That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story
Raven Belasco
Type: ARC
Genre: Fantasy, historical fiction, horror
Word count: 13,500
Warnings: Graphic violence, graphic sexual content, swearing
Set in 1860s New York (and later in blue sea pirate ships), this story is like Gangs of New York meets Our Flag Means Death. Gilded Age historical characters Sadie “The Goat” Ferrell and Gallus Mag get their (already thrilling) story reworked into an enemies-to-lovers swashbuckling gaslamp romantic vampire action-adventure. Diverse and LGTBQ+ characters, plus attention to historical/nautical accuracy. Please note: this book is part of a larger series, but it can be enjoyed as a standalone novel. A brief synopsis will be included.
What’s this?
Set in 1860s New York, Sadie “the Goat” Ferrell is one of the criminal superstars of the gangs of New York. Gallus Mag is her mortal enemy … and in an epic bar fight Gallus Mag bites off Sadie’s ear — and puts it in the pickle jar of other ears she has bitten off! — as the bouncer for the Hole-in-the-Wall bar in the notorious Fourth Ward.
Sadie takes this as sign, gives up on being a criminal by land, takes over the Charleton Street Gang, and is soon sailing up and down the Hudson River with the Jolly Rodger waving on the mast!
But there is so much more in store for Sadie than just being a small-time river pirate. She and her gang board the wrong ship, and suddenly Sadie is facing an all-too-real pirate queen — who is also a vampire.
Will Sadie survive meeting this powerful vampire and rise to meet her fate? And will she ever meet Gallus Mag again, and find out that hate and love are two very intense sides of the same coin…?
Raven Belasco wanted to be an author since she was a little eight year old bookworm. When she turned seventeen she became chronically ill, and reading and writing “saved” her. After college, she worked as an editor and a myriad of her articles and short stories were published. But she wanted more, and in 2019 her first novel, Blood Ex Libris, was finally published after years of rejection letter after rejection letter.
Belasco’s writing style has been described as both “darkly lyrical” and at the same time “an easy, breezy writing style; a more colloquial and relaxed John Scalzi.”
Belasco writes about the complexities of being human as viewed through a dark mirror. She is known for a dedication in keeping the monstrous aspects in vampire fiction, for exploring themes of love and resilience, immersive world-building, nuanced character dynamics, and diverse perspectives.
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