Today on the site I’m delighted to reveal the cover of Waxing and Waning by J.N. Howell, a Sapphic Urban Fantasy Romance releasing December 1, 2026 from Mythic Roads Press! Here’s the story:
Delilah Ali works as a doctor for magical creatures alongside her incompetent medical intern, Micah, who she intends to fail by the end of his summer internship. But her summer plans are disturbed when Delilah’s vampiric ex-“something”, Darcy, crashes back into her life with a desperate plea. She needs Delilah to remove her newborn son’s magic with an illegal surgery before they’re caught by the werewolf pack hunting him down.
As the odd-ball team travel across Ontario to escape the pack and make the surgery possible, old feelings reemerge, Delilah’s own long-dormant magic rears its head, and they begin to suspect the problem is bigger than just one baby’s magic.
And here’s the magical cover, designed by Patricia Veldstra and illustrated by Andy Ra!
Buy it: Mythic Roads Press | Amazon
J.N. Howell lives in Canada with their tyrannical little dog and wife. They are a corporate cryptid by day that writes stories about messy queer people by night. Their work can be found scattered in speculative and lit magazines. When they aren’t writing, they can be found hunched over a dying vegetable garden or haunting their local cafe, matcha in hand.
Kelsey B. Toney writes humorous, heartfelt stories about the hope that exists after we’ve made our most laughably bad decisions. She is the author of the USA Today Bestseller, THE UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCE OF BLEEDING ON A TUESDAY which was a NYPL and Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year, an ALA “RISE: A Feminist Book Project List” Top Ten Selection, an ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten Selection, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. In past lives, Kelsey has been a teacher, recording artist, and actress—always in pursuit of connection through art and empathy. Learn more about Kelsey at kelseybtoney.com, on her podcast, or in her newsletter.
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