Queen of Nerves by Claire Olivia Golden is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness) www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

An Angel of the Lord by Ash Parker is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness) www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

A Beloved Once Bound by Ceril N. Domace @cerilndomace.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness) www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

Girl in Darkness by Riley E. Smith @rileyisyelling.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness) www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

Deadline is 28 February 2026!!! Apologies. It’s been a long Monday 🤦‍♀️

Submissions are now closed for our POTIONS & PARAMOURS issue! Your editors are now hard at work reading through everything - our editorial meeting is on the 15th and we’ll be in touch with all submitters shortly after that. For details of our open issues, head to silversunbooks.com

🏛️Submissions are now open for our May issue on the themes of RUINS & RITUALS!🧙‍♂️ We are looking for fantasy short fiction up to 7.5k words and cover illustrations. Deadline 28 February 2025. For details visit our website at www.silversunbooks.com

It’s (really very) true!

A Really Very True Story by Molly Daw is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness) www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

Job Interview or An Inconsequential Conglomeration of Goblins by Luke Tarassenko is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness) www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

It's me! In another collection of indie fantasy stories! Mine has medieval dragons and agender angels and melancholic knights. Free to read, or a few dollars for a paperback with my dragon on the cover.

Sir Percivale Is Swallowed by a Dragon and Learns the Truth of God by Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness), and they illustrated the amazing cover too! www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

Dragon Ageless by Josie Jaffrey @josiejaffrey.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness) www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

For the Love of Blood and Gold by Linked Soul is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness) www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

Smaugust is almost over, so let me post my dragons while I still can. Four book covers I drew!

October Girls by Jillian Maria is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness) www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

The Order of the Wyrm by Adie Hart @adiehartauthor.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness! www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

The featured author in our latest issue, Dragons & Darkness, is Heather K Carson. Read the interview on our website! www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

The next Clarkfowler short(and a bunch more fantastic stories!) is finally here! A Beloved Once Bound is out today!

Out today! ✨

Including my short story “The Order of the Wyrm”, which asks the important question, “what if Tom Hiddleston and Patrick Stewart were magical girls and had to fight a dragon in Buckingham Palace?” 😂

SIR PERCIVALE IS SWALLOWED BY A DRAGON AND LEARNS THE TRUTH OF GOD is here! It's got all the good stuff: a medieval knight having a crisis of faith, an androgynous they/them angel with secrets, a queerplatonic relationship, and, of course, a dragon. Free to read, or get it in paperback!

Indie Bites 19: Dragons & Darkness is out TODAY! Edited by @adiehartauthor.bsky.social and @josiejaffrey.bsky.social, with an incredible cover by @ardenpowell.bsky.social www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...

This is coming soon from Indie Bites Magazine (@indiebites.bsky.social) in their Dragons & Darkness issue, free to read. I also did the cover art for this one! There will be a paperback too for readers who like collecting dragon books for their shelves.

This week I'm highlighting the most recent INDIE BITES issue: Bards & Bargains! Edited by @josiejaffrey.bsky.social and @adiehartauthor.bsky.social , these collections are always a bundle of fun, and this one might be my new favorite. I loved every single story in here!

Come say hi at Oxford Indie Book Fair this weekend! I’ll be there with my books and issues of Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social 📚

🎰Submissions are now open for our February issue on the themes of BANDITS & BOTANY!🪴 We are looking for fantasy short fiction up to 7.5k words and cover illustrations. Deadline 30 November 2025. For details visit our website at www.silversunbooks.com

DEADLINE EXTENSION! Due to unforeseen personal circumstances for the team, we’re leaving submissions for Dragons & Darkness open for an extra week until 8th June. If you haven’t yet submitted, now’s your chance!

✨ PAPERBACK BOOK GIVEAWAY ✨ ICYMI!! 📚💙 I’m delighted to announce that I’m hosting a book giveaway for @josiejaffrey.bsky.social’s new book Kill Me Quick! The giveaway includes the book itself, plus a postcard, bookmark and bookplate! More details here: rebeccacrunden.com/2025/05/29/p...

