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From: A Daughter of These Lands Well well well... I didn't check, but I'm sure I can't be the only one who did that. :P Anyway, here's one of the more playful snippets of this book, which includes more words said by Raoul in one go than in the entire previous book in total. #WIPSnips Text in alt

A snippet of text from A Daughter of These Lands. The text reads:
"Oh..."
Heat rose to her cheeks, and she was glad the darkness hid it. There wasn't much else to say about it, was there. She'd acted rashly, and without thinking, and, well, that was that.
Raoul however, wasn't done. "By my count, that was less than forty five seconds into the mission, if we consider it a mission, which I do, and that means it's a new world record for the fastest time for a paladin to lose their gear. I was the only one present, so it can't be officially ratified, but I will still submit it as an unofficial entry for the Chroniclers' Society of Silly Statistics."

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 28/09/2026

Got a book out in October? Hit me up!

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The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship @thesfincs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Congratulations to all of the authors who will be part of SFINCS4!!!! We wish you all the best of luck! Next steps are for us to sort the novellas into teams for judging which we will announce later this week! #booksky #authors #writers #publishers www.sfincscompetition.com/post/accepte...

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Accepted SFINCS4 Submissions!

Here you can find the accepted SFINCS4 author submissions!

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 27/09/2026

I used to think werewolves were cooler than vampires (still do), and I wanted to write about them. Little did I know that werewolf books are supposed to have alpha males, hot knobly sex, toxic pack dynamics, and feral violence. So I wrote Last Fight of the Old Hound: mybook.to/LostDogs1

Cover image for Last Fight of the Old Hound. It's intended to evoke feelings of introspection and internal conflict.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 27/09/2026

From: A Daughter of These Lands In this paragraph, I pay my respects to the inimitable Tove Jansson, one of the world's greatest authors, and the wisdoms shared in her stories. #WIPSnips Full text in alt text

A paragraph from A Daughter of These Lands. It reads:
All good journeys should start at dusk. She'd heard that said by someone, somewhere, but she couldn't remember where. Raoul might know, but she didn't feel like asking. Not right now, and she wasn't sure she agreed anyway. It didn't make sense to start when it was about to go dark and you wouldn't be able to travel far, unless, you just wanted to get started, so you wouldn't get stuck with last minute preparations that delayed a morning departure.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 26/09/2026

From: A Daughter of These Lands I've picked a snippet from the scene just before the big showdown of the book, where Toini's reflecting of what's to come. #WIPSnips

A few paragraphs from A Daughter of These Lands. The text reads:
Raoul tensed, and for a moment he stopped, but only for a moment. Then, he, too, was running.
He didn't have her sense for the land, and Toini knew she would leave him behind, but it still felt good to have him behind her. Someone who had her back. Covering fire. Moral support.
Someone who knew what they were up against, and who burned with the same fire she did.
He'd been her impartial chronicler and the observer of her work as a paladin, but when it came to fighting abominations, no one stood idly by. He'd helped, and he knew what was what.
He was good enough with firearms she trusted him not to blow her head off, and he wouldn't panic.

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Tabitha | Behind the Pages @behindthepages.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Last call! 11 am today the form is closing!!!!

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The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship @thesfincs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Last call for novella submissions! We have three spots left! Submissions will be closing tomorrow (September 26th) at 11am EST. #authors #writers #booksky forms.gle/DBM6MPYwQd6e...

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 25/09/2026

Hello #SongsOfSeptember I scrolled through my current playlist three times and didn't find anything uplifting. Instead, I'll go with a song that's reassuring, confident, and that makes me feel good while still being beautifully melancholic: Here Is The Place, by Empathy Test youtu.be/7KyC4SmiGYs

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Here Is The Place by Empathy Test @empathytest

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When you want to write, "The AI wants to hurt people," remember that you mean to write, "The AI company profits off of hurting people."

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 23/09/2026

In an attempt to increase my chances of landing s job, I've enrolled in a class to learn to drive a fork lift.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 23/09/2026

From: A Daughter Of These Lands Every occurrence of the word tumble had an S in front of it, so I'm going with that instead. #WIPSnips

A few lines from A Daughter Of These Lands. The text reads:
Had to keep going.
"Have to keep going," she muttered to herself.
Toini stumbled and nearly fell as her own words woke her mind up.
"I never talk to myself," she said.
She clamped her mouth shut and stopped dead in her tracks. She'd really just said that, to herself, like a proper idiot.

