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Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🎃 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober 🎃 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies October prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Free Friday or spooky book/movie/tv show recs
3. Saturday Snippet
4. How do you/your MC define bravery?
5. What would your MC wear to a Halloween party?
6. WIP Villain(s)
7. POV and tense preferences
8. MC Phobias
9. Free Friday or books you hope to read before the end of the year
10. Saturday Snippet
11. What would your MC’s tombstone say?
12. Danger in WIP
13. MC’s favourite treats
14. Favourite paranormal creatures
15. Tricks in WIP
16. Free Friday or share a meme that sums up your MC’s personality
17. Saturday Snippet
18. Monsters in WIP
19. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring fear
20. Would your MC prefer going to a fall festival or a haunted house?
21. How well would the villain of your current movie/tv show work with your WIP villain?
22. Do you have any spooky settings in your WIP?
23. Free Friday or your bookish hot takes
24. Saturday Snippet
25. Costumes in WIP
26. How would your characters react to becoming a monster?
27. MC’s moral compass
28. Underrated tropes
29. MC's worst nightmare
30. Free Friday or Post your pumpkins
31. Monthly Wrap-up

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 4h

Tempest and Akieryon leaned over his leg together, inspecting the injury. An enormous purple bruise blossomed across his shin, but the skin had closed up and the swelling dwindled. “You should be able to walk,” Tempest pronounced after the uncomfortable silence had stretched… #WIPSnips

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 5h

He had never seen a place so alive. And something smelled amazing. He glimpsed Akieryon for just a moment, disappearing between the trees with a tiny angel on his arm. Now, with the glorious cacophony before him, he lost sight of them. What an excellent place for a clandestine meeting. #sniptober

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Ed Lynch @goatburgler.bsky.social · 20h

Batman says transphobes GTFO. 🏳️‍⚧️

Batman (Bruce Wayne) to Galaxy (Taylor Barzelay): “THERE WAS NO JUST CAUSE FOR YOU TO HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT. IF SOMEONE IS MADE UNCOMFORTABLE BY YOUR PRESENCE ALONE, THEN IT'S THEM WHO NEEDS TO LEAVE, NOT YOU.”

Justice League: Dream Girls #4
Writers: Nicole Maines and Jadzia Axelrod
Artists (Pencil & Ink): Ted Brandt, Ro Stein, and Rosi Kämpe
Colorists: Dearbhla Kelly and Triona Farrell

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 18h

How do I unsubscribe from Club Uterus

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DD Ward ..."Interim Pirate Queen" @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 21h

Yes! And have you seen some trad published book covers? I used to work in a book store. Half of the covers are just a stock photo with a san serif font title. Or... some public domain art with a serif font title.

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 22h

Tharaiyelagh writes a scene in which he doesn’t miss a single social cue, and he gets to eat delicious pastries with his friends. He wouldn’t write Yrich being nice to him. There’s such a thing as realism, after all. #awesomecharacters

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 24/09/2026

in the age of AI, making art is a radical act

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 30/09/2026

"How is this not an Onion headline" is the wrong question. That's the old question, from the old world, from the time of the Old Republic. The question now is, "How is reality now contained entirely within the paradigm of the Onion?"

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Finished writing one scene, started two more. Sold some books 🎉 The crown fell off my tooth (I knew this was going to happen but it was still upsetting). #queerprompts

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Balances: probably the very last few paragraphs Tools of the Trade: one of the scenes I’m currently working on, tbh. The oaths.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 30/09/2026

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ragheiyont saw Seikhiel struggling back up from his knees. Van-Dal stood guard over him, facing the seething mass of shadows that pressed in upon them. Only burning, unblinking violet eyes might differentiate Lost Souls one from another, & they all gazed in a single direction. At Seikhiel. #WIPSnips

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Caspar is extremely patient. Akieryon is moderately patient. Rahi is not patient at all unless he needs to be to steal something. We will never know how patient Tempest truly is, since he can manipulate time. #awesomecharacters

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#SunsetChat Thanks for the fun chat!! 🎶 I'm going to hype up my novella, The Witch of the Wood, which is coming out in just one week! That doesn't seem real! It's great for spooky season! If you want to preorder.... Uni: books2read.com/u/bw6gwP Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/the-witch-of...

