So, I think Brise is now done on the cover illustration. Here's the hand of hers I haven't shared yet. Now to finish shading and adding all the little details to Ellie. Anyone ready for the cover reveal on June 4th? 👀

Just a little reminder to pick this one up for MerMay or in prep for June Pride month. It's about a chronically ill water nymph who moves to an Edwardian spa for treatments but falls in love with a human 🪷 It's in KU and on audible (but I also sell beautiful sprayed edge copies direct!)

🎉 HAPPY RELEASE DAY to this one-of-a-kind collaborative anthology featuring 12 brand new SFF stories by female/queer authors across 6 different continents. Nobody asked for this. 🌟TOGETHER IS A DISTANT STAR exists because WE exist and felt our stories should exist too. 💙📚🪐📚🌎

🌟 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... 💙📚

It's here! This is not just a collection of stories, this is one of those rare moments in time where a group of people come together and create something bigger than we could have on our own. Go read it. Share it and find out where you belong 💜 Next skeet for links due to character limit 👇

Also, check out this wonderful fanart made by @nataliekelda.bsky.social ! It's pretty much the vibe of the story: dark, gritty, and full of bones 💀🖤

On a scale from 0-10, how much do you hate hearing your own voice on tape and why is it 10000? 😂🙈 Pushing myself out of my comfort zone with this, but hear me ramble about Vätter Child for ~2 min!

Introducing Delilah Waan & RYSERE'S GLORY Together is a Distant Star is out TOMORROW, May 19th! @delilahwaan.bsky.social

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...

Don't mind me if my pockets are chirping when I'm going through airport security 🥺

Have you started reading any of my books yet? No? Barry is *disappointed* 😤

And for the lady, a gorgeous historical fantasy book perhaps? (pst, it's sapphic and has an audiobook!) Zon: books2read.com/u/3ndDN6 Direct: nataliekelda.co.uk/shop

WHAT IF I managed to finish my cover illustration featuring these two in time for a June 4th cover reveal? What if I opened ARC signups for everyone who wants a sapphic trauma-read? 👀 (Title: The Turbulent Appearance of Brise Collier)

Desi is never wrong!

You should try out my cosy historical fantasy book this month for MerMay! A chronically ill water nymph moves to an Edwardian spa for treatments but falls in love with a human 🌸 It's available on KU and audible! books2read.com/u/3ndDN6

Have you checked out my debut? If you think Pirates of the Caribbean in space sounds fun, then you should! -- Captain Merlon is on an intergalactic quest to find his missing parents but his obsession with the past might get him in trouble in the future. -- Buy a sprayed edge paperback direct!

Check out this lovely review for my debut!

How is he so damn cute? 🥺😭🥰

Hey - it's May! And that means more new indie books! The full list of books is here: ajcalvin.net/the-indie-au... #booksky #indiebooks #scifi #fantasy #horror

Worked on the cover for 'The Turbulent Appearance of Brise Collier' today. I'm so impatient to share the full cover but it probably has 10 hours left of work. In the meantime, look at Ellie and Brise's hands! They went from sketch to final line art and flat colours today.

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?...

I BELONG Together is a Distant Star, coming May 19th, is an anthology of Sci-fi and Fantasy stories about "belonging.” Polaris features Mal, a human intergalactic agent tasked with hunting down her terrorist alien ex, Lena, before Lena can attack her own planet.

🌟 Together is a Distant Star 🌟 Releases on May 19th! Pre-order: itch -> klykkebo.itch.io/together-is-... other -> books2read.com/DistantStar

Flight of the Guildmaster is my contribution to the SFF anthology, Together is a Distant Star. I also illustrated the cover. Read on to find out more about this story of transformations and hard choices. #ibelong

🌟 Title reveal 🌟 VÄTTER CHILD My contribution in Together is a Distant Star is a folkhorror based on folklore creatures from Scandinavia: The Vättars. It has a "girl vanishes in forest to become the reason people fear walking there" and is the first story I wrote that ever received fan art! ⬇️

Enjoy this little snippet of the beginning of the story, along with art done by @nataliekelda.bsky.social that really captures the vibe of the story!

TITLE REVEAL:【RYSERE’S GLORY】 Epic fantasy often centers birthright & succession, with plots that turn on marriage alliances: politicking, acts of conception, celebrations of birth, montages speeding through childhood until the Chosen One is ready to come of age & save the world. But the mother?

The audiobook is beautifully narrated!

Stole this trend from the 🧵 place because it's fun! The character art and the first page - Reflections of Lilje Damselfly (I have audiobook codes available so hmy if you have a UK or US audible account!)

Sign up here: forms.gle(forward slash)4QqKfF8guZ6BRZDLA The book will be released on 25 June 2026. Reviews posted close to that time would be much appreciated

eARCs for Our Ways Unmasked are coming in mid-May 🎉 If you'd like to receive a copy, please sign up using the form below ⤵️ (even if you've already signed up—bots flooded the last one). Then comment here when you're done!

Too many people sleep on this series. You don't have to read my other books to read this one though and if you enjoy some dark space fantasy that's very character driven, it's honestly pretty damn good!

Coming so soon!!! Also available for preorder! In not too long, it'll be up on Itch as well 🌟 books2read.com/DistantStar

I’m so excited to reveal the title for my short story in our Belonging anthology today! 😍 Coming May 19th! How far would you go to find where you belong? (Links in the comments!)

I BELONG Together is a Distant Star, coming May 19th, an anthology of Sci-fi and Fantasy stories about "belonging" Marauding Ways is the story of how my upcoming MC, Iolanthe, escapes her cannibalistic family. Sign up for ARCs for this anthology today! Links below due to character limit ⬇️

Go read this wonderful review, please!

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Do we think Lilje can hit 100 ratings(or even 100 REVIEWS!!) before her first book birthday? She's getting really close! Also, this book is available in paperback, hardcover, KU and audio! If you're in the US or UK, I have audiobook codes available 💜

This is one of those stories where you'll have a million theories as you read it!

MY DEBUT EARNED OUT! It's taken 3 years + 1 month to earn back the £470 I spent on cover, editing, isbns, merch etc. Considering all the factors against me/this book, I'm so freaking proud. It's the *first* book I wrote in English. I hope I can hit 350 copies sold this month 👀

Come ask us questions!

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

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Get ready 👀

Did you know there's a HUGE indie book sale on at the moment? No? Well go check it out! Lilje is just 0.99 through end of day tomorrow and won't be on sale again for at least 6 months so now's the time to grab a copy! indiebook.sale

Good afternoon writing community! I hope you're all having a wonderful Sunday! Have you checked the #NarratessIndieSale yet? You can download The Sorrow of the Wise Man and another amazing titles for less than $2.00! #booksky

I've been slowing putting out some recommendations for the #NarratessIndieSale! I couldn't figure out how to get them to thread, so I'm gonna be embedding them here. Most of my recs are queer in some way, and many of them are fantasy. Shop all the books here: indiebook.sale

More to come this week 🫳🌟🫲

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