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j.m. avants

@jmavants.bsky.social
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Writer, lit and specfic | Words in Snowflake Magazine | papa to 2 young kiddos | living in Japan 🇯🇵

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H.S. Kallinger (he/him) @xakana.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Autumn is upon us. Do you have enough books to get you through? As the days darken and the nights grow longer, find your way into the darkness with us in this amazing deal with THIRTY-SEVEN books for only $10!! itch.io/b/3876/we-ha...
Text reads: $10 itch dot i o. We have always been in the darkness. 37 Horror e-books, visual novels, & narrative games. Queer character, themes, and/or authors. Darkness is familiar, to people like us. Those who told themselves they own the daylight may have done their best to deny we exist...

Image of dark forest that fades from deep blue to blood red containing shadowy figures towards the bottom with glowing eyes. Text colors range from red at top, to gold, to white on the lower half. The words 'We' and 'Queer' are in rainbow.
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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
5 hours left! FOMO isn't very punk: get this bitchin bundle while you still can
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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 30/09/2026
October is buy your significant other a sword month! That's TOMORROW! But, if you cannot get a sword, how about some fantasy books WITH swords in them? You can't go wrong with that, #booksky! So if you hanker for stories featuring swords, look no further. Us fantasy authors gotchu, bu. #BookTok
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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They are auto-enrolling children in Trump accounts. You had to sign up previously. I had clients who refused to do it because of the name and now they are going to be signed up. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Treasury Will Auto-Enroll 60 Million Children in Trump Accounts
The auto-enrollment change replaces the previous structure, which required parents or guardians to sign up.
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j.m. avants @jmavants.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I do wonder what some think when they hear this man talk. Does he not sound like the most pathetic, evil little shit you could possibly imagine? Four years of war, his men dying by the thousands, and this is how he speaks?
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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One day left to jump on this!! Go grab some specfic that's vibing with your zeigeist, cheap! itch.io/b/3913/punk-...
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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tal is out today! 🪄A dangerous magic system ⚗️Science that threatens to destroy it 💋 Rivals to lovers 🔍 Murder mystery 🥸 People in disguise A romantic fantasy for fans of JD Robb and Edith Wharton books2read.com/u/b5depp #BookSky #Writing #WriteSky
a green background showing a book in 2 formats, ebook and paperback. Cover is of a woman with blurred face. Graphic says Dissolution of Tal Stephens Happy Release Day
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j.m. avants @jmavants.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New moodboard. Current fantasy short story project. Let’s go… #amwritingfantasy
A moodboard showing a cloaked young woman, a glowing golden gemstone, a baby's hand touching the bark of a tree, a tree with claw marks, a cave entrance, and snowy landscapes.
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eggnog 🔞 @eggnogtoast.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
this fanfic shit is easy #residentevil #chrisker
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H.S. Kallinger (he/him) @xakana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Vampire Wolf is NOW AVAILABLE! Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJFD2TG9 Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... Itch: hs-kallinger.itch.io/vampire-wolf Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/aa192f1e58 Paperback: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HK6217PG
A book floats in space with a blue shadow and glow. The left, in pink, white, blue, white, pink text: What happens when you expose someone carrying an infection-based form of vampirism to a werewolf disease? It's something Gabriel and Lex never even imagined having to answer.

Coming home for the summer didn't exactly provide the vacation Gabby was hoping for. In the middle of a stressful fight, he freaks out and attempts to replicate the gift he used to meet Lex three years ago, despite repeated failures. It works.

Landing in a new world, that conundrum is carved into Gabby's skin. Will they cancel each other out? Gabby hopes so. If not, then he's going to have a whole new problem on his hands—or claws—if he can even find his way home!

The worst part is, that isn't even the last big question in store for his family. Everything he knows is about to change. Of course, no matter what his first feelings may be, change isn't always bad. Sometimes, it's the very thing you didn't know you needed.

