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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Look at the incredible cover Danny has for you today!!

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 21/01/2025

ICYMI: STARS AND SOIL is a 2024 #IndieInkAwards Finalist in 2 categories! To celebrate, I've made a bundle on Itch along w the 2 books of mine that were Finalists last year! 3 fantasy books full of ownvoices disability & queer rep $7! DRM-free! 🌈📚💙🪐📚🌎🌈🚀💫 #QueerAdultSFF itch.io/s/146604/dax...

Indie Ink Awards Finalist Past and Present. Itchio Celebration Sale!

A LAKE OF FEATHERS AND MOONBEAMS. 2023 Indie Ink Awards Finalist. Writing the Future We Need: Trans and Non-Binary Representation.
Shades and Silver. 2023 Indie Ink Awards Finalist: Writing the Future We Need: Disability Representation by A Disabled Author.
Stars and Soil. 2024 Indie Ink Awards Finalist: Writing the Future We Need: Disability Representation by A Disabled Author. Writing the Future We Need; Gay or Lesbian Representation.

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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The Indie Ink Awards finalists are officially up, and we have so many of them !! Thank you all for your votes and support, we wouldn't be there (again!) without you. Let's make a short thread looking at them more closely <3 🌈📚

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 18/01/2025

#SelfPromotionSaturday I am a queer, non-binary, sapphic author with disabilities who writes about queer, non-binary, sapphic characters with disabilities overthrowing oppressive regimes. STARS AND SOIL is the perfect entry point for my on-going series. books.daxmurray.com/stars-and-soil

Stars and Soil. A sapphic fantasy novel by dax murray. The prince demands Caitlin's hand, but an earl's daughter claims her heart. With power at court ever-shifting, rebellion roiling in the streets, and ancient evils lurking in the shadows, will Caitlin be a pawn or a queen in this dangerous game? An Indie Ink Award Nominee and a Reader's Favorite Five Star Book. Available Amazon, Apple, B&N, Kobo, Google Books, Fable, Itch, Smashwords and more.

Revolution. Sapphic Romance. Court Intrigue. Epic Fantasy. Secret Spy Missions. Royal Rivals. Forbidden Magic. Queer Rep. Chronic Illness. Mental illness rep. Catgirls and Nyanbies. Unicorn-People. 30-Something FMC. Second Chance At Love. A queen plotting her own downfall. A king refusing to answer the call. A hidden plot to end it all.

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

💛🦑 STORIES FROM THE DEEP is now out into the world, and to celebrate, I set up a flash sale on itchio! May contain: - queer found families - fantasy road trip - ocean adventures - a sentient Wagon - aro, ace, and nonbinary leads itch.io/s/145629/sto... 🌈📚 💙📚 🌈🚀💫

An arrow points to Stories from the Deep and says "celebrate this guy's release!". Next to it are the covers for books 1-3, with the text "by buying these 3 for only $5!". Only on itchio

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 09/01/2025

Time for #AnIndieADay when I share self-pub/small press books that I love every day in January! Today it's Mazarin Blues by @al-distortion.bsky.social Hard-to-describe and totally surprising mix of mystery, thriller, dystopian nightmare, and more than one delightful LGBTQIA+ romance #booksky

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Mazarin Blues (Hep Cats of Boise #1)

A '21-22 SPSFC semifinalist Introvert Reed Rothwell is…

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 24/12/2024

My fantasy novel about savvy spies, rambunctious cat-folk, fiesty unicorn-people, and rebellious workers ending the monarchy—and being very queer while doing so—is on sale for just $0.99. It's also go sapphic yearning. Did I mention the Sapphic Yearning? books.daxmurray.com/stars-and-soil

Stars and Soil. Holiday Special! $0.99!
Catgirl & Nyanbies. Unicorn-People. 30-Something FMC. Second Chance At Love. Queer Rep like WOAH. Disability Rep. Chronic Illness Rep. Mental Illness Rep. Revolution. Sapphic Romance. Court Intrigue. Epic Fantasy. Secret Spy Missions. Royal Rivals. Rivals-to-Lovers. Forbidden Magic. Caitlin knows she can't trust anyone, not even her allies. But can she trust her heart?

