Apparently it’s International Gothic Reading Month, soooo here’s my Jack the Ripper inspired gothic horror fantasy book in case you fancy it. 😏 #gothicreadingmonth #gothicbooks #gothichorror #gothicfantasy #BookSky #WritingCommunity #indiebooks #indieauthor

What's remarkable is not just that Trump is so loathsome and narcissistic that he doesn't care when an innocent woman is killed in a protest unless and until he finds out that her dad was a fan of his ... it's that he's so disregulated he *can't help but say so out loud*.

One line book reviews for: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Play Nice by Rachel Harrison Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley Triflers Need Not Apply by Camilla Bruce What Hunger by Catherine Dang The gothic/horror vibes continue and show no signs of abating & I am *loving* it.

Little early birthday pressie from my niece and nephew. Looking forward to reading these! 📚 #horrorbooks #amreading #gothichorror #horrorreads #amreadinghorror #BookSky

Delighted to say the ebooks for both books (so far) in The Commune’s Curse series are available wide in ebook! And they’re both just 99p - what a bargain, if I do say so myself. 😏 #darkfantasy #indiefantasybooks #fantasyreader #fantasyseries #thecommunescurse #BookSky #indieauthor

Happy Friday ❄️ #indieauthor #indiebooks #fantasywriter #fantasybooks #darkfantasybooks #BookSky

Some 2025 favourites in TV, film, and music! Anything you enjoyed watching / listening to here?? 🙂 #2025wrapup #amwatching #amlistening #authorlife #indieauthor

Just entered my first SPFBO! Good luck to everyone else who’s submitted. Fingers crossed for getting into the lucky 300 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 #spfbo #fantasybooks #fantasywriter #fantasyreader #darkfantasy

Christmas book purchases 📖 First time I’ve been in a bookshop and headed straight for horror rather than fantasy 🧐😏 #horrorbooks #booksbooksbooks #horrorreads #gothichorror #femininerage #BookSky

Favourite books read in 2025. The vibe has definitely leant more towards gothic and horror this year, though there are still a few fantasies in there! 📕 #2025reads #gothicbooks #horrorbooks #amreading #readerlife #BookSky

Happy holidays everyone! Wishing you all rest, peace, & love. ❤️ Thank you to everyone who has supported me as an author this year, in whatever way that has been! Here’s to 2026–I’ve got big plans for my writing. Watch this space. 👀📚 #happyholidays #authorlife #fantasywriter #fantasybooks

A reminder that voting is open for the @indieinkawards & your votes for my book Echoes of the EtherStone would be amazing. ❤️ www.indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-... #indieinkawards #indiebooks #BookSky #writingcommunity #indiefantasy #gothicfantasy

A lovely review for my debut re-release, The Cruel God’s Awakening. ❤️

I legitimately have a problem. #gothicbooks #gothichorror #gothicfantasy #readerlife #gothicvibes #amreading

Voting is now open for the Indie Ink Awards! Please consider voting for Echoes of the EtherStone in the following categories: - best book cover & cover artist - best friendship - best morally gray character - best setting

The Cruel God’s Awakening (The Commune’s Curse: Book 1) is out today! I hope it finds all the dark fantasy fans. And if you fancy giving it a try, the ebook is just 99p / 99c! Bargain. Link in bio. #darkfantasy #fantasyreads #bookrelease #foundfamily #animalcompanions #BookSky

One more day until the (re)release of The Cruel God’s Awakening, the first book in my dark fantasy series, The Commune’s Curse. Oh and the ebook is included in the very first Introverted Indies Stuff Your Kindle event from 15th to 18th December too, on sale for just 99p / 99c!!

5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚 1. post about their book on socials 2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads 3. suggest their book to a book club! 4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in! 5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!

