S. E. McPherson (she/they) has been a writer of fantasy and speculative fiction since she was eight years old, binding books with a hole punch and tied yarn. While she took a brief two-decade detour into the career of a marketing executive and won many boring business writing awards, she’s found her way back to storytelling and illustration. Her debut novel A King’s Trust was named to Kirkus Reviews’ Top 100 Best Indie Books of 2025 and Best LGBTQ+ Indies of 2025.

Logan technically doesn’t exist. He is terrified of the Black Lapels and their Swordsman church, who imprisoned his parents for bearing an unlicensed, “unnatural” child. When he’s taken to a home for unwanted boys, he meets Jace-a master liar who isn’t afraid of anything. Their world wants them to become Swordsmen and soldiers. All they want is a life together where neither has to hide. WANTED BOYS is a queer dystopia where found family is the only thing that can save the boys who will change the world.

Magic has granted Elias all he ever wanted: the love and trust of his two royals Beau and Penny, supernatural skills to protect them, and the power to make any noble in Granvallée dance at his whim. But all magic is a trade, and every gift from his mage-king has taken something from Elias in return. The deal Beau made with an ancient entity to bring Elias back from the dead will ask even more.

When mages come to collect on Beau’s promises, Elias, Penny, and Beau find their kingdom caught in a centuries-old battle between ancient magic and the secret society built to defend against it. If Elias can come to terms with the man he was before Beau—and may need to become again—he’ll secure unlikely allies to keep magic from breaking the world.