Happy Saturday 💙📚! I’m working on a new fantasy novella (more to come soon!) but in the meantime, here are my first two stories for free: FROM THE FOG 🏴‍☠️ (pirate raid!) www.patreon.com/posts/from-f... And RUSTBORN 🔥 (harpies!) www.patreon.com/posts/rustbo... #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #Author 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

If you’re looking for a short fantasy story (about a half-hour read) and you like… 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Raids 🔥 Elemental Magic ⚔️ Bloody Battles Read FROM THE FOG here for free: www.patreon.com/posts/from-f... #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ 💙📚

Explore an epic world, read great stories, and discover magic, monsters, and storms in Age of Tempest. Want to join our growing fantasy community?? Subscribe for FREE on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/AgeofTempest #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #Author #Worldbuilder 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ 💙📚

If you like dark fantasy, monsters, magic, and adventure, check out this awesome novelette!! #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Grimdark #CanLit #SupportIndies #ShopIndies #IndieBookShop #IReadCanadian

We're curious how fans feel about the recent headlines from G.R.R.M? We're still very optimistic that he will finish ASOIAF, what do you think?

Anyone interested in reviewing a fantasy novelette?? Add your feedback to these reader comments: "Great writing." "Very action packed." "Worldbuilding got me interested." "I was super drawn in." "This is fire.” 🔥 DM if interested! #CanLit #SupportIndies #ShopIndies #IndieBookShop #IReadCanadian

We're SFF fans first 🫶 Our publishing journey is just getting started, but our dreams of creating original stories set in unique & interesting worlds began when we were children, connecting over books, movies, and video games. Do you remember your first experience with sci-fi or fantasy?

Reading is fundamental 💜 Whether its fiction, non fiction, or a bill in congress, taking the time to slow down and read is the most valuable thing an individual can do for themselves. If you have young people in your life, this is your sign to share your favourite books with them 🫶

If you love fantasy series like A Song of Ice and Fire or Malazan Book of the Fallen, you might like my work too! Sign up for FREE to read Age of Tempest stories, like the bloody pirate raid, FROM THE FOG 🏴‍☠️ www.patreon.com/collection/1... #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #Grimdark #Author #BookSky

Alex Garland directing Elden Ring is low-key one of the more exciting pieces of news in the fantasy world these days! Such a massive fan of Alex Garland, and even if we haven't played much Elden Ring, it's a big win for the SFF community. Are you excited for the Elden Ring movie? buff.ly/HS9alfH

From the Fog brings serious Victarion Greyjoy energy that we think ASOIAF fans will love 👀 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Raid 🔥 Elemental Magic ⚔️ Bloody Battles Uryk Gullfeeder leads his korsairs on a raid of the island of Telia to steal enough food to feed his people Free to read(8.5k words) buff.ly/drFgEI7

Grateful for the warm weather, it's been unseasonably cold here in Ontario over the last few weeks! 🌞 reading outside on a sunny day is medicine for the soul

My 100th Bluesky Post! 🎉🎉 (that’s a thing, right?) When I joined the #BookSky community two months ago, I didn’t expect things to grow this quickly and be so much fun! To celebrate, here’s a sample from FROM THE FOG: www.patreon.com/posts/125050... #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #GrimDark #Author 💙📚 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

Known as the Iron Hills, Valadin is the easternmost province of the Azean Empire, ruled by the Iron Order. A land of rugged, iron-rich hills, the earth is red from the sacred metal.

Hello to our new followers and shout out to everyone who subscribed to the Age of Tempest patreon, words can't describe how thankful we are for each and every one of you 💜 Even just checking it out means the world to us🫶 www.patreon.com/c/ageoftempest More dark fantasy stories coming soon⚔️

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Age of Tempest is a dark fantasy collection for fans of: A Song of Ice and Fire, Malazan, Elderlings, and the First Law 💙📚 Elemancers and emperors, warriors and monsters, assassins, alchemists, and pirates, subscribe for free and start reading today! www.patreon.com/c/ageoftempest

It was an epic month!! Well done 🫶 Now on to the next story!