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Stock up on books, grab a blanket, and settle down by the fire for a cozy reading time ❄️ Storybundle put together a great selection of Cozy Fantasy books for you to enjoy! It's PWYW, but if you hit $20, you get all 10 available books (including my own AWAKENINGS!) storybundle.com/fantasy #fantasy

10 book covers with the title "bundle up with 10 cozy fantasy books" and the inscription "all 10 for $20!" at the url storynbundle.com/fantasy

The ten books are:
The Season of Dragons by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Good Neighbors by Stephanie Burgis
Drinks and Sinkholes by S. Usher Evans
A Spirited Engagement by Belinda Kroll
Mouse's Folly by T. Thorn Coyle
Baking Bad by Kim M. Watt
Awakenings by Claudie Arseneault
The Court and Castle Chansany by Charlotte E. English
Once Upon Thyme by Celine Jeanjean
The Thread that Binds by Cedar McCloud

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 17/12/2024

You can also currently get all of them on Itchio in my holiday bundle! DRM-Free so you can use on any device and in any reading app! itch.io/s/141133/sap...

A LAKE OF FEATHERS AND MOONBEAMS, SHADES AND SILVER, STARS AND SOIL, and SMOKE AND STEEL lined up against a background of snow drifts and falling snow. Itchio Holiday Sale - 4 Epic sapphic fantasy books! $8.99!

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 17/12/2024

Looking for something sapphic and queer to read during your holiday flights / train rides / bus journeys? I have several fantasy books that might be for you! read.daxmurray.com 🌈📚💙🧡🦄📚🚀💫

Shades and Silver
Tales of Disability, Doubt, and Identity
Scions and Shadows #0.5
Indie Ink Award Finalist 2023: Disability Representation by a Disabled Author

The birthright of every Ástfríður is to know each metal in the earth, command it, bend it to their desires. To hear metal singing, some of it waiting just beneath the surface, so much of it deeper in the earth. If they wanted, they knew they could pluck that metal from the earth, melt it with a thought, and shape it as they pleased with a breath of air and their will.

Each Ástfríður must choose which metal they would wear upon their heads, denoting the path they would walk. They craft beautiful horns to wear on their brow, forged with the metal they wish to identify with. But Britt does not know if they can choose the path they want, if they can overcome a past which has stolen their identity. The day has come for them to choose and they have no idea if they have any right to even try to. And Astrid has never felt the pull of the metal at all Wearing a forged circlet and horn, they
try to navigate a world that they feel has rejected them,
all the while fearing someone will learn their secret.

The Veil of the Ástfríður has kept them hidden from
the world and safe from intruders. Yet Britt and Astrid
feel they are imposters in their own homes.

The Veil Keeps Them Safe. Their Secrets Make Them Threats.

books.daxmurray.com/shades-and-silver

A LAKE OF FEATHERS AND MOONBEAMS
An Epic Sapphic Fantasy

Strange things can be said of the forest that spans the border of two kingdoms long at war. An evil sorcerer has made it his dominion, or an elegant enchantress has claimed it as her domain and grants wishes to those who chance upon her, or maybe the forest is guarded by an ancient and wrathful spirit.

Katya calls the forest home, living a life of magic and charms with her partner Ivan. But a threat looms over their forest, some darkness and danger that Ivan swears to protect her from. Katya finds herself caught up in a web of grudges and deception spanning generations, but most dangerous of all is the beautiful princess who stumbled into their woods. A princess who sets Katya’s heart fluttering with both desire and fear.

As forces rally to rescue the princess or go to war,
Katya must take measure of her own powers and
decide what she is willing to sacrifice. Will she
retreat to the safety of what's familiar or give up
everything she knows to spread her wings and fly?

Will she betray her heart? Or will she learn to fly?

books.daxmurray.com/feathers-and-moonbeams
Available at most major retailers

SMOKE AND STEEL
An Epic Sapphic Fantasy

Being one of the youngest of the Sua royals never stopped Saritrah from scheming to take the throne. But violent insurrectionists shattered those plans when they stormed the palace and decimated her family.

