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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 5h

New Historical Fiction Spotlight: The Cameo Keeper: A Novel of Poison and Power in the Italian Renaissance (Giulia Tofana Series) by Deborah Swift tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-... @swiftstory.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch

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Lizzie Lamb @lizzielamb.bsky.social · 6h

The Ultimate Itinerary for a Scottish Road Trip lizzielamb.co.uk/2025/10/09/t...

The Ultimate Itinerary for a Scottish Road Trip

Our five week research trip to Scotland A carefuly curated itinerary to various locations in Scotland whilst writing #9 Part One – Leicester – Strathclyde In the past, when we travelled…

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RR Cara Clayton @rrcaraclayton.bsky.social · 5h

getbook.at/SunflowersForSuzy
Perhaps you are not ready to let summer go just yet. This is great for a late holiday read or for curling in a cosy chair. Set in France, will Suzy regret her escape or will she find her forever future.

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Linda/Melinda Huber @lindahuberauthor.bsky.social · 5h

Last time this year - #99p (UK) all week!
Two accidents, a lifetime apart. Two little girls.
Evie was lost. Bridie was found. And nobody knew...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "An excellent story…"
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#booksky #kindledeals #womensfiction #familydrama #weekend

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Rachael Gray @rachaelgray.bsky.social · 2d

🎄 It's five days to Christmas, thirteen guests are trapped in Elderwick Hall... and one of them is a killer🎄

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Beautifully written, a joy to read, and impossible to put down!"

Get a copy now for FREE: books2read.com/welcometoeld...

💙📚⚡ #Christmasbook

Book cover against a background of Christmas trees being decorated by elves.

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Joy Mutter @joymutter.bsky.social · 4h

CARAVAN OF NIGHTMARES, my second short story collection, is free with KU. My first collection is Her Demonic Angel. There are 14 stories in each book.
“An entertaining and witty collection with a hint of darkness.”
My 24 Kindles (free with KU), paperbacks + audiobooks are on Amazon.
bit.ly/3ENJqRv

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AA Abbott @aaabbottstories.bsky.social · 4h

Join me to launch 'LIES BETWEEN FRIENDS'!

Online - Tues 14 October, 8pm*- book free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lies-betwe...
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Shirehampton #Library - Weds 15 October, 7pm, FREE! No need to book.

"A gripping psychological thriller that's hard to put down"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Readers' Favorite

*UK time

Details of free book launch events for a book, 'LIES BETWEEN FRIENDS'!

Online - Tues 14 October, 8pm
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Shirehampton #Library - Weds 15 October, 7pm

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Natalie Kleinman @nataliekleinman.bsky.social · 3h

Love a #Lovestory? Then it's time to curl up with this #secondchance #romance
Honey’s first love is back in her life … but is he about to break her heart again?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'Quite simply - I loved this book'
#99p
#KindleUnlimited
@saperebooks.bsky.social
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Louise Marley @louisemarley.bsky.social · 1d

🎃Now just 99p/99c for a limited time!🎃

Set at #Halloween!

Is the spirit of a highwayman haunting Raven's Edge?
Or a ghost from Ben's own past?

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#CozyMystery #KindleUnlimited #mysterybooks #Audible #HalloweenReads

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The Cosy Moose @thecosymoose.bsky.social · 3d

Happy publication day to @caimhmc.bsky.social - Ring The Bells is out today. One of my favourite new series, this instalment sits comfortably next to Pratchett’s Hogfather. Riotous humour, action, and an emotional punch that made me cry. #booksky 💙📚

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Deborah League @deborahleague.bsky.social · 23h

Misty morning on a tranquil inlet.

ART - deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/mis...

#art #artshop #artstore #ayearforart #buyintoart #wallart #homedecor #artforsale #artist #blueskyart #giftideas #lifestyle #colorful #artwork #artprints #oilpainting #landscape #trees #mistymorning #nature

Misty morning on tranquil inlet, oil painting. The morning sun reflects gently on the calm water, creating hazy reflections of surrounding trees and small islands. Mist from the cool night is just beginning to burn off. The sky shows all the promise of a new day, blue with white clouds starting to form. On the larger islands, trees and bushes grow tall, while the smaller islands support grasses that wave in the breeze.

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 1d

Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds.

Closing date: October 31st

#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry

Something Gothic This Way Comes: Submit to The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry - The Broken Spine

Submissions Open Throughout October 2025 | Publication in 2026

thebrokenspine.co.uk

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The Main Channel 📚 @mainchannel.bsky.social · 1d

'5⭐️- The Tenderness of Mountains recounts love & loss...'

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'Her (@persimew) poems are grounded in careful observation of nature & insight into the human spirit.'

#poetry #poems #love #inspiration #grief #grieving #loss #bookX #books #ebooks

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Joy Mutter @joymutter.bsky.social · 1d

Dive into THE HOSTILE series of 4 “compelling, strange, and wonderful” paranormal thrillers.
“I’m so pleased this is a series.” “Like nothing I’ve ever read.”
My 24 Kindles (free with KU), paperbacks, and audiobooks are on Amazon.
amzn.to/2pO67Nk

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Marcia Clayton @marciaclayton.bsky.social · 1d

💙📚💙 #booksky Sam, a tramp all his life, inherits wealth beyond his wildest dreams, but all he wants is to find Marrok, the son he abandoned at the age of five. A moving Victorian family saga.
mybook.to/TheRabbitsFoot
#bookstoread #pageturner

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Daisy James @daisyjames.bsky.social · 1d

When Kirstie said she hated Christmas, she didn't mean to say it live on air! If you fancy a snow-filled read this weekend, why not head to the Dancing Duck in the glorious Cotswolds?
❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️🎅 #booksky #Christmasbooks www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FNRQZGXY

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Madalyn Morgan @madalymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Foxden Acres is Lot 126 in the global book auction.
Authors and Illustrators around the world sign, dedicate, and send their books to their successful bidders.