Enjoy this action filled excerpt from the 5th and final chapter of Rustborn 👀 trigger warning: slaying of harpies, we hope it's not too violent to share here 😅 12,750 words, perfect for a weekend read, sign up and read Rustborn for free on patreon: buff.ly/LeAfayL #FantasyBooks

Does Genris save his grandson Wil from the Harpy Mother's lair? Find out in Chapter 5 of Rustborn 👀 start reading for free on patreon buff.ly/wDs27dN Sidenote, this depiction of a Harpy from B. R. Guthrie is both stunning and terrifying 🫣 #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #GrimDark #Publisher #Canlit 💙📚️

More reader reviews for AGE OF TEMPEST 🤩 “Great writing.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Well-written and very action packed.” “This is great. I was super drawn in and the characters were very solid.” “Worldbuilding got me interested. Nice work.” 🗺️ “This is fire.” 🔥🔥🔥 #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #GrimDark #Author 💙📚 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

The 5th and FINAL epic chapter of RUSTBORN is here! Free subscribers on Patreon were reading it early, but for anyone who hasn’t subscribed yet, here it is in all its glory: www.patreon.com/posts/rustbo... Genris and Foxfire’s journey is complete 🫶🏻 #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #GrimDark #Author 💙📚 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

The 5th and final chapter of RUSTBORN is out tomorrow! Subscribe for free on Patreon to read it first 👀 Genris and an earth elemancer Foxfire must rescue his only grandson from a monstrous harpy before its too late… www.patreon.com/posts/rustbo... #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #GrimDark #Author 💙📚 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

At Fourth Act, ICE stands for something very different: Imagination Curiosity Empathy Three key traits that every storyteller uses to connect to the collective human spirit 🫶

The end of #ShortStoryMonth is nigh!! If you’re looking to read a FREE fantasy short story about hunting down a monstrous harpy (who isn’t??), look no further: www.patreon.com/posts/rustbo... Thank you for all the love and support 🫶🏻💙📚 #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author #BookSky

The 5th and final chapter of Rustborn drops this Friday 👀 The climax is tense, exciting, and emotional 🥲 almost cried in the cafe I read it in lol Rustborn is available for free on the Age of Tempest patreon! 💙📚 www.patreon.com/collection/1...

Good morning #BookSky! 💙📚 I’m so grateful to be a part of this wonderful, supportive community of readers and writers! 🤓 Two months ago, I made this account and shared my first fantasy story and I’m so glad that I did. Thank you for all the love, it means so much 🫶🏻 #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #Author

As an indie Canadian publisher, every reader and supporter means so much! 💙📚 If you like dark fantasy, monster hunts, druids, and earth magic, check out RUSTBORN for free on Patreon 🔥 www.patreon.com/posts/rustbo... 🫶🏻🍁 #CanLit #SupportIndies #ShopIndies #IndieBookShop #IReadCanadian

Happy Sunday, #BookSky! 💙📚 In Chapter 4 of Rustborn, Genris and the Elderwood druid Foxfire reach the cave of the monstrous harpy that captured Wil… New to the story? Here’s the first chapter for free 🫶🏻💙 www.patreon.com/posts/rustbo... #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author

RUSTBORN Chapter 4 is available now! Free subscribers on Patreon were reading it last night, but for those who haven’t subscribed yet, here it is: www.patreon.com/posts/rustbo... The 5th and FINAL epic chapter is coming next week! 🔥🔥 #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author #BookSky

imaginationlibrary.com/ca/ Dolly Parton will always be a legend for the Imagination Library and her efforts to encourage kids to go to School! Reading boosts imagination, encourages critical thinking, and increases empathy, traits that are more and more valuable in the modern world. #canlit

By artist Maciej Drabik #fantasyart

Celebrate #ShortStoryMonth!! If you want to support Canadian independent publishing, please read or share our FREE fantasy pirate short story!🏴‍☠️⚔️🔥 www.patreon.com/posts/from-f... #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author #BookSky #CanLit #SupportIndies #ShopIndies #IndieBookShop #IReadCanadian

When's your favourite time to read? Do prefer to start your day with a coffee and a couple chapters or do you keep it to the evenings?