In the years since, she has amassed an army and will return to claim her crown. However, Ashur, her one remaining sibling, has done the same, and she must act soon if she's to secure her prize before he snatches it from her claws.

After Ashur razes the Temple of Yshuld, the surviving Seers promise her the power to ensure victory. But it will mean abandoning her legion to venture into the endless desert and locate a lost city.

Soon, however, she suspects that none of the women are who they claim to be, even to each other. One woman cryptically alludes to a paradisical past; another awakens in the night plagued by dreams of a frightening future; the last woman never speaks. But the more she questions her new companions' motives, the more she must question her own.

Is the Oracle's vision of calamity an omen of what will
happen if she fails to claim her crown? Or a promise of
what will come if she succeeds?

She will have her crown. She will have her destiny.
books.daxmurray.com/smoke-and-steel
available at most major retailers

Stars and Soil
An Epic, Sapphic Fantasy
The land is dying, commoners are protesting, and workers are revolting. The king is ailing, but the prince is not stepping in to quell the unrest.

Caitlin doesn't care—she hasn't cared about anything since the day her world shattered and she lost everything. But fate intervenes to make her care, throwing first a rebellion leader and then the spoiled prince in her path, giving her the influence and power to rule the realm as queen or tear it all down from the inside.

Caitlin would be more than happy to destroy the kingdom, but there's more to the story than the rebels know. Darker forces lurk behind the throne, and if Caitlin is to keep her head attached to her shoulders, she will need to learn more about court politics and ignore the fluttering of her heart whenever she sees a certain court lady.

Caught in a web of deception and conspiracies—militant revolutionaries, cryptic priestesses, and a secretive lady-in-waiting with a ruthless family—Caitlin must unravel the truth of a long-hidden magical prophecy, or
she will become yet another pawn of an enemy far more
dangerous than a tyrannical king. An enemy that has been
plotting in the shadows for centuries.

And it has its sights set on making Caitlin into its weapon.

The Time of Kings is Over. Revolution Rising.
books.daxmurray.com/stars-and-soil
Available at most major retailers.

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

THE CHRONICLES OF NEREZIA is my current main ongoing series, and is sort of … Queer Found Family Road Trip in a JRPG world? Except with more games? claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/

Four book covers depicting changing landscapes, from red sand desert to lush mountain valley to sea side city to a beach with a golden kraken. They link up into one image

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Lyssa Chiavari @lyssachiavari.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Deleting my dating apps so I can meet lesbians the old-fashioned way: Helping a group of cheerleaders take down an alien invasion and discovering my own superpowers along the way 👽 www.lyssachiavari.com/books/cheerl...

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 27/11/2024

Re-boosting for the Wednesday crowd. You can get 40-50% the retail price for paperbacks and hardcovers for my Sapphic / Queer epic fantasy books. Get one for yourself, get one for your friend, get one to offer to the dragon in exchange for safe passage through her territory on your quest. 🌈📚🦄🧡

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

We're getting ever closer to the release of STORIES FROM THE DEEP! Introducing a whole ass kraken ✨🐙 The Chronicles of Nerezia is a series of high fantasy novellas with an all queer cast and no romance~ LOTS of board/card games though! Perfect to sit down for a cozy even, links 👇

Preorder STORIES FROM THE DEEP! Tentacles of a golden kraken surrounding a whirlpool at the bottom of which stands a dark-skinned person. Text on the side says: Queer fantasy novella, aromantic, asexual, non-binary, found family road trip, beach episode, lore drop.