DEADLINE EXTENSION! Due to unforeseen personal circumstances for the team, we’re leaving submissions for Dragons & Darkness open for an extra week until 8th June. If you haven’t yet submitted, now’s your chance!

“Don't mistake me for some half-rate swindler with a stolen lute, now. I can play. I got a voice that could make a duchess sigh and a dockhand weep.” 💙📚 Fluid Fortune by K. Malady is available FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bards & Bargains) www.silversunbooks.com/post/bards-b...

“Have you ever sung a song so utterly magnificent that it kills you a little, inside?” 💙📚 Swansong by Zoe Shakes is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bards & Bargains) www.silversunbooks.com/post/bards-b...

✨ (✿◠‿◠) | NEW AUTHOR INTERVIEW ✨ This is actually my second interview with one of my inspirations and favs in the indie world @josiejaffrey.bsky.social! I've looked up to her from the very beginning! Follow her and @indiebites.bsky.social! 📚💙 rebeccacrunden.com/2025/05/22/a...

"So what if you play a few wrong notes? You've made mistakes before." "It's different now. Bard queens can't make mistakes." 💙📚 In Concert by Allie Leigh @allieleighbooks is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bards & Bargains) www.silversunbooks.com/post/bards-b...

Recording for part 1 of season 1 is almost finished, and should be done by the end of the month! If you’d like to support us to help us make more episodes sooner, you can do that here: www.jackvalentinepod.com/support

SUBMISSIONS CLOSING AT THE END OF THE MONTH! A little nudge to get working on your submissions for the August issue of Indie Bites: Dragons & Darkness. We can’t wait to read your stories and see your cover illustrations! www.silversunbooks.com

The featured author in our latest issue, Bards & Bargains, is R.K. Ashwick. You can read the interview now! www.silversunbooks.com/post/bards-b...

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 😮

My new queer fantasy romance short COURTSHIP & KULNING is out today, free to read! A bard is sent to the countryside to finish his university degree, where he is menaced by dairy cows and rural life - and where he attracts a mysterious suitor enamoured of his voice. 🌈📚 🌈💜 🤏📚

I've already read the Adie Hart story in this issue, which is so much fun (as always!), and I'm looking forward to reading the whole thing. Reading any @indiebites.bsky.social issue is always such a good time!

Please come and give us a follow at @indiebites.bsky.social! We’re doing this out of love for the indie fantasy community so come and, er, commune? Communitise? 😂

Free short stories by excellent authors!

Indie Bites is a not-for-profit magazine run by a queer, chronically ill, and neurodivergent team of women and our success lives on reviews and word of mouth, so please do share this issue and your thoughts about it anywhere you can!!

Indie Bites 18: Bards & Bargains is OUT NOW! This issue is absolutely stacked with stories that explore the musical, the magical, and more - grab your copy for free from www.silversunbooks.com/post/bards-b... (paperbacks also available, and this baby is thick!) 🥰

SUBMISSIONS CLOSING AT THE END OF THE MONTH! A little nudge to get working on your submissions for the August issue of Indie Bites: Dragons & Darkness. We can’t wait to read your stories and see your cover illustrations! www.silversunbooks.com

This Mermay, can we interest you in issue 2 of Indie Bites: Mermaids & Mythology? #mermay www.silversunbooks.com/post/mermaid...

Hi new followers! I’m a UK indie author writing dark romantic fantasy novels about vampires, and YA novels about ancient civilisations. I’m also one of the editors of Indie Bites magazine @indiebites.bsky.social and writer of the Jack Valentine podcast @jackvalentinepod.bsky.social

We’re in the @endalia.bsky.social Indie Book Sale, along with over 200 other great indie books! Check out indiebook.sale

Highly recommend Indie Bites. These stories have teeth!

The third is EX MARKS THE SPOT, which gives some background for a handful of the new characters who appear in the QuickSilver series. You can read it free in the TRICKSTERS & TREASURE issue of @indiebites.bsky.social