To the right, the cover for Vampire Wolf by H.S. Kallinger: A nighttime forest under a pale, full moon barely visible behind heavy clouds, is blanketed with snow, all in tones of blue, except for the trail of blood following wolf footprints away into the darkness. Distantly, various sets of eyes glow from the shadows. The title is rendered in blue light in the sky. Author name is blood red in the snow in the lower left corner. In white lettering at the top is "Book Three of the Found Humanity series."White text reads: The Found Humanity Series. 

Gabriel "Gabby" Belmont has the same dreams and hopes as human kids. Graduate high school, go to college, med school, live the dream. He should have the same, ordinary life as his peers. 

Most dhampir are just like humans, maybe a little faster, stronger, healthier, but overall, you can't tell them apart. Unfortunately for Gabby, he's not 'a little' enhanced. He's almost half as strong and fast as a vampire. What's more, he's gifted, both by human terms and vampire. 

Other kids can't feel emotions from their peers. Other teenagers can't summon real demons in their bedrooms. Even among dhampir, Gabby is an outlier, and he's been lonely a very long time. 

This story is about friendship, found family, love in all its forms, healing, self-discovery... and stories that transcend the multiverse.

Background is a dark club with people dancing under pink and purple laser lights.Trope map featuring glitter and bloodstream-looking circles surrounding the cover for Vampire Wolf by H.S. Kallinger. Arrows read: Werewolves?! Low Stakes, Vampires, Found Family, Disaster Bi, Polyamory, Inhuman Nature, AuDHD, Urban Fantasy, Portals! Strange New World. Cover art: A nighttime forest under a pale, full moon barely visible behind heavy clouds, is blanketed with snow, all in tones of blue, except for the trail of blood following wolf footprints away into the darkness. Distantly, various sets of eyes glow from the shadows. The title is rendered in blue light in the sky. Author name is blood red in the snow in the lower left corner. In white lettering at the top is "Book Three of the Found Humanity series"
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Post Monkey @postmonkey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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j.m. avants @jmavants.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
234 words drafted this morning, before my daughter woke up and needed my attention. Not many words, but I’m pleased with them. This draft my goal is to straighten out and maintain my short story’s plot. Aiming tell the tale in about 7500 words.
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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 18/08/2026
I always dreamed of writing a book mixing together my favorite genres: fantasy and eldritch/cosmic horror. And I did. The Backwards Knight is a classic fantasy adventure with eldritch horror undertones. Featuring a snarky knight, a stabby princess, and a magic-marked farm boy, and more. #BookSky
Image of a copy of The Backwards Knight sitting in a crumbling ruins, with a backdrop of shadowy tentacles, and eight arrows pointing to words that read: She's stabby, he's snarky, A Sword of Nothing, Potatoes and ducks, Tainted magic, eldritch remnants, Crumbling Ruins, Beware the Ibe Nire, Farmboy with Magic, Knight in not-so-shiny armor, princess in a dress.
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j.m. avants @jmavants.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
42 years today. I am taking half the day off from parenting to go to a cafe and draft my short story, read a book, & play video games (yes, all three haha). Later I’ll have a take-home pizza party with my kids & wife. Theme this year…open heart. Fall in love with everything & everyone. Why not.
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j.m. avants @jmavants.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is an old line but it’s still got something to it that I love. (Character names changed here, I’m a bit protective 🙃) #FaveLineFriday
Byron brushed away the snow from the top of his daughter’s hair. The bright morning light over her side, the blonde strands across her face that caught the flakes spiraling down between where they stood, the deep forest green of her mother’s old cloak, the way her shoulders squared and her chest expanded as she pulled in her breath and built up her courage: Marla, so like Marla, as she once was at that age. He looked down into the glittering snow enveloping their feet.

“Yes Papa. I can do it.”