Happy Monday!! 🎉🎉 Want to escape into a pirate adventure?? Same!! 🏴‍☠️ From the Fog is like Victarion Greyjoy from ASOIAF meets elemental bending magic from Avatar: the Last Airbender! Read for FREE here: www.patreon.com/posts/from-f... #CanLit #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author #BookSky

From the Fog brings some serious Victarion Greyjoy energy! 🏴‍☠️ For all my A Song of Ice and Fire fans, if you like the Iron Captain, you’ll have a lot in common with Uryk Gullfeeder, Baron of Dreadquake 💣 www.patreon.com/posts/from-f... #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author #BookSky

Elemancers and emperors, warriors and monsters, assassins, alchemists, and pirates, Age of Tempest is a world for fans of: ❤️‍🔥 A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF) ⚔️ Malazan 🐉 Elderlings 🧝🏻 Magic systems like Avatar: the Last Airbender! #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Grimdark #Author #BookSky

Fun fact! We founded Fourth Act in 2022, but our plans to create a publishing company to forge our own worlds was something we agreed to do decades ago when we were only 15 years old 😅 we hand wrote and signed a "contract" and everything 😂 🫶

Age of Tempest stories are inspired by George R. R. Martin’s prologues and epilogues in A Song of Ice and Fire ❤️‍🔥 I love exploring characters with unique perspectives (who may or may not survive!) while building toward a grander overarching epic. #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author #BookSky

Looking for some dark fantasy to read this weekend? Checkout some of the stories we have available on the @age-of-tempest.bsky.social patreon 📚💙

RUSTBORN Chapter 3 is available now for FREE! Genris and the druid Foxfire encounter trouble in the forest on their hunt for the monstrous harpy that captured Genris’s grandson… www.patreon.com/posts/rustbo... Chapter 4 is coming next Friday! #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author #BookSky

We're also not a fan of prompt "engineering" 😅

Love this passage from Chapter 3 of Rustborn!! Monsters, magic, and a Druid with a pocket hedgehog?! What more could you want 🦔🫶😂 Full chapter drops tomorrow 👀 follow @age-of-tempest.bsky.social ⚔️ #fantasybooks #darkfantasy #canlit #fantasy #epicfantasy #worldbuilding 💙📚

Chapter 3 of RUSTBORN comes out tomorrow! 🎉 Catch up on Chapter 1 and 2 (and lore posts about the world!): www.patreon.com/collection/1... My Patreon is FREE for everyone! Simply subscribe with your email and enjoy free fantasy stories 🤩 #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author #BookSky

We're absolutely obsessed with the opening chapter of Rustborn, check it out on the @age-of-tempest.bsky.social Patreon! 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #canlit #worldbuilding #writingprocess #storytelling #writingcommunity #writing

We're often asked what's the best thing a writer can do to invest in their craft, and honestly, the answer is a simple one: read more! Reading is one of the best ways to improve your writing :)

Another first page challenge!!! Want to read more RUSTBORN? Chapter 1 and 2 are available for FREE! www.patreon.com/posts/rustbo... 🪓 An Old Iron Golem… and… 🪄 A Druid with Earth Magic… face… 🐔 Monstrous Harpies (evil mutated chickens!!!) #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author #BookSky

Michael J. Sullivan's The Riyria Chronicles series art by Marc Simonetti #fantasyart

I’ve had a few readers ask why I use Patreon since I’m not monetizing it so I wanted to share my thoughts… Starting out, Patreon seemed like a great way to share my stories, lore, artwork, and build a community of like-minded fantasy readers. #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author #BookSky

Happy Mothers Day and shout out to all the amazing Moms out there ♥️