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SECRET COUSIN?! The Oct 6 ep of Witch Garden (for Patreon subscribers, free and paid) is up! www.patreon.com/dknippling/p...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Witch Garden Oct 5 post is up (free and paid subscribers) - Today I ran with a bit of a riff on when people who "love" you can't get your name right. www.patreon.com/dknippling/p...

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Oct 5 - The Waking of Witches #3 - The Witch Garden | DeAnna Knippling

Oct 5 - The Waking of Witches #3 - The Witch Garden by DeAnna Knippling on Patreon. Join DeAnna Knippling's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Ron Collins @roncollins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

KICKSTARTERS RON LIKES! Here's my latest run at, well, current and upcoming Kickstarter projects I like. I always enjoy seeing what's happening on @kickstarter.com . You can have a lot of fun supporting Indie writers! www.typosphere.com/kickstarters...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Episode 33 of Herpetology is up! The ATOMIC episode. We talked geothermal power, volcanos, Devil's Tower, depleted uranium, and LOOK NOBODY NEEDS TO USE AN ATOM BOMB WHILE COOKING SUPPER. Silliness ensues. youtu.be/qokbQYzdTY0

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New episode of Blind Date with Death (ep 18): Hungover texting and snortworthy passwords. Encryption and spreadsheets and secrets amongst nerds. Silver gray suiting and apps that go *ding!* These are a few of Logan's favorite things!--Or not. www.patreon.com/VelvetMaskFi...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

HAUNTED HOUSE versus WITCH LIBRARIAN ...I'm working on a "shoutable" pitch for readers. Does it work? www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Day 3 of The Witch Garden posted - I had the first two posts set to the wrong setting, like an idiot, so now if you set up a free subscriber account, you'll get them. My apologies. www.patreon.com/dknippling/p...

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Oct 3 - The Waking of Witches #3 - The Witch Garden | DeAnna Knippling

Oct 3 - The Waking of Witches #3 - The Witch Garden by DeAnna Knippling on Patreon. Join DeAnna Knippling's community for exclusive content and updates.

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And my new novel The Apocalypse Job for the Light Fantasy Bundle - middle-aged superheroes hiding their powers getting together for one last heist: the techbro apocalypse. storybundle.com/fantasy

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

DOUBLE TROUBLE. TWO NEW BOOKS OUT TODAY. The Waking of Witches series - middle-grade crossover horror with ghost cats, spiked black Crocs, and a house that wasn't there yesterday. Witch Labyrinth = NEW. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Witches for spooky season, middle-grade crossover. Remember being 12? It sucked in ways I couldn't handle even now as an adult. This is not one of those gentle "kids need to be protected" series. This is horror. I MADE TROPE CHARTS. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New episode of the Asshole Mitigation Plan up: Staying Grounded as a Self when everything goes to shit, a.k.a. the core of self-care. wonderlandpress.com/asshole-miti...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

UPDATE: IMAGE NOW WITH FLOWERS BECAUSE RAY IS SO COOL

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

New Episode of Herpetology up: ep 32, the FLOWER episode! Act 3 of Homestuck: Alice's White Queen plucked out of Wonderland, as an awkward tween. I figured out how to play a scale on her flute, and Ray went Full Victorian Flowers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp2r...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

DRIVE-IN B-MOVIE GORY VIOLENT FUNNY POPCORN FARE JUST FILM IT AND GIVE IT THE MST3K TREATMENT ALREADY A friend of mine, one of the most precise, laser-focused, "Is this early Stephen King? NO IT'S SHANNON LAWRENCE," friends has a new book out! Check it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Twelve is the cruelest age, hatching a teen out of a child's mind, mixing magic and horror, filling blank pages with wonder. Two crossover witch-dark fantasy books in hc/ppb/ebook, Book 3 live-written in October. Launch Oct 1, done at midnight on Halloween. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring. "I passed the test. I will diminish...and go into the West...and remain Marge."

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Marge Simpson The Simpsons

ALT: Marge Simpson The Simpsons

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Ron Collins @roncollins.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Dead Room was Ichabod’s answer to their fear, and intolerance, and hate. Read about “The Dead Room” (and hear from the author!), an astounding new story by @dknippling.bsky.social in HALLOWEEN HEARTS. Live on @kickstarter.com NOW! www.typosphere.com/2026/09/04/t...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

...is this a Christmas move?!

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? (You can pick a different year if you're concerned about that kind of thing.)

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Coroca Angry Outburst

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Closing soon (2 days): Brigid Collins's All Hallows of Feyland, three fantasy novels set in Anthea Sharp's Feyland. VR games, fey mischief, queer no-spice romance. Cozy, dry humor that stays low-key...until the sudden bite. Check her out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bri...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New Kickstarter! The anthology HALLOWEEN HEARTS, a collection of love and romance in the eerie time of Halloween. I have a story in this, the tale of a museum filled with haunted objects and broken souls, collected by a man who refuses to change a single one. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ron...

