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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

10 years after their best friend’s betrayal, Beryl is released from the resulting prison sentence. Their revenge: steal an expensive ruby from Al, kill her and disappear. But Al’s vaults are empty, and the missing jewel might actually start a war. #Dvpit #LGBT #A #F #DIS #OWN

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A grimy bookshop is no place for love. Niall is here for a deep cleaning job, not to fall for the broody owner. He has enough going on with his mother’s dementia. However, forgetting a cute guy is easier said than done when Kris opens up and won't stop cooking for him. #preDV #LGBT #A #OWN #CR

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS x THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR An angry NB fresh out of jail. An aristocrat woman with a dead dad and empty vaults. And the missing deadly crystal they now have to find before it kills everyone. #Dvpit #LGBT #A #F #DIS #OWN

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2 sapphic frenemies are forced to hunt down a dangerous crystal before its power destroys more than a few lives. 2 older gay men assist them while working on their second chance romance. 1 zeppelin to take them across the world. #preDV #LGBT #A #F #DIS #OWN

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

HE'S HERE. HE'S QUEER. HE'S READY TO CLEAN. A proud fat gay man with a deep cleaning company meets a closeted depressed bookshop owner and sparks fly around a plate of pancakes. #Dvpit #LGBT #A #OWN #CR

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS x THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR 🔮 Gaslamp fantasy with crystal magic 🌈 Sapphic friends to enemies to ? 💛 NB MC 💗Sapphic mixed race MC 🧠 Traumatised grumpy x anxious sunshine 💘 Parallel romances ⚔️ Realistic class divide #DVpit #LGBT #A #F #DIS #OWN

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

BLACK BOOKS IF BERNARD BLACK HAD BEEN A GOOD PERSON 🌈 MM romance 🌍 Welsh & Hungarian Mcs 📚 Cosy bookshop 🍰 Cakes & spice 💕 Found family 💅 Drag shows #DVpit #LGBT #A #OWN #CR

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Last call for the Queer Romance bundle hosted by @kayworx.bsky.social! 26 romance and erotica books, visual novels, and games for $25. Ends tomorrow! Snag it right here: itch.io/b/3889/queer... 🌈📚💛⚔️ - 📢📚

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Queer Romance Bundle
26 books, visual novels, and games
Romance and erotica
Lesbian, bi, gay, trans, monster lovers, catgirl bondage, and more!
$25
itch.io/b/3889/queer-romance-bundle

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AQH Publications @aqhpublications.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Book kickstarter projects coming later in the year or early next year. Well worth taking a look at and giving a follow to #lgbtqia #lgbtqfamily 🌈📚 💙📚 🌈💜 🏳️‍🌈📚🏳️‍⚧️ books.bookfunnel.com/fallksromanc...

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KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGNS

Prefer the physical book in your hands? Look no further! These Kickstarter Authors have teamed up to offer a dazzling selection of collectible books. Available for a limited time.

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Shimaira ⛥ @shimaira.com · 30/09/2026

Last day to claim this bundle ⏳ itch.io/b/3913/punk-... ~ #DiscountBooks 📢📚💙🌈📚🪐

itch.io

Punk Spec Fic Books by Elise Carlson and 24 others

Punk Spec Fic Books: 24 items for $24.00

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you didn't know, there are 2 free short stories you can download if you subscribe to my newsletter! merlina-garance.kit.com/a5d99ce874 Read about my failed magician and my shady seamstress! 💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS x THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR An angry NB fresh out of jail An aristocrat woman with a dead dad and empty vaults And the missing deadly crystal they now have to find before it kills everyone. #preDV #LGBT #A #F #DIS #OWN

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A grimy bookshop is no place for love. Niall is here for a deep cleaning job, so he represses his attraction for the broody owner. His life is complicated enough. However, forgetting a cute guy when Kris opens up and won't stop cooking for him, is easier said than done. #preDV #LGBT #A #OWN #CR

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

2 sapphic friends-turned-enemies are forced to hunt down a dangerous crystal before its power destroys more than a few lives. 2 older gay men assist them while working on their second chance romance. Hijinks in a zeppelin. #preDV #LGBT #A #F #DIS #OWN

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

HE'S HERE. HE'S QUEER. HE'S READY TO CLEAN. A proud fat gay man with a deep cleaning company meets a closeted depressed bookshop owner and sparks fly around a plate of pancakes. #preDV #LGBT #A #OWN #CR

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

BLACK BOOKS IF BERNARD BLACK HAD BEEN A GOOD PERSON 🌈 MM romance 🌍 Welsh & Hungarian Mcs 📚 Cosy bookshop 🍰 Cakes & spice 💕 Found family 💅 Drag shows #preDV #LGBT #A #OWN #CR