The three covers from Nerezia novels, with additional information next to them. Awakenings (book 1) has found family road trip, quiet/loudmouth (platonic), aro, ace, and non-binary. Flooded Secrets (book 2) has snarky cat mom, bickering-to-friends, swarm of kittens!, and The Sea Spirit Festival (book 3) has Fantasy festival, underwater mysteries, and mysterious organization

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

A little overview of my three main series! If you're new here, I write primarily queer fantasy with a focus on platonic relationships. I have more than these three, but they're good starting points! claudiearseneault.com/my-books/ 🌈📚 💙📚 #AspecAuthors

Three book covers with additional information underneath. City of Strife has High Fantasy, 15+ POV all queer, 100-135k words, Unrelenting idealism and platonic love in the face of cruelty. Baker Thief has Fantasy, Dual POV, 105k words, Québec-inspired, puns and romance tropes but platonic. Awakenings has High Fantasy, Single POV, 25k-30k words, queer found family road trip with games. All three of these are also marked as having "aromantic and asexual characters having adventures"

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🎃CALL THE STORM live on Backerkit now!🌙🦎 @roannasylver.com · 12/11/2024

📚 I know everything is on fire, but it would mean the world to be nominated for the #IndieInkAwards, and I'm Eligible! 🧛 STAKE SAUCE: M/M, Grumpy Human/Sunshine Vampire fun 🧜‍♀️ MOON-BRIGHT TIDES: F/F Witch/Merm short story, darkly atmospheric, healing 💜 Nominate at indiestorygeek.com! THANK YOU!

Nominate STAKE SAUCE ARC 1: THE SECRET INGREDIENT IS LOVE. NO, REALLY

Writing The Future We Need categories: Asexual or aromantic, non-binary or trans, neurodivergent representation by a neurodivergent author, disability rep by a disabled author

Nominate MOON-BRIGHT TIDES for: Best Setting, and Writing The Future We Need for LGBTQ+ representation, neurodivergent representation by neurodivergent author, and mental health representation

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

It is the season of novellas, so… hi! I have a couple you could use to help reach reading goals and the like. Also personally I think they’re really fun, good stories you might enjoy. They’ll get their own post in thread with links, but you can get them anywhere!

Three of S.L. Dove Cooper’s absolutely not cosy prose novellas:
The Shimmering Prayer of Sûkiurâq: fantasy
Courage Is the Price: SF
Sweetness Bled and Brindled: fantasy

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Oh, it's awards eligibility season again, isn't it? I did stuff this year! Somehow. Have a graphic and a small thread of info and links to the shinies for your consideration.

S.L. Dove Cooper 2024 Awards Eligibility

Fiction (Novelette)
Snow as Soft as Feathers (7874 words)

Non-fiction (Short Form)
Unto this all knights were sworn: Asexual and Aromantic Representation in Early Fantasy Series - Medium
A Short And Very Incomplete List of Cosy SFF Titles: And some cool things it suggests about the genre - Medium
Cosy SFF: A Comparison Of Definitions - Medium

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 18/11/2024

I want to gush about your queer / lgbtqia+ fantasy, scifi, or horror book in my bi-weekly newsletter. Pick a date you would like your book promoted and fill out a quick form. Trans, non binary, and sapphic authors (indie, small press, and trad!) especially encouraged to sign up ✨

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 19/11/2024

Before I had to bed, just a reminder that I have some, imho, pretty good sapphic fantasy books. read.daxmurray.com

Dax Murray. Epic fantasy. Sapphic romance. Disability representation. Available at most major retailers. Read.daxmurray.com

A row of books against a magical crystal ball background.

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 23/10/2024

Time to get into more specifics about each of my recs! Starting with Fantasy, winding through Sci-Fi, and finishing strong with VAMPIRES. Books2Read links provided where I could find them! #AceWeek

Purple gradient background like the Asexual Pride flag with books grouped together into categories (Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Vampires). Ace Week Recommendations. Indie Author Edition.

Fantasy: Riyati Rebirth. City of Strife. Party of Fools. Sweetness Bled and Brindled. Baker Thief. Awakenings.
SciFi: Heart of the Covenant. Fourth World. The Handler's Gambit.
Vampires; From the Dark We Came. How To Sell Your Blood and Fall in Love. Stake Sauce.

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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

58 hours and less than $250 USD to go ! I know we can get this funded before the deadline, and make SHADES AND SILVER into an audiobook.

