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THE THREE LIVES OF CATE KAY tackles the themes of fame and ambition. What is your relationship to these themes? Is it aspirational or a trap?

And while you’re at it, highly recommend reading David Duchovny’s The Atlantic essay: My Urge to Fail and Fail Again

Fame + Ambition

I know we’re all chomping to read LOCAL HEAVENS, but until then, may I interest you in a delightful amuse bouche: MERYENDA, by our very own @krismfajardo featured on Ricepaper Magazine.

I’ve highlighted a few of my favorite passages from Kris’ short story and hope you take the time to pour a cuppa, visit Ricepaper, and enjoy her gorgeous writing. ❤️

New Short Fiction from K.M. Fajardo

“Your ignorance is their power.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

Mark your calendars! Two weeks from now we’ll hosting @signepike for the second half of our THE LOST QUEEN Inky Phoenix Zoom conversation! 

Link to join is on our @bindery_books feed and Inky Phoenix Discord for Bindery x Inky members. 💥

THE LOST QUEEN Zoom w/ Signe Pike

Had an absolute blast talking with @jasonblitman on the @gaysreading podcast. Tune in to hear my lovely wife talk about her debut as well as what I’m reading, love for STRANGE BEASTS and LOCAL HEAVENS, plus bonding over our musical theatre background!

Kate + Kathryn on the Gays Reading podcast. 

The whirlwind that was @katefagan3’s U.S. THE THREE LIVES OF CATE KAY book tour!

First stop: @bolderbookstore moderated by the phenomonal @karagoucher

Next day: @novelneighbor in St. Louis with some of our bestest friends.

6am flight to NYC! Lunch with her amazing @atriabooks team, podcast with @brireadsbooks and mocktails @bookofthemonth, then a sold out event at the Brooklyn Heights Library hosted by @booksaremagicbk with @sbird10 and @mrapinoe 

This is where I flew home and Kate drove up to @athenabooksog ❤️

The whirlwind that was Kate Fagan’s U.S. THE THREE LIVES OF CATE KAY book tour!

Haus of Phoenix retreat members got an early copy of Kate Fagan's THE THREE LIVES OF CATE KAY and this is video of her very first book club on her debut novel! Such a juicy conversation and hope y'all enjoy!

The Three Lives of Cate Kay Haus of Phoenix Bookclub

When literary rockstars show up for your wife’s @booksaremagicbk book launch. Pinch me. 🤩

@megha.maj and @christinaliwrites

When literary rockstars show up for your wife’s @booksaremagicbk book launch. Pinch me. 🤩

@megha.m

TODAY IS THE DAY! I’m having trouble typing this because I’m so shaky with excitement. We just boarded our flight to Denver for Kate’s first book launch stop and HER BOOK IS IN THE AIRPORT! 

Like woah. What? YAS!

But that’s not even all — she is the @target Jan pick, @bookofthemonth AND @reesewitherspoon’s @reesesbookclub pick! I AM GOING TO BURST WITH PRIDE.

@katefagan3 : you are my (very talented) everything. Your family (all of us) is soaking up every second of this. 💫

REESE’S PICK! 😍

Our first pick of 2025 is here, and it is my wife @katefagan3’s debut novel: THE THREE LIVES OF CATE KAY! Let’s set the scene …

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets First Lie Wins in this electric, voice-driven debut novel about an elusive bestselling author who decides to finally confess her true identity after years of hiding from her past.

Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the creator of a bestselling book trilogy that struck box office gold as a film series, she’s one of the most successful authors of her generation. The thing is, Cate Kay doesn’t really exist. She’s never attended author events or granted any interviews. Her real identity had been a closely guarded secret, until now.

As a young adult, she and her best friend Amanda dreamed of escaping their difficult homes and moving to California to become movie stars. But the day before their grand adventure, a tragedy shattered their dreams and Cate has been on the run ever since, taking on different names and charting a new future. But after a shocking revelation, Cate understands that returning home is the only way she’ll be a whole person again.

IT IS A BANGER!!!! I’m the proudest wife in the world and cannot wait to share this beauty with my @theinkyphoenix fam. Please support local or indie (like @bluebicyclebooks who will have signed copies!). Kate will absolutely join us for our Zoom book club conversation in Feb (just become an Inky x @bindery_books member), so start your engines when it comes out Jan 7th!

Our first pick of 2025 is here! 

They say it takes a village, but here at Inky Phoenix Press, we know it takes a coven to create magic. Our club has always celebrated inclusivity and magic in all forms, and we now invite you to help us bring new and exciting voices to life. If you’re called to celebrate storytelling and community, while elevating new and deserving authors, please join us on this beautiful journey of making magic real.

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My love for books runs deep. Bookstores were my favorite place to visit as a child, I received a double major in English Literature and Drama from the University of Virginia, and I went on to author *The Women's Health Big Book of Yoga* and *Aim True*. My most recent work was published in Zosia Mamet’s anthology, *My First Popsicle*, but my true loves have yet to meet the world — I too write fiction, and long to see it in published form. I co-host Free Cookies with my wife (and author!), Kate Fagan, where we banter and interview notables such as Madeline Miller, TJ Klune, George M. Johnson, and Emily St. John Mandel. Plus, we have the cutest rescue pup in the world: Ragnar Ashison.

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Kathryn Budig is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher, author, and founder of the online yoga platform, Haus of Phoenix. She is known for empowering her students and readers through her accessibility, humor, and creative instruction.

They say it takes a village, but here at Inky Phoenix Press, we know it takes a coven to create magic. Our club has always celebrated inclusivity and magic in all forms, and we now invite you to help us bring new and exciting voices to life. Our picks and acquisitions are up-market speculative fiction with a focus on queer voices, and myth and magic that are rooted in history or reality. If you’re called to celebrate storytelling and community, while elevating new and deserving authors, please join us on this beautiful journey of making magic real.

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