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Ham @sufalls.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

⚔️ good luck! ⚔️ #henryofskalitz

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's out! I can't believe I forgot to post on release day here. Thanks to everyone who's bought so far! hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Some of the cosy fantasy available til the end of the day ONLY at indiebook.sale!! Don't miss it! 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026

3 more days for this sale of books in which one or more nonbinary characters save Fantasy or SciFi worlds. 🌈📚🪐📚🏳️‍⚧️

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🏳️‍🌈📚👀📚🏳️‍🌈 👊 We deserve more than what an algorithm tells us we should be reading. ⛏️ Browse indie shelves. Follow queer presses. 🌎 There's an unruly ecosystem of sapphic books out there. ‼️ LFG, PEOPLE ‼️ #BookSky #SapphicSeptember #SapphicBooks #IndieBooks

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Amy Stauffer PA @amystaufferpa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Some of the LGBTQ+ audiobooks I’m looking forward to releasing in September 2026. *This is not a comprehensive list. Releases are subject to change and out of my control. #mmropmance #gayromance #queerromance #booksky #romancelandia #readqueerallyear #lgbtbooks 🌈📚

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

want a ton of great indie SFFH for a tremendous deal? check out the narratess mega bundle on itch! 107 books for $230!! 🌈📚️ #booksky #IndieAugust #NarratessIndieSale itch.io/b/3863/narra...

Indie Book Sale
Fantasy SciFi and Horror
29-31 August 2026

Mega Bundle

107 books for $230

The Backwards Knight by Matthew Siadak
The Dragon Next Door by Vanessa Ricci-Thode
Lantern by Burgundy Athena Pendragon
The First Sin by Cheyenne Brammah
Riyati Rivals by Kai Zeal
Petition by Delilah Waan
Painted Flock by Claudie Arseneault
The Mandroid Murders by Robin C. M. Duncan
From the Grave of the Gods by Alan K. Dell
The Crane Moon Cycle Duology by J.C. Snow
Over the Dragon's Gate by Juliana Jones
The Thirteenth Hour by Trudie Skies
The World of Juno by Dan Eavenson
Soultaming the Serpent by Tar Atore
A Drifting Sun by Ashley Capes
The Lucky Machine by Aimee Cozza
Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew by Veo Corva
Prajwalita by Geetha Krishnan
CyberSnow by A.E. Bross
The Flaws of Gravity by Stephanie Caye.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

💙📚🪐📚🌈📚🩸 The Narratess sale is still going on! For cozy fantasy folks, here's a bunch of them; for broad interests, Read Indie Fantasy had more linking and titling cope than I have also, if anyone would like a cuddly cat fantasy series with bonus chai, I'm finishing Charmcraft's sequel today!

Cozy fantasy books on sale Aug. 29-31 at https://indiebook.sale: Recipes for the Copper Snake, Crying Out for Magic, An Uncommon Cause, Tavern Tale, the Coffee House Witch and the Grumpy Cat, Chai and Charmcraft, Hills of Heather and Bone, Getting Lucky, The Improbable We Can Do Today, The Last Speaker, Lucianus, Tales of a Stranger Sister, Kindred of the Sea, Talio's Codex

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

3 books I highly recommend you get from the indiebook.sale happening today! Yes one is mine but the other two aren't and they're high quality, so that should tell you a bit about what you can expect from the rest of the books available! 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Naratess indie sale is live! Go to indiebook.sale to check out all the goodness available! There are bundles ready for you as well, to grab all the books involved or by genre! 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

4 DAYS LEFT! hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

FIVE DAYS LEFT! hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

YEAR OF QUEER LIT sale is live! Head over to yearofqueerlit.com to find Dandelion at half price, and over 200 books! 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We're at 44% of our initial donation goal! A week left to help us reach 100% on release day! hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

we're at 25% of our first donation goal to Family Planning 2030! hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This time an excerpt from the first short story that was submitted to this anthology! A 1984 angle on the topic of sexual surveillance... hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

So after nearly 3 months I guess it's time for me to market my services again? Make some money? So if you need help with your book on cover design/formatting, interior formatting, developmental edits, hit me up! I have references too! All cinfo is on ko-fi.com/merlinagaran... #booksky 🌈📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

@yearofqueerlit is hosting their fabulous yearly sale again! This year I'm including DANDELION, my second chance friends to lovers gay romance! Come back on the 26th at yearofqueerlit.com🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A snippet from Selina Shaw's story for H.O.T. that I particularly love! Out Sept. 1! hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

we're at 25% of our first donation goal to Family Planning 2030! hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

