💀👑 #QuestPit #YA #RF #Q
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Introducing the #agentsguide for my very soon to be #Q novel, THE BOG PRINCE! 💀 A necromancer, doomed by her own dark power. 👑 A lost prince, lying murdered in the ruins of his crumbling kingdom. 🖤 Maybe some secrets are better left buried... #Questpit #YA #RF #agentguide
A picture of a crumbling castle with text that reads: an agent's guide to The Bog Prince by Julianne M, a 105k word YA fantasy romance.

ALT A picture of a crumbling castle with text that reads: an agent's guide to The Bog Prince by Julianne M, a 105k word YA fantasy romance.

Eighteen-year-old Everin Lockett’s dreams of returning home from ruthless Wyverith College are shattered when she manifests a forbidden necromancy magic that reanimates the bog body of her kingdom’s lost prince. If the college discovers the truth about her abilities, she will be conscripted into their brutal army, doomed never to see her family again. Desperate to guard her secret, Everin strikes a deal with the long-lost Prince Byrnan: if he helps keep her power hidden, she will help him solve his centuries-old murder. But when Byrnan’s quest for justice could be the very thing that endangers her last chance of going home, Everin will need to confront the true cost of falling for a lost prince with nothing left to lose—and a kingdom to reclaim. Maybe some secrets are better left buried…

ALT Eighteen-year-old Everin Lockett’s dreams of returning home from ruthless Wyverith College are shattered when she manifests a forbidden necromancy magic that reanimates the bog body of her kingdom’s lost prince. If the college discovers the truth about her abilities, she will be conscripted into their brutal army, doomed never to see her family again. Desperate to guard her secret, Everin strikes a deal with the long-lost Prince Byrnan: if he helps keep her power hidden, she will help him solve his centuries-old murder. But when Byrnan’s quest for justice could be the very thing that endangers her last chance of going home, Everin will need to confront the true cost of falling for a lost prince with nothing left to lose—and a kingdom to reclaim. Maybe some secrets are better left buried…

For fans of... Hozier (Yearning & Bog Bodies) A Study in Drowning and Curious Tides (Dark Academia and Lyrical Prose) Belladonna, One Dark Window, and Florence + the Machine (Haunting Gothic Atmosphere) Divine Rivals (Slow-Burn Romance)

ALT For fans of... Hozier (Yearning & Bog Bodies) A Study in Drowning and Curious Tides (Dark Academia and Lyrical Prose) Belladonna, One Dark Window, and Florence + the Machine (Haunting Gothic Atmosphere) Divine Rivals (Slow-Burn Romance)

Snippet... A fork of lightning split the rain-soaked sky in two, and the ground trembled with a deafening clap of thunder. But even after the rumbling faded, the bog still shuddered beneath me, swelling and quaking like a pair of lungs drawing their dying breath. I lurched away, my heart jolting against my throat as I scrambled back through the mud. Another crack of lightning. And in its wake, silhouetted against the flash of violet light— A single grasping hand, clawing its way out of the earth towards me.

ALT Snippet... A fork of lightning split the rain-soaked sky in two, and the ground trembled with a deafening clap of thunder. But even after the rumbling faded, the bog still shuddered beneath me, swelling and quaking like a pair of lungs drawing their dying breath. I lurched away, my heart jolting against my throat as I scrambled back through the mud. Another crack of lightning. And in its wake, silhouetted against the flash of violet light— A single grasping hand, clawing its way out of the earth towards me.

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THE SHADOW KING✨15 ms requests✨ #questpit #Q #A #RF SERPENT & THE WINGS OF NIGHT x GAMES GODS PLAY The kind of love that comes only once in a lifetime or your life? Pick one. Slow Burn Witty Banter Desert Creatures Vivid-World Building One Great Love or Irrevocable Loss
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