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I took this video in Feb 2025 right before I jumped on my first Zoom with @summerscourtney. I had read her manuscript for THIS IS NOT A TEST and was ready to go to war (fight zombies in an apocalypse?!) to acquire her genius novel. Fast forward to present day, and we are 10 days out from her baby-with-teeth coming back into the world and I have to pinch myself. Pinch myself that a NYT bestselling, award-winning author wanted to take a risk and publish with us. That she saw the magic in our model and threw herself fully into the process.

I am so grateful to Courtney, Faye, the entire genius @bindery_books team, and my glorious Inky Phoenix family! Let’s get fired up!!! Preorder now. 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️

Wow, we f'ing DID THIS!

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.

The Inky Phoenix

Kathryn Budig

During this phase, we're reviewing manuscripts and deciding which book we want to publish. At the end of this phase, we offer an author a book deal.

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As the manuscript goes through several phases of editorial work, the cover and interior design takes place, while format decisions about paper stocks and printing treatments are made.

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While the books are on press, the pre-order links go live and the marketing campaign ramps up with waves of review copy mailings to media and influencers.

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The finished copies have released on the book's publication date. Go give it some love!

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The Inky Phoenix's 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.

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-hosted the podcast Free Cookies where we bantered and interviewed notables such as Madeline Miller, TJ Klune, George M. Johnson, and Emily St. John Mandel. Plus, I have the cutest rescue pup in the world: Ragnar Ashison.

Haus of Phoenix

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 picks and publications celebrate LGBTQ+ voices and magic in all forms, and we now invite you to help us bring new and exciting voices to life. 

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