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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 11h

🎃🎃 SPOOKY SALE!! 🎃🎃 Price changes are ticking in at various places now. Get your spooky reads in 🎃 big-ass itchio bundle itch.io/b/3904/chill... 🎃 small-ass itchio bundle itch.io/s/202134/spo... 🎃 individually on website www.karenlykkebo.com/category/all... 🎃 Zon www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZYT3PN1

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Chills, Thrills and Kills by Rebecca Crunden and 77 others

Chills, Thrills and Kills: 93 items for $69.00

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

DO NOT PAY FOR THIS SHITE! Also, I promo for freeeeeee. If someone is emailing you and asking for money or royalty splits or anything monetary and too-good-to-be-true, run away!

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Kyoshi: Run Away! (Monty Python)

Alt: Run away! Run away!

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 14h

🚀 spaceships 🌡️ dark conspiracies 🎭 brotherhood ❌ no romance 🐛 strange creatures 🤖 futuristic 🪐 other worlds 🐈 a rescue cat 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56... [ #booksky ]

kindle cover for dust & lightning by rebecca crunden; image shows a dark planet in purple lighting, a moon in the background, volcano canyons below

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 13h

Get this amazing deal of October-themed reads that’ll last you until next year! 93 books by 78 authors for just $69! Less than a dollar a book! itch.io/b/3904/chill...

Graphic for the Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itchio Sale. 93 books for $69. A VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.

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Chris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

COVER REVEAL! This is the cover of the Fermi's Progress Christmas Special - **A VERY FERMI CHRISTMAS**! It is the work of the amazing @chrisfenoglio.bsky.social, the artist behind @ryannorth.ca's Star Trek: Lower Decks comics! Preorder it from @scarletferret.com: scarletferret.com/books/a-very...

The cover of A Very Fermi Christmas - a side on view of the Fermi flying upwards, the wake of its Alcubierre drive obliterating the planet below. The spacewarping wake of the ship resembles a Christmas tree, and the planets and stars behind the wake look like tinsel and baubles.

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Lacrima Mundi - Indie Book Reviews [requests closed][hiatus]📚✍ @lacrimamundi.bsky.social · 9h

It's amazing how often I read someone's review or thoughts about a book on here, or see them just posting about a book they want to read, find it sounds interesting, go to my Z0n to add the book to my wish-list only to find out I already own the book. 🫣 A sign that I own too many [unread] books? 🤔🙅

I fully intend to read all the books I've purchased and am on schedule to do it by my 592nd birthday.

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Beca Dreadful 🖤🌙 @becadreads.bsky.social · 16h

4/5 stars! This was such a sweet book. The way these two were so gentle and caring with each other was a welcome change from the angst I've been reading. This book had amazing trans rep as well as rep for anyone who struggles to be seen living in multiple marginalized communities in the south.

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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Or today - A SCHOLAR’S GUIDE TO DEMONOLOGY & OTHER DARK ARTS! Blog tour details below - many thanks to @panmacmillan.bsky.social for arranging it! ,,, hope you all enjoy it. 😊

Blog tour details for A SCHOLAR’S GUIDE…

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Lacrima Mundi - Indie Book Reviews [requests closed][hiatus]📚✍ @lacrimamundi.bsky.social · 11h

Am I the only one who gets reminded, by all those high and mighty promises and "visions" from those genAI fan peeps, of the Second Life hype from ... hmmmm, let me think ... about 20 (?) years ago? Does anyone even remember that Second Life was a thing these days? 🤔

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 15h

So it's currently empty, but more and more I've been wanting to do review videos, so if anyone wants to follow my YouTube page in advance, here it is! I've no timeline for this, but I think it'd be fun to have more indie book vlogs out there. 🤞 www.youtube.com/@IndieBookSp...

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Lacrima Mundi - Indie Book Reviews [requests closed][hiatus]📚✍ @lacrimamundi.bsky.social · 16h

Weird bookish take of the day: "I suspect anyone who gives this book less than 2.5 stars to be a racist." You sure about that, mate? You okay? People read for different reasons. People have different tastes, and different criteria on which they base their judgements. Unless we start assuming that

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Where did left-wing and right-wing come from? youtube.com/shorts/1lWZ8...

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Where did left-wing and right-wing come from?

YouTube video by Michelle Franklin | Legends and Lectures

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Lacrima Mundi - Indie Book Reviews [requests closed][hiatus]📚✍ @lacrimamundi.bsky.social · 19h

*sigh* Another day, another "author" who uses genAI for her books trying to convince people on GR that she doesn't, even though the watermarks are still all over her slopped out book for children. If there's anything I loathe more than the general AI slop, it's that slop being aimed at children.🤬

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Fuck Ai Matthew Mercer

ALT: Fuck Ai Matthew Mercer

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 08/10/2026

🎃 TBR Thursday 🎃 It's spooktober and what are you reading?? Do you need some spooky, moody, eerie books? May I suggest a few of mine? (keep your eyes peeled for a spooktober sale coming next week 👀 ) 👻 www.karenlykkebo.com/shortstory 📚💙

Promo photo with dead tree in fog in the background.
Four covers lined up. Top left: Now and the Hour of Death, skull with a finger up to silence you. Top right: Drowned Hearts, hands reaching for the surface. Bottom left: Vätter Child, deer skull in dark forest. Bottom right: Dirt You Shall Become, shovel and faded pink peony.