When he looked up, her eyes were still wide. But she also held her chin a little higher, her lips pressed together tight.
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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's Left-handed Awareness Day! Did you know left-handed people make up 7-10% of the population? And yet we're disproportionately awesome! Fantasy books with left-handed heroes itch.io/b/3843/when-...
When Lefties Ruled the World - a itch.io fantasy book bundle for Left-Handed Awareness Day
24 hours only - 7 drm-free books for $7
Covers for the books are arranged in an L, from top left to bottom right:
The Three Faces of Dissatisfaction - M.C. Burnell
Glassflowers - NG Chloe
The Protector and the Annihilation - Naila Moonsi
Wave Dancer - Nikki McCormack
Dance of Demons - Alyssa Lauseng
Echo Sight - Cian Verati
Riyati Ripple - Kai Zeal
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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A short story I wrote is part of an anthology to raise funds for domestic violence victims in Ontario. The stories are about surviving and finding hope. Each short story has trigger warnings before each. All proceeds go to the shelter. buysafe.carrd.co #WriterSky
buysafe.carrd.co
Buy SAFE
Purchase links for SAFE, an anthology for survivors
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Kelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 10/08/2026
The daughters of Asimov's editor Sheila Williams are asking for help funding care for their parents: www.gofundme.com/f/help-irene...?
gofundme.com
Donate to Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care, organized by Irene Bruce
Hi - This is Irene and Juliet, the daughters of Sheila and David. As many of… Irene Bruce needs your support for Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care
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j.m. avants @jmavants.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Finally on vacation starting now. This off-week’s goals…prepare short story outline, draft it if time…catch up on Japanese practice…and finish reading Peasant Life In China. And chill. And sleep. All the goods.
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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 09/08/2026
Do YOU want to help me get a top hat for Orn? Laela looks dashing in hers, and this backwards sort of knight is trying not to pout that he doesn't yet. You can help get monocles, ascots, canes, and more! Purely for fun, but also to help me with #BookBazaar26. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
artwork of Princess Laela and Orn, from The Backwards Knight/The Forgotten Princess, by Laura Siadak of fallenlights.net, with a top hat emoji photoshopped onto Laela's head.
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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 07/08/2026
Posted a bunch of small new art on fallenlights - they've all gotta go with me on Saturday for Vine Street Market. Lots of pinks and greens. patreon.com/fallenlights
bright moth with wiggly lines for wings, like plant leaves. It's hot pink background and bright greens for the wings and body.
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Spheal Posting @sphealposting.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
pokemon rumble spheal with pink glitter text saying "don't give up bitch!"
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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
He never had an ambition to be kidnapped by the fae until it happened accidentally... The new urban-fantasy murder-mystery goes live in one day. books2read.com/book-Erosion mcburnell.itch.io/erosion
TOMORROW
"It began with pyrotechnics. Shock and awe and visitors. Strange beings walked their streets, speaking languages no one on the planet was familiar with."
The cover of a book called Erosion by MC Burnell show a bespectacled man in heavy winter gear walking amid dirty snow and garbage. Behind him, a fabulous city in pink erupts from the aurora.
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I’m in a bookstore now. This shelf holds books from publishers affected by the russian attack on August 1, when eight million books were destroyed. The bookstore is asking people to buy their books. I wanted to remember this shelf.
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New essay! "Middle-Aged Love: Rereading in Your Forties and Beyond" by Marissa Lingen! buff.ly/7nvUGM9
Marissa Lingen
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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Hey #CartAugust crew! Still just broad-brushing the basics today. Tell me about the mysterious, unknown, and unexplored. Where in your world is giving cartographers horror vacui? Don't forget to share your map! Check out one another's worlds!
#Cartaugust: a prompt game for map nerds by @mcburnellauthor.bsky.com
Intro: Day 2, Terra incognita
Does your world stretch beyond the margins of the map? Are parts of your world unexplored?
** Don't forget alt text. I know it's hard to know what to include with images that are really info-dense, but do your best.
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H.S. Kallinger (he/him) @xakana.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Because I love Pixies, I'll play. I'm Sam, and I drew my silly little maps in CS4, mainly to keep track of locations for me. I know they need less water, lol. This is a high fantasy world (book: No True Immortals), and this is the primarily human continent of Talu. #Cartaugust
