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Kate Brazier @katebrazierartist.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Good evening! I've spent all day fighting with this painting. Thankfully I won...

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This week's Saturday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, which is currently on sale in the UK in ebook for just 99p! And of course it's still available everywhere else at ordinary prices (& available in KU in some places). ♥️ stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen #romancelandia

An image of the British cover of Wooing the Witch Queen shows a man in a cloak riding headlong through the night towards an ominous castle with an illuminated, crowned female figure in its doorway and bats flying overhead in the moonlight. A potion vial surrounds that central image and is further framed by leaves and branches. Crows sit on the branches, and a tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sarah Beth Durst reads, 'Absolutely irresistible!'
Above and beside the cover is this snippet from the book:
Felix had never been more grateful for his concealing mask and cloak than when he'd emerged onto the tower roof to find Queen Saskia with her head thrown back, lips parted, a cloud of crows swirling around her and energy crackling so intensely through the air that it lifted the hair at the back of his neck.
It should have been a terrifying sight: the wicked witch of Kitvaria no doubt summoning a terrible storm of magic to rain down upon her enemies.
But it had stopped his breath for quite a different reason.

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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's fall, time to draw a cat sitting in a tree

a small black cat sitting in a leafless tree back lit by the sunset

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Emily Rae 📚 @emilyrae.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

WWDITS x SIGN HERE Cenzo is thriving as a vampire, until a hunter injects him with a serum & turns him human. Now he has to EAT & BREATHE? Ridiculous. 😤 Cenzo must work with the hunter to reverse the effects—if his new human conscience doesn't get in the way. #QuestPit #A #FA #AG

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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Publisher's Marketplace announcement of my book deal with Titan Books.

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just seeing this!!! Awesome premise I can’t wait to read it 🥰🥰

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Crawling out of my self-imposed writing isolation to squeal about this!!! Happy book birthday @elizmanderson.com 🥳🎉 So excited to get lost in the woods with Arthur 🥰🥰 #writingcommunity #booksky

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SimzArt @simzart.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Immemorial. 🦜

A character enjoying some fresh breeze on their patio. There's a ghost jackal/dog sitting next to them. The main subject is covered in tattoos showing bandages and symbols. On the patio there are a few plants and inside the house visible in the back there's a kitchen.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This week's Friday snippet comes from my fantasy rom-com Wooing the Witch Queen, which is out in ebook, paperback, and audiobook: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen #romancelandia

An image of the front cover of Wooing the Witch Queen shows a sinister witch queen in a spectacular beaded dress embracing her handsome and adoring new librarian (in a black wizard's robe) inside a library of magic filled with crows and masks and flying books. Above and beside it is this snippet from the book:
Saskia’s crown of bones was poking into her skull, and it itched. She would have reached up to rearrange it—or at least to give her head a good scratch—but Morlokk loomed on one side of her massive throne while Mrs. Haglitz crouched on the other, both looking appropriately doom-ridden and forbidding. She couldn’t bear the looks of disappointment she would get if she let them down so badly.
So she lifted her chin and curled her upper lip into an appropriately disdainful sneer as she flicked her fingers in the direction of the great doors at the opposite end of the reception hall. They crashed open in response to her command, and she prepared to look unimpressed.
It wasn’t difficult.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 26/04/2026

I found the cutest fucking pattern on Etsy. My sisters loves gardening. She hasn’t grown any carrots yet, but she wants to. I made her this lil’ dude. Hopefully he will provide some encouragement and moral support. No name for him yet. He’s carrot dude. 🧶 🥕 🧑‍🌾

Crocheted carrot with arms and legs, wearing overalls and a neutral expression. Three leaves sprout out of its head. In the background is a bookshelf.

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Super excited and honored to have a short story in this one, among some truly amazing names! ✨

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I'm on a kick of home library renos today and I can't stop thinking about how good these would look in a Secret Gothic Library 🥰 www.instagram.com/p/DRqottQkVTR/

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

We are stuck togethir on a tinye beautiful driftinge rocke wyth nobodye outsyde and nobodye cominge to save us. We are the onlye ones heere yn a wild expanse of night and silence. We sholde be lovinge each othir all the tyme. We sholde be greetinge each othir "hey, miracle!" We sholde be daunsinge.

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Something a little different today -- a digital experiment! When I first found out about my paint allergy, I gave digital a try by painting on top of one of my color roughs from my last solo show in procreate. I didn't enjoy it enough to produce my finals this way, but it was fun to play around!

digital painting of a blonde-haired girl in a feather cloak hovering over a stone and holding her hand out to a crow as dark storm clouds roll in

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

No worries! Life ended up getting in the way big time so I’m STILL working on my WIPs 😂 After I’m done I’ll totally message you, though! How are things going with you? 💛

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 12/04/2026

Entranced

Illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a gothic re-imagining of the "Beauty and the Beast" fairytale. A 19th century woman reaches for a door knocker on a pair of tall dark double doors. She's surrounded by goblins and twisting thorny branches.

