Authors' 2024 Plans: Rebecca Buchanan & Curious Cats

I’m interviewing authors on what books they have coming out this year and their other plans. Here I talk to fantasy author Rebecca Buchanan about a book that’s caught my interest as it’s about cats.

Q: What book have you got coming out next in 2024? 

A: My next book will be Malkin: A Tale of Magic, Espionage, and Too-Curious Cats. 

Q: What’s it about? 

A: Malkin is a magical urban fantasy/alternate history/espionage romance. Maud al-Khalli is a daughter of privilege, wealthy and well-educated. She has also been blessed with the rare gift of being able to assume catshape. Carter Durant is an academic, a scholar of rare and lost magic. When a strange labyrinth is found in the middle of the city, and people begin  to disappear, Maud and Carter must overcome their distrust and work together to save their city — and possibly the world.

Q: When will it be published? 

A: I am aiming for the very end of February or the beginning of March.

Q: What event or events are you planning around the launch? 

A: I hope to have a free short story on my blog, Forests Haunted by Holiness.

Q: What are you currently working on? 

A: I’m plotting the outline for my next novella, The Ballad of the Chalice and the Charm. That’s a cozy fantasy/mystery which should be out by early April.

More about Rebecca Buchanan 

Rebecca is the editor of the Pagan literary ezine, Eternal Haunted Summer. Her poetry and short stories have been published in a wide variety of venues, and she is planning to release several novellas every year through 2026, and hopefully beyond. 

You can find her website at: eternalhauntedsummer.com

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