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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 29/09/2026

It’s a very short outline for an adventure, but it’s kinda fun!

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.com · 28/09/2026

OUT NOW! The Devouring time is available in ebook and paperback! Bookseller Sterling Caine and investigator Adrian Evans must find out what happened during Sterling’s forgotten year, or all of humanity will pay the price. CLICK HERE: buy.bookfunnel.com/2n2porj6w5

An ebook and paperback stand against an orange gradient. The covers are the same, and feature a cracked clock face against a blue background. Two illustrated death's head hawkmoths flutter around it. To one side, there is a "bug" featuring a light blue vortex surrounded by the words Widdershins Universe. Text reads: Bestselling author of Whyborne & Griffin, Jordan L. Hawk, The Devouring Time, a Widdershins Universe Novel. Beside the books is text reading: Sterling can't remember the last year. Adrian suspects Sterling of theft and murder. Now they must work together to uncover the truth, before it's too late to escape the fate that awaits them in The Devouring Time.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 26/09/2026

So apropos of nothing in particular, let’s talk about media tie-in novel pay vs. original work pay, shall we? Let’s say you write a novel. It’s set in your own world, your own characters, and titled The Original. You get a book deal! Look at you go!

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Lee Welch @leewelchwriter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most authors are VERY familiar with these scams by now - this is a great explanation

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Peeps, the entire REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series audiobooks are on sale on Chirp for a limited time! Grab the whole thing for $12 💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow 🫀An autistic necromancer ⚰️His reanimated lover 🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC 🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal romance www.chirpbooks.com/series/the-r...

the reanimator mysteries audiobooks 1-4 on chirp for $11.96 for all 4

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.com · 25/09/2026

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 24/09/2026

Anyone looking for human illustrators, check this out!

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Xero Reynolds 41/100 on Patreon @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you genuinely believe that libraries negatively impact book sales, I don't even know what to say to you.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 18/09/2026

I have read an actually ridiculous number of the books in this thread and strongly recommend you should do the same.

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.com · 18/09/2026

IN ONE WEEK! The Devouring time is coming in ebook and paperback September 25! Bookseller Sterling Caine and investigator Adrian Evans must find out what happened during Sterling’s forgotten year, or all of humanity will pay the price. CLICK HERE: buy.bookfunnel.com/2n2porj6w5

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Narnia books as Isekai Manga

1. My Sweet Tooth Made Me The Villainess’ Slave
2. In Another World, The Dwarves Picked Me To Lead The Revolution
3. All At Sea With My Level 0 Sailing Skills
4. On A Mission In Another World And I Can’t Remember The Cheat Codes
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Horse
6. Help! My Uncle’s In Love With The Demon Queen!
7. Reincarnated In Another World Just As The Game’s Ending

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.com · 16/09/2026

I've added a tool to my website to help you choose from my various series and stand-alones! Paranormal romance, historical romance, even thriller and horror--whatever your mood, I may have a book for you! Find out here: www.jordanlhawk.com/pages/book-f...

A white rectangle edged in purple on an illustrated background of colorful books interspersed with eye glasses and slippers. The white rectangle has the following text on it: Want to try my books but not sure where to start? Use my new book-picker tool and find your next read! Visit jordanlhawk.com.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 14/09/2026

So Think, Write, Edit, Romance has a lot about prose and a whole section on self-editing. In a moment of wild surmise, I asked the literal Final Boss copyeditor if he'd take a look at it. (When I said I was taking a punt on blurbs...) And he did, and this is some of what @bcdreyer.social said.

