Welcome to Valdaes

Tales of Valdaes is a cozy queer fantasy series about alchemy in a growing industrial-meets-fantasy world.

Expect magic, found family, cozy vibes, queer representation, and romance. If you love cozy fantasy with Studio Ghibli vibes, but make it queer, then you're home.

Every book ships signed, direct from me.

Where to start

New to Valdaes? Begin with Mosswood Apothecary. The Alchemist Baker of Rosen is a standalone-friendly prequel you can read before or after.

The books

  • Mosswood Apothecary — An anxious botanical alchemist moves into a run-down greenhouse, falls for the burly carpenter, and ends up helping a community with dying magic. 
  • The Alchemist Baker of Rosen — A prequel about a refugee baker with forbidden magic using his grandmother's old recipes to feed a community in need while the city hunts him down. Too bad he is falling hard for the man sent to question him. On preorder now.
  • The Cozy Bundle — The easiest way in to my two cozy worlds: Mosswood Apothecary, Mandrake Manor, and the short story The Owlet Café.

Take a piece of Valdaes home

Botanical-alchemist tees and sweatshirts, the "I'd Rather Be in Frostfern" design, stickers, prints, and the embroidered apothecary hat — all below.

FAQs

What is Tales of Valdaes about?

A cozy queer fantasy series following alchemists in the fantasy/industrial world of Valdaes. Tons of magic, found family, and MM romance.


What order do I read it in?

Start with Mosswood Apothecary (Book 1). The Alchemist Baker of Rosen is a prequel you can read before or after.


How spicy are the books?

This world is cozy, sweet, and fade-to-black.


What's in the Special Edition?

19 full-page color illustrations, chapter illustrations, sprayed edges, a map, and my signature. Shop-exclusive.


Are the books signed?

Yes, every book ordered here ships signed by me.