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 22/10/2024

If you want amazing #AceWeek recommendations for sci fi and fantasy books, may I recommend the @krakencollective.bsky.social catelog? www.krakencollectivebooks.com/genre/asexual/

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Asexual - The Kraken Collective

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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Hey hey, we've passed 900!! How fast can we get it to $1000, you think? Remember, if you pledge, you can send a screenshot to @booksthatburn.com to have them match the pledge! 🌈📚 💙📚

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Books That Burn @booksthatburn.com · 21/10/2024

Send your screenshots to booksthatburn@yahoo.com and let me know via bsky dms in case I need to check my spam folder. I'll match pledges until the Kickstarter for the SHADES AND SILVER audiobook is funded! KS ends Oct 25th! @daxaeterna.bsky.social @krakencollective.bsky.social 💙📚🌈🎧🦄 #BookSky

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SHADES AND SILVER: The Audiobook

SHADES AND SILVER, an anthology of fantasy stories about disability, unicorn-people, and belonging, brought to life by a human narrator

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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

One of our authors is trying to fund an audiobook, and we're approaching the end of the Kickstarter! Please support human narration and disabled queer indies 🌈📚

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Books That Burn @booksthatburn.com · 21/10/2024

Shades and Silver by Dax Murray is about a unicorn person who is recovering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and another trying to navigate an identity crisis. Please help fund the audiobook Kickstarter! #Disability #BookSky #QueerSFF @daxaeterna.bsky.social 💙📚🌈🦄

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SHADES AND SILVER: The Audiobook

SHADES AND SILVER, an anthology of fantasy stories about disability, unicorn-people, and belonging, brought to life by a human narrator

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Impossible to choose a singular book, but here's a sampler of my many queer fantasy books with tons of aro & ace characters, and big found family feels. (+ the aromantic sff anthology I edited with two others!) claudiearseneault.itch.io 🌈📚 💙📚

Cover for AWAKENINGS, the first book of the Chronicles of Nerezia series. Three friends on a red sand desert road, with a domed city on the horizon.

Cover for CITY OF STRIFE, an Isandor novel. Ecclectic towers in sepia tones with an art nouveau style rise over a pale blue-green sky.

Cover for BAKER THIEF. A fat person with a cape and long hair billowing in the sky overlook a city at night. Everything is in a rich purple colour scheme.

Cover for COMMON BONDS. Two friends share a book. they sit in a frame of green vines

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🎃CALL THE STORM live on Backerkit now!🌙🦎 @roannasylver.com · 29/09/2024

Welcome new followers!! I'm very glad you're here! I make many queer things including books, games, music, and art! 🌈 I'm probably most known for CHAMELEON MOON, very weird and queer and special to me. Also its audiobook was a 2023 award finalist! 🔥 books2read.com/u/b5O5D7

A meme of the book Chameleon Moon with cartoony descriptions surrounding it:

Super-Queers Surviving burning Dystopia
Triad of Married, Polyam Super-Lesbians
Sunshine/Grumpy Ship (but one's made of dead people)
Refusal to be Dead, Polite, or Heterosexual
Love. Hope. Punk rock. Explosions. Ghosts causing problems
Softest lizard/dragon boy ever (please hug him)

The fiery, colorful cover of CHAMELEON MOON the audiobook, read by Kyle Rocco East and RoAnna Sylver, set against a blue and purple starry background. Text: 2023 Indie Ink Awards Finalist: Best Audio Narration. An orange sticker reads Writehive Indie Ink Awards 2023 finalist!

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🎃CALL THE STORM live on Backerkit now!🌙🦎 @roannasylver.com · 27/02/2024

🎉Good News, Everyone! I'm writing a new book! Called PORTRAIT OF THREE LOVERS AT SEA, or #POTLAS. It's a Norse-Myth-Vibing polyam romantic fantasy, posted periodically on #Patreon, and the first chapter is free to read, right now! 😄 www.patreon.com/posts/portra... #IndieBooks #Books #QueerBooks

A surreal, painterly seascape of blues and pinks, with a handwritten-style font reading "Portrait Of Three Lovers At Sea." The moon in the background is full and luminous, and the whole thing has a dreamy atmosphere.

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Looking for creepy (but not too creepy) short stories for spooky season? He Must Go Walk The Woods So Wild has plenty AND some cosy sff to balance it out. Available most everywhere: AMZ: www.amazon.com/dp/B08Y6726SN Payhip: payhip.com/b/ZzIVt Itchio: dovelynnwriter.itch.io/he-must-go-w...

