Cookies, quests & dragon realms
Valor & Vanilla
Princess Vera follows a recipe no one thought to learn, carrying vanilla-sweet courage into the dragon realms to help cure a spreading magical affliction.
LAcon V · Worldcon 2026 · Anaheim
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If we crossed paths over a panel, a hallway conversation, or our shared love of science fiction and fantasy, welcome. We’re the husband-and-wife team behind M. J. Gillbright, and we would love to keep in touch.
LAcon V · The 84th World Science Fiction Convention · August 27–31, 2026
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Chivalry & Chocolate
A warm little chocolate shop awaits.
Meet a retired knight, a dramatic dragon, and the chocolate shop brave enough to become home whenever you need a cozy place to land.
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Wander a Little Further
Step into our book worlds.
Continue with Vera’s immersive quest, then peek ahead at Isolde’s time-tossed adventure.
Iced cream, time travel & found family
Steadfast & Strawberry
Isolde escapes an unwanted throne by selling strawberry iced cream across the centuries, only to build an inn for time-lost travelers and fall for the timekeeper trying to impound her shape-shifting cart.
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