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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 18h

To celebrate Anti-Prime Day, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.

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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 18h

FUCK JEFF BEZOS FUCK AMAZON PRIME IT'S BUY A BOOK TUESDAY FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE! That's right, it's a SPECIAL Buy a Book Tuesday! Buy a book from Bookshop.org with FREE SHIPPING and support Bluesky's amazing author community AND independent bookstores. 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GOOOOOO!

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Flowers Georg @pantalonesfuego.bsky.social · 17h

This book is great!!!

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's spooky season, so why not dive into a forbidden romance between a cursed woman and the Reaper assigned to reap her soul, whether she's dying or not? #spookyreads #booksky #writesky #spookyseason #romance www.amazon.com/dp/B0D8S64CH...

The cover for "Death Flirts Back," by Shelby Hailstone Law. The cover is simple, in black and white with a rose on the right of the cover. The tagline at the top reads: "Oh no. The Reaper is cute."

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#OctoberWorldbuilders The people of Suzamna are of two camps when it comes to survival: those who rely on magic and those who adapt to reality. A LOT of Empire citizens rely on fae contracts and the talents of the gold-touched to try to defy the reality of desertification.

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#Awesomecharacters Alan, the antagonist of the Scaleshifter series, is the definition of the “cool motive; still murder” trope. He is the sole survivor from his family of a long war between dragons and humans, and everything he does is intended, in his mind, to get revenge and end the war decisively

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

HOW CAN YOU MAKE DRACULA WITHOUT THE COWBOY THE COWBOY IS STRUCTURAL!

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The closest Islana has ever been to the Golden Dusk itself... at least up to this point in the story ;) #wipsnips #goldendusk

Carefully creaking open the door, she peered out of it to see Aben standing there, one hand on his head as he looked east, toward the new border of dusk. When he heard the door, he lowered his hand and turned toward them, looking relieved to see Berfrid and holding his hands out for his son. “I’m glad you two are alright.”
“He didn’t even know anything was wrong,” Islana assured him, letting little Berfrid snuggle into his father. She stepped around the two of them to get a better view of the Golden Dusk instead of what limited view she’d been able to see from her window. Like a wall of darkness, the glittering gold extended into the forest, imposing but not yet encroaching. Standing outside instead of safely in her home, she could feel the hairs on the back of her neck and arms standing straight up.

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Changed "contract" to "deal" because "contract" has some big ol' spoilers. #wipsnips #goldendusk

“Islana.” He didn’t raise his voice, but his voice rang with enough power to stop her voice in her throat. “Do not make excuses for them. They know what kind of creature has made its home in the village now. They hope for spectacle, not a deal. If they were desperate, they would not come in flocks but in the dead of night, hoping to hide the shame of the lengths they must go to.”

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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yesterday was Sunday and the day my wife's computer died. So today's Monday and it would be great to sell some books to pay for the dead computer's replacement.

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here's yet another way that men sabotage women's careers: enable networking events that are threatening, abusive, potentially catastrophically violent for women, and so women leave early. How convenient for men. Remember this when you compare career trajectories.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026

I can’t emphasize this enough — “AI” wasn’t born corrupt and toxic. For ~75 years, it was mathematicians and scientists doing interesting, thoughtful work and trying to solve problems, making only the usual human mistakes. What “AI” did to machine learning is as tragic as what it did to artists.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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W&S_BOOKCLUB @wsbookclub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

@jacquisydney.bsky.social has a dragon- themed book review today!

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#Char_Roleplay: Petal (Golden Dusk WIP): “I literally just want a garden. I’ve had two mortal patrons in my lifetime trying to find a safe one. Two!! Do you know how hard it is to find a good mortal? Two!! Can you even imagine? Ugh!! This one better stick!”

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Focusing on Abigail from Death Flirts Back, since it’s spooky season. She technically lives alone in a small townhome, but her Reaper watches her every second, so she technically doesn’t live alone. Even if no one else knows that.

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#Char_Roleplay: Ziya (Scaleshifter series): “My mother and I, for a long time, had nothing but each other. Now, she is helping to nurse the last of humanity to health and safety, and I couldn’t be prouder to share my mom with the world.“ www.amazon.com/Scaleshifter...

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Scaleshifter

Visit Amazon's Scaleshifter Page and shop for all Scaleshifter books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Scaleshifter

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#OctoberWorldbuilders I think the thing that stands out most in Suzamna is the Dying Forest. It used to be lush and green but has been drying up and dying and is prone to fires. When the Empire is flooded with Dusk, the forest starts to change. The trees get stronger, but they become… eerie.

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PJC Cahill @pjccahill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, hey, you wanna see some mutual trauma, pining, perfect-for-each-other-but-can't-admit-it disaster lesbians figure each other out and be absolutely adorable about it? And one of them is a WEREWOLF! Oh yes, fur will be cuddled. Get Cry Wolf here: pjccahill.carrd.co #booksky #sapphic 📢📚

Art by @pokemama_smash (Instagram) "Ash" - Rieka (left) and Jiya (right) looking casual and happy.

Art by Luigiix - extreme close-up of a wolf's eyes. The eye is yellow-gold, surrounded by dirty-blonde fur. At the top is the title 'Cry Wolf' in yellow lettering. At the bottom, in smaller font is 'To a Monster Bound 1' and 'PJC Cahill'
Luigiix's DA page: https://www.deviantart.com/luigiix
Luigiix's Commission Info page: https://www.deviantart.com/luigiix/journal/Commissions-444182461

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters with the cast of The Mermaids of Europa! Angelo arranged the dinner party as a poorly disguised method of “checking in” with everyone. The rest of the crew is mostly on board because they don’t want Angelo to do his sad, kicked puppy routine when he can’t try to cheer them up.