Over the background of a foggy forest, the cover of The Witch of the Wood by Alex Larkspur
Just one week until release!

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Gabe 🏳️‍⚧️🦇 “Fealty” WIP 17.5k/100k @theeldervampire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#SunsetChat Thank you for hosting!! If you wanna read more about what Avery and Tristan from The Witch of Eden Hollow would be like in a modern setting, I'd been writing my take on it! ❤️ archiveofourown.org/works/878823... And if you wanna see the whole idea, I'll have the original threadfic 🔗 below

Background Image: A brick lined city street in Portland, Maine
Top Caption:
No Love Like Your Love
An Eden Hollow Modern AU

Synopsis on the left:
Worldly exposure was necessary for Eden Hollow’s compound, ensuring that followers both had a choice to stay but also had no reason to leave. It was time for Avery Miller’s six month sabbatical, and although he was more than sure of his devotion to his faith, he also knew that some people that left never came back.

When he decides to take his sabbatical in Southern Maine, he runs into a familiar face that he never thought he’d see again. Tristan Lowell defected and has no desire to return to the compound, and although Avery knows he shouldn’t be speaking to him, he missed his dearest friend far too much to follow the rules.

As old, buried feelings that he refuses to name reignite and he finds himself drawn to breaking his tenets for worldly delights, can Avery confidently return to the compound as planned? Or will he decide that a blissful romance is a future more worth coveting?

Small list on the right:
- Religious Trauma
- Spiritual Deconstruction
- Chronically Ill MC
- Size Difference
- Queer Joy

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Akieryon and Tempest do not go to any concerts in Balances, but their friend Jynn does play some great music. Personal stakes, stray angel making friends with mortals. #queerSFF #sunsetchat Kobo/KP www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... Paperback shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...

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Balances

A renegade Demonslayer crashes to earth. He falls in with a handful of humans, gets caught up in their problems, and figures out what home really means to him.

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I honestly have no idea what Red Hand would drop, but if Tempest wanted it, he would get it. He cheats. #sunsetchat

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tempest definitely gets Akieryon to dance. Maybe they run into Raaqiel on the dance floor. #sunsetchat

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Akieryon gets a cider and then regrets it because the cider in Broad Bend is better. Then he has to explain a bunch of fancy mixed drinks to Tempest, who is not particularly impressed. #sunsetchat

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Principalities are opening for Red Hand. They’re pretty cheeky. #sunsetchat

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tharaiyelagh has no idea what a concert is. So Maybe it’s Akieryon going. He dresses in his nicest coat and drags Tempest along with him. #sunsetchat

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bethany, aroace cryptid here, making small but important progress on Tools of the Trade, in which a feral dragonboy learns politics and other arcane arts. #sunsetchat

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#spoonieauthchat My second book, Tools of the Trade, will be dedicated to “everyone who has ever struggled with social cues” so it’s safe to say the answer is yes.

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you’ve been reading my snips maybe you have something to say? Also adding a bit from a scene I am currently writing below. #writingcommunity

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AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🧙TIS TIME 🎃 Join us for #LGBTQWriteAThon October 1-31! Answer each day or just the days you like. Have fun & make friends while working on your WIP! Prompts repost daily to @queerwriters.bsky.social (follow & turn on notifications for reminders!)! @rebeccafrostwrites.com #queerwriters #writesky

#LGBTQWRITEATHON
Use the tag and follow the feed on Bluesky! Tag @lgbtqwriteathon in photos on Instagram!

1. Introduce yourself & goal
2. Introduce your WIP moodboard
3. Check in day
4. Line share — foreboding
5. Goals day
6. Bugbears/fears
7. Does your MC wear a mask?
8. Favorite outfit
9. Skeletons in the closet
10. Check in day
11. Line share — mysterious
12. Goals day
13. Share a treat
14. Ghouls/anxieties
15. Never has your MC ever...
16. Thing MC would protect with their life
17. Check in day
18. Line share — creepy
19. Goals day
20. Genre swap!
21. Monsters/antags
22. Tingler your title
23. MC's most embarrassing memory
24. Check in day
25. Line share — terror
26. Goals day
27. Favorite spooky pastime?
28. Favorite fantasy creature
29. Most haunting thing you've written/read?
30. Brain worms — writing songs
31. Was your month a treat or tricky?

