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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Starting*tomorrow! The Narratess Indie Book Sale. Check it (and my book) out!

Indie Book Sale, from 29-31 August, at Indiebook.Sale

Ancient as the Stars, for fans of lower decks, the Expanse, and Firefly

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I love your collection(s)! Romantasci is how I spell it but I'm sure there's no right or wrong answer

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Queen Beyond the Rift is now up on Booksirens! Check it out! booksirens.com/book/MA3XHGQ...

Trope map for queen beyond the rift. Features a cover with arrows pointing to the tropes. Bodyguard x queen romantasci, coups and War, imperialism is bad mkay?, a warm-hole politics, Friends to lovers, teeny bit of spice. The link is books2read.com /qbr . And it is a stand-alone sequel series to the Star-Cross Empire.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026

3 more days for this bundle by LGBTQIA+/ Disabled Authors, about queer/ disabled characters doing their thing. 🌈♿📚

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M. K. Nedjelkovic (they/them) @nedjelkovic.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm part of bundle that is the perfect intersection between pride in June and disability pride in July! Check it out 😊🧡 itch.io/b/3669/we-ex... #booksky

We exist without permission. Nine random covers from the bundle. Some garlands, disability pride flags and progress pride flags

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naila (labonno) 🇧🇩🍉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ @nailamoonsi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The Pride Without Prejudice Bundle is going on! I'm in it for the first time with The Protector and the Annihilation alongside many others! Find it here: itch.io/b/3733/pride... 📚📦📚🌈📚🪐📚 #queerbooks #mmromance #lesfic #pridemonth #lgbt #lgbtq

Pride Without Prejudice Itch dot Io Bundle

39 books for only $40!

June 18 to 30

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Hello hello! I'm pretty sure I'm in this Pride Bundle on itch, even though I can't find my book cover (Literally. Erasure 🤣) Regardless, check it out!

Pride Book Fair 2026 Bundle #3: Live Free or Pride Hard; a black graphic with over thirty-five covers of various LGBTQIA+ fiction books available on itch.io.

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Re: my last thread. I 'get' where erasure comes from. Ex: my kid is trans. He's already faced more shit in his young life than I *ever* will. He has supportive parents, friends, & school and it's still ... Hard. Really hard. But we can't turn queer liberation into the pain Olympics. We just can't.

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This! One reason I'm not out fully is because it feels like I'm telling people how much sex I am or am not having? I have an easier time telling people that I'm attracted to women.

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I'm a stay at home, Christian, homeschooling mom in a deep fucking red state and it's so so tempting for people to think I'm not hurting bc I appear mainstream (I'm also a poc but let's ignore that for a sec). But I exist. I'm here, and I'm queer. Happy Pride

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

That's where I am on Pride. Not fully out, not embracing my identity, broken, unsure. What I was recently told was that's exactly why Pride is for me. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I don't know. Bluesky is probably the safe place for this. But everywhere else in queer spaces, there's erasure. I exist.

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Because he's sweet but he doesn't quite understand all of it. All he knows is to be kind and patient and never pushing. But also it took years to get to the point where there weren't constant hints & winks and expectations. God forbid I ever tell him that I've recently realized I'm also aro. Nope.

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I'm constantly not enough. Not human enough, not woman enough. Not experienced enough because I rarely find joy or pleasure in the act. Until I understood what being ace meant, I always felt like there was this hole cut out of me. And I try not to talk about it to my (still lovely) spouse

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Him a robust love life (I'm generally sex repulsed or neutral, depending). The messages I get from the mainstream are that I'm broken, or evil because of a dead bedroom, or faking, or a prude. I've been assaulted in college because I was a virgin who didn't care about hooking up with boys.

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I have trouble claiming Pride for myself, for those reasons. But for ppl who say I'm just straight and a prude: I've been suicidal because I can't be the wife I thought I was supposed to be or my husband. I already have chronic illnesses and ADHD. He has to take on a lot. And I can't even give (3)

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I am in a straight presenting marriage. I have four kids. A lovely husband. I'm not discriminated against because no one in my real life knows that I'm ace. 'Course that means Bluesky is the only place I can talk about this because people follow me other places.

