We are thrilled to be producing a special edition of The Tower of the Tyrant by @jeremyteg.bsky.social in association with @gollancz.bsky.social! 🗼

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My latest read, highly recommended if you are looking for a cosy fantasy with a strong female lead! Quirky, funny, comforting and entertaining. Another little gem!

I couldn't agree more, and you all should read this!

Finally able to share this little gem! Such a fantastic book, with a diverse cast and amazing autism representation!

Today's review on the blog: ...an intriguing world with plenty of potential for future development,... fantasy-faction.com/2025/deaths-... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation

Good Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading a great fantasy novel A Sword of Gold and Ruin by Anna Smith Spark. What are you reading at the moment?

To celebrate Alan Moore's alternative-London novel The Great When, I see Waterstones Plus members can also win a tour for two of the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, plus cocktails at the Absinthe Parlour. www.waterstones.com/win/the-grea... (Details here, do read the t&cs for eligibility!) 💙📚🪐

With only 8 more days until its sequel comes out, this week's Sunday snippet comes from A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience. ❤️🦇❤️ Snap it up in ebook or paperback: books2read.com/UndeadInconvenience And preorder A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave #romancelandia

Trans people are not a threat to women’s safety. Over 52,000 women have signed the open letter to say not in our name. Will you join them? notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

A few more shots from our hike around Eibsee. So pretty and so needed. And the boy LOVED it! #GalliTheExplorer #CuteDog #PumiMix #DogAdventures #LifeOfADog #Dog #AdoptDontShop #RescueDog #dogs #DogSky

After a few weeks of much work and bad things we needed a break. So we took a day off and went for a pretty hike. #GalliTheExplorer #CuteDog #PumiMix #DogAdventures #LifeOfADog #Dog #AdoptDontShop #RescueDog #dogs #DogSky

I so can't wait to delve back into the bloody mud with the Blood Scouts! I'm a bit late on posting everything due to LIFE™️ but regular scheduling should soon resume. Now two hectic weeks at work with 3 people being away, but then it should finally be mostly back to normal!

Just finished a beta read of A Good Day to Die by GR Matthews Then went straight into A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence by Stephanie Burgis for a cute and fun little breather. Tomorrow back into muddy trenches and full on grimdark with an ARC for A Winter's Mercy...

Do you have an indie speculative fiction novella published by August 31st, 2025? Is it between 15,000 and 40,000 words? Are you self published or published through a small/indie press? Now is your chance to enter SFINCS3! #writers #writerscommunity #authors www.sfincscompetition.com

And The Dregs has been submitted for SFINCS 3! Good luck to everyone submitting their novellas this year!

And just a quick pic drop for the #AugustWrapUp, as I should be sleeping already! A mostly cosy month, September starts on the grimdark side though. 😉 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation

And here's the last bit of the list, focusing on dystopia and sci-fi. If I ever want to make a "quick list" again, please throw an apple at me or something! 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation #IndieFantasy

And here's the fifth part of my favorite indie books, this time historical fantasy, progression fantasy and LitRPG! Any indie books I really need to try?

ND here is part 4/6 of my #IndieAugust list of favorite #IndieFantasy books! Today it's all about cosy and cosy-darks. Find all links in the shared post, so far I've done: 1) epic 2) urban 3) grimdark 4) cosy / cosydark 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation

And here is part three of my big indie list! Today I'm talking about my favorite grimdark stories... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation

Let's try this again. 😅 Last call for SFINCS3 judges! Form closes on Friday so we can prepare for author submissions soon. Thank you to those who let us know our form was having issues. 💙 #booksky 📚💙🪐 #writers #bookreview docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And here is list number two - #UrbanFantasy #IndieFantasy If you missed list one previously (epic fantasy), I am happy to say it is even longer now 😄 Found a few books I had missed before... Next up Grimdark, then Cosy / Cosy-Dark for a bit of contrast... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction

Whyever not spend the whole Saturday making a list of my favoruite self pub (anda hand full of Small Press) books for #IndieAugust... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction

if any of you have literally ANY leads in NYC. I mean any. let me know.

in a turn of events i hope i’ll find funny one day, i arrived at my sublease, let the cats out, checked my email, and found out my job fell through. i am here and have zero employment prospects.