My dark fantasy (re)release The Cruel God’s Awakening (The Commune’s Curse: Book 1) is coming in less than a week!! & the ebook is just 99p / 99c, how’s that for a bargain? Grab a copy here: mybook.to/TCGAtcc1 #darkfantasy #fantasyreads #bookrelease #animalcompanions #foundfamily #chosenone

It’s #WIPWednesday so here’s a little quote from my current gothic fantasy book which I am currently tweaking and rewriting, with the hope of finishing it by the end of the year. LET’S DO THIS. #wipquote #gothicfantasy #amwriting #gothicbooks #writerlife #gothicvibes #WriterSky #writingcommunity

The #WIPSnips word of the day is “fourth” so here’s a snippet from my current work in progress, a gothic fantasy story. Trigger warning: pregnancy loss. #WriteSky #writingcommunity #writerlife

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for December 8th is "fourth" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Thank you to everyone who nominated Echoes of the EtherStone in the Indie Ink Awards!! It’s up for more categories than I had hoped which is amazing. Voting opens 15th December, I’ll share more details then ❤️ #gothicfantasy #indieinkawards #bookawards #indiebooks #gothicbooks #BookSky

U.K. fantasy and gothic fiction fans! If you fancy any of my books as Christmas gifts (for yourself or others, I’m not judging 😏), do check out my ko-fi shop this week. 📕 ko-fi.com/lucyamclaren... #gothicfantasy #darkfantasy #signedbooks #indiebooks #supportindie #indiebooks #BookSky

Time for a bookshelf makeover! 📚 See anything you recognise?? 👀 #bookshelfie #bookshelf #readerlife #amreading #BookSky #ReaderSky

When there are too many good books to read so you just read 5 at a time 😅😅😅 (All in different formats to be fair so it’s not so bad). My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna Van Veen Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Triflers Need Not Apply by Camilla Bruce

I recently finished watching What We Do In The Shadows and I have no idea why it took me so long!! Amazing, hilarious, and heartwarming. Will definitely need to rewatch. 🧛🏻 If you know anything in the same vein (ha), do let me know your recommendations! #whatwedointheshadows #wwdits #amwatching

If you fancy some political dark fantasy this holiday season, why not check out the re-release of my debut book? ⚔️ The Cruel God’s Awakening (The Commune’s Curse: Book 1) is coming 15th December and is just 99p / 99c on ebook! Pre-order here: mybook.to/TCGAtcc1 #darkfantasy #fantasyreads #BookSky

If you fancy some gothic m*rder mystery this holiday season, why not give Echoes of the EtherStone a try? It’s available in paperback and ebook (the latter of which is just 99p / 99c!!). Buy here: linktr.ee/lucyamclaren #gothicfantasy #gothicreads #bookquote #murdermystery #BookSky #gothicvibes

Christmas jumper day in the office AKA my lounge (self-employed life). 🎄 #indieauthor #amwriting #christmasjumper #writerlife #indiewriter

Well, the new covers for my dark fantasy series, The Commune’s Curse, are looking rather good together. 👀👀👀 #darkfantasy #fantasybooks #bookcover #fantasyreads #BookSky #fantasyseries

Just 2 weeks until the (re)release of The Cruel God’s Awakening (The Commune’s Curse: Book 1). If you didn’t read it the first time round and fancy some dark fantasy in your life, do add it to your Christmas list 😏 Pre-order here: linktr.ee/lucyamclaren #darkfantasy #fantasyreads #BookSky

And that’s a wrap on #NoNotWriMo! I got to 90th place on the leaderboard which isn’t bad as I think hundreds of people took part. Thanks to the awesome people at Freewrite for hosting this & giving me the boost I needed to get moving on my WIP. Now to try and get this baby finished… 📕 #amwriting

Me reading back through what I’ve written during #NoNotWriMo this month 😅😅😅 #indiewriter #amwriting #writerlife #indiebooks #indieauthor #WriterSky

Final day of #NoNotWriMo 💪🏻 This has been an awesome motivator, I’m going to continue into December to try and finish my book! #amwriting #fantasywriter #gothicfantasy #freewrite #indieauthor #authorsky #BookSky

A little look behind the scenes at my highly professional family tree for my current work in progress (a gothic fantasy featuring toxic romance & feminine rage & fighting the patriarchy). I absolutely know what I’m doing. 📚 #indiebooks #gothicreads #indiewriter #toxicromance #BookSky #WriterSky