Flyer for Think Write Edit Romance. Quote: “...she offers up here the sort of expert advice on the nuts and bolts of prose, from punctuation to grammar, that makes my copyeditorial heart sing. And if that weren't enough, she does it all engagingly and wittily. I can't imagine a writer, of romance or of anything else, who won't find much that's invaluable in these pages.” --—Benjamin Dreyer, New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer's English and former Random House copy chief. Out 15 Dec in print, e and audio

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.com · 08/09/2026

PREORDER REMINDER! The Devouring time is coming in ebook and paperback September 25! Bookseller Sterling Caine and investigator Adrian Evans must find out what happened during Sterling’s forgotten year, or all of humanity may pay the price. CLICK HERE: buy.bookfunnel.com/2n2porj6w5

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 08/09/2026

as so often, Terry Pratchett had it nailed.

Death and Susan talking in Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"

YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.

"So we can believe the big ones?"

YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

"They're not the same at all!"

YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET— Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME... SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.

"But people have got to believe that, or what's the point?"

MY POINT EXACTLY.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

PAID GIG: I'm looking for someone who knows Spanish Sign Language. I'm going to be translating a graphic novel where SSL is featured (hooray for d/Deaf rep!!) and I want to be sure that I get the text aligned with the signs in the artwork. This should be happening at some point this year. #xl8

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Susan Pickford @libripotens.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Call out to my translator friends: I'm collecting recent instances of genAI mistranslations for use in class, particularly involving French, German and English. Would be glad to see any examples you've come across.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 06/09/2026

If you're wondering why authors are getting so rabid here: First Anthropic stole our books. Then we got denied compensation because of US unjust copyright law and publishers failing to meet their contractual obligations. Then publishers and agents apparently claimed author shares. Now this.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 05/09/2026

If you are agented by: The Wylie Agency, Malatesta Literary Agency, L. Perkins Agency, Global Lion Intellectual Property (formerly PMA Literary), Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency, Sanford J. Greenburger, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency ...read this and consider hard.

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Chace Verity @chaceverity.com · 03/09/2026

Cover Reveal! Radio Silence, a m/m 1940s historical romance, arrives October 6, 2026! Radio star Ike Irving returns to Hollywood after a mysterious five year absence to reunite with his former writing partner, Sidney Lewis, and face their dark past together. www.smashwords.com/books/view/2...

cover for Chace Verity's Radio Silence done in black and white typography with blood splatter along the title. At top, it reads: How far will they go to protect each other?

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

ONE DAY LEFT to grab all of the Reanimator Mysteries books for 50% (get all 4 for $10). Grab them if you like MM paranormal historical romance, Pushing Daisies, or Guillermo del Toro-esque romantic spookiness. itch.io/s/198894/hel...

A grey black background with the head Katie's appointment sale and book bundle
beneath it is a picture of katie (black dog with a white, semi bald nose with a scar) and on the other side are the covers for the four books in the reanimator mysteries series (the reanimator's heart, the reanimator's soul, the reanimator's remains, and the reanimator's fate)
in between, it says my dog katie had a soft tissue sarcoma removed from her nose and had radiation. the vet bills have been a lot of money and she has a recheck in september. to offset the cost, I'm putting the reanimator mysteries on sale for 50% off on itchio. you can grab all 4 for $10

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 03/09/2026

I somehow lost my blog post about English titles in the move, and people keep asking, so here it is: refreshed, revamped, even more irritable. Never get a title in your histrom wrong again!

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Enter Title Here — KJ Charles

I am fed up of seeing British-set historical romances that mess up with titles. Here is a briefish guide to getting it right.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/09/2026

Hey, so based on what other people have said, and what I have now myself experienced, it appears to me that publishers are, um, how do I say this... Not doing a good job (or possibly any job) of checking to see if rights have reverted on a work before claiming them in the settlement.

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Lee Welch @leewelchwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Oooh this looks interesting! 👀👀👀

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

2 DAYS LEFT to grab the entire Reanimator Mysteries series for $10 (or each book for half off)

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Since it is Katie's 11th Gotcha Day, I'm re-upping the sale I'm running to raise money for her next post-cancer check-up/x-rays. You can grab the whole Reanimator Mysteries series for $10 or each book for 50% off.