Steve is losing his marbles

I know quite a few of my author friends are wide, so boosting for more visibility!

I will be checking for that preorder link, REPEATEDLY

Congratulations to Sophie Burnham for winning the 2025 Sidewise Award for Best Long Form Alternate History 🥳 Pick up Sargassa now and if you have already read this unputdownable book, preorder Bloodtide, book 2 of the Ex Romana trilogy buff.ly/8F0QswP buff.ly/DeuKsRv

🚨HUGO AWARD WINNER!🚨 Huge congratulations to @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social: BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY, her epic fantasy trilogy inspired by the Pre-Columbian Americas, has won the 2025 Hugo Award for Best Series!!!! Grab them in paperback, eBook and Audiobook from all good booksellers.

✨Cover Reveal✨ Art by Lawrence Mann To contain monsters & survive Organised Crime's bold tactics, Rarkin must confront his trauma head on, & break the cycle of violence in his family. Final Fantasy 8 (& Squall) X The Outsiders + autism & CPTSD rep 🌈📚🪐📚💙 elisecarlson.com/sythe-series/ #SytheSeries

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It's our 15th wedding day today, but it was so freaking hot, we ditched all plans and instead went on a hike in a small gorge with a little stream all the way so the boy could stay cool. #GalliTheExplorer #CuteDog #PumiMix #DogAdventures #LifeOfADog #Dog #AdoptDontShop #RescueDog #dogs #DogSky

The utterly lovely & wonderful Emma Newman is having a rotten year & could really do with some help. So if you can, go read her books (they're awesome!), donate to her emergency fund, or share the love. Review: fantasy-faction.com/2025/planetf... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation #SciFi

And another #SPFBO review is up!

Today's review: ... if you’re new to Benjamin Aeveryn’s work, this might be the perfect bite-sized entry point into a dark, imaginative world that’s well worth exploring. fantasy-faction.com/2025/blackca... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation @benjaminaeveryn.bsky.social

Author brethren, BEWARE! The latest round of scammers are using AI to skim details from books to make it sound like they've read them & claiming to have dedicated book groups. Beware of anything like this. I know of a few others getting these emails, too, already.

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Today we're helping @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com share the love for the cover (reveal) of their latest book! If you’re into morally grey characters, industrial fantasy, or magical competitions (with deadly consequences), this book should be on your radar! fantasy-faction.com/2025/the-cho...

Today JC Kang reviews @juliavee.bsky.social and Ken Bebelle's Ebony Gate! - JI 🐉 "Fonda Lee’s Jade City overlapping with Rob Hayes’ Never Die, with the main character being a darker female version of Lindon from Will Wight’s Unsouled—all high praise." fantasy-faction.com/2025/ebony-g... #booksky

Apparently I forgot to schedule this review on the blog, so let that be remedied! Amazing, gritty urban fantasy series, well worth the read. See more: fantasy-faction.com/2025/these-w... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation

Fridays review ... smart, character-focused storytelling with just enough grit, action, and intrigue to keep you hooked from page one. .. blends military sci-fi with noir mystery, and features a protagonist who feels authentic, snarky, and deeply human... fantasy-faction.com/2025/planets...

Monday's review: ... beautifully told, thematically rich fantasy that offers something far beyond the typical “white male protagonist” hero’s journey. Read more: fantasy-faction.com/2025/the-sum... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction By @hierath77.bsky.social

Anyone want to see this re-released?

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It's #IndieAugust and I've the sapphic ace romantasy you didn't know you needed. Come for the adorable baby dragon, stay for the disaster gays fighting for a better future. 🌈📚 #booksky #QueerAdultSFF

Always looking forward to this list!

Just wrote a funeral speech today, so yeah... Going through something. Dealing well with it this time around, as it was expected, but so many people have stuff going on, and you have no idea about. Be kind!

Not the best month reading wise, with just 9 books read, but here's the #JulyWrapUp Favourites by far Bounty Inc & In Solitude's Shadow! 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction