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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 10h

Today we're hosting a spotlight for Reborn in Ash by @eldris.thellian.com, a standalone dark epic fantasy featuring a tenacious thief who must navigate the changes brought about by magic’s return. Releasing this October 23rd!

www.readindiefantasy.com/saturday-spo...

A banner image for Saturday Spotlights featuring a map in the background merged with a picture of an open book and paper flying. It also features the book cover to Reborn in Ash.

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maclaglen.bsky.social @maclaglen.bsky.social · 2d

An oldie but goodie. All credit to @grantdraws.bsky.social

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Heads up.
This is in a little over 8 hours from the time of this post for those of you (like me) who are easily confused by time zones.

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Susanne Schmidt @sharkiatwrites.bsky.social · 1d

A new #SpookySpotlight will drop at 6pm CET. This week's theme is horror with a sense of humor. So, horror creators, if you've got something you'd like to #share, a book link, art work, etc. be sure to drop it in the Spotlight's comments and I'll give you a boost.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 2d

Now that's gorgeous!

B. S. H. Garcia @bshgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

🌊ART REVEAL🌊

Hopefully you caught Tuesday's announcement for an upcoming anthology I'm part of: ETHOS. We are running a Kickstarter campaign for a deluxe edition complete with illustrations, and I'm thrilled to show off the piece for my story!

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 2d

Some of these are how I finally, after three years of tweaking and changing and editing, finished my debut novella.
I still apply most of these to my writing in one way or another.
-nils

What about you?

How do you finish?

Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 2d

Here are some hard-won insights on how to finish a creative project: incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/how-to-fin...

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 2d

I forgot to include the link in the original post, so I'm going to be a little spammy and post about this review again: www.readindiefantasy.com/book-recomme...

So, this is my review of the novella Mistaken Captives, by @rhiannonheld.bsky.social, and I'm happy to recommend it. :)

/nils

anner image for the book review of Mistaken Captives by Rhiannon Held.
The banner shows the cover of the book over a background of a misty forest. A picture of a wolf's eyes has been overlaid on the background to hint at the werewolfiness of the story.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 2d

Sweet! I'll be checking that out. :D

/n

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 2d

...and here's the link in a reply as well, for those who didn't see the repost: www.readindiefantasy.com/book-recomme...

Book Recommendation: Mistaken Captives – Read Indie Fantasy

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 2d

Well, don't I feel silly now...

Here's I'm yapping about my review I've written, and then I don't include a link. I can't even blame being busy with other things - I'm just distracted.

Anyway, here's the link: www.readindiefantasy.com/book-recomme...

Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 2d

It's time for our first SFINCS review for the season.

Here are Nils' thoughts on Mistaken Captives by @rhiannonheld.bsky.social

A tale of werewolves, accidental meetings, and desperate attempts to escape.

Banner image for the book review of Mistaken Captives by Rhiannon Held.
The banner shows the cover of the book over a background of a misty forest. A picture of a wolf's eyes has been overlaid on the background to hint at the werewolfiness of the story.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 2d

It's time for our first SFINCS review for the season.

Here are Nils' thoughts on Mistaken Captives by @rhiannonheld.bsky.social

A tale of werewolves, accidental meetings, and desperate attempts to escape.

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Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 2d

You know the voice in the back of your head that says no one wants to read your book?

Drown it.
Burn it with fire.
Get a bat and start swinging.

Don't let it exist and lie to you. Destroy it and keep writing.

Keep. Writing.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 3d

We're super excited by the responses we've had so far for A Month of Rain and Reads! We're going to start contacting people soon.

If you'd like to take part, please take a look at the sign up sheet as we'll be closing sign ups on 15th October. Watch this space!

Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 10d

We've got a big announcement to make! For the entire month of November, we're going to be hosting an event celebrating indie and self-published SFF authors that we're calling... A Month of Rain and Reads!

But we'd like YOU to get involved! Find out more:
www.readindiefantasy.com/announcing-a...

A banner image showing a planner with autumnal decorations and stickers along with calligraphy spelling out A Month of Rain and Reads. There is a stack of indie books in the background and a cup of coffee.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 3d

Side quests are part of the journey, but they're not the destination. :D

Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 3d

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue looks curiously at a pie which Green has placed on a plate on the table, while Green looks at him with joy and pride.
Green: I have made a sidequest pie!

Blue listens patiently as Green goes on.
Green: Flour from the mill we visited once, mushrooms that we gathered with your mom, homegrown parsley and basil... Almost all ingredients were things we've made or gathered on adventures!

Both foxes turn back to look at the pie.
Blue: How does it taste?
Green: Bad.

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Luke Tarzian @luketarzian.bsky.social · 3d

“The guilt will always call you back.”

THE WORLD-MAKER PARABLE is now available in audiobook, performed by Teagan Walsh-Davis.

An interpretation of “The Inferno” centering on guilt and the pitfalls of utopia.

🔗👇

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 3d

Happy Spooktober!

Choose your fighter:
- the ocean? 🌊🖤
- the gardens? 🤎🪱
- everything? 💀⏳

Or all of the above??
Spooky short stories only 99c thru October!

Ko-FI: https://ko-fi.com/k_lykkebo/shop
Itch: https://klykkebo.itch.io/
Other: https://books2read.com/karenlykkebo

📚💙
🩸📚

Promo picture of Now and the Hour of Death, Dirt You Shall Become, and Drowned Hearts.
Dark background photo with a tree in moonlight.
Text (from above): Spooktober Sale. 0.99. Available wide, KoFi and Itch.
Arrows pointing to each book> "Everything is evil" (Now and the hour of death). "The gardens are evil" (Dirt you shall become). "The ocean is evil" (Drowned Hearts.)

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 4d

Looks like October is going to be a great month!

Rob J. Hayes - author of The God Eater Saga @robjhayes.bsky.social · 5d

October is upon us and the ghouls have come out to play... maybe. You'll have to check the list of Self Published Fantasy Releases to be sure.

robjhayes.co.uk/self-publish...

Self Published Fantasy Releases – October 2025

Visit the post for more.

robjhayes.co.uk

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 4d

Apologies for the repost. I had some doubts about the banner image I'd used, and once I figured it out, I hurried to make some changes to fix it.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 4d

For completionism's sake, here's my review of the first book in the series, as well: www.readindiefantasy.com/book-review-...

Book Review: Gravesong – Read Indie Fantasy

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 4d

We've got another book review/recommendation.

This time, I share my thoughts about books two and three in the Singer of Terandria series, by @thewanderinginn.bsky.social

Undead, spiders, witches, and music.

www.readindiefantasy.com/book-recomme...

Banner image for the review of Huntsong and Ghostsong.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 5d

Feeling spooky? 👀 Today we have an interview with @lucyamclaren.bsky.social on the eve of her new gothic fantasy release, Echoes of the EtherStone. We're talking about dark fantasy, sibling pairings, publishing with a small press, and more!

www.readindiefantasy.com/an-interview...

A promo image for an interview with Lucy A. McLaren. The image shows a dark alleyway with red smoke, alongside the author photo of Lucy A. McLaren, a white woman with glasses and shoulder length red hair, and the cover for Echoes of The EtherStone, which features a Victorian man in a top hat and wielding a knife underneath a red glowing street lamp.

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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 6d

Check out this bundle of books for ADHD Awareness Month!

#booksky #readersky #readers #books #readersonbluesky #booksonbluesky #bookrecs #readingrecs #ADHD #ADHDAwarenessMonth #Bundle

💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚

itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

ADHD Awareness Month Fiction by Elise Carlson and 22 others

ADHD Awareness Month Fiction: 22 items for $25.00

itch.io

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 6d

...and here's our review of the first book in the series, also very much worth reading, and a great fit for the spooky season:

www.readindiefantasy.com/book-review-...

Banner image for the review of The Forest of Forgotten Vows.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 6d

Book Recommendation!

The Queen of Dreams and Dust, by Grace Carlisle is a dark and unsettling contemporary fantasy tale.
It's also the sequel to one of my favourite books of 2022, and it absolutely lives up to expectations.

/nils

www.readindiefantasy.com/book-recomme...

Banner image for the review of The Queen of Dreams and Dust.

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AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 7d

It's a lovely morning on the internet and you are a horrible queer!

Drop your links to queer books! Yours, someone else's, tradpub, indie, share ALL THE QUEER BOOKS to make a fash shit themselves.

Go!!!

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