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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Moirai’s Mirror by Josie Jaffrey @josiejaffrey.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Quests & Quarrels)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/quests-...

A photo of a rusty pair of scissors on dirty stone. Text reads:
“This isn’t our first misstep since we left the barracks, but it is the worst. If we don’t find water soon, then the two of them will be dead by the end of tomorrow.
All in all, things are going about as well as expected.”
The Moirai’s Mirror by Josie Jaffrey
FREE in the Quests & Quarrels issue of Indie Bites

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Kingmaker by Nadia Steven Rysing is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Quests & Quarrels)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/quests-...

A photo of a bosky forest.
Text reads:
“This is a story about beauty in all its vanity, all its conceit. What horrors follow beauty; what terror chases it in the dark.”
Kingmaker by Nadia Steven Rysing
FREE in the Quests & Quarrels issue of Indie Bites

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Caoineag of Covesea by Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Quests & Quarrels)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/quests-...

A picture of a rocky, wave swept coast. Text reads:
“‘A caoineag. A weeper. Did yer mither teach ye anythin’? Their howlin’ foretells death. They’re often heard near lochs, burns, and the sea, but the human eye cannae see them.’”
The Caoineag of Covesea by Kat Devitt
FREE in the Quests & Quarrels issue of Indie Bites

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Light Her Shadows Cast by Faye Gabriel and Kat Weaver is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Quests & Quarrels)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/quests-...

A photo of a red gem sitting on a rock. Text reads:
“You will never be free of me, Edda, said the creature that was once Alixana. Her voice was ash on the wind. And neither will she.
I didn’t know what she meant, in that first horrible moment. But I hoped she was right.”
The Light Her Shadows Cast by Faye Gabriel and Kat Weaver
FREE in the Quests & Quarrels issue of Indie Bites

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

How Not to Hunt the Questing Beast by Adie Hart @adiehartauthor.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Quests & Quarrels)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/quests-...

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“‘I’m not a witch,’ Tibby muttered. ‘I just have a knack with animals. And I’m going to find the Questing Beast whether you like it or not.’”
How Not to Hunt the Questing Beast by Adie Hart
FREE in the Quests & Quarrels issue of Indie Bites

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🦅 Submissions are now open for our May issue on the themes of GRIFFINS & GRIMOIRES 📖 We are looking for fantasy short fiction up to 7.5k words and cover illustrations. Deadline 28 February 2027. For details visit our website at www.silversunbooks.com/submit

An illustration of a person at the end of a wooden pier changing into a bird with the moon in the background.
Text reads:
Submissions open
For our May issue on the themes of
Griffins & Grimoires
Deadline 28 February 2027

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

When We Were Kings by Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Quests & Quarrels)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/quests-...

A photo of a ruined castle. Text reads:
“I was a man of fifty-two, a king of a magical, fantastical land, in the body of an eleven-year-old evacuee.”
When We Were Kings by Henry Sanders-Wright
FREE in the Quests & Quarrels issue of Indie Bites

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Cloud Drifter by Muze @muzetrigger.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Quests & Quarrels)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/quests-...

A lute on a black background. Text reads:
‘Why do they call you Cloud Drifter?’
Amelia blinked and looked down at Juri. The boy had already skipped in front of her, craning his neck to scan her face.
Amelia snorted. ‘I hope you never find out, kid.’
Cloud Drifter by Muze
FREE in the Quests & Quarrels issue of Indie Bites

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Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective @jackvalentinepod.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Please help us make more Jack Valentine! Back our Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Chosen One by Kirsten Van Zee is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Quests & Quarrels). www.silversunbooks.com/post/quests-...

A close up of clothes pegs holding sheets on a washing line. Text reads:
“It wasn’t even in the top ten weirdest things Eloise had ever seen – not Valerya Dragonheart, Chosen One, Princess of Starlight, asking Eloise if she was in love with her, and not Valerya Dragonheart, Chosen One, et cetera, picking up a pair of damp pants from the ground.”
Chosen One by Kirsten Van Zee
FREE in the Quests & Quarrels issue of Indie Bites

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The featured author in our latest issue, Quests & Quarrels, is Demetria Paxton! Read the interview on our website here: www.silversunbooks.com/post/quests-...

A photo of Demetria outside in glowy, late afternoon sunshine with foliage behind her, wearing a dress with tiny winter florals on it. She’s wearing glasses and smiling slightly at the camera.