It’s #fantasyfriday so here are my fantasy books badly described. As an aside, last few days to grab 20% off signed paperback books in my Ko-Fi shop 👇 ko-fi.com/lucyamclaren... #gothicfantasy #darkfantasy #fantasyreads #bookblurb #foundfamily #BookSky

The lovely folks over at Owl Talyn Press are having a sale tomorrow (Saturday 29th), which means you can nab $2.99 off all the books in their online shop (including Echoes of the EtherStone) with code SBS299. Don’t miss out!! Shop here: owltalynpress.com/collections/... #BookSale #BookSky

That awkward moment when your new friend accuses your brother of being a serial k!ller… and you realise she’s probably right. Don’t you hate it when that happens? 🥶 Echoes of the EtherStone is available now. Grab your copy here: mybook.to/EotELAM #gothicfantasy #gothicreads #bookquote #BookSky

Read the first few pages of my gothic horror fantasy book Echoes of the EtherStone to see if it’s for you… And if you want to read on, grab a copy here: linktr.ee/lucyamclaren #gothicfantasy #gothicreads #bookquote #murdermysterybooks #echoesoftheetherstone #BookSky

The Cruel God’s Awakening (The Commune’s Curse: Book 1) coming 15th Dec! Perfect for dark fantasy fans who love their stories character focused & political. Oh, & there are animal companions. ⚔️ Pre-order here: mybook.to/TCGAtcc1 #darkfantasy #fantasyreads #bookrelease #animalcompanions #BookSky

Gift ideas for the fantasy fans in your life. Gothic horror/foggy streets vibes? Echoes of the EtherStone is what you want. Multi-POV/political/dark fantasy vibes? The Commune’s Curse series it is! Buy here: linktr.ee/lucyamclaren #fantasyreads #fantasyseries #gothicfantasy #darkfantasy

Progress is slow but steady for #NoNotWriMo. I must say, for a book I’ve dragged myself through this year, and at times thought I may never finish, I’m feeling very optimistic! Anyone else doing a writing challenge for November? How’s it going? #amwriting #indieauthor #indiewriter

Looking forward to reading Frankenstein for the first time. I probably should have by now but heyho, better late than never! 😅 Have you read it? What were your thoughts? #frankenstein #maryshelley #gothicfiction #gothicvibes #gothicbooks #amreading #BookSky #ReaderSky

I made the two man characters (El and Beth) & side characters (Ashford and Denys) from my gothic horror fantasy book, Echoes of the EtherStone and it looks like a sassy 90s sitcom. They’re gonna be up to ALL SORTS of high jinks—no gruesome m*rders here! #gothicbooks #BookSky #thesims #gothichorror

It’s WIP Wednesday, so here’s a snippet from the gothic fantasy book I am currently working on. 💀 She is *chonky* but I do need to rewrite a fair amount so I don’t think it’ll end up being quite as long as it’s shaping up to be… I hope 🥲🥶 #wipwednesday #amwriting #gothicbooks #gothicreads

ARC readers wanted for my upcoming dark fantasy book! The Cruel God’s Awakening (The Commune’s Curse: Book 1) is the re-release of my debut book, previously titled Awakening. If you didn’t read it the first time round & want to now, sign up here: forms.gle/DTqKAwDhkAaV... #BookSky #fantasybooks

New stickers for my Freewrite ✅ Breaching 18,000 words written so far for #NoNotWriMo ✅ Trying not to think about the 40% of my 100k word manuscript that will need rewriting ✅ How’s your November going? #amwriting #authorlife #indieauthor #writerlife #indiewriter #freewrite #gothicbooks #BookSky

New cover reveal for The Mad Man’s Hope (The Commune’s Curse: Book 2)!!! I love it. Look at Hector’s li’l moustache. Look at Cara, sneaking along the side there. And Raif, hand on his bow/arrow as if he knows how to use it 🥲 #darkfantasybooks #BookSky #fantasybooks #fantasyreader #ReaderSky

Enjoy Frankenstein? Meet your next monster. Grab your copy of Echoes of the EtherStone here: linktr.ee/lucyamclaren #gothichorror #gothicfantasy #gothicvibes #gothic #frankenstein #monster #gothicbooks #BookSky