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Okay buckle up because for pride I'm going to talk about asexuality. Now I'm an elder millennial who had no idea what being ace meant. I grew up thinking I was very straight. (Okay. I have an aesthetic attraction to women as well but I thought that was just, you know, being normal). (1)

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 28/05/2026

The Doctor will strongly disapprove if you don't. itch.io/b/3668/may-t... 🪐📚

Fake title card for Doctor Who (2023-2025) using the generator provided. Text reads: "Buy May the Fourth Bundle on Itch.io, it has 23 cool sci-fi books in it's only a tenner"

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

My pretty proof. Standalone sequel series to The Star-Crossed Empire

Queen Beyond the Rift proof copy on top of a copy of Star-Crossed Empire

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

My literary espionage thriller The Clockwork Spy came out this week! Reverse chronology, unreliable narrator, accurate tradecraft. I'm a former intelligence officer myself Books2read.com/CSpy

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

The Clockwork Spy: A Literary CIA Espionage Thriller by Meena Daye, Maya Darjani

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Ancient as the Stars Loyalty to the Max A Stellar Spy The Clockwork Spy The Star-Crossed Empire Queen Beyond the Rift

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I'm in my almost final copyedit of Queen Beyond the Rift and omg? Can you fall in love with your own book?

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naila (labonno) 🇧🇩🍉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ @nailamoonsi.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Thanks for helping us get past our goal for Queerly Beloved Bundle!! It's May's LGBTQ mutual support bundle with a theme of romance! If you want to support queer creatives, consider checking out the 32 books, stories, comics and games within. tinyurl.com/2026isgay 📚📦📚🌈📚🪐📚 #queerbooks #indiegame

Queerly Beloved Itchio Bundle 32 stories, comics, & games for $10- May 2026
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Book covers for:
Well of Souls
Strange Grey Everything
Lightbringer
Moongatherer
Emergence
The Protector and the Annihilation
Curse of Souls
To Drive the Hundred Miles
The Protector's Memory of them Under the Sunlight
No Love in LA
Warrior of Hearts
The Wolf and his Witch
Still so Illegible

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

And this is my cozy(ish) science fantasy novella about a photographer on the edge of the galaxy. I don't have the universal link up for this yet but you can find it on the big site that shall not be named

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I also have preorders. This is a minimally spicy political space opera/ romantasci. 99c preorder! Coming in October. Books2read.com/QBR

Hardcover jacket reveal for Queen Beyond the Rift

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

My newest release, The Clockwork Spy, is my first 'real' spy book. It is definitely geared for people who like the cat and mouse espionage stories, especially bc it has nonlinear/reverse chronology and an unreliable narrator.

Cover for the clockwork spy, which can be found at books2read.. com/CSpy

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This is my science fantasy A Stellar Spy, which is basically le Carre in space, with magic.

Cover and trope map for A Stellar spy, which can be going at books2read.com/Stellar Spy. Magic in a space faring society, accurate trade raft, bi spy in space

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

My not-as-popular book is The Star-Crossed Empire, a political space opera. Y'all, I love this book and want it to find its audience. It's good for fans of David Weber and Lois McMaster Bujold, although it has a small romance twist on it as well.

Cover for the Star Crossed Empire with trope map. It can be found at books2read. Com/SCE. It has a canonically ace, desi headstrong mc, sexy militants, a red-headed assassin turned bodyguard, the chaotic but lovable Benedik, the bearded emperor with a honey cut vibe and kind eyes, plotting months, conquering invaders, and the people demand a revolution

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

My most popular series is the Broken Union series, which is a snarky Lower Decks-style adventure but with intrigue and feels as well.

Cover for Ancient as the Stars with a trope map. It can be found at books2read. Com/AATS. tropes include timey wimey nonsense, disaster bi, born it all down, ragtag crew of misfits, found family, acespec lead, boundless profanity, and magic dust that makes you immortal

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

It's time for a new pinned! Hi, I'm Maya. I'm a former intelligence officer and mom of four who writes sci-fi, mostly, but also contemporary thrillers. More below:

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

It's release day! Get it while it's hot. Ebook is currently on KU, so you can read for free.