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Splashhhh @splash52.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I just found out that tiny little field mice climb into flowers like tulips and take little naps in them like hammocks and I feel like this information is too important for me not to share with anyone. 🥹

A highly detailed photo of a field mouse snuggled up asleep inside a purple and yellow flower.

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crumbum @fuwolfman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I’m always impressed by someone who can do something well that I am bad at, so I am impressed a lot.

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Sebastien de Castell @decastell.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I’m delighted to be in the upcoming “Into the Deep Dark Woods” anthology with such fantasy luminaries as Charles de Lint, who I’ve admired forever. It’s coming out in July and you can pre-order here: wordfirepress.com/products/int... #anthology #fantasy #comingsoon

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I'm getting married in TWO DAYS 👰👰🏿 and it would mean a lot to me to have the giveaway for my upcoming book promoted more (twenty copies up for grabs! I don't want to worry about social media this weekend!) so good people of Bluesky, please do your thing and repost this like mad.

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Book giveaway for The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley (Austentatious, #2) by Lindz McLeod Mar 06-Mar 31, 2026

Enter to win one of 20 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Mar 06-Mar 31, 2026. We’re giving away 20 copies of THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLE...

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Fossilized Tree Resin @jamberee13.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

Fun spring things: -starting a garden -picnics with friends -donning a gauzy dress to flee from a secluded manor into the misty woods and become something powerful and terrible that strikes fear into the townsfolk

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

my best guess is a vampire fell asleep on it last night

Water evaporating from a park bench in sunlight.

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I call it badass romancing 🥰🔥 Goo's a totally different vibe

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Brian Condra (he/him) @briancondra.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

A stray day dream passing me by #clouds #photography

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Hemant Nayak -Fantasy Writer, ER doc, CROW & SHADOW 3/27 Del Rey @stillwriting.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

That's Crow coming straight at you! He's actually a raven, but when Shadow named him he didn't know that and thought he was a crow. Love this painting by @axelperugino.bsky.social Coming 3/23/27 @delreybooks.bsky.social

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Gorgeous!! Can't wait to learn more about the premise 🥰

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

SAME. It's been around 5 years since I've drawn - been having some trouble with my hand - but when I was in animation college over a decade ago I'd have those tantrums all the time 😅😅 Good luck with the expo!! I hope it goes awesomely 🥳🎉

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

It's definitely paying off 🥰 I feel inspired to get back into sketching now 💕

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Amazing!! Your shading's masterful he looks so real 🥰🔥

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ɐʇǝǝɹʎs @phantomsspleen.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

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Photo taken from the bus. The window is grimy and is obscuring the bottom half of the photo. Above that you can see the sun going down, really bright, below some lilac and white clouds. The sky is eggshell blue. There is a tree next to the sun. It has a thick branch forking up to the right. It looks like it is waving. Syreeta x

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Really beautiful write 💛💛 (Also one of my favorite book themes in a bite-sized format 🥰)

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I love this short with my whole soul so you should totally read it. Amazing world building and a ton of emotional depth packed into just a few pages 🥰 #writingcommunity #booksky

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This is giving sci-fi vibes for some reason...maybe 'cause it looks a bit like a space ship hanger 🥰🔥

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

That’s so awesome!! Huge congrats 🥳🥂

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

What's something that helps you in some way that you wish more people knew about?

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I started reading whenever I got a panic attack & now I don't have panic attacks I also discovered this year that I was deficient in 12 different vitamins & minerals & now that I've fixed that my brain fog's gone 😅 ...And on the writing side of things, the 4 Act Structure is great for plotting 🥰

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

It’s a great skeet! I feel this way whenever I see brown-eyed or brown-skinned characters being admired in books - it was so rare to see that growing up but it's nice to see it happening more now 💛💛

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Gabriella Buba - Preorder Daughters of Flood and Fury @gabriellabuba.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

We're ✨️Publishers Marketplace ✨️ Official! The Alchemist of Bohemia is a dark academia gothic romantasy delving into the haunted reputation of Hrad Houska a castle just north of Prague If these are the vibes you're after, I can't wait to take you with me 💜

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I'll definitely check it out 🥰 (I went to an animation school for 4 years so I have a lot of appreciation for artsy horrible 😅)

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Halley D. Roache @halleydroache.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

yess, exactly! (Delayed reply because I had to google the premise 😂)

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