A water-heavy green continent with some topography shown, along with forests, mountains, tropic mountains, desert, and plains. To the bottom right is a chain of islands. To the top right is the corner shore of another continent. Ocean is blue with lighter blues near the shore. The same map as before with political boundaries. Top left peninsula is "Norport" in yellow, bordering Merlake--an enormous body of water draining into a bay to the ocean in the north--outlined in blue. To the east is an unnamed mountain and woodsy plains outlined in brown. Below both is Whelmena, a partly mountainous country in grey. Below that is Chiponyea, a country with forests, hills, lakes with islands, and mountains, in dark red. Below, in darker purplish-red, is Itzotl, a mountainous smallish country above the final west coast country, Kahi Ahq, which is hilly plains. To the east, the southernmost small country of Jelham is plains and outlined in purple. East of that and bordering Itzotl, Kahi Ahq and Jelham to its east is Trecoom, in black, which features plains, a few hills, and some forest to the northwest. Above that, bordering Chiponyea, in the center of the continent, is Xyloria, in white, which has two large lakes, is half dense forest and half plains dotted with smaller woods. Above Xyloria is Aelfarheim, a large country with mixed terrain, including mountains, plains, and forest, outlined in cyan. It is coastal to the north. To the east, it's bordered by the tropical mountains of Ocrmont, which is the northesternmost country, in neon green. Below is a bit of cove, plains, and desert with no name, outlined in orange. Bordering this to the west, Orcmont to the south, Aelfarheim to the southeast, and Xyloria to the east (with multiple Xs at their border), is the largest country, Olasa KeLen, a hot country of plains and desert with a small mountain range and a couple lakes, outlined in yellow. Bordered on its south is Oberben, a mountainous country that claims several peninsulas coming from other countries along with a large body of water and coast. Finally, no outline exists around The Wildes, which is the coastal area between Oberben and the territory that will not bear a name below Orcmont. The island chain and other continent have no name markers.
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Cheyenne Brammah | Iron Dragon @akairondragon.ca · 01/08/2026
It's CartAugust! Hi. I'm Cheyenne, the creator of the Akrodaxis. The Akrodaxis is a galaxy, but for this month I'll be focused on Drakïrü, a planet inside the Akrodaxis. I have one completed and one in-progress map for this world. These were made in Wonderdraft, which is an excellent program!
Two maps made in the program Wonderdraft. The top map is an island titled "Tsinna Clanhold". It has hills, trees, mountains, a desert, and rivers on it. The bottom map is titled "Planet Drakïrü" and is unfinished.CartAugust prompts by @mcburnellauthor.bsky.com. There are 31 prompts. The prompt for today (August 1) reads "Introduce yourself and your world".
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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
#CartAugust Yes, I'm playing my own game! MC Burnell here, and I'm going to be yapping about Dhashere. Might tinker with the art as the month goes on. This is the setting of my science-fantasy trilogy The Spider's Friend, and I picked it bc it's fun!
A landmass around an inland sea, open ocean to the west. It's called Dhashere. There are several ranges of mountains, the largest hemming the area in to the east. It's mostly quite arid; there are any number of cities.
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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 01/08/2026
#Cartaugust Behold! My map! This is a map of Aloutia with locations I deemed relevant at the time, lol. To be honest, some are small towns that wouldn't normally be on a world map, and I've also since elevated other cities not shows here to be more important. Made by @dewiwrites.bsky.social
Map of Aloutia, a world with three main continents and many islands. It is a fantasy world and features some geography that's impossible irl, but that's just how things happen when the ocean is literally alive and the moons can do magic
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j.m. avants @jmavants.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
#cartaugust I’ll go with my “pictorial” maps of the three most major cities in my fantasy setting. I used Inkarnate and its assets to design these maps. They are intended to be rough approximations of the major landmarks in each city.
A lakeside city map.A city map of a city in a plain, constructed around a river.A map of an old city constructed around a river.
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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hey hey everyone, welcome to our awesome new map game! We're here to celebrate our love for fictional maps all month long! Before we start poring over details, let's start with the basics: tell us who you are and a little bit about your world. And don't forget to share your map! #Cartaugust 🪐 📚️
The background is an image of maps on a rack heavily colored by sepia.
#Cartaugust
a prompt game for map nerds! by @mcburnellauthor.bsky.com
Intro: Da1, Say Hello
Introduce us to yourself and your world. Don't be shy, share your map! What's it called? Who created the art?
