I'm like a mom, I don't have favorites because I love all my indie author friends. Instead, I'll shout out some I've read and loved recently @luketarzian.bsky.social @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social @bengalley.bsky.social @emilybarlowauthor.bsky.social @paulgzareith.ink @benjaminaeveryn.bsky.social

My usual research methods have failed me so PLEASE HELP... I need to know what happened to carriages at noble balls. I'm looking at late medieval up to regency era. Did they hang around for the duration or did they drop off the guests and return for them at the time the ball was scheduled to end?

Let's go 🤞

Tired of fantasy that thinks worldbuilding is: “The raknash stood with its ceramikai upon its melashash.” And give me more fantasy that thinks worldbuilding is: “She wore a shell bracelet because she was pregnant.”

WEEK 5: This mixes quite a lot. It’s post apocalyptic event, with more of a fantasy-based event than scifi, but notes of both are still there. In that sense it’s urban fantasy, but it reads as a fantasy world unlike our own. @benjaminaeveryn.bsky.social fanfiaddict.com/review-black...

WE DID NOT FALL SHORT

A few times now I've attempted to write a mid-2000s fantasy/horror loosely based on my own experiences as a teenager, but every time it makes me start spinning out and I have to stop. Those weren't good years for me, even though I think they'd be interesting to others.

I want to play too! 9 games! Diablo and Goldeneye could easily be swapped with Age of Empires, Animal Crossing, Guild Wars 2, Minecraft... There's a ton of games I like a lot. But the other 6 feel particularly special to me and it would be hard to swap them out. Meme from my9games.com.

My new book is out today! Dreamhiker is the sequel to Venomborn and expands the world and deepens the characters. Everything is about to get darker, more mysterious, and true to form for me, soaked in rain 😅⛈️ www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL2X75MW

Guys Dreamhiker is out TOMORROW!

SAGRAMORE!!!! I really like Sir Sagramore, so I wanted to make him look cool

Wrapping up on my latest trilogy now and I'm a little lost for what to work on next. I have a standalone novel half outlined, a few short story ideas, some ttrpg stuff I wanna explore... but only so much time. Creative triage is required

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

I accidentally started designing a ttrpg

Finished the final proofread and uploading the finished version of Dreamhiker ready for launch!

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Quote with your horn art!

Been kicking around an idea for a project for years now and I've just found out that a group of people have beaten me to it. But not only that, they're using the *exact same name* I'd planned to use for the project 🥲 c'est la vie, I suppose

James’ books are well worth checking out!

Just sent out ARCs for Dreamhiker! 🦊

It's going to be cool when the twist ending to Stranger Things pays off, but I fear the Duffers underestimated exactly how much people would crash out at this stage of the process. It's getting WILD out there

This is the year of Echoes of Elarien and we are *not* slowing down! If you're interested in an ARC of Dreamhiker, just hit the link below. All I ask from ARC readers is to leave an honest and fair review on GR/Amazon when the book releases. forms.gle/cxQoQRXJVchQ...

Alas, it looks like I didn't make it through the lottery this time. I shall crawl back into my dark hole and wait till next year

This is the year of Echoes of Elarien and we are *not* slowing down! If you're interested in an ARC of Dreamhiker, just hit the link below. All I ask from ARC readers is to leave an honest and fair review on GR/Amazon when the book releases. forms.gle/cxQoQRXJVchQ...

Rewatching Stranger Things 1 in the wake of the finale and, man, this is a totally different show. Tonally, visually, thematically. It's not even the same genre. Wish we could have had 5 seasons of *this* show

I've entered Venomborn! Fingers crossed I get through the lottery into the competition! 🤞

A bunch of people have got onto my mailing list via a link that should be completely hidden and not available anywhere at the moment? I'm so confused how this has happened

New Knives Out is good. I rate it my second favourite of the Knives Outs

The cat is very perturbed that I am up and writing at 5:30am. As am I

The problem with drafting 2 books back-to-back is that I then had to *edit* them both which means I'm only now getting back to drafting after far too long

One month until Echoes of Elarien begins with the shiny new re-launch of Venomborn! It's going to be a crazy year and I can't wait!

Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free. Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.

New 📌 time. I'm Benjamin Aeveryn, author of Echoes of Elarien and Rainfallen, and I write stories about love, nature, and monsters. If you're curious about my writing, get a taste at benjaminaeveryn.com or dive into one of my two series! 👋 📚

LAUNCH DAAAAAAY!!! THE BOOK OF SPORES anthology goes live on Kickstarter in ONE HOUR! Go support our mad, fungi-fueled crowdfunding project starting at 9am EST 🍄 Back The Book of Spores HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

My crowdfund is now LIVE! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...

It's a Sunday morning in A Month of Rain & Reads, and we've got you something to read. In today's Guest Post, B.S.H. Garcia @bshgarcia.bsky.social talks about the power of ideas and how they can be explored through fiction. www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-posts-... #BookSky #AMoRaR

Don't usually share stuff like this, but I'm super interested to see how this project turns out. I think Tim Hickson has a really great goal with this (potential) series and want to see it actualised. So... check it out? www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...

Going feral on Pagebound

Fuck Canva to be quite honest

What's next from our #SFINC3 judges today? Heroes of Ferth by @benjaminaeveryn.bsky.social, reviewed by @justairythings.bsky.social grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/h...

Fear I may have to push the Venomborn re-release back to early January. Everything is very crowded at the moment and as keen as I was to get it out in time for SPFBO, I don't think it's worth scuppering my launch dropping in December just for a 50% chance to get into the comp :/

ETHOS in Grimdark Magazine!

We're celebrating Ace Pride Week with 15 indie books featuring major asexual characters or written by ace SFF authors! www.readindiefantasy.com/books-for-ac... (Don't forget to check out our LGBTQIA+ book collection for more or to submit your own ace book!)

Look at this cool new cover I have for Rainfallen 🥹 The old one leaned into the post-apocalyptic side of the series but it wasn't resonating as well with my readers so now we're going full dark fantasy vibes! Love this cover so much and I think my design skills are improving! Art by Felix Ortix

Look at this cool new cover I have for Rainfallen 🥹 The old one leaned into the post-apocalyptic side of the series but it wasn't resonating as well with my readers so now we're going full dark fantasy vibes! Love this cover so much and I think my design skills are improving! Art by Felix Ortix

There are basically only two positions in the debate about my friend’s Tupperware business. 1. It seems like a scam and we’re all going to lose our houses. Pyramid schemes suck. 2. I’ve invested my life savings. Holy cow, I’m gonna be rich. Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.

Have you backed the ETHOS kickstarter featuring @jamesldulin.bsky.social, @bshgarcia.bsky.social, @benjaminaeveryn.bsky.social, EJ Doble, Jonathan Neves & Morgan Shank. This collection will feature morally-nuanced dark fantasy stories. I’m a backer & you should consider supporting it too

The launch of the ETHOS Kickstarter is just around the corner, so check out what our early readers have been saying! Six authors. Six philosophical ideas. Six dark fantasy novelettes. Follow the prelaunch page to be notified when the campaign goes live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/133...

The launch of the ETHOS Kickstarter is just around the corner, so check out what our early readers have been saying! Six authors. Six philosophical ideas. Six dark fantasy novelettes. Follow the prelaunch page to be notified when the campaign goes live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/133...