Does anyone have a way of using Google to search in your iPhone browser without getting AI results? I used to be able to put in a swear word to circumvent it, but when I do that now I just get a lecture from AI on being ‘more respectful’ - as if that isn’t the height of hypocrisy.

In the film The Princess Bride, a spectacular duel is fought atop the Cliffs of Insanity between a man in black, who we will later know as the Dread Pirate Roberts (and still later as Buttercup’s beloved farm boy, Wesley), and Inigo Montoya, the Spaniard.

When I first started footling about writing things, a friend of mine told me that whatever it was, I needed to share it. It’s the first step in beginning to take your work seriously. I still think that’s decent advice, and hooray for indie publishing for enabling me.

What we’d love to see in our submissions box for our Ruins & Rituals issue (by 28 Feb): - fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation - ⁠forgotten rituals turned folklore - ⁠tricksy protagonists - ⁠swoony romance and queer HEAs - ⁠nothing that isn’t fantasy! - ⁠also cats www.silversunbooks.com

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...

We are THRILLED to announce the full list of authors and illustrators who’ll be contributing to our 5th anniversary special edition hardback: The Quintessential Indie Bites! Sign up now to be notified the minute the Kickstarter goes live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

Exeunt Omnes by Josie Jaffrey @josiejaffrey.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Potions & Paramours) www.silversunbooks.com/post/potions...

TWENTY issues of Indie Bites! FIVE years! What an amazing time we’ve had. Here’s to many more years of incredible fantasy stories!

This issue contains my Masque of the Red Death-inspired story EXEUNT OMNES, featuring vampires, ballgowns and terrible decisions.

A Month of Rain & Reads Daily Challenge 4: Be Gay! - Share a book with a gay protagonist and tell us what makes it awesome. The prize for today's challenge is a copy of Kill Me Quick, by @josiejaffrey.bsky.social Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR

Is it just me or is Threads wall-to-wall rage bait? Every time I open it to read my notifications I regret my choices.

If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula

Happy Halloween! 👻 Looking for a new spooky story? We've got 15 spooky book recommendations featuring SFF books by indie authors to celebrate: www.readindiefantasy.com/15-spooky-bo...

The Chosen One Con is the first book in the Lost in the Aether duology—a queer gaslamp fantasy of industrial magic in a world of designer enchantments and celebrity-branded potions. It's part of @the-book-bazaar.com crowdfund launching November 12th! Follow it: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

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

I wrote about participating in the NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social Short Story Challenge this year, and I’m sharing my third-round story with you! It's my favourite from the competition. I hope you enjoy! www.josiejaffrey.com/post/nyc-mid...

IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH (a choose-your-path horror story) has wretched ghoulish vampires! A hole appears in your backyard, and horrible things start creeping up from underground. Depending on the path there's nosferatu vibes, covens, vampire hunters, suicide pacts, blood-drinking romance...

This book is incredible - grab yourself a copy!

All of these except top right and bottom right are vampires! 😂🩸💜 Messy, horrible, morally-dubious, sexy, funny, substantially-queer vampires.

I wrote about participating in the NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social Short Story Challenge this year, and I’m sharing my third-round story with you! It's my favourite from the competition. I hope you enjoy! www.josiejaffrey.com/post/nyc-mid...

I so enjoyed doing this interview - thank you, Sifa! 🥳

Interview with Josie Jaffrey about her latest series, QuickSilver @josiejaffrey.bsky.social sifaelizabethreads.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/a...

Quick and the Dead, the final book in the QuickSilver trilogy, is out now! 🎨 Character art by Nel Kingman books2read.com/u/4ArGGd

I wrote about my third-round story for the 2025 NYC Midnight short story challenge! I got through to the penultimate round, but narrowly missed out on the final. You can read my story here: www.josiejaffrey.com/post/nyc-mid...

I’ve been really struggling with writing lately, but I’ve somehow scraped out my daily wordcount from the bottom of the barrel over the past couple of days and it feels like I’ve scraped them from my very soul 😩😂

The QuickSilver Omnibus edition is out today! Available in hardback, paperback and ebook, it is a BEAST. Featuring all three books and six short stories in the QuickSilver series, it's over 200,000 words of vampirey, piratey, zombie-y, sapphic dark fantasy. 🩸💜🏴‍☠️ books2read.com/u/mdxQQE

Listening to Cabin Pressure from the very start for the second time in a month. Apparently I need happy soul hugs right now.