**Don't forget the alt text. I know it's hard to know what to inlcide with images that are really info-dense, but do your best.
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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 01/08/2026
Rest well. Know that you are loved, appreciated & respected. Even if its just a stranger on the internet you dont even know and have never met. If you needed this, then this measage is for you. If you didn’t need this, same. Be well and be kind to yourself no matter how hard, friend. Take care ❤️👍🏾
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j.m. avants @jmavants.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Here we go…dipping my toes into anthropology. This book was highly recommended by my language exchange partner, who is herself a cultural anthropologist. (I sincerely think, after scanning the table of contents, reading this book will help me develop my own fantasy setting)
A green book titled Peasant Life In China, by Hsiao-tung Fei.
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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Still probably my favorite story I've written. It's a 4-book-long shaggy dog yarn. I will not be taking questions books2read.com/The-Three-Fa... mcburnell.itch.io/the-three-fa...
Against the background of a faded stony cityscape, the covers of 4 books: The Three Faces of Dissatisfaction, The Shuttle that Weaves the Shroud, The Tale of a Vacant House, The King of Halural.
Text reads: a schoolboy, a scholar/ a shop clerk, a peddler/ a goddess/ a spy/ a disobedient acolyte. They've got nothing in common but bad luck... and a sorcerer with terrifying black holes for eyes.
THE FOREIGN SORCERER
magic, intrigue, and dark comedy in a 4-part gaslamp fantasy.
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W&S_BOOKCLUB @wsbookclub.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I'm excited to share an interview with epic fantasy author M.C. Burnell! Full interview ⏬️ wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/2026/07/26/s... @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social #spaaw #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek
The graphic shows a repeating pattern of the book titled Vengeance is Our Legacy . There are cutout words over the book covers that say, "Interview with Author M.C. Burnell."
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Ichor Magazine @ichormagazine.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Announcing Ichor Magazine, an amateur magazine of sword and sorcery touched by the sublime. A home for new authors dipping their pen into the violet ink of unknown horror. Not ready for a NESS submission yet? We may be your perfect intro market. Opening for subs September 1st 2026
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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 23/07/2026
Who's going to Gen Con next week?! I'll be at booth 1356 (FallenLights Studios) with The Backwards Knight, The Dark Side of Super, and more! I'll also have BADGE RIBBONS! Cover prints! And I'll be there with my loveliest wife and all of her fantastical artwork. Swing by and say hi! #GenCon
Image of a copy of The Backwards Knight sitting in a crumbling ruins, with a backdrop of shadowy tentacles, and eight arrows pointing to words that read: She's stabby, he's snarky, A Sword of Nothing, Potatoes and ducks, Tainted magic, eldritch remnants, Crumbling Ruins, Beware the Ibe Nire, Farmboy with Magic, Knight in not-so-shiny armor, princess in a dress.Image of a book, The Dark Side of Super, on a broken glass bed. Red arrows point to tropes in the book: Twist ending, Super powers...with a cost, Thriller, Multi POV, Snarky Characters, Urban Fantasy, Normal People...?, Novella.Matthew's fingers holding a convention badge ribbon, which has two broken swords on either side of text that reads "Quack quack, princess."Covention badge ribbon with a stick figure hero next to text that reads "I need to see a man about a duck"
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
oh god oh fuck
A bluesky notification reading “Tonberry followed you”, from three minutes prior.  Their icon is a picture of a Tonberry from final fantasy, a weird little green dude in a brown robe with a featureless face consisting of only two yellow dot eyes.  It’s holding a lantern, for being spooky, and a knife (for ending your life). It offers me the option to follow the tonberry back, which is generally not how this works, but can be useful in getting through the ARR bonus dungeon Wanderer’s Palace (Hard).
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MJ Quigley @mjqwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Now what if, Edward Elric was a trans woman who used human transmutation to transition? And was vilified and arrested by the state for it? This is the story of The Alchemist of the Red Rose. Being released episodically <3 #W #F #BluePit #Adult #📖 #LGBT #OV #TR
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G.C. Day @idonu.tk · 13/07/2026
Coleen Stone wants to settle down, host the Lucky Duck Book Club, and never have to explain to her crush that she’s cursed, immortal, and spent her 20’s and 30’s using magic to commit corporate sabotage. Especially not when her names not even Coleen. #BluePit #📖 #Q #A #SP #T #LGBT #TR
A faded apartment complex burning at night over a dark background with white text reading