Promotional graphic for He Must Go Walk The Woods So Wild by S.L. Dove Cooper. The cover is centered and around it are descriptions of some of the stories in it: Asexual Red Riding Hood, A dog named Kitty (don't worry the dog is fine), Kelpies (they eat people), Literary fairy tales (actually not creepy), creepy forests, creepy ballet, baby dragons! (also parenting), The Little Mermaid (but it's a text adventure sort of) and more!!!

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 03/10/2024

And if you want a chance to win a signed paperback copy of A LAKE OF FEATHERS AND MOONBEAMS, don't forget to enter my Birthday Giveaway! join.daxmurray.com/2024-birthday-giveaway

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Dax Murray's Birthday Book Giveaway

Enter to win this giveaway for over a dozen signed paperbacks from Dax Murray and many other speculative fiction authors!

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 03/10/2024

FYI: It's both my birthday month and ALOFAM's birthday month! A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams was released October 17th, 2017! In celebration, it's currently $0.99 on all major retailers! I hope you enjoy this queer, polyamorous retelling of Swan Lake! read.daxmurray.com/all/feathers...

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A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams

Fantasy | Magic | Sword & Sorcery | LGBT | Epic

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🎃CALL THE STORM live on Backerkit now!🌙🦎 @roannasylver.com · 14/09/2024

STAKE SAUCE is a creepy-quirky m/m grumpy human/sunshine vampire adventure set in Portland OR, with an entirely queer cast and focus on trauma healing, fire forged family, and punk rock . books2read.com/u/4EDJZY

STAKE SAUCE: "arc 1, the secret ingredient is love. No, really." a gray hand with black nail polish and a spiky bracelet emerges from a coffin in a loving pastiche of the classic DRACULA cover. A rainbow sticker and poster reading THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS decorate the coffin.

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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

Dax was awesome and made a shiny image with all of our books in the Epic Sale of Beloved SFF !! Go check it out 🥰 #QueerAdultSFF 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫

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WaywardBooksandRecs @waywardchar27.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

How to Sell Your Blood and Fall In Love by D.N. Bryn 5 star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review 🌈📚 🌈💜 💙📚 📚👀 #romancelandia app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2860...

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Review by waywardskyril - How to Sell Your Blood & Fall in Love

I read How to Sell Your Blood and Fall In Love for Indie Ink Awards 2023/2024, and it turned o...

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WaywardBooksandRecs @waywardchar27.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ How to Sell Your Blood and Fall In Love by D.N. Bryn was my favorite read of Indie Ink Awards. The characters were breathtaking with real personalities & real-life problems mixed with supernatural yumminess. Read about it with some teaser quotes in my review below! 🌈📚 🌈💜 💙📚 📚👀 #romancelandia

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

I should shout about this more, so. I have a big, big itchio sale going on RIGHT NOW because #Worldcon: dovelynnwriter.itch.io/glasgow24 MOST of them are all cosy sff (and all of them are queer), so if that’s your jam, obviously I’m biased but check them out! 💕

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Lynn at Worldcon Sale!

A bundle by S.L. Dove, $20.00 for 12 games

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Mixeduppainter @mixeduppainter.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

I feel like I haven't screamed enough about this so in case anyone missed it: HEY I'M RELEASING A NEW BOOK (FINALLY) THIS FALL. In October because I'm spooky and so is the book!

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

Anyway to distract myself and share a shiny with you all. The incomparable @illustratedpage.bsky.social made the cover for Snow As Soft As Feathers. There’s no release dates or preorders, but hey lookit my pretty, pretty cover. 😍 (Yes, I’m aware I’m doing marketing wrong.)

Snow as Soft as Feathers cover by Sarah Waites (@illustratedpage.bsky.social). A gorgeous, shiny tiara on an icy background.

