Currently in week two of four on an overseas trip and have gone back to thinking about Alpha book 2, my current WIP and the next planned series. I can’t wait to get back and start writing again 💪 Sorry to my notes app in the meantime 🙃

AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN eBooks have been sent to all Kickstarter backers! 🎉📚💙 If you backed the Kickstarter, check your email! For everyone else, pre-orders are available wherever you read eBooks. The full-color hardcover version to come later. 🔗 www.adamcbassett.com/setting-map-...

Round 2 of the Together is a Distant Star launch is live in just under an hour! youtube.com/live/0G7lNIB...

Join me, @cblansdell.bsky.social & @nataliekelda.bsky.social at the virtual launch party with hosts @afictionalescapist.bsky.social & @tommock.bsky.social to chat about how this got off the ground and what it was like to be part of such a unique project! 💙📚🪐📚🌎

🌟 I BELONG 🌟 It’s RELEASE DAY! 🎉 Congrats to me and my 11 fantastic peers and our hardworking support team for setting up this stunning anthology! 12 stories that juggle the theme of belonging. Read them now!! 👉 www.karenlykkebo.com/togetherisad... 💙📚

Together is a Distant Star launches tomorrow!!! Join the live shows with some of the wonderful authors! First live in 10 hours! youtube.com/live/X_sSwD0...

Join the authors of Together is a Distant Star and I for the official launch! We are so excited to bring this book to light and share these wonderful stories of belonging with the world! May 18th at 9pm UTC and May 19th 12 noon UTC! youtube.com/live/X_sSwD0...

The indie releases for March and April are a tad late apologies! However, they are MIGHTY! Check out this stacked list! youtu.be/vXCT5jWuFDg?...

Hello, hi, so... 👀👀 forms.gle/nGYWNuSrDvEN... Would you like an ARC of Untwined from me in the very near future? Pls fill this out! #BookSky 💙📚 (you can also receive the first book in case you haven't read it yet)

Pre orders are now live for Together is a Distant Star! Join me on my journey as I read all 12 stories then hit that pre order button! youtu.be/zO9t_Qj4DP4?...

A solid debut!

I'm excited to share the title of my contribution to Together is a Distant Star! Tiiv Kaadan is a Botanaari term, and is the description of a sensation as much as it is about the concept of belonging. The collection publishes May 19! Additional info in the comments.

HEAR YE, HEAR YE! In less than a month this beautiful anthology goes live! A collaboration between 12 women and queer authors, the stories revolve around the theme of Belonging and span across timelines, dimensions, through dark fantasy worlds, and folklore. Still a few days to apply for an arc! 👇

Utterly charming! No notes.

I BELONG Together is a Distant Star, coming May 19th, an anthology of Sci-fi and Fantasy stories about "belonging" My story, Fire Burns the Night, is Beatrix's origin story ^_^ 🌈📚💙📚

I BELONG Together is a Distant Star, coming May 19th, an anthology of Sci-fi and Fantasy stories about "belonging" Do readers like Dark Fantasy from the POV of a golem? Created for obedience, can it discover its true purpose? ARC signups are now available. #anthology #latinsky

I BELONG Together is a Distant Star, coming May 19th, an anthology of Sci-fi and Fantasy stories about "belonging" My story in this anthology is DEEP SNOW

This week's #blog is about Together is a Distant Star, a short story collection I've contributed to. There's also a little bit about my story in the post too. You can read more about the project here: ajcalvin.net/together-is-... #booksky

We've got another exciting cover reveal today, this time for Together Is a Distant Star, a new SFF anthology featuring stories from indie greats on the theme of belonging: www.readindiefantasy.com/cover-reveal...

And we have a second cover reveal, in this case, a new anthology called Together is a Distant Star, featuring a diverse roster of authors. Cover by @cblansdell.bsky.social. Full info: jamreads.com/reveals/cove... 💙📚

It's #CoverReveal time! Today on the blog I have the privilege to help share the cover for Together is a Distant Star, an SFF anthology about belonging, featuring stories from a bunch of great indie authors. It's stunning! Release date: 19 May 2026 www.alankdell.co.uk/...#CoverReveal 💙📚🪐 #SFF #IndieApril

⭐️ COVER REVEAL ⭐️ Proudly Presenting ~ Together Is a Distant Star! This work of love encompasses the complicated emotions that surround belonging! Hitting your shelves on May 19th this incredible collaborative piece is a must read! Gorgeous art hand crafted by @cblansdell.bsky.social

Less than 24 hours folks! I finished the proof copy of this upcoming anthology yesterday and it’s ✨ fabulous ✨ I can’t wait for you all to get amongst it! #coverreveal #anthology #fantasy #scifi #newrelease