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 22/09/2026

💜 One Line Share 💜 "However much I thrive in silence, the subtle noise of Sayran’s existence has settled over my heartstrings, plucking them like the sweet music of my own breath" 💚🐻 www.karenlykkebo.com/bearmyheart 📚💙

Green cover of ebook to Bear My Heart. Bear silhouette with mountains and a crescent moon inside. Background is a meadow with an orange butterfly

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 22/09/2026

Hello #SongsOfSeptember I'm just a few days late. The climax of At the Road's End takes place at a rave in a forest. The music is throbbing psychedelic trance, and in particular, the track I have in mind for it is The Calling, by Vini Vici vs. Ace Ventura: youtu.be/VTHh_ecDnDI

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Ace Ventura vs. Vini Vici - The Calling

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 22/09/2026

From: A Daughter Of These Lands I don't have today's word "meltdown" or anything close in my WIP, so I'm going back to yesterday. I do have "stream" in several spot, but I like this paragraph with a variation of the word more, so I'm going with that. #WIPSnips

A screenshot of a paragraph from At the Road's End. It reads:
Her belly rumbled, and Toini sipped her blueberry soup. It should have been warm, and it should have been winter and snow, and she should have been on skis, but the taste warmed her heart with nostalgia all the same. Going cross country skiing and drinking hot blueberry soup from Oakstream Kitchens was a Viller tradition so deeply rooted in the national identity that the old king had declared the second Restday after the winter solstice each year to be National Blueberry Soup day.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 22/09/2026

I've heard some authors add recipes at the end of their books, so that readers can enjoy the same foods as the characters in the story. Well, I'm taking it one step further and adding recipe and instructions directly into the story, so there. Here's how to make coffee according to Päivi.

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Paivi had been fine until Ash showed up and started talking about unbleached coffee filters and whatever. As if anyone cared. Just add more coffee. If you add a horseshoe to the pot and it doesn't float, you add more coffee.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 21/09/2026

I've been playing Coffee Talk (and the sequel) instead of reading before going to sleep, and I'm fascinated by the simplicity and storytelling of these games (also Tavern Talk). I'm also really inspired to try to make something similar myself - except maybe as a book.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 21/09/2026

I may be 50 years old and living with my mom, which isn't exactly Life Goals™, but at least I've got books to be proud of. :D

Photo of three piles of books on a table two of the piles contain At The Road's End, and one pile contains Emma's Story.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 21/09/2026

There's a clothes shop across the street. A poster in the window is advertising a discount with the text "FALL IN STYLE" and I'm getting all kinds of weird and dramatic imagery from it.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 20/09/2026

24 punks/authors have come together for a special Punk Spec Fic bundle on Itch.io, including The Thirteenth Hour! Check out this collection of punks from cyberpunk to steampunk, solarpunk, and more! itch.io/b/3913/punk-... With thanks to @eliseswords.eurosky.social for organising!

Punk Spec Fic Book Bundle Graphic, bordered by 24 covers, with bright blue, purple, pink, orange background. 24 books for $24, Sept 20-30.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 21/09/2026

Hello #SongsOfSeptember ! Tldr: yes! The big finale of At the Road's End takes place at a full moon ritual/rave in a forest. One of the performers is Kilmarine Soskynuala (aka Ken), the highest ranking official of the elven branch of the Church of Ek (god of nature). Ken plays electric guitar

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Can you just not, Steve?

A wet river otter named Steve sits on a muddy log at the water’s edge, looking toward the camera with its mouth slightly open, framed as a lighthearted meme.
Text in image: “STEVE IS WORKING ON HIS MISTAKES
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE HUGE”

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 19/09/2026

And we're live! Submit your novellas!

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 19/09/2026

Saw something similar going around but I'm gonna challenge people to name their favorite *indie* book that they feel like didn't get enough love. I'll drop a few of mine in the comments!

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 19/09/2026

I'm a scarecrow gleefully watching the crows feast.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 19/09/2026

Hello #PretendPanel I have indeed read my work out loud. I do it as part of the final preparations before publishing, and I've done live readings in front of an audience. There's a section of Emma's Story that lends itself particularly well to being read out loud. :D

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 18/09/2026

From: A Daughter of These Lands I don't have the word payment, so I searched for "pay" and found a few scenes where it's included. This one's a rumination on how the spirit of the mountain don't pay attention to Toini. Full text in Alt Text:

A few paragraphs from A Daughter of These Lands. The text reads:

She took a deep breath, slowly let it out again, and tried to open herself up completely.
Nothing.
Sure, there were things there. Scattered pockets of life and half-formed ideas, but nothing like an actual spirit of the land. Even the falling rain paid more attention to her than the spirit of the land.
Indignation rose within her as a suspicion took root. It wasn't that there was no spirit here, it just ignored her. That's what the nightmare had been about. That terrifying sense of being an unseen insect among giants must have been her subconscious reacting to the spirit of the land ignoring her.
Like she wasn't worth paying attention to.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 16/09/2026

Woot! Just got tickets to see Amaranthe in Göteborg in a few weeks. :D

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 16/09/2026

Restarting this PoV version of my WIP for the third time in three days. Maybe this time, I'll get it right...