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 16/06/2024

Chronicles of Nerezia is my queer fantasy novella series in which... An eternal optimist, an anxious lizard, and an amnesiac elf go on a big found family road trip in a magical, sentient Wagon and have adventures and board game hours ✨ claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/ 🌈📚 💙📚 #PrideMonth

Three book covers linked together into a single continuous artwork. The first, AWAKENINGS, has three friends on a road in a red sand desert. The second, FLOODED SECRETS, has a humanoid cat hanging on a cliff over a lush valley. The third, THE SEA SPIRIT FESTIVAL, depicts a sea-side city. They are all in bright colours

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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 21/06/2024

ARIAH is one of our collective's very first books--as in, part of the few we re/published as we launched 🥰 Physical copies are nearly non-existent now, but @clh2oars.bsky.social still holds two for resale (with author permission), if there are hardcore fans who'd want it in their bookshelves.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Xandri deserves ALL THE LOVE!

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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Some all too rare and well deserved Xandri love in the blue skies 👀🥰

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 12/06/2024

I've got another fang-tastic spotlight for Pride Month! This time it's The Stars and The Stage by D. N. Bryn! A prequel novella to the wonderful Guides For Dating Vampires series, featuring a transmasc NB human/vampire romance: www.readindiefantasy.com/pride-month-...

A banner image for the Read Indie Fantasy website featuring the book cover for The Stars and The Stage by D. B. Bryn and a banner with a collection of rainbow coloured books and the Pride flag. The text says Pride Month Spotlight!

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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 03/06/2024

Play the Kraken Pride Bingo with us! Can you name queer indie SFF that fits these prompts? Or even trad pub queer SFF? Today's card is based on AWAKENINGS by @clh2oars.bsky.social www.krakencollectivebooks.com/books/awaken... 🌈📚 🌈💫🚀 #PrideMonth #AdultQueerSFF

The cover of AWAKENINGS stands in the top right corner, over a grid of 3 x 3 squares labelled “Kraken Pride Bingo”. In the grid are the following elements: novella, aroace MC, sentient object, MC with neopronouns, Road Trip, Fantasy Races, Chosen One Trope, MC with Himbo Energy, Found Family

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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 02/06/2024

Play the Kraken Pride Bingo with us! Can you name queer indie SFF that fits these prompts? Other queer SFF? Today's card is based on STAKE SAUCE by @roannasylver.bsky.social www.krakencollectivebooks.com/books/stake-... 🌈📚 🌈💫🚀 💙📚 (1/2)

The cover of STAKE SAUCE stands in the top right corner, over a grid of 3 x 3 squares labelled “Kraken Pride Bingo”. In the grid are the following elements: Vampires!!, Physically Disabled MC, Grumpy/Sunshine, Neurodivergent MC, Fire-Forged Found Family, Trans Man MC, AroAce Spec MC, Chubby Love Interest, PTSD/Trauma Healing

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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

How would YOU fill up this Kraken Pride Bringo? Recommend us any queer SFF you know that fits the prompts! (especially indies!) Today's card is based on CHEERLEADERS FROM PLANET X by @lyssachiavari.bsky.social ! www.krakencollectivebooks.com/books/cheerl... 🌈📚 🌈💫🚀 💙📚

The cover of CHEERLEADERS FROM PLANET X stands in the top right corner, over a grid of 3 x 3 squares labelled “Kraken Pride Bingo”. In the grid are the following elements: mixed-race MC, WLW, Aliens, Superpowers, Fictitious City in Real-World Location, Adopted Character, College-Age Characters, Shapeshifting, Grumpy/Sunshine Pairing

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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

Another round of the Kraken Pride Bingo is up!! Help us by recommending queer sff you know that fits the prompts 🌈📚 Today's card is inspired by HOW TO BARE YOUR NECK AND SAVE A WRECK by D. N. Bryn! www.krakencollectivebooks.com/books/how-to... 🌈💫🚀 #QueerAdultSFF 💙📚

The cover of HOW TO BARE YOUR NECK AND SAVE A WRECK stands in the top right corner, over a grid of 3 x 3 squares labelled “Kraken Pride Bingo”. In the grid are the following elements: Fangs are sexy, fancy outfits, found family, pet companion, PTSD/Trauma Rep, Neck kisses, Hidden Identity, Kink, Disability Rep

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