• Hi, Readers! I had hoped to share the preorder for my upcoming sapphic horrormance novella, Swim With Me, Darling, with you all today, but it’s been delayed by censorship issues. You may have heard that Steam and Itchio were recently forced to remove and de-index a ton of games by payment processors Visa, Mastercard, Paypal

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  • Excited to announce that Lust and Found is part of the Nonbinary Awareness Week bundle on itch.io! In addition to my book, you’ll get 23 other fabulous works with nonbinary characters for only $30. One of the things I love about itch.io is teaming up with other authors to offer deals and bundles to our

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  • Wow, I can’t believe it’s July already, but here we are! And with good news for Smashwords readers, I’m excited to announce that my books, Shadow’s Light and Shadow & Flame, will be available as part of a promotion on Smashwords for the month of July in their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! This is a chance to

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  • BOOK RELEASE: Lust and Found

    It’s here! I’m so excited to share that Lust and Found ebooks and paperbacks are available now from all your favorite book retailers. Early readers are calling the book “heartwarming… remarkably wholesome… and SPICY!” Find the paperback at Amazon. For ebooks, visit Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Itch.io, Apple Books, and more. When a fateful accident

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  • Shadow & Flame ebooks are now on Itch.io!

    Shadow & Flame, the second book in my Shadows of Graymourne series has finally gone wide! You can find it on my itch.io store starting today, May 14th, and at all your favorite book e-retailers soon. To celebrate, both Shadow’s Light and Shadow & Flame ebooks will be 20% off at my itch.io store for

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  • Cover Reveal! Lust and Found by Sylvie Helstaff

    I’m so excited to share the cover art with you for my next book, Lust and Found. Inspired by Pre-Raphaelite stained glass, the illustrated cover features our three main characters in a Garden of Eden-like setting and framed by geometric patterns utilizing a sixteenth century Celestial Alphabet. ​The cover artwork is 100% human-created, designed and

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  • Welcome to Helstaff Books!

    Helstaff Books is the imprint of author and artist Sylvie Helstaff. Sylvie Helstaff is a queer, neurodivergent author who grew up on fantastic folk tales, macabre mythology, and anything else strange and unusual that the local library had to offer. After a two decade career in art and design, they returned to their first love,

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