Grounded in actual neuroscience, queer-normative worldbuilding, and a uncommon male-POV romantic subplot, this debut carves new territory in style fiction.
United States, twenty third Jun 2025 — Indie creator Sill Bihagia declares the upcoming launch of Pink Demon (Oria Press, August 19, 2025), a fast-paced science fantasy novel that mixes high-stakes emotion, grounded science, and romantic rigidity in a contemporary, genre-blending debut.
After surviving the bloodbath of his distant mining colony, Jesse units out to kill the immortal who spared solely him: the Pink Demon. However Faruhar, the so-called Pink Demon, isn’t what she appears. Laid low with fragmented reminiscences and an ethical code she struggles to uphold, she’s not the mastermind Jesse trains for years to defeat. As Jesse matures right into a formidable fighter, he should select between vengeance, identification, and holding on to the life he rebuilt among the many ashes.
“It reads like fantasy,” Bihagia says, “but it’s grounded in science—CRISPR, neuroscience of memory, and mycological bionetworks. That’s there under the surface for the hard SFF readers, and those who are here for the emotional stakes find a villain who remembers who she loves… even if she forgets why she kills.”
But for all its science, Pink Demon is accessible—anchored by a bisexual thrill-seeker with ADHD, cinematic struggle scenes, and a spicy romantic subplot. Pre-published copies discovered love with each onerous SFF and romantasy readers, significantly for its uncommon male-POV romance arc.
Pink Demon is a standalone entry level to the bigger Oria universe—an indie-led sequence of interconnected science fantasy novels exploring reminiscence, resilience, and the results of survival.
Highlights
- Grounded in neuroscience, genetics, and mycology—however by no means alienating
- Queer-normative worldbuilding with gender-equality
- Spicy romantic subplot, morally grey characters, and emotional depth
- A uncommon male POV romantasy mix with real cross-genre enchantment
- Excellent for followers of Pink Rising, The Poppy Conflict, or Gideon the Ninth
“I had the chance to work on this fast-paced science fantasy as a proofreader, and I was mesmerized by its richly realized setting and characters. I also may or may not have threatened Sill that I need more books set in this world.”
— Danai Christopoulou, Pushcart-nominated creator and editor at Hugo-nominated khōréō
Advance Reader Copies can be found on NetGalley by July 17, 2025.
Print copies can be found upon request for editorial reviewers, booksellers, and librarians.
The e-book options cowl design by award-nominated Maria Spada and character artwork by celebrated Kateryna Vitkovska, and shall be launched in hardcover, paperback, and e-book codecs. Sprayed-edge particular editions shall be accessible at IndieReads.org at no added price for U.S. readers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sill Bihagia is an information analyst, sword collector, and suburban rooster farmer with a background in evolutionary and behavioral neuroscience. They reside in Severna Park, Maryland with their husband and two youngsters. Sill writes speculative fiction with mature, approachable prose, emotional wreckage, and sharp wit. Pink Demon is their debut novel and second printed title. Their new imprint, Oria Press, champions inclusive, human-written speculative fiction with traditional-quality polish, in search of to raise up different indie writers with related values.
RELEASE INFO
Title: Pink Demon
Creator: Sill Bihagia
Style: Science Fantasy / LGBTQ+
Launch Date: August 19, 2025
Codecs: E-book, Paperback, Hardcover, eBook (by way of KDP & IngramSpark); Sprayed-edge editions by way of IndieReads.org
ISBNs:
- Paperback: 978-1-968468-00-2
- Hardcover: 978-1-968468-01-9
- eBook: 978-1-968468-02-6
- Audiobook (Forthcoming 2026): Narrated by Brandon Francis and Cassandra Trieu, produced by Excessive Gravity Productions
For media inquiry please Sill Bihagia at:
E-mail: contact@oriapress.com
Media Contact
Group: Sill Bihagia
Contact Particular person: Sill Bihagia
Web site: https://www.sillbihagia.com
E-mail: Ship E-mail
Nation:United States
Launch id:29688
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