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Help Pay for Katie's Appointment Sale by Kara Jorgensen

A bundle by Kara Jorgensen, $9.98 for 4 games

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.com · 28/08/2026

PREORDER ALERT! The Devouring time is coming in ebook and paperback September 25! Can bookseller Sterling Caine and investigator Adrian Evans find out what happened during Sterling’s forgotten year? CLICK HERE: buy.bookfunnel.com/2n2porj6w5

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Libros y Citas @librosyc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

«Just because you lose a battle doesn’t mean it was never worth fighting.» Provoked, Joanna Chambers #Quotes #Books #Battle

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gochenourabout @sjgochenour.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

okay one more thing before I disappear into the night: have been on an A.J. Demas ( @ajdemas.bsky.social ) reading spree and HOLY CRAP I NEED EVERYONE WHO HAS NOT TO HASTEN TO READ HER BOOKS PLEASE SO I CAN TALK LOUDLY AND TOO FAST AT YOU

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Peeps, there's a queer historical fantasy/scifi/horror bundle on Itch right now where you get 17 books for $30. My fox shifter x wolf shifter / trans x cis romance KINSHIP AND KINDNESS is part of it! Check it out here:

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Queer Historical Indies Bundle by Noah Hawthorne and 17 others

Queer Historical Indies Bundle: 17 items for $30.00

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Jane Fonda’s tribute to Dolly is perfect.

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I am devastated. I just learned that Dolly has moved on. I know that millions are mourning and I want to say this - more than anyone I have ever known, Dolly will always be with us because she was so present, so powerful, so generous and playful that she is woven into all our lives and hearts forever. We have our memories of her, her songs, Dollywood, "9to5," the millions of books she got into the hands of children, all the iconic images that bring her to us. And they are all blessings. Let's be grateful for all that she has left us to ease our sadness now. I never knew anyone like her. She was simultaneously a naughty, playful southern gal from the hollows of
Tennessee and a deep, soulful thinker who could see through people right down to their true selves. She was many things...lyricist, songstress, player of many instruments, writer, prankster, visionary, loyal friend, who'd never go to bed before she and her friends had laughed so hard
they'd have to cross their legs.
She had a survivor's instinct and seemed to always know just what to do, just what to say, to make things right....and then she's stick her butt out the car window and moon Kenny Roger's home. She was the voluptuous embodiment of empathy. That's something of hers she'd want us all to take with us.
To her gay and trans fans, I want you to know that she loved you. You know that without me telling you. She loved all her fans and they are legion. And you know she doesn't want y'all to mourn now. Dress up and celebrate her spirit. But first, watch the final episode of Grace and Frankie where she's an Angel, the head honcho working class angel in Heaven.
RIP, beautiful woman. We love you.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Some people might not be aware, but it is entirely possible that without Dolly Parton we wouldn’t have had a COVID vaccine. She partly funded Moderna’s research and gave the largest individual contribution to make it all happen. Just gives you an idea of the kind of person she was.

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm in the Queer Historical Indies Bundle until Sept 6! 17 books for $30 including OBSIDIAN ISLAND, my action/adventure fantasy novel set in the Age of Sail with a gay romance between a ship captain and his bff naturalist, set on a beautifully deadly supernatural island. itch.io/b/3875/queer...

Books included: The Baptism is Long and the Song is Everlasting by Rob Macwolf. Unchain My Heart by R.J. Martin. The White Ribband by Mason Hawthorne. Black Masquerade by Stuart Tudor. My Lord by L.B. Shimaira. Yes, Captain by Rey Rider. The Voice of Wild Places by Noah Hawthorne. Kinship and Kindness by Kara Jorgensen. A Gaze So Longing by River Flynn. Shadow and Flame by Sylvie Helstaff. The Mistress of Rosehorn Hall by Zack Prince. Obsidian Island by Arden Powell. Inheritance of Shadows by A.L. Lester. Well of Souls by Harmonia Grey. Blood in the Water by Carolina Cruz. Lock the Last Door bt Vincent Lore. Our Crimson Cage by Ladz.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

the thing is like public health child literacy civil rights social justice rural poverty once you personally have become rich and successful, those things only matter if you still have the capacity to care deeply about people outside your immediate circle and that is harder than becoming rich