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 16/09/2026

You know what's cool? Supporting indie authors. You know what's 12 times as cool?? Supporting 12 indie authors at once! Check out our anthology TOGETHER IS A DISTANT STAR 🌟 A collaborative SFF anthology by 12 women and queer authors from all corners of the world! Find where you belong 🌟🌟🌟 💙📚

Paperback and smartphone with ebook cover of Together is a Distant Star. Cover: A red, purple, orange, yellow cover. Title in yellow "Together is a Distant Star", a sci-fi and fantasy anthology on belonging. Clouds, trees and hills in the background. Two hands reaching toward each other each with a piece of a broken star.

In clockwise order starting in top left corner: “Wicked” child selected as village sacrifice, Golem created for obedience discovers purpose, disillusioned flesh alchemist risks everything, intergalactic agent hunts her terrorist ex, rebels with giant war mechs, empathically bonded noble twins defy family & duty, famished girl tries to escape cannibalistic family, postpartum woman embarks on perilous voyage to assume her dying father’s throne, time-traveling shapeshifter tries to stop genocidal war, unwanted daughter with burgeoning powers breaks cycle of abuse, trans twins on a military mission, alien CEO looking for love.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 16/09/2026

From: A Daughter of These Lands I've somehow gotten my WIP past the 50k mark, and perhaps now I have enough words to take part regularly here. As a bonus, today's snip includes a reference to the book's title. #WIPSnips Full text in Alt Text

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Göte made a motion like he took a deep breath, or maybe sighed, as if he were composing himself or shaking off the mirth. Trying to be serious perhaps. Toini hadn't seen his chest move or heard him breathe even once before now.
"Your light," he said. "It's too pure and burns too bright. It shines with the essence of the daughter of these lands, and it will call the darkness to it like gold calls to humans.
"The way you burn, you're a beacon for the blight. I've seen it before, but never quite like this." He paused for a moment as if contemplating something. "You won't live long. I'm sorry."

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 16/09/2026

Bookmail! Trollcon is coming up, so I ordered a few author copies. Maybe I'll meet someone who likes books. It'll be nice to have something to show instead of just telling people my books are on the zon.

Photo of a cluttered desk. The important parts are two stacks of books. One stack is Last Fight of the Old Hound, and the other is Emma's Story.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 15/09/2026

Today we’re celebrating the launch of Arcane Awakenings, An Urban Fantasy Anthology campaign on Kickstarter by Shadow Stained Press. www.readindiefantasy.com/arcane-awake...

A banner showing a map with a open book and pages flying in the air. It has the text Saturday Spotlight and the book cover to Arcane Awakenings.

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JD Rivers | Otar 3 coming Oct. 15 @jd-rivers.com · 14/09/2026

I just dropped the re-done ebook for "The Edge of a World" (Otar's Universe #1) on my paid patreon subscribers. Tomorrow the next chapter of my queer fantasy novella will also debut. The plot is thickening! Want to see? Subscribe today!

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The Edge of the World - Re-done | JD Rivers

The Edge of the World - Re-done by JD Rivers on Patreon. Join JD Rivers's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 13/09/2026

Because reasons, I was musing on the word zeitgeist and how it can be translated to "time ghost" if you really want to. Then, my thoughts went all the weird places.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 13/09/2026

On Wednesday, I was at a concert, and my mother stayed up late, unable to sleep until I got home. Today, my mom's managing a polling station and will be home very late, so it's my turn not to be able to sleep.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 13/09/2026

Talking about my books: At the Road's End I once came across a post that put "I will die for you" against "I will live for you," and compared the two sentiments. I keep returning to the idea, and I explore it in At the Road's End. mybook.to/GoneHome1

Promo banner for At The Road's End. The banner shows the cover of the book and the quote "I won't die to save my sister. She'd never forgive me."

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 13/09/2026

Election day in Sweden today, and I can't help but think of this quote.

Pretty photograph with a witty quote written over it. The quote is: "For every complex problem there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong."
The quote is attributed to H.L. Mencken.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 12/09/2026

A great way to discover interesting new books and authors.

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