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Kat Weaver @anoteinpink.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Faye's & my fantasy story "The Light Her Shadows Cast" is in this issue! 💎 Teen heroine Edda saved the world, but she couldn't save her best friend...unless she gets another chance (or several)

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Tigg aka Sandra Lindsey 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @slindseywales.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Indie Bites is fabulous. Lovely selection of varied stories, delivered quarterly 😊 So grateful to the people who've kept it going for... I think 6 years so far?

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Indie Bites 23: Quests & Quarrels is out now and it’s FREE to download! Featuring short fiction by Kirsten Van Zee, Muze, Henry Sanders-Wright, Adie Hart, Faye Gabriel and Kat Weaver, Kat Devitt, Nadia Steven Rysing and Josie Jaffrey www.silversunbooks.com/post/quests-...

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Quests & Quarrels (Issue 23)

Welcome to this quarter's issue of Indie Bites! It’s packed full of eight exclusive short stories from indie authors on the themes of Quests & Quarrels, plus an interview with indie author Demetria Pa...

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

YAY! So glad it arrived safely! We hope you love it as much as we do

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I was so happy to get my Kickstarter-supporter copy of the gorgeous Quintessential @indiebites.bsky.social in the post! I've just read the first story (by Zoe Shakes), & it was lovely - such a neat little piece with a perfect last line. #booksky

This photo shows a beautiful hardcover copy of The Quintessential Indie Bites: Five Years of Fantasy. The jacket is embossed in gold with swirling images of dragons, owls, mermaid tales, and more.

This photo shows the back cover of the book, which is again embossed in gold line-illustrations, this time showing a large tree (maybe Yggdrasil?) surrounded by swords, stars, a crown, and more.

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Kane Williams, fantasy author @authorkanew.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Indie Bites: Ruins & Rituals arrived! 📫 Loving the cover, @indiebites.bsky.social, which happens to pair perfectly with the colour scheme of Perils of the Past ❄️. Seven short stories await inside, including 'Dark and Swollen and Hungry' by yours truly. There's an interview, too.

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Dark and Swollen and Hungry by Kane Williams @authorkanew.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Ruins & Rituals)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/ruins-r...

A photo of a campfire burning in darkness.
Text reads:
“‘The shadows will shun you.’
I plant my hands on my hips. ‘You don’t know that.’
‘If chosen, you’ll die.’
‘You don’t know that.’”
~ Dark and Swollen and Hungry by Kane Williams
FREE in the Ruins & Rituals issue of Indie Bites”

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The Dove and the Wren by Allie Leigh @allieleighbooks.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Ruins & Rituals)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/ruins-r...

A photo of a flower in the forest. Text reads:
‘“‘How long has it been since you’ve been one of us? Since the forest’s heart took root in place of your own?’
This reply was no easier to form. ‘Perhaps… not as long as it looks.’”
~ The Dove and the Wren by Allie Leigh FREE in the Ruins & Rituals issue of Indie Bites’

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

River Ashes by Lixin Foo is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Ruins & Rituals)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/ruins-r...

A photo of ripples across the surface of a body of water. Text reads:
‘“The ritual’s words sit strangely on my tongue. Doubt creeps in like the evening tide. Will the spirit of the water even entertain the request of a daughter burying her father?”
River Ashes by Lixin Foo
FREE in the Ruins & Rituals issue of Indie Bites’

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The Dictionary Maker by Isabel Engleheart is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Ruins & Rituals)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/ruins-r...

A photo of an open dictionary on a table. Text reads:
‘“I am a good man. Let not this account suggest otherwise. If it had not been for the ill fortune which has dogged me from my very cradle, I would never have been compelled to do as I did. Never would I have turned to the Unnatural.”
The Dictionary Maker by Isabel Engleheart FREE in the Ruins & Rituals issue of Indie Bites’

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My new cozy fantasy short! It's got small-town undertakers, it's got lost civilizations and prehistoric gods, it's got ladybirds and picnics and wedding customs. (It's actually got exactly one of each.) And it's free to read~ 🐞 www.silversunbooks.com/post/ruins-r...

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The God Under the Banyan Tree by Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Ruins & Rituals)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/ruins-r...

A photo of a banyan tree in warm light.
Text reads:
‘“It was only because he was holding his breath as he listened to the forest’s chorus that he heard the creak and groan of stone from the tomb within the tree.”
~ The God Under the Banyan Tree by Arden Powell
FREE in the Ruins & Rituals issue of Indie Bites

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Check Again by Josie Jaffrey @josiejaffrey.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Ruins & Rituals)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/ruins-r...

