We are delighted to announce that we are organizing a cover reveal for The Southern Sorority of Superstitious Witches by Katie Ortiz on May 28th, 2026 & we’d love your help to reveal it! 😍
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Welcome to THE SOUTHERN SORORITY OF SUPERSTITIOUS WITCHES.
Where the dresses are lace, the magic is blood-soaked, and the women are furious.
In 1870 Alabama, three women turn to forbidden folklore and sinister magic to earn the right to higher education for women everywhere.
This Southern Gothic Dark Academia Fantasy will be published on October 6th, 2026 from Alcove Press!
Add it to your TBR if you love:
💜 dark academia
🌾 blood sacrifice witchcraft
💜 sapphic longing
🌾 supporting women’s rights & women’s wrongs
💜 Southern Gothic atmosphere
🌾 feminine rage
We can’t wait to reveal this cover, it is absolutely STUNNING!! Catch a sneak peek in the banner/temporary cover below and definitely sign up if you are interested. 📖💜
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Cover Reveal Details:
– We are looking for 10+ Bookstagrammers to help us reveal the cover.
– Hosts will receive digital ARCs of The Southern Sorority of Superstitious Witches (to be sent via Netgalley once they become available!).
– As always, this is open internationally!
Note: MTMC’s cover reveal will take place on May 28th, 2026 (Thursday) so make sure you are available on that date to participate.
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Here’s more about the book:
The Southern Sorority of Superstitious Witches by Katie Ortiz
Published by Alcove Press on October 6, 2026
Genres: Southern Gothic, Historical Fantasy
Format: ARC, eBook
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In this spellbinding Southern Gothic novel, three women weave together old Southern folklore and magic to fight sexism and educational discrimination in post-Civil War Alabama, perfect for fans of Hester Fox and Louisa Morgan.
When Lucille, Catherine, and Victoria are invited to participate in a trial semester for women at Alabama's most prestigious university, they each have their own reasons for accepting. Lucille wants freedom from both her father's control and reminders of her traitorous first love. Catherine wants to escape an arranged marriage meant to halt her attraction to women. And Victoria wants to run from the guilt that haunts her after the death of one of her fellow mill girls.
The trial semester will determine whether or not women across the state will be allowed to attend other universities. But the enrolled women quickly learn that success is not guaranteed, and some of their male cohorts are determined to see them fail. When the men's pranks go too far, Lucille, Catherine, and Victoria form a coven under the guise of a sorority and call upon witchcraft steeped in the traditions of southern folklore to fight back.
As they gather their fellow witches, they discover there is something darker at work at the university, a force that is determined to expel all the women at the university, and they'll need all the allies they can get if they want to succeed.
For fans of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls and Weyward, this historical speculative novel explores the darker side of human nature and the ways in which women navigate—and survive—oppressive, male-dominated societies.
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About Katie Ortiz
Katie Ortiz is a writer, teacher, wife, feminist, and cat mom from Alabama. She’s a member of the Alabama Historical Association and writes accessible historical fiction with a speculative twist. Her writing often explores the darker sides of human nature and the ways in which women navigate and survive in oppressive, male dominated societies. She attended the 2023, 2024, and 2025 Alabama Writing Day Workshops and the 2023 Atlanta Writers Conference. When she’s not writing at her favorite local coffee shop, she fights for the right to education every day as a public school teacher, reads witchy books, or takes her two cats on walks.
Katie is represented by Alexandra D’Amico at The Rights Factory