Dot Slash Magic
by Liz Shipton
Publication date: August 19th 2025
Genres: New Adult, Urban Fantasy
A new, spicy urban fantasy from TikTokker Liz Shipton, perfect for fans of I am Number Four, Wreck it Ralph and ACOTAR.
What if you wrote a magic computer program? What if that magic computer program started summoning monsters?
When twenty-something coder Seven Jones goes back to school at a community college in San Diego, the last thing she wants is to join some stupid club. And the last thing she expects is to walk into an underground magic club. Like, actual wizards and shit.
Seven reluctantly joins the motley crew of magic weirdos and discovers her own power. But she struggles to control it…until she figures out how to channel her magic through an artificially intelligent computer program.
Unfortunately, there is literally nothing Seven’s new friends hate more than AI, and when a student mysteriously turns up dead, blame falls on Seven. Is her “creepy artificial magic” summoning terrifying creatures to hunt students? Or is someone trying to frame her?
With only one person – cute ex-Navy seal Logan – on her side, Seven fights monsters (Dragon? Check. Kraken? Check) while struggling to convince everyone that her AI has nothing to do with them.
But how can she convince her peers when she isn’t totally convinced herself?
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220238737-dot-slash-magic
Purchase:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mOUYF9
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dot-slash-magic-liz-shipton/1146395811
iBooks: https://books.apple.com/us/book/dot-slash-magic/id6736672919
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/dot-slash-magic?sId=d78f4c69-fa3f-4523-95cf-f45f17936c6b
About the author:
Hi! I’m Liz. I’m a freelance writer, indie author, and full-time, off-grid, live-aboard sailor. I’m currently sailing around the world with my boyfriend and my dog, turning my real-life adventures into speculative fiction.
I feel extremely grateful to be able to explore the world as I do, and I love incorporating the experiences, places, and people I encounter on my travels into my work.
I also use my books as a means to explore themes of mental health, addiction, technology, climate change, and the looming collapse of society (but, like…in a fun way.)
When I’m not penning novels about the impending apocalypse, I work as a freelance content writer specializing in articles about code, music theory, and off-grid living. On the rare occasion I’m not writing, you can find me swimming, hiking, telling my dog I love her for the bazillionth time today, or watching Taskmaster.
Author links:
https://lizshipton.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lizshiptonauthor/
https://www.tiktok.com/@lizshiptonauthor
https://www.facebook.com/lizshiptonauthor
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23026308.Liz_Shipton
Sounds really great