A photo of a door, close up on the handle and latch.
Text reads: ‘“Maybe that’s why she’s seeing the brain gremlins now, manifested in real life, because she’s properly cracked.
Either way, she’s in too deep to pull back.”
Check Again by Josie Jaffrey
FREE in the Ruins & Rituals issue of Indie Bites’

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Lands-Between-the-Lines by Jared Stonefield is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Ruins & Rituals) www.silversunbooks.com/post/ruins-r...

A photo of old fountain pen resting on a stack of old notebooks
Text reads: ‘“Khulan had never heard of books leaking their words, but she couldn’t deny what was in front of her: a hundred streams spilling out from a thousand works across the storyscape.”
The Lands-Between-the-Lines by Jared Stonefield
FREE in the Rituals & Ruins issue of Indie Bites

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

New short story! THE GOD UNDER THE BANYAN TREE is about a cemetery keeper who walks into the jungle and finds an ancient god in a hidden tomb. They have a picnic together and talk about marriage customs. Cozy fantasy romance.

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IN OUR SUBS BOX FOR OUR SORCERY & SECRETS ISSUE (deadline 31 August) Adie wants unorthodox magic users. Josie wants devastating secrets. Also: - sorcerers against the system - unreliable narrators - unusual settings - ⁠wizards goofing off www.silversunbooks.com/submit

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Submit your work to the Indie Bites magazine!

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Kane Williams, fantasy author @authorkanew.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Ruins & Rituals is out – the latest issue from Indie Bites. It includes my short story, 'Dark and Swollen and Hungry' (my first magazine publication!) “What does one wear to stand before monsters of the dark and extend an invitation? In truth, to be the invitation.” 📖free,🔗👇

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Kane Williams, fantasy author @authorkanew.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

How exciting! This includes my short story, 'Dark and Swollen and Hungry' “What does one wear to stand before monsters of the dark and extend an invitation? In truth, to be the invitation.”

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The featured author in our latest issue, Ruins & Rituals, is Ash Parker. Read the interview now! www.silversunbooks.com/post/ruins-r...

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

My OCD story “Check Again” is in this issue! 🥳

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

She LIIIIIIIIIIIIIVES!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Three hours. Get your shiny copy now!!

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

✨✨✨SHE'S GORGEOUS✨✨✨ Dust jacket cover art by me, one of the stories within (a queer fantasy romance) also by me! I can't get over how good this looks in print. Fuck I love gold foil. Available exclusively on Kickstarter! Preorder by March 22: www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

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Adie Hart @adiehartauthor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Look!!! Then get one!!!

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Ceril ⚔️FALLEN KNIGHT available now!⚔️ Domace @cerilndomace.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Don't miss out! This book is gorgeous and the stories within are fantastic!

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The print proof of the special edition arrived, and she is BEAUTIFUL! EXCLUSIVELY available via our Kickstarter, and only for the next week! www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

A photo showing the print proof of the hardback special edition sitting on top of back issues of Indie Bites in paperback. The special edition cover says ‘The Quintessential Indie Bites five years of fantasy’ and is covered with a gorgeous line art design by Arden Powell featuring fantasy creatures and elements of all kinds. The whole design and all the text is gold-foiled onto the dust jacket.

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Ceril ⚔️FALLEN KNIGHT available now!⚔️ Domace @cerilndomace.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Aleksandr rides again! Or at least he would if Sweet Potato weren't pulling a cart of flowers and the bandits attacking them weren't absolutely terrible at their job. Check out the latest edition of Indie Bites for this a bunch more fantastic stories!

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Daffodils and Daves by Ceril N. Domace @cerilndomace.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bandits & Botany). www.silversunbooks.com/post/bandits...

An ink drawing of a bunch of daffodils. Text reads:
“Those that can find mercenary work are lucky, but the only difference between a mercenary and a bandit is a steady paycheck.”
Daffodils and Daves by Ceril N. Domace FREE in the Bandits & Botany issue of Indie Bites

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Adie Hart @adiehartauthor.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

This is like Midsomer Murders meets Bake Off meets Death Becomes Her meets Blandings… no death, but a lot of very silly village flower show rivalry, seethingly polite put-downs, and vicious horticultural witchery 😂

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

A Fistful of Dahlias by Adie Hart @adiehartauthor.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bandits & Botany). www.silversunbooks.com/post/bandits...

A watercolour of pink dahlias with pink and green dragons hiding in the picture. Text reads:
Helen Byrne-Bickerstaff was not going to take home first prize for her dahlias at the Upper Brimley Flower Show, not if Dorothy Harrow had anything to do with it.
A Fistful of Dahlias by Adie Hart
FREE in the Bandits & Botany issue of Indie Bites

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