Welcome to the official website of fiction/fantasy author Brenna MacDonald
Queer friendly novels and stories packed with imagination
More About Brenna
Brenna MacDonald spent her childhood in rural Southern Maine surrounded by literary tradition. She grew up in North Berwick, just around the corner from the historic home of American novelist Sarah Orne Jewett and the library where she harrassed local librarins as a kid eager for new adventures. Raised by a science teacher and a forester, Brenna uses her unique perspective on the ways of the land in her world-building. Her queer identity shapes her indivual experiences and greatly informs her characters and social structures. She spent many years in the greater Phoenix area, where she won several awards during her creative writing studies at her local community college. Brenna currently lives in Bangor with her goblin family and three grimalkins.
Current Projects
Old Wood Rose
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by Brenna MacDonald
Lit is a Romantic, and he just bought a lumber mansion sight unseen because the aesthetic was JUST RIGHT. When he and his partner Buffy arrive and find the old estate is in complete dissaray, Lit has to decide if he wants to accept the incredible loss and go back to his old soul-sucking life, or attempt to revitalize this dream home and invest in this river town of strangers.
The Heart Continues to Beat
This was my 2023 NaNoWriMo project. It is in it's very first draft, and hopefully will become my first fiction novel!
Camp Stillwater
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by Brenna MacDonald
Counselor Aries has a lot on her mind. She finally graduated from Arcane Academy after 10 years of study. Now her parents want her to either move out, or get a job. But Aries has never stuck to one skill long enough to master it! On top of that, she just found out that this will be her best friend's last summer working at camp. Aries decides to kick it up a notch, to convince Libra to stay, and to find out what skill she can master to get a job. But counselors begin to disappear, and strange cryptids are spotted around camp. Can Aries figure out what's happening and save the summer before Camp Stillwater is shut down?
Previous Works/Publications
Crescent Bay - *Available for Sale Summer 2024
by Brenna MacDonald
The witch haven of Crescent Bay is about to be overrun by sea monsters. Their only hope is Bear Nightshade, a third-rate witch who can't even make toast by magic. She must figure out how to unravel the prophecy, and save the town, all in the two weeks left before summer.
Join this magical beach story as Bear struggles to find herself, and her place as a witch in her famous family's shadow.
The Sovereign Dragon - *Available for Sale Summer 2024
by Brenna MacDonald
East Wyndon, a headstrong dragon breeder, is finally given her spirit task. There's only one problem: she's never heard of the dragon she's been tasked to make. Elsewhere in the country: it's time for the spirits to choose a new royal heir, and things don't go as planned. East embarks on a quest with her brother and a prince-on-the-run to complete her task before the covenant between the spirits of the land and humans is broken.
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