We are thrilled to announce that we have acquired a dark fantasy and horror novella from author Cassandra Newbould: When the Forest Calls, to be published in December 2026!

Press Release for When the Forest Calls by Cassandra Newbould

Publishers Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell of Stars and Sabers Publishing acquired When the Forest Calls, a dark fantasy and horror novella from author Cassandra Newbould (Climate of Chaos and Things I’ll Never Say, Peachtree Teen), pitched as Uprooted meets Winterwood, in which a logger’s daughter, transformed by a mysterious fog while protesting the planned felling of a forest’s last remaining heartwood tree, seeks the forest’s vengeance-and her own-leaving a trail of disappearing townsfolk in her wake. Publication is slated for December 2026. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for world English rights.

We are pleased to work again with Cassandra Newbould. We are also publishing a short story from her in our upcoming horror-themed anthology, Of Dread, Decay, and Doom in October 2025. The novella is a deeper exploration of the universe she has created for that short story, one of shadowy forests filled with secrets.

We’re delighted to publish this novella by Cassandra Newbould in time for winter in December 2026, as we expand our single-author acquisitions at Stars and Sabers Publishing.

Read more about Cassandra Newbould.