Can you spot the symbols on the cover for Tales of Dreams?

August 5, 2026
Tales of Dreams | Short Story Anthology | Fantasy Anthology | Young Adult Fantasy | Brianna R. Shaffery | epic fantasy, NJ author, NJ fantasy author

With Tales of Dreams: A Short Story Collection of Hope, Resilience, Humanity, & Magic releasing tomorrow (August 6, 2026), I wanted to break down the symbols and motifs represented on the cover that might be familiar to readers 😏 When Marcella of Thaler Designs and I were talking through the design for the cover, I…

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Introducing the World of the Heirs of Tenebris Trilogy: Agergy

March 17, 2026

Lasting a total of eighty-nine days according to the Tenebrese calendar, Agergy is a time of growth. After the long Serenmae, Agergy sees the bloom of plant life that had either died due to frosts or had gone dormant to sustain itself in order to bloom again in the warm weather. In the arable Godberd…

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The Prisoner

August 27, 2025
Tales of Dreams | Short Story Anthology | Fantasy Anthology | Young Adult Fantasy | Brianna R. Shaffery | epic fantasy, NJ author, NJ fantasy author

Included in Tales of Dreams: A Short Story Collection of Hope, Resilience, Humanity, & Hope

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The Light Keepers

August 26, 2025
The Light Keepers | Brianna R. Shaffery | Zombie Apocalypse Novella | Books set in NJ | Books set in New Jersey

Included in Tales of Dreams: A Short Story Collection of Hope, Resilience, Humanity, & Magic

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Summers Always Make Me Think Of The Prisoner

August 26, 2025
How I started in publishing | getting started as an indie author | NJ Author | YA Fantasy author | Brianna R. Shaffery

I talk a lot about the inspiration behind my writing and the process, but I’ve never really talked about the first time I shared my writing publicly. Before the snippets shared to Tumblr or my Heirs of Tenebris trilogy and To Sway a Flame, there was The Prisoner. And yes, you guessed it, I started…

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The Inspiration Behind My Standalone Cozy Romantasy Novel, To Sway a Flame

April 30, 2025
What Inspired Me to Write My Standalone Cozy Romantasy | To Sway a Flame Writing Inspiration | New Adult Romantasy | Brianna R. Shaffery | epic fantasy, NJ author, NJ fantasy author

If you’ve been around a while, you’ll have probably heard me talk about my struggle to write romance despite enjoying romance subgenres as reader. Like me when I first set out to write my standalone cozy romantasy novel To Sway a Flame, you’ve probably wondered “how did this happen?” Well, it’s a sort of funny, coincidental story.

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