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🚀 spaceships 🌡️ dark conspiracies 🎭 brotherhood ❌ no romance 🐛 strange creatures 🤖 futuristic 🪐 other worlds 🐈 a rescue cat 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56... [ #booksky ]

Tyler could be convinced to start a cult, as long as it was a fun cult (not one of those drab ones where all you do is paperwork, you know?)

@victoriastrauss.com Hi! Not sure if you've run into this "contest" before, but I wanted to give a heads-up as it feels scammy and they've started following a bunch of independent and unpublished (including querying) authors. The contest claims it's for novels, but they only ever assess the

Just got followed by a new competition and now the internal debate begins over whether it's a legitimately good opportunity, or just a recipe for getting burned (esp. as it's another one that just reads the first couple chapters and also requires an entry fee)

Year of the Fire Horse

This “queer tales” series has been a labor of love since we founded Neon Hemlock in 2019. GLITTER + ASHES: QUEER TALES OF A WORLD THAT WOULDN’T DIE was sorta the first, but it stole the series title from…

Going to try and draw some of my characters instead of just random people, so we'll see how long I'm doing this before I throw my sketchbook at the wall 🤣

Got my sketchbook out to try and practice a bit. The second sketch page is from the fall (as are most of the sketches kn the first page)

Just finished Alan Wake II and I'm both glad and sad I didn't play it before releasing TETK 🤣 If you play games and have access to it and also enjoyed TETK, I think you will like this game; they are spiritually very similar

Dearest horror readers & monster friends! I have been given the power of the Giveaway Option and can offer a digital copy of this beauty for FREE in case you're in post-Valentine's slump and need a spicy pick-me-up 📚👀😱❤️‍🔥 #BookSky #horror #lgbt

Any indies have SF/F/H books coming out in March? I'm building next month's new release post, and there's room for new titles! You can submit the book info using the form below 😊 #booksky #writingcommunity #writing #indiebooks docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I ordered a paperback of one of these issues recently and it was delightful

This song is just so fucking good link.deezer.com/s/32sqyFET2L... "I am the fly that dreams of the spider The path to the web becomes deeper and wider I dream of the silk that is tangled inside you And know that I want to be somewhere beside you"

#Febchantment 14 (late) From a new WIP I have yet to edit:

#WIPSnips - "Never" This graphic may be hideous, but it's mine 🤣 This is part of the bit from The Wings of Ashtaroth I was trying to record a reading of! Find it here!: books2read.com/u/49dn8Y steve-westenra.itch.io/the-wings-of... #booksky #epicfantasy #transauthor

#Febchantment Speaking of surprise napalm cats... Kuraima only hide themselves in cuter forms. Their actual forms and battle tendencies would probably have them categorized as an SCP in real life. CW: sort of torturous?

#Febchantment Day 14 The most terrifying thing about the magic that permeates my world is its unpredictability. One small mistake, and everyone ends up as cinders. Or flamingos. Or soup tureens. Occasionally, all at once.

This fashion-forward space opera anthology from @neonhemlock.bsky.social is six (6) days & just over $3500 from funding! Please consider: -getting an e-book -treating yourself to Neon Hemlock's entire 2026 catalogue -single-handedly funding one of the stretch goals Or just spreading the word!

Happy Valentine's Day from Willsboro Point 🖤 🪦 🦈 #GraveyardShark #indiehorror

Very impatient to see people's reaction to the CoA chapter for which this is my playlist song 🤣

🧙 wild witches 🐦‍⬛ a crow (or two) 🔮 portal fantasy 🐈‍⬛ a cat who wanders in 👨‍❤️‍👨 true love 🗡️ revenge 👑 evil faeries 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/rlEOgP 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/enlil-aris-t... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... [ #booksky ]

Today I'm working on editing The Crown of Asmodeus (what I have written so far, which is about 130k). Contemplating moving the last chapter I wrote (the one at the end of the document) to the upcoming set of posts, but it's A Choice, because it includes two of the biggest reveals of the series D :

"Warmth by Moonlight" Available on @everydayoriginal.bsky.social ! Painted in watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on 140lb Arches hot press paper and framed (in a hand-painted and gilded circular frame). everydayoriginal.com/product/warm...

#Febchantment Day 14 I've been reading other people's answers for these without posting my own, as TWoA doesn't really have magic in the way described (so my answers would be boring, haha), but this is very applicable! Pretty much all magic (maybe better expressed as "the supernatural") is creepy!