All Postage & Packaging is free, and all proceeds are in aid of the B.B.C. Children in Need Appeal.
www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...

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RR Cara Clayton @rrcaraclayton.bsky.social · 1d

getbook.at/SistersAtWar
5⭐️Compelling, gut wrenching, but at its heart a love story
5⭐️Excellent
4⭐️ Moving descriptions of life during WW1
5⭐️Poignant and engaging…
Life at home and on the battlefields. Well researched. Two sisters, one young man, but then comes war…

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 5d

There is currently a 50% discount on all my #Halloween & #horror short-stories & novellas.🩸📚

Download all 3 stories (& own them forever in 2 digital formats) for less than 5$!💙📚

1️⃣Jump into the Abyss!: bit.ly/4nES2Lq
2️⃣Reprobates: bit.ly/4mUIRVU
3️⃣The Underworld Rhapsody: bit.ly/4pSYJLv

#spooktober🎃

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" saga, comes the unnerving horror short-story of a man who gets buried alive over the festering remains of his late wife, Kassandra.

During his premature entombment, forty long nails are struck into Chase Chaperone's casket, plunging him deeper into Hell. This grim ritual is a dark operetta written in rhyming prose - an homage to Dante's Inferno - from which naught but the most vile of souls can escape. The man is subsequently set free from the coffin by the grotesque dwarf Eldritch, who in a fit of revenge, climbs onto his back and refuses to climb down. Chase is thus doomed to carry the parasitic dwarf atop his back for the rest of his days, while searching for absolution.

This Halloween special explores themes such as "death and decay", "justice" and "morality", in a forlorn world set outside the reach of modern civilisation.

Written in the grim and melodious style of Edgar Allan Poe, "Jump into the Abyss!" follows Chase Chaperone's descent into the far-reaching Abyss of his soul in a masterfully-written allegorical tale.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" saga, comes the surreal novella of a man's journey through Limbo.

Freshly arrived at the Totermann Inn, Marc Whitehouse couldn’t have known he was dead. Sir, no sir. Not now that Chantal Dublanc had so mysteriously entered his life; his afterlife. In his quest for the truth behind his early demise, he finds himself on a journey where past memories intermingle with present actions. He is not yet ready to call it a life. 206 heartbeats to peace. The hour is late, but Marc is yet to renounce his hope for salvation...

A surreal novella of love, loss and the afterlife, written in the captivating, dreamlike style of André Breton. “Reprobates” is an exquisitely written narrative of Life after Life, centered on Marc’s journey through Limbo.

Its style is heavy on allegory, at every step teeming with Underworld intrusions of the sacred into the profane.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" series, comes the surreal novella that will have you question the very foundation of your reality.

Under the influence of the powerful new psychedelic drug “Rhapsody”, Mario Fantoccio discovers the existence of an invisible reality overlaying our own.

The rhapsody-altered state of consciousness brings Mario to close encounters with “the Masters of Strings”, a coven of hyperdimensional beings who appear to control the destiny of every human in existence.

Desperate to sever the strings tying him to the will of his Masters, Mario overdoses on Rhapsody and escapes into hell, hoping to regain control of his life and free will.

Based on a modern interpretation of Jungian psychology, The Underworld Rhapsody is heavily themed on "subjective reality", "altered states of consciousness", and "individuation" as it follows one man's struggle to escape the chaos of his life and regain his free will.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

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Rachael Gray @rachaelgray.bsky.social · 1d

Tania Carina Pires @taniacarinapires.bsky.social · Aug 19

Let me introduce myself: I'm a translator who has always loved books. To the point that I had my mum teach me to read at a very young age.📚
I also love coffee ☕️ so expect a lot of book and coffee posts.

📷 Taken at Lello (Oporto, Portugal)

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Rachael Gray @rachaelgray.bsky.social · 1d

The perfect murder mystery for spooky season 👻🕸️

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 "Intelligent & humorous... perfect"

geni.us/ALittleBird. ⚡📚💙

Book cover against a Halloween background - orange sky, full moon, witch flying over a graveyard

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Tina LeCour/ Mixed Media Artist/ Massachusetts @tinalecour.bsky.social · 1d

Peek A Boo Witchy Poo, happy Friday!
Available here..
tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/pee...

#halloween #halloweenvibes #halloweendecor #witch #fall #fallseason #wallart #autumn #autumnvibes #wallartforsale #art #arte #artforsale #greetingcards #puzzle #puzzles #paintings #witchcraft #gothic #boo

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 Ambition. Loyalty. Betrayal: ‘Essex – Tudor Rebel’ brings to life the gripping true story of Robert Devereux, the charismatic Earl who defied Elizabeth I.

mybook.to/EssexTudorRe...

#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook

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Jared Wayne Gifford @jaredwaynegifford.bsky.social · 2d

#WritingCommunity Don't mock a genre simply because it's not for you.
This is the reason we have multiple genres, because there's literally something for everyone.

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Ian Moore @ianmooreauthor.bsky.social · 3d

This paperback is out today!

How far would you go for what you believe?

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