Watch your CWs with this one - I went a bit dark…

Threads and Vines by Josie Jaffrey @josiejaffrey.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bandits & Botany). www.silversunbooks.com/post/bandits...

You all helped me reach my first milestone of 50 Kickstarter followers in less than a month! 🥹🙏🏻 Now...can we get to 100 before launch? 👀 Follow my upcoming Kickstarter for my vampire fiction anthology! tinyurl.com/exquisite-un...

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN ⌛ 1st to 7th March 📖 Summer Issue 📝 100 to 8000 words ☀️ Any rating, theme or genre, but please note if you send something very clearly related to Winter etc, it probably won't make this issue. #writersofbsky #submissionsopen #booksky acoupofowls.com/submissions/

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN ⌛ 1st to 7th March Why submit to ACoO? 💰 Always free to submit 💰 Always free to read 💰 Always paid 📝 Feedback available on declined subs ✨ Quality publication going strong since 2021 #writersofbsky #submissionsopen #booksky acoupofowls.com/submissions/

What Lives Within a Rose by Allie Leigh is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bandits & Botany). www.silversunbooks.com/post/bandits...

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IN OUR SUBS BOX FOR OUR QUESTS & QUARRELS ISSUE (deadline 31 May) Adie wants oodles of magic. Josie wants dark and twisted heartbreakers. Also: - enemy exes and ex-enemies - unconventional questing parties - ⁠lady knights - ⁠bicker-flirting www.silversunbooks.com/submit

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IN OUR SUBS BOX FOR OUR SORCERY & SECRETS ISSUE (deadline 31 August) Adie wants unorthodox magic users. Josie wants devastating secrets. Also: - sorcerers against the system - unreliable narrators - unusual settings - ⁠wizards goofing off www.silversunbooks.com/submit

This one in particular is a gorgeous little story that now lives rent free in my brain.

The Ranger and the Thief by Emmylou Kotzé is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bandits & Botany) www.silversunbooks.com/post/bandits...

HUZZAH!!!!

END PAPERS REVEAL!!! Beautiful art by Madeleine Rico. We are absolutely blown away.

Congratulations, this is going to be nothing short of glorious

WE ARE FUNDED!!! The special edition is HAPPENING!!! Jump on the bandwagon here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

Endpaper art reveal for The Quintessential Indie Bites IMMINENT… 👀👀👀 Back us here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/268... Gorgeous art by Madeleine Rico

As promised 😂

Every day we’re wibalin!

This was a very silly day, saying a very silly word 😂

We hit £1310, so you asked for it… UNLEASH THE WIBALIN SUPERCUT!!!

Can’t leave this one in the replies - this is what makes Indie Bites tick 😂

You know you want to 😂

If you want to see this absolute travesty, then back us now I guess 🤦‍♀️

We had the trickiest time keeping a straight face while saying “wibalin” in our very professional Kickstarter intro video! Josie has agreed that we can release the Wibalin Supercut, but only when we make it to £1300… Can you help us get there?? www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

If you knew the joy that the term “wibalin” has brought to Josie and me through this whole process, you’d absolutely want this book just to share in our wibblin’ fun 😂

We are so close to being funded! This gorgeous special edition hardback features: - 20 indie fantasy stories - Gold-foiled dust jacket with art by @ardenpowell.bsky.social - Endpapers illustrated by Madeleine Rico - Ribbon bookmark - Foiled wibalin cover www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

The cover reveal is out and the kickstarter is almost funded!! This is my art for the Indie Bites special edition, with dragons, krakens, mermaids, and more to be printed in gold foil on the dustjacket. ✨20 indie fantasy stories ✨clothbound hardcover ✨ribbon bookmark ✨illustrated end pages

My new fantasy short story is out now! Cottagecore witchcraft - gardening, potions, and poison ✨🌿 "Anise opened the cottage door to be met with a blackthorn shrub. It sat at the bottom of the front step, roots staunchly clinging to the soil from which it had been dug."

this is *GORGEOUS*

😍😍😍 Ooooh she's so pretty!

Did you see the cover reveal for the fancy Indie Bites fantasy anthology? This isn't even the only skull. Art by me, one of the stories by me also, back it here and preorder your copy! ✨ www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

How gorgeous! If ever a Kickstarter was worth it… ⭐️🌟💥✨⭐️

It's gorgeous! More excellent work by @ardenpowell.bsky.social. Don't forget to back the Kickstarter!

Look at our glorious cover!! This will be a gorgeous dustjacket with BUCKETLOADS of gold foiling - and yours for only £25! Come push us over the line to make this a reality!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

Cover reveal for The Quintessential Indie Bites IMMINENT… 👀👀👀 Back us here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/268... Gorgeous art by @ardenpowell.bsky.social

Four Gifts for the Witch of the Wood and One for the Wolf by Arden Powell is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bandits & Botany)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/bandits...

Indie Bites are SO CLOSE to hitting their funding goal! Let's get them there so this stunning collection gets it's special edition 🤩

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!

Hey #booksky 💙📚🌈 Here are some upcoming queer fiction Kickstarter's that you absolutely should go and pre-save!

The featured author in our latest issue, Bandits & Botany, is Jaime Ryanne. Read the interview on our website! www.silversunbooks.com/post/bandits...

If we get this funded today (£435 to go), the remaining 26 days can be dedicated to raising payments for the contributing authors ✨🖤

Just 20 more backers will get us there! If you like fantasy, and you want to support indie authors, this special edition is like a ‘best of’ from our past 20 issues, ready to introduce you to 20 new indie fantasy authors through their short stories. Back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

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 are officially a #ProjectWeLove on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

I'm super excited to be part of @indiebites.bsky.social BOTANY & BANDITS. My story is about a forest ranger who confronts a would-be thief of critically endangered magic flowers. 🍂🌷✨🌿 Free epub & pdf formats here! www.silversunbooks.com/post/bandits-botany-issue-21

Sweet Potato rides again! Also Aleksandr but let's be real, the horse-sized housecat is a big draw. But while you're there, there are six other fantastic stories in this issue to fall in love with!

Indie Bites 21: Bandits & Botany is out now and it's FREE to download! With seven wonderful short stories from fabulous indie authors including @ardenpowell.bsky.social @thepinkhydra.com @cerilndomace.bsky.social @allieleighbooks.bsky.social and more! www.silversunbooks.com/post/bandits...

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...

My witchy botanical short story FOUR GIFTS FOR THE WITCH OF THE WOOD AND ONE FOR THE WOLF is out today from @indiebites.bsky.social! A witch claims her magic via gardening in this cottagecore fantasy ✨🌿 Read it and 6 more new fantasy stories for free in the Bandits & Botany issue of Indie Bites.