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Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you're looking for some unusual horror for your Hallowe'en reading list, may I offer . . . steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil... books2read.com/u/boB9YL #onsale for cheap! Less than a coffee! And it comes with accessories: * murder * a drag queen * strange forest #indiehorror #booksky

"Almost all the graves are grown-over with weeds. Tall grasses and creeping vines smother granite slabs and stretch like grim green fingers toward gently sloped mounds. My hindbrain deliberates the likelihood that most of those buried here predate the island’s liberation, but then, why would the organizers of a conversion camp bother with tombstones? An unmarked pit is surely good enough for delinquent bones." - The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle

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Rachel Bowdler / Bonnie Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

👻 HALLOWEEN HAUNTFEST HOSTED BY INDIE VISIBLE 👻 From today until the 10th, a huge collection of indie books are available for FREE and discounted prices! Stuff your ereader with spooky and seasonal reads, including four of my FREE sapphic romances. Head to indievisibleevents.com… or else 🔪

Halloween Hauntfest, 8-10th October.

A HAUNTING AT HARTWELL HALL by Rachel Bowdler: historical paranormal romance

PARTNERS IN CRIME by Rachel Bowdler: friends to lovers murder mystery

WHEN LOVE BARGES IN by Bryony Rosehurst; cosy autumn brother’s best friend romance

RUNNING WITH THE WOLF by Bryony Rosehurst: witch x werewolf bodyguard romance

FREE spooky, seasonal & sapphic reads at indievisibleevents.com

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Zi Xu @ziqqix.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Got this book a while back - “Enshittification” - but finally am taking the time to read it and am halfway thru… its very good… would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to understand why things online are getting worse, and it’ll make you very very angry 😔 it really pulls all the curtains back

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

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DD Ward ..."Interim Pirate Queen" @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Have you read any @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social? She's good people! Check her out at linktr.ee/beverlyannemichel

Beverly Anne Michel
@beverlyannemichel.bsky.social
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Eva 30-50 Feral Ideas Seyler @theevaseyler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

a meme in the style of the janky old anti-piracy videos that says "you wouldn't ask ChatGPT"

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Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Joining my patreon for editing advice and support from a professional: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Joining to get access to an incredible community in Discord: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Joining to help me get healthcare and stay alive? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Joining for access to exclusive character art: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.patreon.com/posts/168233...

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See: Worship | Charlie Knight

Today is my birthday, and I could think of only one way to thank you: new character art.

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Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don’t use AI to write or edit. Telling a story is one of the most human things you can do; letting a computer do it for you completely misses the point. If you're a writer who eschews AI, you deserve an editor who respects your story’s humanity. 📚 #editing #romance #romantasy #PNR #fantasy #scifi

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Lacrima Mundi - Indie Book Reviews [requests closed][hiatus]📚✍ @lacrimamundi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just started reading Gaynor Torrance: Death of a Ghostwriter Not sure how many weeks or months it'll take me to get through it though, as the ND-burnout with a 99.9% increase in executive dysfunction is currently kicking my arse like its life depends on it (which it probably does). #AmReading 📚💙

Gaynor Torrance: Death of a Ghostwriter

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Strong Dexter energy. 😂 books2read.com/DexterAndSin...

Cover of Dexter and Sinister, Detecting Agents. A grey and white tabby cat with cog irises and a hinged, segmented tail, wearing goggles and a green scarf, grins out at us with a cheeky, lopsided smile.

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The days are getting shorter, the shadows are getting longer, and I think you need a moody, atmospheric sci-fi about three friends living at the edge of their world uncovering secretsssssss 👀 relinks.me/B07XW4XQLN #booksky #readersky #scifi

Moon-Sitting by EM Harding Cover. A white moon shape sits on a blue/grey background. In the centre, a silhouette is cut out with bright red hair added over the top. Around the moon is an orbit line, showing a yellow dot and a red dot.

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Azalea Forrest 📚 A Witch in Isenshire @azaleaforrest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anything helps 🥹

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 06/10/2026

Delightful political intrigue and the interactions between the characters of various races, occupations, and temperaments make this book worth reading. 🌟🌟🌟🌟 to OATHS OF LIFE AND DEATH by @lcyruswhelchel.bsky.social ! www.amazon.com/review/RCB9A...

Oaths of Life and Death (The Faumen War Chronicles Book 1) by L. Cyrus Whelchel featuring a large steel mace in front of a blue backlight forest background

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NickPheas @nickpheas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wold Worm by @tkingfisher.com is 99p. Southern Gothic horror with a high ick factor. Seriously Ew, ew, ew, ew. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-Worm-So...