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Kristine Kathryn Rusch @kristinerusch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Seavy County Kickstarter just went live. Everything Seavy County—that magical fictional place on the Oregon Coast. You'll find t3 dark fantasy novels, 4 short story collections (filled with science fiction, crime, & magic), & so much more. #booktok #booksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/a26...

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THREE FANTASY NOVELS From Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Three Fantasy Novels Set in Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Acclaimed Seavy County!

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

FINAL DAYS: Tami Veldura's first collection of Bone Witch stories on Kickstarter. Aro/Ace NO SPICE urban fantasy. Ebook/Audio/PPB/HC. Nariah makes memorial jewelry from bones for a living...but uses her witchcraft to solve problems in order to make a life. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tam...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Kickstarter forthcoming: The Waking of Witches series, middle-grade dark fantasy, wonderful and terrifying. 1: The Witch House (new HC). 2: The Witch Labyrinth (new release, E/PPB/HC). 3: The Witch Garden (LIVE WRITING starting Oct 1). Get notified here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

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Ron Collins @roncollins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hot cosplay. A Halloween midnight double feature. What could go wrong? “Roll Credits” – a new short story by Stefon Mears in HALLOWEEN HEARTS. Launches on @kickstarter.com next week! Get notified now! (And get a free story!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/ron...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Two days left on the Fantasy Bundle of Bundles. 15 collections, a rainbow of indie fantasy flavors: goofy, dark, romantasy, faeries, street magic and more. My bundle is stories of a magical Colorado Front Range that hides just out of sight. storybundle.com/fantasy

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New Episode of Herpetology up! Ep 31: The end of Act 2 and checking in with act 1 and 2 overall. I got waaaaay too confused about TIME TRAVEL. Olaf Stapledon, Ozymandias, Tank Girl, and being able to pull STRANGELY APPROPRIATE elements out of your butt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrxF...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New Episodes of Herpetology up! Ep 30: Of bunkers, dunce caps, and the Village people. Wandering Vagabond in a bunker in the middle of a desert, trying to master the nuances of setting latitude and longitude--and time. I caught an epic pun that Ray missed. UGH. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pvv...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

'Twas a dark and Halloween night... IN AUGUST, so there's time to get books shipped. Have bought anthology stories from both! Tami Veldura's Bone Witch (UF) stories: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tam... Brigid Collins's All Hallows of Feyland (VR+Fey) trilogy: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bri...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

HARLAN ELLISON ALERT: We babble thru "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream," THE GAME. Part 2 of prepping for Amazing Digital Circus. Did we REALLY know the story and/or game of IHNMAIMS as well as we remembered? Nope! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbAs...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

HARLAN ELLISON ALERT: We babble thru "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." We're prepping to pull apart Amazing Digital Circus and how it riffs off of and delightfully away from IHNMAIMS...but did we REALLY know the story and/or game as well as we remembered? Nope! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM-P...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

if you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

New ep of the Asshole Mitigation Plan is live! Anchoring the self, that is, being a person outside of someone else's bullshit narratives, is vital. I'm using "hope" as a case study for how to achieve that, but there are other ways, too. wonderlandpress.com/asshole-miti...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Blind Date with Death, Ep 16. Erm, adults only, and the end of Book 1: Monday. Dan and Marina have spent the entire book whiplashing attraction versus panic. Wee ghosties, scarred tattoos, his favorite pants. Trick or treat! www.patreon.com/VelvetMaskFi...

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BDwD Monday: Episode 16* | Velvet Mask Fiction

BDwD Monday: Episode 16* by Velvet Mask Fiction on Patreon. Join Velvet Mask Fiction's community for exclusive content and updates.

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Now live: Fantasy Bundle of Bundles, the most recursive bundle that ever bundled. 15 bundles, ~47 ebooks, ALL FANTASY ALLA TIME. Mine's 3 volumes of Fold Magic: fairy-tale retellings of an insecure con artist, a Denver brewpub run by the Night Folk…and prehistoric bears! storybundle.com/fantasy

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Kristine Kathryn Rusch @kristinerusch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I'm counting 47 fantasy ebooks here for about $2 per book. Get yours now! #booksky

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I've listened to that specific album a bajillion times!!!

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Kickstarter pre-launch page for MONSTERS IN LOVE is up — Amazing Monster Tales Issue 5, fifteen stories of romantic horror, edited by Jamie Ferguson and Yours Truly. All monsters, all romance...sometimes cute and fluffy, sometimes very, very bad. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bor...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

WOW. Okay, that was a weird experience.

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Jamie Ferguson @jamieferguson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I've listened to The Creative Penn podcast for years, and am thrilled to have been a guest on the show!!! 🎤 Joanna (J.F.) Penn interviewed me about my non-fiction book Bundle Up! Practical Guide to Anthologies and Box Sets That Sell. It was a lot of fun! www.thecreativepenn.com/2026/07/13/b...

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Bundles, Box Sets and Anthologies With Jamie Ferguson | The Creative Penn

What's the difference between a bundle, a box set, an anthology, and a collection? How can being part of an anthology be creatively interesting and useful for marketing? With Jamie Ferguson

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