Livia J. Elliot writes literary speculative fiction that fuses political theory, psychological depth, and philosophical horror for readers who read to solve. She’s currently releasing two series: Records of The Orders (a literary speculative fantasy,) and Tales of the Bookshelves (psychological fairy tales for adults). Livia is also the host of the award-nominated podcast Books Undone, offering thematic analyses of literary speculative fiction. Finally, she’s the lead writer of Unearthed Stories, a mobile app publishing interactive speculative fiction.
A note from Livia…
I am currently publishing two distinct series—Records of the Orders and Tales of the Bookshelves—in addition to interactive fiction through the app Unearthed Stories. Regardless of the medium, my work explores identity, struggle, self-knowledge, the cost of knowledge and how it enables choices; philosophy disguised in fiction.
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Records of the Orders is a multi-book series. A philosophical fantasy of Thucydidean politics, eldritch beings, and psychological horror woven into fractured timelines. The violence is thematic, not exploitative; the horror is existential, not voyeuristic.
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Tales of the Bookshelves unfolds in clean, fairy tales tones: first-person narrators, character-driven, and emotionally resonant. It explores anxiety, depression, bullying, trauma, and the aftermath in the journey to mending. These are all standalones that can be read in any order.
Each series stands alone. What binds them is an insistence on interiority, the underlying psychology that grounds my character-work, and the philosophical themes around identity, control, self-definition, and more.
I write for readers who prefer fiction that echoes long after the final page—sometimes with beauty, sometimes with discomfort. For those who dare.
PS: For those who want clarity, my work has no sexual violence, neither depicted nor implied. That boundary is deliberate.