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Independent publishing for romantasy and dark romantasy.
Vellum & Iron Press
We publish stories where love is powerful, magic has consequences, and desire can reshape entire kingdoms. Vellum & Iron Press is dedicated to romantasy and dark romantasy — immersive worlds, high emotional stakes, and characters who refuse to be harmless.
A New Romantasy World Begins
CROWN OF CORRUPTION
Marry the curse. Pay in blood.
Two worlds divided by class and cruelty. A forced bond meant to end a war—until it becomes a weapon. In the Iron Slums, survival is a currency. In the Golden Heights, power is a religion. And love? Love is the most expensive lie.
Manifesto
Vellum & Iron Press exists for readers who want romance with teeth, magic with a cost, and characters who were never meant to be harmless.
We believe dark romance is at its strongest when the world is intense, the choices are costly, and the love story changes who the characters become.
What we look for in stories:
Emotionally charged romances and high‑stakes fantasy.
Morally gray characters and dangerous dynamics.
Dark, sensory, atmospheric worlds.
Prose that leans into voice, mood, and tension.
Plots that stay with you long after the last page.
We publish the magic that leaves scars and the love you cannot forget.
We publish the kind of magic that leaves a mark.
Sera Ravenport
Sera Ravenport writes romantasy for readers who never trusted fairy tale endings.
Raised on a literary diet of Shakespeare's tragedies, Poe's darkness, and the Brontë sisters' wildness, Sera discovered early that the best stories live in the spaces between light and shadow—where villains have reasons, heroes have flaws, and love is as dangerous as it is inevitable.
When she's not crafting morally complex anti-heroes or building magic systems that cost more than they give, you'll find her rereading Frankenstein for the hundredth time, arguing that Wuthering Heights is a romance (it is), or getting lost in the kind of modern fantasy that doesn't shy away from asking hard questions.
Crowns & Corruption is her debut novel—a dark romantasy where power corrupts, shadows obey, and the line between hero and villain is written in blood.
Sera lives somewhere between the pages of Gothic classics and contemporary fantasy, which is exactly where she prefers to be.