4.25⭐ I don't have the spoons for writing reviews currently, but I can say I enjoyed this a lot. If you're looking for a murder mystery - with some queerness, set in Oxford - in the style of Agatha Christie or Arthur Conan Doyle then this is for you. Plus, excellent editing! -- #AmReading 👀📚💙📚⚡📚🌈

Scam alert: a scammer is soliciting authors in the name of the Crime Writers Association, offering "trend analysis" and other bogus services. I suspect this is another of the Nigerian PR scams that are so prevalent right now thecwa.co.uk/news/beware-...

🐺 A downtrodden ex-soldier. 🦭 A lost inn-owner. ❤️ Blossoming feelings. 🗡️ A dead body. 🏝️ An island, where justice is deadly. Selkie x werewolf Urban fantasy! Buy direct: tinyurl.com/DPPSalt duckprintspress.itch.io/the-salt-in-... GR: tinyurl.com/ys57r2rm TSG: tinyurl.com/2shv5aed 📚🌈📚💙📚🪐

comms are back open ~ dm, or email [email protected] no slots, i'll change my status based on availability. jadezhang.art/comms

🐺 werewolf ex 🪄 wizard on the run 🗡️ a dead body 😱 teleportation gone wrong 🧵 soul bond 😍 second chance romance A story about second chances and forgiveness, and who the true monsters are. 📚🪐📚🌈📚💙 📚 🤏 DL/Buy: jdrivers.itch.io/we-drink-the...

I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.

🐺 A downtrodden ex-soldier. 🦭 A lost inn-owner. ❤️ Blossoming feelings. 🗡️ A dead body. 🏝️ An island, where justice is deadly. Selkie x werewolf Urban fantasy! Buy direct: tinyurl.com/DPPSalt duckprintspress.itch.io/the-salt-in-... GR: tinyurl.com/ys57r2rm TSG: tinyurl.com/2shv5aed 📚🌈📚💙📚🪐

Original artwork now available for sale: ko-fi.com/s/55fbdcfda6

We've only received single-digit event proposals so far! 😢 Did you attend any of our incredible online panels this past year? Those came from folks submitting their panel ideas! Event proposals are open to the public. You do NOT have to be a @cartoonist.coop member to pitch us a NIF event!!¹

These are two covers that I made for my husband's MM novel in 2 parts, which was banned back home, the moment its official edition became a bestseller. I'm really very proud of those covers. It differs from my work you usually see, but I hope you like it. #mmart #BLart #mmromance #coverart

Today is the last offical summer day (if I look at the next days weather). So, to make it an even better day, share any good news you have gotten this week! Any good thing that happened to you! Let me start: That today is such a beautiful day. It's sunny and bright, and not too warm.

Just in case some people missed the memo: DO NOT USE ULINE. EVER. IDGAF if you think they "have the best prices" or "have the best tape". Buying from them because of one of those reasons just tells me your morals have a price tag. Throw your packaging sources in the comments.

DEADLINE EXTENDED THROUGH TUESDAY! We still have a few spots left for one-on-one editor consults! If you already registered for the WriteHive Lite retreat, you should have received a link to apply for the consults. 🐝

Welcome to the weekend! What indie or self-published book are you currently reading or planning to? #ReadIndieFantasy

In this new subscriber essay @tobiascarroll looks at how Alan Moore's new novel presents an imaginary London - and how it's like and unlike other versions. Subscribe now to read this & other essays: AUD30/yr (~USD19/GBP15). www.speculativeinsight.com

Today is the last offical summer day (if I look at the next days weather). So, to make it an even better day, share any good news you have gotten this week! Any good thing that happened to you! Let me start: That today is such a beautiful day. It's sunny and bright, and not too warm.

I should not drink a second coffee...so a second it is

So after the sale comes reality. This months numbers look bleak so far. If you are in the mood for some fantasy quest mixed with archaelogy & a side of romance, check out: itch.io/c/5631027/ot... more in the mood for a short murder mystery & a side of romance? tinyurl.com/DPPSalt 📚🌈📚🪐📚💙

Just remember, I have a newsletter you can subscribe to at jd-rivers.com for all important updates aaaaaaand you can support me at my patreon www.patreon.com/c/JDRivers And yes, that is Finn. Finn is the bestest boy in the world and no you can't change my mind. ;)

The Witch Door friday update (YES A SECOND UPDATE IN A WEEK WHOOP WHOOP!!) 🆕 www.thewitchdoor.com/comic/chapte... New reader? Start here: www.thewitchdoor.com/comic/prolog... #thewitchdoor #webcomics #comicoop

You are allowed to mute words and accounts to safe your own mental health, even those dealing with current shit. You are allowed to surround yourself with things that make you happy. Mute the shit out of your timeline, unfollow, block. Self-care in online spaces is important.