Coleen Stone wants to settle down, host her 
 book club, and never have to explain to 
  her crush that she’s cursed,
   immortal, 
    and spent her 20’s and 30’s 
 using magic to commit corporate sabotage. 
Especially not when her names not even Coleen.

Unfortunately, the pretty journalist who just
 joined her book club recognizes her from
  security footage she shouldn’t have, and is
 being hunted for connecting loose ends meant
  to stay buried. 
Coleen always knew she'd run out of luck 
 eventually, but didn’t expect it to becasue of
 a 20-something being chased by a mysterious
  organization willing to do anything
   to get their hands on magic.

Can a tired villain catch a break,
  or at least save a nosey journalist?

Lucky Duck Book Club
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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
MASTER OF DJINN X THE LAST BINDING Tal is a necromancer in hiding until Daniel uncovers her secret. He'll keep it - if she helps him stop a mage murderer. Can she trust him before she becomes the next victim? Can she survive The Dissolution of Tal Stephens? #A #F #R #W #ND #BluePit #📖
A 19th c portrait of a woman in a red gown whose face is melting. It has a green frame And the title The Dissolution of Tal Stephens
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026
The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply
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Cheyenne Brammah | Iron Dragon @akairondragon.ca · 18/07/2026
Children of Wrath is nearing completion! If you're interested in being an ARC reader for this dark, spicy scifantasy, be sure to apply ASAP! Haven't read The First Sin yet? No problem! A Primer on the first book will be provided too. ➡️ ubl.akairondragon.ca/cow-arc #ReaderSky #ARCbooks #ARCReaders
A mockup of Children of Wrath by Cheyenne Brammah against a blue and purple starfield.

ARC Readers Wanted!

Five centuries after The First Sin, the skarastaja launch into the stars and announce themselves to a crowded, indifferent galaxy. Senmatu—the holiest of holy ones—leads a vengeance-fueled crusade against the årdrakin, only to find the cosmos more complex, cynical, and violent than her faith prepared her for. Children of Wrath forces readers to choose where they stand when piety meets interstellar politics and the cost of justice is measured in blood.

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Hanmonster @hanmonster.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I love cats
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MJ Quigley @mjqwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Would you read a book with: ⚔️Knights 🪄Magic based on an intricate rune system 🔥The end of days 💀Eldritch Monstrosities stalking the earth 🩸A lot of body horror Then I present Humanity's Grave. An adventure to seek answers with all that, a scream against the dying of light #BluePit #A #F #W #📖
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows a stick figure saying, "Everyone has demons."
The second panel shows the same stick figure saying, "And we must FIGHT them!"
The third panel shows Sarah (the protagonist) sitting with one of her inner demons having a tea party.
The fourth panel shows Sarah and the demon looking at each other in panic.
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