The QuickSilver Omnibus edition is out today! Available in hardback, paperback and ebook, it is a BEAST. Featuring all three books and six short stories in the QuickSilver series, it's over 200,000 words of vampirey, piratey, zombie-y, sapphic dark fantasy. 🩸💜🏴‍☠️ books2read.com/u/mdxQQE

Shout this from the fucking rooftops, people!! #fuckAI

Quick and the Dead, the final book in the QuickSilver trilogy, is out now! 🎨 Character art by Nel Kingman books2read.com/u/4ArGGd

Also, I've got an interview with @josiejaffrey.bsky.social next week, the first I've hosted (rather than UKYASpotlight) in a year - and I could not be more delighted that my first in so long with with Josie!

It's still September, just about, but it's always time to read queer books. If you're looking to read more books featuring sapphic and lesbian characters, then here are 15 SFF books by indie authors to celebrate Sapphic September: www.readindiefantasy.com/15-books-for...

Quick and the Dead, the final book in the QuickSilver trilogy, is out now! www.josiejaffrey.com/quicksilver 🎨 Character art by Nel Kingman

I wrote about my second-round story for this year’s @nycmidnight.bsky.social short story challenge, and you can read it here: www.josiejaffrey.com/post/nyc-mid...

painted a lil something to celebrate the release of FIREWORKS 🎇

Quick and the Dead, the final book in the QuickSilver trilogy, is out now! www.josiejaffrey.com/quicksilver 🎨 Character art by Nel Kingman

To those who celebrate, a very happy Bisexual Visibility Day! 🩷💜💙

K*ll Me Quick (QuickSilver book 1) is in this special talk like a pirate bundle on itchio, featuring queer pirate books! itch.io/b/3267/talk-...

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

K*ll Me Quick (QuickSilver book 1) is in this bi visibility sale on itchio, featuring fifty (that's 50!!!) books from bi and pan authors! itch.io/b/3263/bi-vi...

Yarggggh it's my birthday, which means Happy International Talk like a Pirate Day to you landlubbers 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ I am currently half way through @josiejaffrey.bsky.social Quicksilver Trilogy, which is shaping up to be a real vampire pirate treasure and all the books except this fancy omnibus are out now 🎉🎉

Arrrrrrrrrr avast! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! K*ll Me Quick (QuickSilver book 1) is in this special celebratory bundle on itchio, featuring queer pirate books! itch.io/b/3267/talk-...

I should hate Bartholomew, I know, but... A Quick Study is the second book in the QuickSilver trilogy, and all three books are out now! www.josiejaffrey.com/quicksilver 🎨 Character art by Nel Kingman

It's Bi Visibility Week, and our Itch Bundle is live now! Featuring 50 books across many genres by 50 Bi and Pan Authors for only $50 - this is a great opportunity to fill up your book collection and support Bi authors while you're at it! itch.io/b/3263/bi-vi...

K*ll Me Quick (QuickSilver book 1) is in not one, but TWO bundles on itchio! The first is in honour of Talk Like a Pirate Day (19th September), featuring queer pirate books: itch.io/b/3267/talk-... The second features fifty (that's 50!!!) books from bi and pan authors: itch.io/b/3263/bi-vi...

Hey hey! Our Bi Visibility Week itch bundle is up from today! itch.io/b/3263/bi-vi... Please peruse and send it to your friends! 50 indie books for $50! 🌈✨📚💜 #BookSky #fantasy #scifi #indiebooks

I love Quick 💜 A Quick Study is the second book in the QuickSilver trilogy, and all three books are out now! www.josiejaffrey.com/quicksilver 🎨 Character art by Nel Kingman

Horror Flash Fiction anthology I have a short piece in - launching 30 Sept 😱📚🩸 #Horror #IndieAuthors #BookSky books2read.com/b/BHP-ALONE

PREORDER ALERT: new anthology of body horror from @blackharepress.bsky.social. Step into a world where flesh betrays, bone revolts, and the boundaries of the human body dissolve in terrifying ways. I'm in it ! 😱📚🩸💙📚👀 #Horror #BookSky books2read.com/b/BHP-Occupy...