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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔
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Aspiring author, suffering veterinary student, perpetual dungeon master, sporadic birder, very queer (they/them). SONGS OF BROKEN BELLS Pre-order: books2read.com/songsofbrokenbells My stuff⬇️ https://lillylockwood.carrd.co/
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 26d
Pre-orders for Songs of Broken Bells e-books everywhere you buy books and paperbacks from my direct store are now live!
(paperbacks from other vendors coming soon)

Universal link: books2read.com/songsofbroke...
Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...
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Pre-Orders now available! Paperback and e-book cover for Songs of Broken Bells over sparks from a fire. Cover description: t features the four main characters arranged in a diamond formation, a stained glass design at the top with a sun on one side and shadows on the other, and a string of cracked bells on the sides. Liadan is at the bottom, holding up a candle. She has orange skin, silver hair, black rams horns, and black markings on her arms. She's wearing a green cloak and a yellow dress. Vasil is to her left. He is also holding a candle. Vasil has brown skin with a bark-like texture with patches of paler skin and moss. His hair is brown and curly. He is wearing a green caftan with yellow filigree. Minno is on the right, also holding a candle. They have pale skin, blonde hair with braided sideburns, and round framed glasses. They are wearing a white shirt with part of their kilt (in a brown and blue tartan) draped over one shoulder. Aila is behind the other three characters with her wings wrapped around them. She has pink skin, magenta hair styled in pigtail braids, and small pointed horns. She has a red scarf. On the sides are logos for Kobo, apple books, Fable, Gardners, Amazon, Itch.io, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, and Tolino. Above the books is the logo for Payhip with the link to my direct store https://payhip.com/VoicesofValhoon All direct orders of paperbacks come with bookmarks and character art prints A trope map for Songs of Broken Bells. The tropes surround the book cover with arrows. From the top clockwise: Queernormative setting, the real adventure was the therapy we got along the way, "Let's kill a saint.", paying the price, Romance sublot x2, Magic controlled by emotions, living magic (and it's out for blood), magical corruption, daddy issues (but dad is a god), found family
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 10h
My third review for #SFINCS is up on WEIRDE Reviews! I absolutely adored this book and I can't wait to dive into the rest of Whistberry's stories.

Full review⬇️
weirdereviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
On the left is the book cover for The Final Voyage of Avery Mothmere by Helen Whistberry features a black cat with white paws reaching out to a ship. Genre: Fantasy On the right is a review summary: The Final Voyage of Avery Mothmere is a fantastical journey through a strange land with even stranger inhabitants. Similar to our protagonist, this story left me with many questions that often went unanswered, but I feel as though that’s the point of the story. The world is very much seen through Avery’s eyes and perceptions, and Whistberry does an excellent job letting us into their mind. The narration style is reminiscent of authors like Jane Austen which gives the story a historical feel. If you love stories with a strong voice, fantastical settings, and a plot that never quite lets you know where it’s going to turn next then I’d highly recommend this novella. On the bottom is a spray paint logo for SFINCS3 team TBR and WEIRDE Reviews
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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 23h
Friday evening, three weeks until Halloween...do you know where your candy is?

I don't either.

But I do know some good books you could read. I have two spooky-ish books: The Dark Side of Super and The Backwards Knight.

Signed copies w/swag: backwardsknight.bigcartel.com

#BookSky
Backwards Knight
Signed books and swag from indie author Matthew Siadak
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 21h
I rediscovered a show that was integral to my childhood (Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends) and the character Holly (Miss Spider’s husband) explains so much about my gender identity. Look at this nonbinary king. That’s basically just what I look like now.
Holly from Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends. He is a tangerine colored spider with a green hat and large oval glasses
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 21h
If you see this quote your favorite Pokemon
(Wrong answers only)
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 22h
I always love hearing authors talk about their worldbuilding or super niche lore stuff.
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Yukimi Lumaris @lumaris.net · 1d
3 weeks from launch day!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/123...

#fantasyromance #dragons #lgbtqia #authorartist #fantasybook #mmromance
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 23h
If you were trying to order one of these copies earlier and the website said it couldn't ship to your area that was a mistake on my end hehe shipping should be fixed now for the US (and if you're not in the US I can still try to ship to you! I just have to calculate the shipping individually)
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d
Some of the paperbacks I ordered to sell in my direct store were damaged and while the book is still perfectly readable I can’t in good conscience sell them at full price. So good news for you! If you want to snatch up a paperback of SoBB for just $10+shipping look no further!