CFIA ensures the safety of our freakin' *food supplies* & Carney is cutting thousands of jobs. I, for one, think we should have MORE food inspectors. We could fund those positions by cutting the $10K/y pay increase all the MPs (who already get over 200K) are about to get.😑 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

From a bonus chapter I wrote for #SandsofHazzan that falls between The Wings of Ashtaroth and The Crown of Asmodeus! I think this whole chapter is still one of my favourite things I've written Links if you like the writing! books2read.com/u/49dn8Y steve-westenra.itch.io/the-wings-of... #booksky

Eat or be eaten- happy Valentine’s Day 👀

Any politician using the Cass Review to justify anything is dishonest, especially Bridget Phillipson. It is un-peer-reviewed pseudoscience that has been, & will continue to be, discredited by multiple peer-reviewed publications all of which have more credibility than Cass. These are listed here;

I’m just barely scraping by until I get paid. Any help would be appreciated. ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...

Out now! Happy Valentine's day to all the lesbian vampire lovers 💓 If you preordered via itch, you should be able to download the book from its listing there now

I've been looking FORWARD to this :3 ❤️‍🔥Monstrous spice by HUMAN artists❤️‍🔥 If you're a collector, there's also a SPECIAL, GOLD-FOILED HARDCOVER EDITION among the choices on Dead Fox Publishing's website 📚👀 Support a small press today! Happy spooky Valentine's! 📚😱 deadfoxpub.com/products/twi...

There's An Evil Void In My House is releasing in three days. My latest horror/comedy novella features blood, impossible hellish creatures, and loads of humor. Pre-order your copy today! a.co/d/0b6DLAVx

It's my birthday, hurrah! For my birthday I'd really love as many shares on this post as we can make happen! Hi, I'm AK, and I write exceedingly queer books! Feel free to ask me about them! ravenswordpress.com

This is a terrific book; if you like grimdark fantasy with a wild landscape, you should pick it up.

My novella once more spotted in the wild!!! If you want a copy and are in the area don't miss the chance!!! Selkie x Werewolf! Moody Island! Murder! And check out all the other lovely lovely loooovely queer stories 📚🌈📚🪐

#WIPSnips - "Serious" I've shared this one before, for "sorry," but it works here as well & it's a part I think I remember others resonating with! From The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle

Made a second attempt at recording a reading and paused it. Realized it was already 3 minutes and 10 seconds without having even finished the chunk I wanted to read. I'm not sure there's much point in trying to do this for Bsky 🤣

Grave Cold is your perfect crossover read for Friday the 13th & Valentine's Day. Much of the book is set in cemeteries, but there's also a bit of blooming romance between our outgoing necromancer and reticent reaper. Now at Bookshop! Buy yours! books2read.com/GraveCold

Very, VERY happy to be on this list 🎉

#FantasyIndiesFebruary Day 13: Free Friday A shout out to those who participated in my cover reveal. It was so exciting to see it appearing all over my socials yesterday. The sequel to Far Removed is Our Ways Unmasked, and it is coming on 25 June.

Today’s High Court ruling found trans employees may be segregated in British changing rooms and toilets. I’ve written to my union, @actorsequity.bsky.social , to ask how we’ll be fighting to ensure govt guidance doesn’t permit that. British actors deserve dignity at work and that means *all* of us.

Happy Friday XIII, Gabino! Since it's Friday the 13th, and tomorrow is Valentine's Day, I would like to share my first novella. If you want something bittersweet and classy but with just the right amount of tasteful gore, this is for you. linktr.ee/authorlevai

#SFFChat Q4: Emile navigating a conversation about power with his beloved friend Luhifa, while sitting with the difference in the nature of their affection with an open heart.

#SandsofHazzan Rereading bits of The Crown of Asmodeus in preparation for editing Lots of bits in this particular chapter that I thought about sharing, but mostly they were either disturbing or spoilery (or both!) for anyone who hasn't read TWoA

#SFFChat Q3 I'm gonna shout out our host @stevewestenra.bsky.social this time because The Wings of Ashtaroth has a number of romantic subplots and from what I recall a lot of them go horribly wrong, which I find way too fun

There's a character who'll appear more directly in The Crown of Asmodeus, who I'm really excited for people to meet more deeply D : D: link.deezer.com/s/32rmFy52Te... (working on Crown atm to see if I can get a chapter edited to go up, and this song--which I associate with her--came on)

Be Series is on sale as part of the Be My Valentine (An Impossible Dream) & The Indie Author Hive (all 3 in the series) #SYKD events Feb 9-13!!! Be My Valentine: www.indieauthorcollective.com/be-my-valent... Hive: www.theindieauthorhive.com/new-page-1 Be Series: www.amazon.com/dp/B0987YP9JX

Oooh it's PLR season again ! Canadians, make sure you register so that you can get good money for your books being in libraries. YES this is open to self-published books, go get it !! publiclendingright.ca