Happy Bi Visibility Week to the main character of The Chosen One Con, Max Farrow! Max enjoys the finer things in life, which is why he enters a contest of celebrity mages - to steal what they have for himself. Artwork by the talented @aowna.bsky.social 💙 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

If you’re feeling particularly sad or dysfunctional right now and you’re an American, it’s important to remember that the wheels are kind of coming off our society and to be kind to yourself. Your struggle w/ depression or anxiety may reflect the reality of the world we live in and dealing with that

"Fascism is a temper trantrum disguised as an ideology." Scream it loud for the back rows.

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

I recently learned that my local Canadian library is connected to Hoopla! I had thought Hoopla was an American thing. The number of ebooks I can borrow without ever having to leave my house has just multiplied tenfold. It's great. (And audiobooks, comics, movies, shows...For free! In a legal way!)

(oh that's a fair few quite quickly, I might run out of reckons before I run out of likes) 1) The modern novella scene is incredibly vibrant, to a large extent thanks to tordotcom, but tordotcom's dominance of the market is now a problem. There are *superb* smaller press novellas going unnoticed.

Okay so: What if Weird Cosmic Horror... ...but also QueeRomance? We've got you covered, don't fret. DEAR STUPID PENPAL, an epistolary Sci-Horror novel, out this November from @rascalhartley.bsky.social Preorders coming soon🚀👁️📡💀 Cover art by @carlydraws.bsky.social

okay folks enough doomscrolling today, time for a new puzzle and some audiobook gold. See you on the other side.

The BFS would love to connect with more queer authors and create events that celebrate them. At the moment, our location in Queer Lit in Manchester, so please get in touch if you're interested. [email protected] #QueerBooks #LGBTQIA #SFFH

A hill I will 100% die on is that media piracy is not a noble, morally good act. You don’t want to give your coin to corporate media? That’s great, actually. There’s plenty of independent, interesting art that’s better than corporate media and needs your support in a capitalist hellscape. BUT… 🧵

Wow...It really took me a moment to see beyond the camouflage.

The official Canadian Petition to reign in payment processor censorship has stalled out just under 10k signatures. This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

I'm now waiting on five important emails, and I know from neither when it will be resolved...🙃 My neurodivergent brain is not liking that.

Libby needs to update their final holds notice from "available soon" to "will now be available at the most inconvenient time". #booksky problems.

my new horror novel FABULOUS BODIES is out next summer. PREORDER NOW to give your future self a little treat AND support art you enjoy. preorders are SO important and all it takes is a few clicks. EXCITED FOR OUR NIGHT OF CARNAGE IN PALM SPRINGS. LETS TROT BUCKAROOS us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

2 weeks away! {comic by @heyluchie.bsky.social}

What a sad day. What a beautiful letter.

This Sunday, Fulton and Montgomery counties are celebrating Pride on the FMCC campus from 10 to 2. There’ll be performances, activities, a bounce house, food trucks, vendors, and more! Even if you don’t come by the vendors, I hope you’ll check it out! You can learn more at fulmontpride.org!

r/AnimeFigures user pinged HobbyLink Japan after noticing 18+ anime figures missing. In response, HLJ said, "due to recent changes in our operations, we have made the decision to remove all adult-oriented items from our website." www.reddit.com/r/AnimeFigur... H/T @sisiri.moe.observer for the find

Round of applause to @srlpublishing.bsky.social for this: a web page listing each of their books stolen by Meta. More active shaming of techbro thieves from publishers, please! srlpublishing.co.uk/product-cate...

eARCs send out proofs ordered epub uploaded 28 days to goooooooooooooo

After returning from Adabel, Onder is lost. But when a new path opens for him, he is hesitant to walk it. With the future of the tribe on the line, will he be able to secure his own freedom or bow to pressure? 📚🪐📚💙📚🌈📚🤏 Companion to "The Edge of a World" DL/Buy: jdrivers.itch.io/the-path-the...

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Happy bisexual awareness week! We’re celebrating with bi books – some with explicit rep, some with implied, but all speaking to us as having characters who go both/all ways! Except on one-way streets; follow traffic laws, y’all! List as text with links: duckprintspress.com/2025/09/16/h... 🌈📚

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now. But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library! It's easy! Check your library's website.

Call to action for Alabama! Leave a public comment on a truly terrible proposal that would ban "positive descriptions" of trans people in libraries. www.erininthemorning.com/p/positive-d...

This anthology will include my story "A Frozen Woman of Balecrocus" in which a woman with ice magic has scores to settle🧊🧙‍♀️☠️

The petition is nearly at 10k - just a little bit more of a push is needed!

WE WERE THERE FIRST. LLMs only have em-dashes because *actual living writers* have used them for 100+ years. LLMs use them because *we used them first* and they stole them *to sound like real writers.* SCREW THE WRITING MACHINE! Read REAL writers. And reject the machine that steals from them!