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check out this awesome itch.io bundle. I've got books in both tiers alongside some other fantastic creators. bundle available for the entirety of spooky month! itch.io/b/3909/the-m...

black rectangle with a shrouded figure on the left. text reads: The Monster Fun Bundle. Support indie creators directly and get 17 books and comics for $15 or get all 26 books and comics for $20

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OcTBR Challenge @octbrchallenge.bsky.social · 8h

Heyyyyyyyyyy you. Get those TBRs ready... it's nearly time!

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 11h

I'm a mood reader and lately I've been in a weird place where books I would ordinarily love just aren't hitting right which has led to way too many dnfs. happy to say that I just finished Kiss Him Bloody by Adara Wolf and R Phoenix and it scratched the itch I didn't know I had so extremely well.

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 25/09/2026

bleaching my hair again and isn't it just the way that as soon as I get it all slapped on there, I want nothing more than to scratch my scalp like a maniac.

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

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: Now Available, The Devouring Time. Can a handsome investigator help an amnesiac bookseller regain his memories before it's too late?

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 23/09/2026

it's not done. the back wall isn't affixed. I haven't settled on a light source. I'm still making books for the shelves. not sure what I want to put on top of all the cases. there's work to be done. but I'm pretty pleased. meet the crowboy and his little queer library.

white cube shelf converted into a tiny library for my crowboy. the boy (a dummy13 figure with a crow head, cowboy hat, converse shoes, and fancy bow tie shirt), his furniture, and all his books were 3d printed. the book covers were cobbled together with images I could find on bookseller sites and spines I had to make up on my own. the books are some of my faves, but it's nowhere near done. the walls of the library are slate blue and the floor is meant to look like wood (dollhouse floor sticker paper). bookcases are dark brown. bottom shelves are light brown. the window casing is light-light brown. eventually there will be something window worthy behind it.

close up of some of the shelves and their books.

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 23/09/2026

these were both a whole lot of fun. highly recommend. (I even made tiny book copies for my not-dollhouse library, they're *that* good.)

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 22/09/2026

Layla Reyne’s SIGH OF RELIEF is here! A missed connection. A second chance. Fifteen years of wondering what might have been. Sigh of Relief brings a sexy, emotional, later-in-life romance to the Table for Two series finale. DIRECT: payhip.com/b/krVpv OTHERS: books2read.com/sighofrelief/

trope arrow graphic. cover of Sigh of Relief by Layla Reyne is center. features a caucasian silver fox with a short beard wearing a dark button-down shirt that is not, in fact, buttoned.

listed tropes include:
-Only One Bed
-Missed Connection
-Light K!nk
-Later in Life
-Coming Out
-M/M Romance

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 20/09/2026

I have done almost nothing but work on my miniature library (160 books to go. for now.) and listen to jonah kagen. well, okay, I'm absolutely still mainlining coffee and gay romance novels, but that's like having to admit I'm also breathing.

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RJ Scott @rjscott.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🤠Snow Creek Ranch series!🤠 You can find the series available, on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited, here! ➡️ geni.us/snowcreek #NewRelease #SnowCreekRanch #MMRomance #CowboyRomance #CompleteSeries

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you want gay paranormal romance books with an autistic necromancer who accidentally reanimates his crush and then solves mysteries with him, all 4 audiobooks in the Reanimator Mysteries series are on sale on Chirp

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 15/09/2026

kickstarted this in the Way Before Times and am excited to finally get my hands on it soon! highly recommend everyone snap Nighthawks up on release day.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 14/09/2026

The Chosen One Con is now out in paperback via Amazon! books2read.com/thechosenone... If there is any demand for signed copies on my Kofi shop, I'll consider adding them!

A promo image showing the paperback cover of The Chosen One Con and the following text: The Chosen One Con out now in paperback. Two working class men con their way into a televised contest of mages to find the prophesized 'chosen one' in a world of designer enchantments and celebrity-branded potions. “Holy crap there is so very much to unpack and omg the amount of times I said, ‘WTF JUST HAPPENED!?’ towards the end was absolutely just insane. Like when everything goes sideways here it goes sideways so absolutely brilliantly!” -The Book Wyrm's Hoard

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 14/09/2026

11:30am and I'm already completely fed up with today. no patience. no spoons. no fucks to give.