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Wolf Worm ebook by T. Kingfisher - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Wolf Worm A Southern gothic masterpiece about secrets, parasites and deadly ambition" by T. Kingfisher available from Rakuten Kobo. ***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'Wolf Worm is going to...

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Two things before I go play games instead of job-hunt: 1. If you read/like anything I make, please let me know! I promise I won't stalk you. I'll just feel something. 2. If you think ANY kind of AI-'created' art is better than the worst human art, put your genitals in a blender and hit 'puree'.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🕯️🥀 SHORT HORROR STORY 🥀🕯️ One night, Jace finds a runaway in his barn. A boy with a horrifying story. ❌ no romance 🕸️ gothic-horror 📔 26 pages 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/b4aB7L 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/someone-else... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/12... [ #booksky ]

kindle cover for someone else's horror story by rebecca crunden; shows an old wooden room with candelabras and rising fog

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I need a good, underrated horror movie. Rec me!

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Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🎃Trying to sell 31 books for October, so The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle is #onsale for $1.99! 🦇 Queer horror comedy about a cryptid hunter! Find it here: books2read.com/u/boB9YL Here!: steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil... Or check out a review here: queensbookasylum.com/2023/11/09/t... #horror

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ZomBev 🧟‍♀️ @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Please!! I really need to pay this!! 💕💸

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#WorldSpaceWeek and #SpookySeason perfectly collide in this edge-of-your-seat cosmic horror, stranded far from home where no one can save you and the light of the stars shines pale and cold. THE GOD SUN www.alankdell.co.uk/tgs

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Buy The God Sun — Alan K. Dell

Get The God Sun from your favourite book retailer!

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“Well!” Searle took his spectacles off and wiped them down with a handkerchief. “Only let me know when I may run, Your Grace. My legs are as accustomed to running, whether it be running a household or running away from problems.” #booksky #books

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Lacrima Mundi - Indie Book Reviews [requests closed][hiatus]📚✍ @lacrimamundi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Does 'any book/s I'm currently reading' count as "coffee table book"? 🤔 Aside of those I have various books with a focus on photographic representation. If the first don't count, probably those will, even though they do not occupy my coffee table but reside in my bookshelves. #BookishQOTD 📚💙

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Lacrima Mundi - Indie Book Reviews [requests closed][hiatus]📚✍ @lacrimamundi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Of course, someone who tags me in a post about his new "book", despite the fact that it clearly says *requests closed* and *hiatus* behind my username, uses genAI not only for his covers but also for "writing" his "books". Thus, here's the promo post you were after, Richard Pembroke. #FuckGenAI🖕

A picture showing the account whatwoulddracdo being blocked by my blocklist for 'AI slop pedlars & enthusiasts of all sorts'

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Why you should never use AI summaries for reseach youtube.com/shorts/0eSz1...

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Why you should never use AI summaries for research

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Got an email that said: - Preorder Keith W. Dickinson’s upcoming book - and I thought what the hell? I don't have a book coming out. Except it turns out I do! 😂 CHALLENGING THE TIDES, the solarpunk anthology I'm a part of, is available now to preorder. 👍 www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

The cover of the Challenging The Tides anthology. In stylised graphics that are blocks of colour, a lighthouse sits on a sand dune, a boat with yellow sails on the sea beside it. The yellow sun is in the sky, and the sky is a circuit board. In black text, Challenging the Tides, and anthology of hope, edited by Susan Oke and Shellie Horst.

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ZomBev 🧟‍♀️ @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Please share or donate if you can!! 💕💸

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Neither the throne nor her heart were ever truly hers..." Stranded alone with no hope for rescue, crown princess Zhenya and royal guard Keryth must overcome both the dangers of a mysterious island and the differences between royal and commoner to survive. books2read.com/blade-of-the-crown 🌈📚💛⚔️

The cover of the book "Blade of the Crown" by author Cara N. Delaney. The background is the ocean, choppy with waves. The sky is grey and dark blue with storm clouds. Silver ornaments decorate the corners and the top and bottom edges. In the foreground is a golden crown in a classic shape. A slender sword with an ornamental cross guard goes through it vertically. The title is written in a silver, slightly translucent font, with one point of the crown filling the "A" of "blade". The author's name is in white at the bottom.

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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m so serious when I say y’all have to stop treating amab nonbinary people like men. & I mean the people who already respect afab nonbinary folks. Do you know how many amab enbies tell me I’m the 1st person to see & respect them? What are we doing? I’m happy to help, but the bar is on the ground

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Check out this gigantic Itch-io bundle of 93 Chilling, Thrilling, and Killing books for just $69 (noice). Save a haunting 75%. Get you a horror fix to the last the next... Month, maybe? Let's be honest here. Terrify your TBR! Chills, Thrills & Kills itch.io/b/3904/chill... 💙📚🩸 | 📦📚

A spooky haunted house with ghosts flying around. Chills, Thrills & Kills 93 books for $69. A very big and spooky bundle of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year's Halloween season.

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ZomBev 🧟‍♀️ @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

20/160 Please keep sharing!! 💕💸

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

PRE-ORDER www.amazon.ca/Shadowbairn-...

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