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Listen, I get a word like "petal," and you have to meet My Boi. #goldendusk #wipsnips

“Why?” The fairy put both hands on his hips. And when Islana hesitated—only to look for the right words to calm him down—he let out an angry noise. “Oh, what a trick! You want something else, yes? You can have. . . .” Somehow, he managed to look like he was tapping his foot against the ground, even though he hung in the air in front of her. “A name! Yes, you mortals like names. But not my real name, no, that is too powerful.” He rubbed his chin. “I will give you a name to call me if you tell me the story. Deal?” He suddenly flew closer to her, nearly touching the space between her eyes, so that she couldn’t focus on him properly. “Well?” He hadn’t given her time to respond.
“Deal,” she said quickly, worried about his temper. This close to him, she could see the way every movement he made left an odd trail of Gold, so that he looked like he had several arms at once whenever he would gesture.
“Good. Call me Petal.” He backed up enough that she could see him without crossing her eyes. “Well?”

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"I won’t keep you from magic when you’re so good at it,” Ziya said, sounding tired. Then, in words that curled around Eldara in smoke, she added, “But I couldn’t wake you. I couldn’t heal you, because sleep isn’t an injury.” #Wipsnips #scaleshifter

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 03/10/2026

My team! Happy to be a judge again this year 😊

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters The buildings in the Suzamna Empire were originally built to last harsh winters. As you can imagine, this has led people to get desperate to find a solution to the heat, including magical solutions. A fae blessing is the equivalent of air conditioning, really

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters It’s gonna go to Petal, Islana’s fairy friend in the Golden Dusk series. He is actively trying not to get shoehorned into story tropes, plus he’s a wild fae. It’s in his nature to be a little odd and incomprehensibl!

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is scuttlebutt from another online community I’m part of: rumor is AI books are using existing authors‘ names to peddle their slop, which can hurt YOUR reputation! Adding “checking my search results” to my weekly checklist 👀

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From a Jewish lady, thank you, Mr Pope 💙

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I haven’t read them since I was a teenager, so I don’t know if they’ve held up, but the Books of Pellinor grabbed teenage me and said “We’re not shying away from a girl having a period in a fantasy setting, and we’re going to give her a girls supporting girls moment when she has hers unexpectedly”

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PJC Cahill @pjccahill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Chills, Thrills & Kills! A very big and spooky bundle of creepy and cozy reads perfect for this year's Halloween season! My Demon King Daughter, book 1 is included in this massive deal! 93 books for $69 USD itch.io/b/3904/chill... #booksky 📢📚

Chills, Thrills & Kills
An Itchio Bundle | 93 books for $69 [USD]
'A very big and spooky bundle of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year's Hallowe'en season!'
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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Summarize your WIPs/Works! Scaleshifter (6 books, 7th incoming): Two teens get turned into dragons, refuse to be weapons of war, and spark a continent-wide reshuffling of power. Mermaids of Europa: Space mermaids are real and don’t want to talk to us. We send a team anyway.

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#OctoberWorldbuilders The people in the Suzamna Empire embrace magic far more openly than Islana’s people do, because as their land has turned arid in the rain shadow of a new mountain, becoming a patron to the fae might be your only shot at food.

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Eldara is my healthiest MC, and she loves to laugh. She has inside jokes with her siblings, and she makes friends everywhere she goes. She and her best friend, Cuno, literally bonded by playing pranks.

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#OctoberWorldbuilders The empire directly east of Islana's home country used to be flourishing, but their land is turning more and more arid. Over a hundred years, they've gone from plains to desert... and it's getting worse. #goldendusk

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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Friends, do you want almost 100 very October books for the absolute *best* price? Do you want to support almost 80 authors? And get a copy of my own novella, The River Devours the Moon, as part of the bargain? Then get a nice, spooky headstart on your October reading. Link below. :)

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 22/09/2026

Got notified an artist was located, hired, and paid for work through HireHumanArtists.com and I couldn't be more thrilled Pls hire more artists through here!!! Support human made! #hha

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W&S_BOOKCLUB @wsbookclub.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Being a bookblogger is awesome. I can rave about how much I love a book and then be surprised when the author answers! I've even managed to somehow convince authors to participate in interviews or guest posts. I geek out every time. Thanks for always making my day, #authors! #indieauthors

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Caleb would be strategic about it, I think, and write a scene where he actually has an entire day in the dragon council where he doesn’t get yelled at. He has simple needs, ya know? Ziya would like a flashback with her dad, who has been gone so long she’s forgetting details

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One thing I do love about living in the American South is that as soon as a single Church Lady who knows your family hears you’re on bed rest, all of the church ladies activate like sleeper agents and you suddenly have three casseroles in your fridge to feed your family for a week 💕

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#SeptemberWorldbuilders I am a complete sucker for found families. Give me a story where a traumatized person adopts other traumatized people and I’m insane about it. (This may be why I got my start writing Teen Titans and then X-Men fanfiction… Be the change you wish to be or something 😅)

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dmcder.bsky.social @dmcder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You should see them pout when I go to work. #booksky

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Shelby Hailstone Law @shailstonelaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#AwesomeCharacters I think Caleb is more impatient than people give him credit for; he's just good at saying the right things to make others think he's being patient. 😂 His daughter, Eldara, got allllll the patience in the family (where did it come from? Definitely not from Ziya, her mom!)

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm categorized as an AI subscriber, because I'm subscribed to the 3 TB tier of Google Drive and and they literally just changed the name of the plan to "Google AI Plus." Those "AI subscriber" numbers are 100 percent juiced and phony, and you're a sucker if you believe otherwise.

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