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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 29/09/2026

The soil clings to our stories in seeds, bones, and quaking rocks, always true, often ignored. #7SyllableSentence #BookSky #Poetry #Nature [Photo by Stephane Bidouze]

Photo of a tree deep in a forest with twisted roots like fingers that cling deep into the dug out, muddy soil. Nature photography by Stephane Bidouze.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

✨🍂🥀 SHORT STORY 🥀🍂✨ 🕯️ dark fantasy horror 🗡️ girls protecting girls 🍃 a forest of spirits 🎭 two sisters 🪦 a deal made in a cemetery 🗝️ children outsmarting adults 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/JeltBy 💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/bailuchien 📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... [ #booksky ]

cover for bailuchien by rebecca crunden; image shows an orange heart with flowers and plants growing out of it, branches come out of the heart's centre and come out of the border too. the title font is dark red and dripping blood. the name font is pale white.

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 27/09/2026

Still thinking about that crow question from last week? The short answer: her town is next. The long answer, how he chooses her and what it costs her, is what I'm writing now. Pieces of it go to The Circle before anywhere else. evcaldwell.com/TheCircle #Booksky

“I should have let her stay hidden,” in light text written over a wall of black crow feathers.

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 26/09/2026

The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth Trilogy @nkjemisin.bsky.social gives one of the most accurate representations of grief from death I’ve ever read. As someone with a young son, this was especially difficult to process but important to recognize. #AmReading #BookSky #Fantasy

Book cover for The Fifth Season (white title on the top, by N.K. Jemisin (yellow gold in the center). Underneath it in smaller type: New York Times Best Selling Author. A broken and weathered stone wall with filigree detail. Winner of the Hugo Award 2016.

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 26/09/2026

Gladly lured by the siren. #7SyllableSentence #Booksky [Photo by zorotoo’s images]

A lush island in the middle of the ocean on a cloudy day. Photo by zorotoo’s images.

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 25/09/2026

Started doing this with my current read. #Booksky

“When you realize you’ll miss the characters before you finish the book, you read slower.” Written in white text over dark green canvas textured background.

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Tani Hilfagger @tani-heart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Libbyapp gang rise up

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 22/09/2026

What would convince an ancient crow to offer his last soul bond to an untrained mage? He won't let her town be next, but using her magic will leave her visible to whatever is ravaging it. More of this world goes to The Circle first evcaldwell.com/TheCircle #Booksky #Art by @geekycleary.bsky.social

An ancient crow - text next to a flying crow with dark foliage framing the bottom on a canvas textured gray background.

An untrained mage - text over a low light, ominous forest in the background.

The last soul bond - text next a glowing turquoise knot resembling an infinity symbol on a canvas textured dark gray background.

Stylized concept art of a crystalized glowing magic floating above a lush, green forest floor with a dark, root-like presence creeping in. Story by E.V. Caldwell. Art by Geekycleary.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

79 Candles 🎂 today for STEPHEN KING

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

N.K. Jemisin is the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 3 consecutive yrs for her Broken Earth series & first to win for all 3 novels in a trilogy. Recipient MacArthur Genius Grant, 2020. She was born #OTD in 1972. Happy Birthday @nkjemisin.bsky.social 🎈 #SciFi #Fantasy #BookSky

A montage portrait of science fiction author N.K. Jemisin. On the left, she appears in a close-up photo with long, dark braided hair, wearing earrings, a delicate necklace with a pendant, a deep maroon sweater, and a shimmering green scarf draped around her neck. She has a calm, confident expression and gazes directly at the camera against a softly blurred dark background. To the right are three stacked book covers of her works. Top: The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth trilogy), with a dark, textured design and metallic title. Middle: The Obelisk Gate, featuring an intricate, glowing red-and-purple circular mandala-like emblem. Bottom: The Stone Sky, showing a dramatic stormy sky with a massive floating obelisk.

The overall composition highlights the author alongside prominent covers from her award-winning Broken Earth series.

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 19/09/2026

Which fantasy villain’s logic did you understand a little too well? #Booksky

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Carrie @onekdramamomma.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human." - Vicious by V.E. Schwab #BookSky 💙📚 #BookQuote

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 18/09/2026

What would it take to convince an ancient crow to offer his last soul bond to someone with barely any magic training? #Booksky

Fantasy illustration of a glowing, deep green crow feather with a magic iridescent sheen on an off-white background. Art by Geekycleary

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I don’t like borrowing much for the sole reason that I like to write and underline in my books and then hoard them like a dragon 🥺👉👈 I don’t even like giving away books I didn’t enjoy because what if I change my mind 🫣

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I buy, oh lord help me, borrowing? If I like the book and I have to give it back? I get a little bit Genghis Khan.

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We're thrilled to reveal the cover for A SPOONFUL OF TROUBLE by @tkingfisher.com, the tale of a princess who decides to take fate into her own hands with the help of a goddess, a goat, and a healthy dose of self-confidence. February 2027 Cover: Natasha MacKenzie

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 15/09/2026

A decade ago, I found an empty, lit carnival in Vienna, strangely suspended in time. That same quiet strangeness lives in the book I'm writing: an ancient crow, an untrained mage & a soul bond that could save her town or expose her to whatever is ravaging it. 💙📚 Art & lore evcaldwell.com/TheCircle

Crow flying towards an overgrown path in a dark, misty forest full of green moss.