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Ryder O’Malley @authorryderomalley.com · 14/09/2026

Deep breath. Deep breath. Tomorrow is big day. Drag queens, bears, and biker lesbians invade Firefly for their first annual Pride... I couldn't put anymore heart into a novel... www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKLTDS8N #mmromance #queerromance #gaybears #romance #smalltownromance #gay

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W.M. Fawkes @wmfawkes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wolfsbane is now available to purchase on Patreon! www.patreon.com/c/flickerfox...

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 11/09/2026

haven't drafted a story in so long. normally I would be maudlin about that. instead I've buried myself under so many other creative projects that I can't even remember what "free time" felt like.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just saying. It's September, it's closing in on my birthday (40th...*shudder*), this book has incredible cover art, and I love the little Pringles-style horror stories which - since it's spooky season - should fit right there in your TBR. www.amazon.com/October-Musi...

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 10/09/2026

hit me with the first line of your novel, published/finished or not. Slogging through yet another godsforsaken patch of swampy backwoods wasn't exactly how Knox Blue had expected to spend his day—even though he really should have. #WritingCommunity

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My THE GHOST OF HIGHTOWER POND author copies are heeeere! I'm so excited! They look lovely. Get signed ones on curiousandcrow.etsy.com

a book, the ghost of hightower pond with a castle on it, by alice j ryan, in front of an old rusty scale

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 08/09/2026

ahahahahaha I planned out this seemingly innocuous miniature project. it'll be fun! it'll be quirky! it'll be very mel! yeah, it's also going to be a headache and a half if not outright impossible. very mel indeed.

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Craig Schaefer @craigschaeferbooks.com · 05/09/2026

I'm pleased to announce that Triple World Score, the new Daniel Faust adventure, is available now! (Cover art by James T. Egan, editing by Kira Rubenthaler.) www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHFGX5N6

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Triple World Score (Daniel Faust Book 12)

Amazon.com: Triple World Score (Daniel Faust Book 12) eBook : Schaefer, Craig: Kindle Store

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 02/09/2026

I made myself a coffee so I could sit down and focus while I write a review of thing. so. got coffee for three different people, fell down a rabbit hole about a coloring book, scrolled bluesky, checked the weather, discussed a video game meme with the imp. I still have not written the review...

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 02/09/2026

all my books are free on my website (also for sale in various other places).

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Craig Schaefer @craigschaeferbooks.com · 02/09/2026

Preorders have gone live! Daniel Faust returns THIS SATURDAY. It's gonna get real weird up in here, folks. www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHFGX5N6

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Triple World Score (Daniel Faust Book 12)

Amazon.com: Triple World Score (Daniel Faust Book 12) eBook : Schaefer, Craig: Kindle Store

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 01/09/2026

I just finished reading Locked in Wonderland by HL Night (who is also HL Day) and it was so fucking fantastic that I almost entirely lack the words. if you're into gay romance and also fucked up versions of Alice in Wonderland, you've got to check this one out.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 01/09/2026

After a few years of hard work, The Chosen One Con is out now on ebook with paperbacks to follow soon! Available on Kindle, Kobo, Itch and more to come. books2read.com/thechosenone... But of course, I couldn't publish this book without help, and I have a lot of people to thank! 👇

A promo image for The Chosen One Con, out now on Kindle, Kobo, and Itch. It shows the book cover to the Chosen One Con (a young white man in a trench coat holding a glowing blue potion bottle as though trying to steal it) and the following text: Magic spoke to me, whispering promises of fortune and fame. It spoke when I switched on the old MV and the screen came alive with the blue glow of magic, the faint spark and pop of aether flowing through the cables.

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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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- Cryptid Laboratory - @xenoproductions.newgrounds.com · 30/08/2026

Stop buying harry potter shit. Please, for the love of god you're actively funding the harm of trans individuals. Rowling is the person who funds and helps the movement against trans people the most. STOP, BUYING, HARRY POTTER SHIT.

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 29/08/2026

switching operating systems on my phone and can I just say: AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH.

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 29/08/2026

reading this right now. so excited that it's set in Fox Hollow. makes me want to go back and reread the series, honestly.

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 28/08/2026

ahahahaha another preorder for future-mel! (I give myself the best presents. also went ahead and got the first SPECTR boxset because why not?)

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 27/08/2026

I have conquered my airbrush, which is to say that I gave it a try, didn't suck to the point of giving up entirely, and only jump scared myself a little when emptying the compressor tank. still need a new mask that doesn't make it feel like my head is in a vice, but: new hobby, here I come!

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 27/08/2026

my new laptop setup is in front of a window. sometimes I'll see movement outside and totally freeze (we have a new bird feeder and B is desperate for it to actually be used) only to realize it's a reflection of my ghostly pale self reaching for my water bottle.

