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Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.social · 7h

There's a sale on if that's your thing:
www.teepublic.com/user/swordsc...

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Charles Welch - Horror Author @charleswelchauthor.bsky.social · 9h

Read and Scream Blind Date With a Horror Book by Charles Welch! Great gift horror/thriller/apocalyptic readers!

#booksky #readersky #fyp #bookish #bookclub #bookworm #booklovers #bookrecommendations #bookcommunity #booksnow

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 18h

Enjoying a weekend away, but at the same time my brain is going "aghh!! We have so much writing and catching up to do when we get home!!"

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Simon Wolfe @sgwolfeauthor.bsky.social · 19h

Kranlian Rendezvous is part of the Underrated Bundle too. It’s a #spicy #scifi novel.

Ellie Lieberman @ellielieberman.bsky.social · 19h

Water's Edge is part of the Underrated Bundle on Itch! 63 books for $38!!!

itch.io/b/3305/under...

#booksky 📚💙 #readersky

Collage of 21 covers, including Water's Edge, of the 63 books available in the Under-rated bundle on itch.io

Center has 5 gold stars on top and bottom. Reads itch.io, Under-rated bundle, October 9th-13th, Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 20h

Very true! 😂😂

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 20h

I feel Canada and NZ are like estranged cousins. Know we're related and fine with that, but just wave at each other at family events. 😂

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 20h

You must have been really sick! 😦

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 21h

What five events defined your childhood?

• America's Cup and the red socks parade instead of school
• Whitbred Round The World at the viaduct
• Michael Jackson in Auckland
• Narrated school play at 6, with script. Didn't introduce the lead.
• Went home from school sick, woke up three days later

Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 21h

What five events defined your childhood?

• Edgecumbe Earthquake
• Cyclone Bola
• Bombing of Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior by French spies.
• Breaking the ANZUS Agreement (Nuclear free NZ!)
• Moving houses about 10 times and changing schools 4 times.

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

What five events defined your childhood?

• The Challenger Explosion
• The Fall of the Berlin Wall
• The Gulf War
• The Oklahoma City Bombing
• The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal

I have no memory of the Chernobyl disaster. But I remember the Challenger disaster from the same year.

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 20h

Yup! 😂 This sort of thing makes it pretty obvious. 😁 most of the NZ disasters I remember because I was there when they happened, not because I didn't know about world news.

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 21h

What five events defined your childhood?

• Edgecumbe Earthquake
• Cyclone Bola
• Bombing of Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior by French spies.
• Breaking the ANZUS Agreement (Nuclear free NZ!)
• Moving houses about 10 times and changing schools 4 times.

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

What five events defined your childhood?

• The Challenger Explosion
• The Fall of the Berlin Wall
• The Gulf War
• The Oklahoma City Bombing
• The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal

I have no memory of the Chernobyl disaster. But I remember the Challenger disaster from the same year.

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 1d

No problem!

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Loved reading this story, hope others enjoy it too!

Simon Wolfe @sgwolfeauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Check out my latest blog post. I updated my #fantasy story Rescue from the Orc Fortress to include a prologue. You can read it here: simonwolfeauthor.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/p...

The story is currently only available to download from itch here: simonwolfeauthor.itch.io/rescue-from-...
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Prologue for Rescue from the Orc Fortress

I just updated my fantasy short story to include a prologue that gives the readers the backstory of the first meeting between Hodein and Amira. I had some feedback from a few readers that they woul…

simonwolfeauthor.wordpress.com

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 1d

There are a few of us around that hate that sh*t. My little book is out there trying its best, but it's an uphill battle.

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Love this movie! It's one of those movies that after you watch it you have to see it again to get it from a different perspective.

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Rebecca E. Reyes @rebeccareyeswriting.com · 4d

Slow month and I'm between jobs. Long story short, my husband got let go.

If you want to support me directly, I sell signed copies of my books for the same price as if you bought them on Amazon and they come with a cool bookmark!

ko-fi.com/rebeccaevita...