Graphic with the cover of the clockwork spy by meena daye. states that it is literary espionage, nonlinear storytelling, and unreliable narrator and that it is contemporary

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Adam Bassett @adamcbassett.com · 11/04/2026

DIGITAL EXTREMITIES ANIMUS PARADOX A STELLAR SPY @mayadarjani.bsky.social THE WRECKING SQUAD @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social WRAITH AND THE REVOLUTION @ajcalvin.bsky.social THE LUCKY MACHINE @aimeecozza.com KARA: SEEDS OF THE UNIVERSE by Peter Beard ROGUE AI by Mark Eluzai

A graphic featuring science fiction book covers of DIGITAL EXTREMITIES and ANIMUS PARADOX by Adam Bassett, A STELLAR SPY by Maya Darjani, THE WRECKING SQUAD by Nick Snape, WRAITH AND THE REVOLUTION by AJ Calvin, THE LUCKY MACHINE by Aimee Cozza, KARA: SEEDS OF THE UNIVERSE by Peter Beard, and ROGUE AI by Mark Eluzai. Browse these and other books on sale at indiebook.sale during April 11–13, 2026.

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Adam Bassett @adamcbassett.com · 11/04/2026

The Narratess sale is LIVE! 280+ eBooks are on sale right now for $1.99 USD or less. Here's just a few of them!💙📚 Browse the full list of books on sale April 11–13 at indiebook.sale. *For my books specifically, the best place to get info and find those is my website: www.adamcbassett.com/all-books

A graphic for the Narratess indie book sale of independent fantasy, sci-fi, and horror eBooks which runs April 11–13 2026. Full list of books available at indiebook.sale.

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🚨New Bundle Alert🚨 Kicking off #IndieApril celebrating the art of the short story! Grab this huge bundle of 30 awesome short stories, including The God Sun, for just $20! itch.io/b/3623/the-a... 💙📚🪐 | 🤏📚 | 📦📚

The image showcases a variety of short stories and collections by various authors, with a little dragon reading a book on the bottom right

Books shown:
All Through the House and Other Tales from A Random Place by Joachim Heijndermans
Rage from a Cage by Joachim Heijndermans
When Your Heart is a Broken Thing by Helen Whistberry
News Flash by Candace Harper
The God Sun by Alan K. Dell
What May Rise from the Ashes by Susanne Schmidt
Last Vegas by Sass Everett
You and I Are Eternal by Ronove
Immortality in the Marrow by Ronove
Shared Space by A. P. Howell
Like Gold Upon Her Tongue by A. P. Howell
Reset by L. B. Shimaira
The Observers by L. B. Shimaira
Born From Earth by Jake Vanguard
Heliophilia by Jake Vanguard
Winter Flame by C.L. Carhart
EMERGENCE by A.M. Weald
Doce Drosera by anita
War of the Space Dragons by L'Poni Baldwin
THORN by L'Poni Baldwin
Let Our Bones be the Testament by Maya Darjani
The Secret Life of Amalie Chaudry by Maya

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I mean y'all are all smarter than me on this, obviously! 🤣

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Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Although if we're actually being semantic about it, we're not orbiting it either (I still call it going "to" the moon, though)

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Sheila Jenné @jennelikejennay.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Black Sails to Sunward made it to the #SPSFC5 quarterfinals! davedobsonbooks.com/team-1-21-gi...

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Team 1.21 Gigawatts – Our SPSFC #5 Quarterfinalists – Dave Dobson

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Grimoire Ink Reviews @grimoireinkreviews.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Under False Colors (Imperial Mars 3) by @jennelikejennay.bsky.social "The revolution is here Oh no. It’s going badly. No one* expects the Reign of Terror. But that’s basically what’s taken place." Read @mayadarjani.bsky.social's full review here grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/u...

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Under False Colors (Imperial Mars 3) by Sheila Jenné

Reviewed by Maya Darjani In the thunderous conclusion of the trilogy, the Martian people must secure their rights once and for all—at the risk of destroying everything Mars has built over centuries…

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Sorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.

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Grimoire Ink Reviews @grimoireinkreviews.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Game Changers series by @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social "I read all the Game Changers Books and I’m gonna make it all y’all’s problem." Read @mayadarjani.bsky.social's full review here grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/g...

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Game Changers series by Rachel Reid

Reviewed by Maya Darjani I read all the Game Changers Books and I’m gonna make it all y’all’s problem First off, I am not the typical audience for these books, and you need to keep that in mind dur…

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