Bramble lands two seven-and-eight-figure fantasy deals this month
Devney Perry's City of Saint series went for eight figures and Sarah Beth Durst's Spellshop extension for seven, both at Bramble.
Two Bramble deals in one roundup, eight figures for Devney Perry and seven for Sarah Beth Durst, is the kind of signal worth sitting with. This isn't one outlier auction, it's a publisher backing fantasy and cozy fantasy at serious money twice in the same month. If you write in that lane, this is your evidence for the query letter, not just a nice headline to skim past. Watch where Bramble spends next; that's the tell for where the genre money is actually moving.
Why it matters to you: Back-to-back seven and eight-figure fantasy acquisitions at one imprint show publishers are still paying premium money for the genre right now.
This story ran in the Coral Wire edition of Sat, Oct 17 2026, when the Coral Index stood at 53/100 (Mixed signals).
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- People & Publishing Roundup, October 2026locusmag.com
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