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Katie's next recheck is next month, and because I know it might be a bit pricey due to xrays and possibly blood work, I'm running a sale on The Reanimator Mysteries to raise money. All 4 books are 50% off, so grab 1 or all 4 for $10 itch.io/s/198894/hel... Shares are greatly appreciated!

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.com · 24/08/2026

Want a short, fun read featuring an incompetent crossroads demon, a non-binary monster hunter, and a hellhound named Fluffpaw? Check out INFERNAL AFFAIRS here: buy.bookfunnel.com/ikzaeet0jn

A light pink background with dark pink flames. On it is an ebook reader featuring a book whose cover is illustrated ink pot and quill sit against a sparkly pink background spattered with blood. The quill is pink with a gold tip and a small drop of blood. The ink pot is black with a red label. The label shows a small gold symbol of a devil pitchfork and horns, and reads Infernal Affairs. Below the ink and quill, text reads Jordan L. Hawk. Text below the ebook reads"One hell of a good read!" - Reader Review.

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Ally Lester @cogenthippo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Self promo alert! I have a duology I originally intended to be a trilogy, but is nicely finished as it is. Set in rural England in the early 1920s, with sapphic, gay and trans MCs. There are screaming monsters from beyond the void, awkward sex and erotic hair brushing. 1/3 💙📚 🌈📚 🏳️‍🌈📚 #QueerWriters

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Cover of The Quid Pro Quo by A. L. Lester. Two men in 1920s outfits on a green background.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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Celeste | A Literary Escape @alitescape.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Hi, good morning, this is another random PSA that AI-generated images suck and they definitely don’t belong in creative spaces where you’re promoting books written by real people. Have a nice day.

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Libros y Citas @librosyc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

«I can hold you (…) Whenever you want, I’ll hold you.» An unseen attraction, KJ Charles #Quotes #Books #Hold #Comfort 🤗

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

To help offset the costs of Katie's recheck vet bill in September, I'm running a sale on the Reanimator Mysteries on Itchio. You can grab each book for 50% off or all 4 for $10 (or more, should you want to donate more). itch.io/s/198894/pay... Shares are greatly appreciated!

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 21/08/2026

All the time. People seem to think I’m insulting myself when I say this, but I know SO MANY talented people who didn’t hit like I did. Yes, I AM talented! Yes, I DO work hard! But you can wallpaper a battleship with talented hard-working artists, and we don’t all get that break.

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoometz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Rachel Reid, who wrote the popular “Heated Rivalry” novel, has donated $300k to Annapolis Valley Regional Library, “one of the most significant private gifts” in their history. “I credit my local library for being a huge part of the reason I’m a published author today,” Reid said #Halifax #HaliSky

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‘Heated Rivalry’ author donates $300,000 to Nova Scotia libraries

Several Nova Scotia libraries that faced possible closures this summer are getting a major cash boost from one of the province’s most famous authors.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

People who make videos for social media, what editing app are you all using? I have an android if that makes a difference.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 15/08/2026

It’s no low quality copper, but I have always loved this demonstration that people are still people.

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Tia Lin @tialinffxiv.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I say this as a major genAI hater- please stop trusting any sort of "ai detectors"- that trash is not reliable at all, neither when it comes to images nor writing. Those are just another AI toys trying to guess the result. Don't accuse anyone based on what it shows.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

what's your favorite 'thinly disguised fetish' moments from authors that you actually like? Lois McMaster Bujold having her (male, heterosexual) hero dressed up as a woman and give another man a mindblowing experience through bondage and edging always makes me laugh. there are PLOT reasons.

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