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W.M. Fawkes @wmfawkes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🐺 Nightshade is now available! 🐺 Read here: readerlinks.com/l/5518481 Nightshade features the saddest vampire ever to walk the earth, a werewolf with the best family ever who still manages to feel lonely, and a teenage girl who truly understands the magic of glitter.

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 26/08/2026

guyyyyyyyys. *jump* on this (I did. I've got a beta, an arc, and a final copy next week. NO ONE CAN STOP ME). I can attest that this book is fucking amazing and quite honestly one of the best things I've read this year (I was fortunate enough to read a beta a few months ago).

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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 25/08/2026

Kinda chic to offer FIVE ENTIRE GAY BOOKS for £5! Yes, the entire first season of this award-winning queer urban fantasy series for £1/book! Ebook or audiobook, or bag both for a tenner. Get it quick, I might remember to reset the price by tomorrow 🤣 shop.ravenswordpress.com/collections/...

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Inheritance Season One

Season One of Inheritance comprises the first five books in the series: Jack of Thorns Knight of Flames Lord of Ravens Reeve of Veils Page of Tricks

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 24/08/2026

not me doing the "just approved for two ARCs" dance. (gotta reread book 1 for one of them, but OH NO I HAVE TO READ A GOOD BOOK AGAIN? woe. all the woe. so much sad.)

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 22/08/2026

I'm so tired. my head feels like a waterlogged beach ball. not physically. but also, yes, physically. like, my thoughts and eye-tracking are wobbly and I just want to sleep. is something deeply wrong with me? no, I just rearranged an entire room and walk-in closet yesterday. <falls over>

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 21/08/2026

A missed connection. A second chance. Fifteen years of wondering what might have been. Sigh of Relief by Layla Reyne is coming Sept 22, bringing a sexy, emotional later-in-life romance to the Table for Two series. Preorder now. DIRECT: payhip.com/b/krVpv WIDE: books2read.com/sighofrelief/

arrow trope graphic. the cover for Sigh of Relief is center and features an "older" man (40s, maybe?) with short dark hair and a short grey beard. he's wearing an open black button-down shirt.

tropes are: m/m romance, later in life, missed connection, only one bed, light kink, coming out.

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 19/08/2026

we're doing this house-wide furniture shuffle and it's kind of hilarious. everything at the moment hinges on me keeping a scattered 24yo on task and not flustering my better (sane) half while he's working (in the room in the middle of the shuffle). it's been wild.

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W.M. Fawkes @wmfawkes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My lips curled upward. This werewolf was an absolute darling. 🐺 Nightshade 🐺 Available now on our Patreon shop: www.patreon.com/c/fl... Preorder for August 27 here: readerlinks.com/l/5518481

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 19/08/2026

Complete this sentence: I own a ridiculous amount (or quantity) of... - crayons - dinosaurs (toys, plush, figures) - ebooks - empty boxes - intrusive thoughts - assorted hard candies (mostly cinnamon, cola, or coffee flavored) - poorly controlled impulses

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Robin After Dark 🌶️🔞 @robinjomargaret.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'd like to try to do a Monster Smash themed itchio bundle for October! If anyone is interested, here's the form with more info: forms.gle/kyhYPPx5KnPr...

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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 17/08/2026

I'd love to get this project to 50 followers before it launches, please share far and wide and bully all your friends into hitting the "notify me" button, kiss kiss

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 14/08/2026

starting my friday with a handful of ebook pre-orders/purchases. hopefully rewarding myself before I've gotten any actual work done doesn't backfire on me. o.0

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 13/08/2026

Selling you on The Chosen One Con with the dedication! Grab an ARC from NetGalley or BookSirens! Available to preorder on Amazon and Kobo!

A promotional image for The Chosen One Con which shows the book cover and the following dedication text: For the workers, the sex workers, the immigrants, the marginalized, the downtrodden, the hungry, the destitute, and all who face oppression at the greedy hands of the rich. There are more of us than them.

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 12/08/2026

woke up stupid dizzy (muscle/migraine thing. thanks, I hate it) and decided it was absolutely the perfect day to prime models in the garage during a heat advisory. I'm really knocking it out of the park with these wise choices lately.

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 11/08/2026

painting 3d printed miniatures without them ending up looking like pre-k art projects that got chewed on by a rabid squirrel is harder than it looks. brb, going to make a deal with a demon to save this project (and possibly what remains of my sanity).

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · 08/08/2026

this game was so much fun. *highly* recommend.

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