My first new story in a year: "Golden Rule." It's about a near-future justice system in which trained ministers recreate a crime, on the criminal. I.e., "What you have done unto others shall be done unto you." It's not a light read. But it asks questions I think are worth asking. Go have a look.

Support your favourite artists and fuck genAI.

This is a rare gem as you can't get the book in Germany anymore. Also it's brilliant and I loved it. Highly recommend it.

Every time my workmate starts to wax poetic about the beauty of "AI agents" I show them the back of my phone.

THREE spots left! We're almost sold out (again)!

Did you know that more than 40% of SHE IS HERE is an original novella, "Many Things In Dumnet," that will form part of a *delicious* sword-swangin' alt-history fantasy lathered with love and lust, loss and longing, and lusty lesbians using music (and sex and swords) to save the world? You do now...

Support your favourite artists and fuck GenAI!

It's tough seeing every single freelance artist I know having the same "uhh I haven't had paying work or sales in weeks" posts, it's gotten extremely tough out there for us. If you have the means, please consider treating yourself to a commission or print or book from an artist you like, it helps!

Oh hi there. Would you like a fun and easy way to tell the world how you feel about AI, and support human artists in the process? Sure you would! Just go right here: monicabyrne.org/stickers 💗

I just ordered another batch. Need to paint this town 🤗

I’d had enough. I had to do something about it. The stickers must flow.

What’s even more baffling to me is writers who construct entire imaginative worlds on the struggle of liberation against empire, and then feel no obligation to speak in support of those actually struggling against empire.

Support your favourite artists please. We need them more than ever.

Love it. It's so stunning. Beautiful colours, amazing details 🥰🔥👏🏻 This will make such a gorgeous present for anyone in your life who loves fantasy stories.

Less than £400 to go - if we can sell 15 more copies we’ll be fully funded!! Please share widely - you never know who might like to celebrate indie fantasy with us!

We hit 60% funded! … And then haven’t moved all day 😫 Just £25 gets you a stunning hardback packed with the best of indie fantasy AND the chance to make our dreams a reality! Plus, we just saw the final cover, and you’re going to WANT this on your shelf… www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

We’re 2/3 funded!!! Can you help us make it to 75% today?

We only need 24 more backers to make it!! It could be YOU with a beautiful smorgasbord of indie fantasy fiction on your shelf in its foily glory!

We made it over halfway!! Can I tempt anyone enough to knock us over £800?? This book is going to be GORGEOUS. Foiled illustrated dustjacket! Ribbon bookmark! Illustrated endpapers! Twenty INCREDIBLE stories! Wibalin! www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

Support your favourite artists! Also, you'll get a stunning book full of fantastic stories by indie authors.

I love Indie Bites. I adore this idea and I want this hardcover. So go and back the Kickstarter! Please 😍 I promise all of the included stories are fantastic and might just be your new favourites.

Love these rom-com stories by Adie Hart. Highly recommend esp. if you enjoy banter and puns. Also perfect as a little present for Val day 😉

Surprise!!!!!! Party of Two is OUT NOW in paperback and ebook! www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

Eyyyy, The Actual Star is only $3.99 on ebook, AGAIN. I guess these sales move a lot of copies? Anyway, go grab it here:

Just heard: there are only THREE places left in my Age of Emergency writing workshop, starting in two weeks! Sign up quick!

Couldn't agree more. This is the kind of novel we all need right now.

My forthcoming book, SHE IS HERE, is a collection of different types of creative work—fiction, poetry, non-fiction, visual art. It's a keyhole window into my creative path: perhaps a 21st-century version of a creative Commonplace Book? Let me explain...

If you’ve never seen my weird TED talk, here’s a timeline cleanser

The Actual Star is once again only $3.99 on ebook! Get it here:

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December is the perfect month to read this amazing book. Trust me.

And if you like Gothic horror you must read The Bayou by Arden.

BIG NEWS! We’re crowdfunding for a special 5th anniversary hardback of Indie Bites! Sign up to our prelaunch page now to be notified the moment the Kickstarter goes live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

Today on the blog I wrote about AI and the golem, and the benefit of listening to cautionary tales from the past. going-medieval.com/2025/10/21/o...

This is my favourite novel of all time. Please go and buy it and then come back and discuss it with me. Also, anyone willing to bodyread with me please dm me. My next reread is already overdue.

Support your favourite artists. We need them more than ever.

Yes! It's brilliant and my favourite novel ever.

I had such a good time reading the Quicksilver books. I mean Sapphic and bi pirate vampires.... What's not to love?!

Show some love today and support your favourite artists.

I love this book club and the chance to attend lessons with my favourite historian.

I loved the audiobook. Highly recommend!

Support your favourite artists please.

"biological sex" is the idea that being born with a vulva makes you female, until it doesn't because you were too good at sports.

Cozy fantasy at its best. I love Adie Hart's stories. Check them out please!

I just added up all the stories in all our issues so far and there are 125 free stories waiting for you in the @indiebites.bsky.social backlist! ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE FREE STORIES 😮

I just got my issue of Indie Bites. It's a beauty and I can't wait to read short stories by my favourite Indie authors. Get it please - it's free🤩🪇🎺🎸🎷

QUICKSILVER PRE-ORDER CAMPAIGN! Pre-order any book in the QuickSilver series, in any format, and get a QuickSilver bookmark and signed bookplate, with art by Salome Totladze! www.josiejaffrey.com/quicksilver

Support your favourite artists please. In times like these we need them more than ever.

My favourite cozy fantasy writer is on Itch. Check out her work please 🥰

This was brilliant. Had to collect my jaw a few times from the floor.