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 13/09/2026

Saturday Shelfie: What are you reading this weekend? #Booksky

Tree-shaped bookshelf filled with fantasy books, a few sci-fi books, and some classic literature books aesthetically arranged by color and size - authors include Brandon Sanderson, V.E. Schwab, Becky Chambers, Alex E. Harrow, Olivia Blake, Philip Pullman, and Jane Austen.

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 11/09/2026

More than a decade ago, I found a carnival in Vienna lit with strings of colored bulbs. It was open but nearly empty. No music played from any of the rides. It should have felt haunting. Instead, it felt like a place slightly out of time. [1/2] #BookSky #AmWriting

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Strange times. Perhaps they always were.

A fey creature clutches a glowing thing to their breast in an autumn Marsh under a full moon with a closing cathedral in the background. Mixed media on toned paper.

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 10/09/2026

What fantasy book has a morally complicated character you couldn’t help rooting for? For me, it’s Vicious by V.E. Schwab. Characters like Victor Vale are why I write. Hi, I’m E.V. Caldwell, and I write about an ancient crow and an untrained mage who’ve both made damaging choices. #BookSky

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 09/09/2026

Mistborn: The Final Empire I’d heard more praise for this book than almost any other, and Kelsier drew me in almost immediately. The sensory differences between the metals made the magic system feel especially vivid, even in busy scenes. That was where Sanderson’s work shined through. #BookSky

A young woman with short dark hair crouches in a balanced, athletic stance. She wears a purple-tinted dress and a matching "mistcloak" composed of long, flowing tatters of fabric trailing behind her. She looks directly forward, holding a pair of glass daggers in her hands. The city's silhouetted rooftops fade into a soft, hazy purple mist behind her. The author's name, BRANDON SANDERSON, is printed in bold yellow text at the bottom, and the title "MISTBORN" is in large yellow letters at the top. Directly below it in smaller type is “The Final Empire.”

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 08/09/2026

Currently reading: - Dracula by Bram Stoker - The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin - The Player of Games by Ian M Banks - The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - A Prayer for the Crown Sky by Becky Chambers - To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers #BookSky #AmReading

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 06/09/2026

Having ice cream and re-reading my favorite book. Life is good. #BookSky

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Zvesta @artbyzvesta.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Wanted to share the DTIYS I did for @carson-drew-it.com's 12 years of streaming. He's a dear friend and an amazing artist, so I hope I did him justice with this~

A drawing of a girl reaching into dark waters, and figures reaching up from within. Around the water is an eery magical forest with glowing plants, as well as old forgotten bones.

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 06/09/2026

Reach the moon in mere moments. Eyes travel the midnight skies. #7SyllableSentence #Photography #BookSky [Photo by me]

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 01/09/2026

The mist gave her a heady nausea as she approached the stronghold. A low growl came from the blackberry brambles to her right. Many eyes shone blue in the dim light. Her horse stepped back. She unslung her bow and nocked an arrow. Why had she continued alone? A massive beak parted the thorns. [1/2]

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SZ Estavillo @szestavilloauthor.com · 31/08/2026

Being a writer has completely changed the way I read. Half of me is enjoying the story. The other half is quietly studying how the author pulled it off. Every book you read can teach you something about the writer you want to become. #AuthorSky #BookSky

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 28/08/2026

Only memory withstands death.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

‘The book lady’ 🥹 Rest well, sweet soul. Thank you for the books, for Buffy, and for being such a kind, giving light for us all. 💙

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 24/08/2026

Pluribus A dystopian sci-fi drama & dark comedy that I couldn’t stop watching. I’m always drawn to stories that let one character carry the full weight of an impossible premise. At times, it was uncomfortably plausible in the real world. For the best experience, go in as blind as possible. #TVsky

Cover for the Apple TV show Pluribus - A screaming blond woman blending into a yellow background with the title written in bold black on the bottom.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Congratulations to Rati Mehrotra! “The Teleporting Disaster Fairy” is a 2026 WSFA Small Press Award Finalist! You can read it here! buff.ly/J2pHgC3

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 67, "Mushroom Mother of Us All" by Paul Lewin. In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The quote reads: "The first time Kittu teleported was into the lavatory of a plane bound for London, fifteen seconds before it crashed in a field south of Gatwick. One moment she was brushing her teeth in front of the bathroom mirror in her apartment in Toronto, wishing she had the money to go on vacation, and the next moment she was thrown upward,

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arnaerr 🦭⭑｡ @arnaerr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Charo's Hidden Grave #art #eldenring

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 22/08/2026

Received my first rejection for a story submission. I take it as a rite of passage that I’ve now passed, on to the next submission. Writers, what’s the best advice you received after a rejection? #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #BookSky

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 20/08/2026

Really enjoying Bram Stoker’s Dracula right now. Is it wrong that I love his obsession with language and blending in? #BookSky #CurrentlyReading #AmReading

Book cover of Dracula by Bram Stoker - black gothic text with vine-like bat wing details on flat, dark brown background.

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 20/08/2026

Blueberry-tinted steam wafted from the brewing potion. Its scent was a saccharine invitation meant only for those in dire need to be healed. Swallowing the potion would tie their fate to the leaves of the forest it was brewed in. #BookSky #MicroFiction #Nature #IndieAuthor

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 19/08/2026

If you see this, post a book character you immediately trusted. #BookSky

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E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com · 08/08/2026

All books call a library home. #7SyllableSentence #BookSky

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