2 days to go folks! @cblansdell.bsky.social has done an incredible job with this cover and it’s nearly time to reveal it to the world! #coverreveal #anthology #fantasy #scifi #newrelease

I cannot wait for you all to see what the Belonging anthology has for you! Cover reveal in 3 days! #coverreveal #anthology #fantasy #scifi #newrelease

Coming 19 May 2026. #Ibelong #anthology #fantasy #scifi #comingsoon 💙📚🌎📚🪐

Coming 19 May 2026.  #Ibelong #anthology #fantasy #scifi #comingsoon

Coming 19 May 2026. #Ibelong #anthology #fantasy #scifi #comingsoon #booksky 📚 💙

Coming 19 May 2026. #Ibelong #anthology #fantasy #scifi #comingsoon

Still looking for a few more to share an up and coming anthology cover reveal folks! Thank you to all who have signed up already 🥰

Coming 19 May 2026 🌟 #Ibelong #anthology #fantasy #scifi #comingsoon

Coming 19 May 2026. #Ibelong #anthology #fantasy #scifi #comingsoon

Coming 19 May 2026 🌟 #Ibelong #anthology #fantasybooks #scifibooks #comingsoon

Hey team! I’m looking for some help with a (really cool) anthology cover reveal on April 15th If anyone is willing/able to lend a hand, please hit up the link below👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hey team! I’m looking for some help with a (really cool) anthology cover reveal on April 15th If anyone is willing/able to lend a hand, please hit up the link below👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"[COPPER SKIN, OAKEN LUNGS] is probably my book of the month ... I describe this in my review as quietly brilliant." @afictionalescapist.bsky.social spends 3 min. absolutely glazing my new post-apocalyptic fantasy book in this monthly wrapup. Thanks for reading, friend! 💙📚 youtu.be/ZUKg3kQa6w4?...

The first Books & Bevvies episode for 2026 is live! This quarter Rian and Kris tackle Babel by R.F. Kuang. Shocking no one, the two hosts share some mixed thoughts on this academic fantasy entry, adoring some aspects while scratching their heads at others. youtu.be/NW43jrSvBg0?...

Is free will possible if you can see the future? If the present has been pre-arranged? That's one of the many topics we discussed in the latest Guests Talk of #BooksUndone with @afictionalescapist.bsky.social @skbalstrup.bsky.social and Henry Nielsen. 👇🏻 1/4

A fantastic chat with some brilliant minds!

Copper Skin, Oaken Lungs by @adamcbassett.com has me already in line for the next installment.

My first foray into Joanna Van Veen! Consider me intrigued. Star rating ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

This is it, #booksky folks, 24 hours to go on this Kickstarter. Blown away by all the love it's gotten so far! @fanfiaddict.bsky.social calls it: "A little Hunger Games, a little DCC, a little Shadow of the Colossus, and one hell of a good time." Don't miss out, link below! 🗡️🩸📺

We’re back! With the podcast settling back in its original form, @rianfloyd.com and @afictionalescapist.bsky.social delve into a months worth of read, watch and play updates then dive into this month topic. Handheld gaming! Nostalgia trip or the way of the future 🤔 youtu.be/MoRQoL2bVqQ?...

🐈 COVER REVEAL 🐈 Check out this gorgeous cover for @shannonknight.bsky.social’s upcoming horror, Catamorphosis. This gorgeous illustration is the work of the incredibly talented @candrahope.bsky.social! Cancer was the start of Jasmine’s life falling apart. Coming 2026!

Stoked to help reveal @williamjadams3.bsky.social cover for Death Show Colossus!!! This fantasy, cyberpunk, dystopian mash up is sure to knock all of our socks off! Releasing May 26th! Cover by Felix Ortiz typography by Dewey Conway and naked cover by Helena Nikulina!

New book review of a not-new book up on the website, James Baldwin’s ‘Notes of a Native Son’. This collection of essays was a challenge thematically but beautiful (and important) to read. Does anyone have a favourite James Baldwin book? www.genreblender.net/review-notes...

Check out this incredible cover for A Dirge for Cascius pt 2 by Calum Lott! The second installment of this incredible looking duology is twice the size, twice the scale and promises ten times the devastation of book one! Incredible art by John Devlin! Coming June 16!

Bad news - my laptop charger exploded mid writing sprint. Good news, I did a writing sprint and the cloud exists. RIP charger. Thanks for not catching fire.

Thanks to @afictionalescapist.bsky.social for including COPPER SKIN, OAKEN LUNGS on your anticipated books list! 💙📚 youtu.be/LiMg4ZMdCcU?...

⭐️ Cover Reveal ⭐️ It is my pleasure to showcase this stunning cover for @alethearlyons.bsky.social The Dreamweaver! ‘Even daydreams can be possessed.’ Book three of The Seer of York is coming our way March 6th from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social Cover by Alison Flannery 😍