#Books #Store #KoFi #SFF #Scifi #Support

Visit Rebecca E. Reyes's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

ko-fi.com

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Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 1d

Humans had always been too good at killing. They defended themselves too well.
So Gaia upped the ante.

GAIA'S GAME
getbook.at/gaiasgame

FREE on Kindle Unlimited

Also on #audiobook

#FREE #KindleUnlimited #thriller #horror #audible #murder #thriller #mystery #audiobooks📚💙

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Stay strong. Kia Kaha. 💪
Sending you all the hugs and Aroha 💕 from NZ. 🫂

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Rebecca E. Reyes @rebeccareyeswriting.com · 2d

The mission is to get a perfectly preserved cadaver with a mysterious implant back to her home world, but will the reward be worth it?

☄️Firefly x Dracula
⚰️Sci-fi Gothic Mystery
💉Female Doctor MC
🖤No Romance
⌛️ Short read

books2read.com/u/bxx9kP

#sciencefiction #scifibooks #Booksky💙📚 #Books

The book cover for The Sarcophagus of Lamia, by Rebecca E Reyes

The picture is of an ethereal blonde woman's resting face, laying back upon red velvet. She has a silver implant in her hair. In front of her is a round, gothic window with gold filigree. Leaves, faces and fish are in the filigree's design.

Art by Elora Ladd

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes I forget that Gmail uses my full name and not just my shorter author name. I met up with a friend irl I had been emailing and they kept using my name to annoy me. I was like oh crap, need to change that!

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SpecFicNZ @specficnz.bsky.social · 2d

Make the most of this FREE opportunity for SpecFicNZ members! Find out all about it on the For Members tab of the SpecFicNZ page: specfic.nz
Make sure you're logged in to the page.

#manuscriptassessment #memberbenefits #specficnz #professionaldevelopment #freeformembers

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 2d

A friend told me that I should put a story summary of my first book at the start of my second because not everyone is like me and goes straight from one book to the next.
Maybe that was my plan all along for more sales, you can't understand the sequel until you read the first book. 😈

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Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 2d

The world was already in flames, and something just turned up the heat.

Warm up to STAGE 3: DELTA, a new release Stage 3 novel.

mybook.to/stage3delta
FREE on Kindle Unlimited

Also on #audiobook

#WalkingDead #zompoc #mustread #Audible #NewRelease #ApocalypticFiction #zombies📚💙

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MT Hart @mthart.bsky.social · 2d

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caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 3d

She drank the glass of water
She consumed the glass of water
She sipped the glass of water
She gulped the glass of water
She threw the glass of water
She decided she wasn’t thirsty

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Hope more people read this book, I enjoyed it very much.

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 4d

Yep, MERCY's going back into KU next month. It's something I've been considering since itch turned its back on nsfw creators, but since KU now has library support, it's helped make the decision. Other platforms didn't perform as I'd like, which kind of became the nail in the coffin of it all.

Returning to Kindle Unlimited November 1st

The main reason for leaving KU was to attempt to accommodate more platforms for readers. This was to be done via library support and through the DRM-free platform, itch.io. Unfortunately, itch has become unusable for me since cracking down on adult material, despite being legal to sell. On top of this, readers simply didn't utilize other platforms. Apple, Kobo, Google, and many others severely underperformed.

KU now has built in library support, so my main qualm with it has been eliminated entirely. I'm not happy to have the ebook return to Amazon, but I would also prefer to actually make money off of my work. With things as hard as they are for a queer author right now, sometimes I must choose what will help keep me afloat.

As ever, though, if you'd like to obtain it directly from me, for payment or not, you need only ask. I would still like to accommodate you.

So what does this mean for the future of MERCY? November 1st (assuming Amazon doesn't lag), the book will be obtainable via Kindle Unlimited again.

The anniversary of its release is coming up, and I will likely have it on sale for the week surrounding that anniversary proper, and free on the day. The book hasn't been on sale for a while, so I hope this will somewhat make up for this change.

Thank you for sticking with me all this time, and thank you for your understanding as we shift back.

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