Hosts:
Bluesky: @amaralynn, @rebeccafrostwrites.com
Instagram: @lgbtqwriteathon, @amaralynn, @krakengoddess

[Image description: fall decor including Jack o lanterns and bats on a soft orange background]

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“In the eyes of the Ancestors,” Thrin’s Dad replied, “I bear witness.” oooooh, culture 👀 (I was expecting the last line would be something dull!)

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s the middle of the (Timezone)! Quick!! Promote your creative work(s)!! Title: Balances Genre: fantasy literary fiction Number of kissing scenes: …2? Sativa or Indica: I’m allergic, so I can’t definitively say. Kobo/KP www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... Paperback shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...

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Balances ebook by Bethany Laurel - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Balances" by Bethany Laurel available from Rakuten Kobo. When renegade Demonslayer Akieryon crashes to earth in front of a human, he doesn’t know what to expect. Getting taken h...

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AdorkaStock @adorkastock.com · 29/09/2026

Did you know? You can subscribe to get pose references right in your inbox! You can also get notified of new packs, restocks, art challenges, AND MORE! Sub or unsub at any time: www.adorkastock.com/subscribe

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thrin offered him some vague explanation that it was a day to honor the Ancestors, and he would see for himself how it worked. That evening, Tharaiyelagh went to bed disgruntled and a distressed. Had he and his brother never honored their Ancestors correctly? What should they have done differently?

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Van-Dal flicked a small blade open and began to cut away the sleeve of Ragheiyont’s blue overcoat. “What are you doing?” Seikhiel hissed. He might as well have shouted, for all it would have done to stir Ragheiyont. “We need more bandages.” #WIPSnips

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rewatching The Clone Wars because my witch has never seen it and she’s on a Star Wars kick. Also just started reading Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher. #septemberworldbuilders

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tillamook brand cheese is excellent. Bigots are garbage. This is an easy choice to make.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why you should use a PHYSICAL scene separator (e.g. asterisks) in your books instead of an empty space: 1) Some ereader / app somewhere may simply not show the empty space. 2) Some people read on devices with the text REALLY BIG. Your chance of the empty space being at the end of the screen is...

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I decided to self publish when it became clear to me that any publisher would try to force my book into a shape it wasn’t meant to be just to make it more ✨marketable✨. I write queer fantasy literary fiction. The internal journey is at least half the point.

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Akieryon begins Balances deliberately not looking at a certain thing about himself, but by then end of the book he’s seeing things clearly. Tharaiyelagh undervalues his intelligence and competence because he’s “just feral” and anyone could do what he does (false). #awesomecharacters

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Get my den switched over for cold weather (move furniture so I can put out the heated rug and buy a new heated throw). And maybe make some progress on these scenes I’m writing. #queerwriters

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#spoonieauthchat ADHD here, which should be obvious from the fact that I do almost all of my writing on my phone.

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Closing his eyes, Akieryon propped his head in his hands. He needed to think. He had two pieces in motion. Swift, single-minded bishop and agile knight. In his prime, he could make pure havoc on a chessboard with knight, bishop, and queen. Now, which direction did he need to move? #WIPSnips

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Cat Lady🌈📚🍂 @librarycrone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

hey y’all just a reminder (partly for myself, too) not to censor words on Bluesky. There is no post suppression based on keywords on here, so all you’re doing is getting around people’s muted words, which many have muted for mental health and PTSD reasons

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Celestial magic functions on the manipulation of opposing forces. Light and darkness are first principles for learning it. This is why Uriel, as angel of both Darkness and Light, is basically the embodiment of celestial magic. #septemberworldbuilders

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Kristin 🇨🇦🤓 @faierius.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As an author, all I *really* want is for people to love my characters and stories as much as I do.

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Six towers lined the road, slits for archers keeping baleful watch over any approach. He took a step forward. No shouts greeted him. No arrows flew down from above. All remained eerily still. Ragheiyont stepped lightly, but he need not have bothered. The city felt as dead as dry bone. #queerwriters

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Bethany Laurel @bethanylaurel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Girl Genius (yes, the webcomic). Why? 1.) showed me that Weird and Niche is Good Actually 2.) gave me permission to do whatever I want with my world, no matter how far off the beaten path 3.) ABSOLUTE MASTERCLASS in foreshadowing Thank you, @thephilfoglio.bsky.social

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