3 weeks before this anti-totalitarian erotica anthology hits the shelves! Help us meet our donation goal so we can put our money where our mouths are too :p hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Preorder our erotic short stories anthology and help us donate 100 USD to charity! The first one will be Family Planning 2030. hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Jana/Magnolia is one of those people who dares be a good author AND a cool person. How come? Read her story in the anthology very soon! magnoliafay.com hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

J.T. Adria is one of those people who was uplifting the indie author community before they even published their first work and for this I'm super proud to have them in this anthology! Find more of their works at jtadria.wordpress.com hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Aaron Hunt's story for H.O.T. explores a strict caste system in a near future version of our world, and its impact on human's sexuality. To read more of Aaron's writing, follow them on instagram and preorder H.O.T.! www.instagram.com/aaronhuntaut... hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

Based in rural Wales, Aaron Hunt (He/They) is an author who loves to write Monster, Queer & Dark Romance, often blending genres to achieve the right blend of angst and yearning. When they’re not writing, you can find them reading on their own Kindle and scouting out new Horror media to absorb.

A+ by Aaron Hunt

“How was work today?” He knew he was being cruel. Liam’s face flushed and he was on the edge of a complaint for a few seconds before he gave in.

“Busy, nothing I couldn’t handle.” Liam’s nose twitched and his bottom lip stuck out in a poorly disguised pout.

Trick appraised a loose thread on the waist of his slacks.
“Do I need to correct you?”

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Nikki Ali is not only an author, she also hosts the coolest writing workshops! I can't wait to share her short story Into The Ocean on September 1st when the anthology releases! mistressm.substack.com hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

Nikki Ali is a writer, teacher, dancer, and activist based in Newark, NJ. She writes sensual and creative erotica where the world and the dreams of the senses are for everyBODY. She is also a writing and creative guide who writes books on the writing craft and guides writers to making their dreams a reality. Hit Nikki up at mistressm.podia.com.

...how fucking stupid they were, blinded to how much worse it was all going to get. If she could, she would go back and shake that younger, more innocent version of herself by the shoulders. She would tell her, against the lump in her throat that she’s feeling now, to breathe the air. To roll in the grass. To feel the sunshine along the little golden hairs on the skin of her arms. To hug and to kiss while love was still free.

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Selina has been such a support on this project, I couldn't have done it without her! Preorder H.O.T. to read her surveillance & censorship short story and follower her everywhere! linktr.ee/selina_shaw.com hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

Selina Shaw (she/her) is an English love witch and writer of queer femme delight, hunger and power in romance and horror. She believes storytelling is a crucial site of resistance, and uses nature, eroticism, and the unresolved to explore rewilding the self.

As well as getting feral with her own books, Selina has been featured in multiple anthologies and lit mags, including Anarkiss, Tulip Wolf Journal, Discord Comics and iReadIndies. When she isn’t writing, she’s splitting her time exactly equally between horror movies and Barbie TV shows, or getting lost in the woods.

linktr.ee/selina_shaw.com

@shawberrytart

obscenity

“Wait, hold on, f***...” Kal halted.

“What is it?”

“F***, f***, f***!” The bleeps ran together abrasively. “It’s blurred you,” she snarled.

Rosemary tapped a few keys in confusion. “Like the line’s fuzzy?”

“No, like your tits have been censored.”

“WHAT?” she squeaked. She threw the hoodie back around her. “And now?”

“Yep, normal again.”

“For f***’s sake!” Bleeeeep. “Oh, shut up!”

H.O.T. ANTHOLOGY

Coming Sept 1st, 2026

On a dark purple background, three plastic dolls are stacked, undressed, in different shades of pink, purple and orange. At the top of the cover, the letters H.O.T. read in pink neon lighting. Along the body of the first doll are the words "horny", "oppressed", and "tameless" in purple manuscript font, looking like a tattoo. Along the leg of the bottom one, in the same style, is written "Edited by Merlina Garance."
In the bottom left corner, in pink neon, blocky font, is written "STORIES OF SEX AGAINST OPPRESSION".

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

COVER REVEAL + ANNOUNCEMENT H.O.T anthology releases September 1st! 7 rotic short stories exploring the place that sex takes in totalitarian societies. Whether it's digital surveillance, classism, queerphobia, how do we resist with our bodies? hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

First author spotlight for H.O.T. anthology! Follow @jheijndermans.bsky.social for more of his writing, and preorder the anthology to read more of his short story! hot-anthology.carrd.co 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 #booksky 📢📚

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