payhip.com/b/6fowY
The spine of one of the damaged book showing that it’s been bent
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 23h
About 3 weeks I think
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 23h
Okay that was dumb me issue. I forgot I had to update shipping for each product! You should be able to get it shipped to Colorado now haha
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 23h
I should be able to ship to anywhere in the US. Let me double check if there's an issue with the site.
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 23h
I wasn’t planning on using them at all but D2D was taking forever to approve my files and I was worried that they wouldn’t get here in time if I kept waiting. Now I know for the future to upload my final files to D2D way earlier.
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d
Ohhh Amazon. They’re refunding me for the damaged copies but I won’t be ordering author copies through them again, the lower shipping cost isn’t worth it. There was 0 packing material in the box and it had looked like someone had kicked it
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d
Media mail via USPS so $5
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Alex Larkspur 💛 Queer Fantasy @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 1d
Sweet & Wild is an MM fantasy romance in a small town with a mysterious forest, and a spirit lurking within! It's sweet as honey, with just a bit of sting! 🐝

Universal Link: books2read.com/u/bzNng9
Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/sweet-wild
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...
Cover Art: @northyme.com
A trope arrow book cover social media post for Sweet & Wild! The background shows a forest with sun breaking through the trees. The arrows read: - MM Fantasy Romance - Sunshine MC - Mysterious Spirits in the Woods - Forest Magic - Healing and Growth - Cozy Adjacent The cover description: A young man, Micah, kneels in a field of purple flowers. He holds a bundle of purple flowers in one hand while reaching to gather more with his other hand. He has peach skin, golden hair, and brown eyes. He wears a white shirt, brown pants, and a wide-brimmed straw hat with flowers woven through. Behind him, there is a verdant forest of trees. Bees buzz around the man as he looks down towards his work. The title, Sweet & Wild, is above him and the author’s name, Alex Larkspur, is below him.
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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 1d
Announcing our first open call for 2026 - "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" which will ask for hard SF stories with tea or coffee, stars, and gravity all playing a prominent narrative role. Info here - aanpress.com/submissions.... Important: Be sure to read the cover page to the PDF.
Cover image to the book, showing the back of an astronaut in a space suit as he steps off into a psychedelic swirl of cosmic colors and stars. The title circles around the figure.
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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 1d
It's time for the ✨️cronch report✨️ with Binky
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d
These will be available after the release date as well, I have 10 copies total.
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d
Some of the paperbacks I ordered to sell in my direct store were damaged and while the book is still perfectly readable I can’t in good conscience sell them at full price. So good news for you! If you want to snatch up a paperback of SoBB for just $10+shipping look no further!

payhip.com/b/6fowY
The spine of one of the damaged book showing that it’s been bent
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d
Paperback pre-orders have been shipped! (If you ordered one you should get an email this afternoon with tracking info)
The paperback for Songs of Broken Bells with a bookmark and four art prints of the characters
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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 1d
Happy #Invertober Day 10!

Common earthworm (lumbricus terrestris)

Went for a different style as I wasn't sure how to make an earthworm aesthetically pleasing 😅

#Invertober2025
Black and white drawing of an earthworm in an S-shape on its side. The words would you still love me follow the curve on the left and the words if I was a worm follow the curve on the right. The background is an elaborate symmetrical doodle of teardrop shapes of varying sizes.
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Hel ✨ || Untwining... 🌀🪷 @helynalc.bsky.social · 1d
I have recently read an ARC of this book and enjoyed it immensely! #BookSky #fantasy

If you love expansive fantasy worlds that feel like classic fantasy but are unique and fresh, and loveable characters fighting with loyalty and love against the gathering darkness, you will love this! 💜
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d
In just 1 week my debut novel will be officially out in the world 🫨 It’s so hard to believe I wrote a book that people can actually read.
The paperback for Songs of Broken bells with a backdrop of a brick wall. There are bells on ribbons hanging next to the book. Glowing text says Releases in 1 week! To the right of the book there it’s text that says "This is an easy recommend for folks looking for rich, queer-normative worlds with lots of diversity and world building, cozy-but-not-cozy fantasy, and lighter romance/friendship subplots that aren't the central focus." -ARC reader
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d
Based on my writing rate for my debut it’ll probably be one novel per 12-18 months and maybe 1 novella or 1-2 short stories a year
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d
In just 1 week my debut novel will be officially out in the world 🫨 It’s so hard to believe I wrote a book that people can actually read.
The paperback for Songs of Broken bells with a backdrop of a brick wall. There are bells on ribbons hanging next to the book. Glowing text says Releases in 1 week! To the right of the book there it’s text that says "This is an easy recommend for folks looking for rich, queer-normative worlds with lots of diversity and world building, cozy-but-not-cozy fantasy, and lighter romance/friendship subplots that aren't the central focus." -ARC reader
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d
For me I think it’s from video games. Poisons are almost always green. Lighting effects are usually blue, and magic is either purple or blue (mana potions) but I feel like magical effects or like glowing spell books are usually purple
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 2d
Green, blue, purple
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