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

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

Loved reading this story, hope others enjoy it too!

Simon Wolfe @sgwolfeauthor.bsky.social · 9h

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…

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 12h

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 · 2d

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!

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Visit Rebecca E. Reyes's Shop!

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

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Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 14h

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

GAIA'S GAME
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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 · 14h

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

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Rebecca E. Reyes @rebeccareyeswriting.com · 15h

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

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#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 · 15h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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.

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FREE on Kindle Unlimited

Also on #audiobook

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

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MT Hart @mthart.bsky.social · 1d

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caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 3d

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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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 2d

#HorrorWritersChat

The moment you entered the graveyard,
The scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears,
Quick did rise your fears
As the screams of the undead
Fill you with dread

Run, run, jump, and run!

Will you outpace
These hungry fiends
Or will you find a new place
As one of the living dead

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

Question Four

There he is! Baron Crescendo! Oh how the skies split open to his guitar, how more of us fly in the air! And look, a note from him, just for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Well? Go on! Word or rhyme, continue his Muse!

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 2d

kdp.amazon.com/amazon-dp-ac... I self published a script book on Amazon that’s free on kindle direct. If people read I get money apparently. #horrorwriterschat

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Martin Shannon - Rare Book Author @martinshannon.bsky.social · 2d

This week's Martin finale goes out to @chaoticauthor.online. The man needs your help. He's bored, in a hospital, and low on the green. Send him messages and use this link to brighten his day. Without Matt, you'd never get to read my corny jokes. HORROR!

ko-fi.com/onechaoticau...

#HorrorWritersChat

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M.H.Urban @mhurban.bsky.social · 2d

#HorrorWritersChat. I'm promoting indie authors, as always. Also, you can find my 'Porcelain Soul' among these promos:
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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 2d

No man to stand and weep for you
No woman to shed her tears
Only the arms of the empty grave
Demand that you draw near.
No place for you to run
No place for you to hide
Here is where you must remain
And with the ghosts abide

#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 2d

Last week, I resurrected my blog with an ace reflection on Interview with the Vampire! 🍷🧛‍♀️♠️ ⚰️

#HorrorWritersChat

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 9d

Esteemed guests, it is my pleasure to present my reflection on Interview with the Vampire and asexuality.

Here I explore themes of Queer Time through an ace lens in Anne Rice’s novel, the 1994 film, & the 2022 TV series. #HorrorWritersChat

worrydollsandfloatinglights.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/i...

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

#HorrorWritersChat

Hey, my flash fiction is still here in Dark Descent magazine Volume 14.
It is called A Good Day for Violence. I am pretty proud of it.

Go to their website Dark Holme Publishing to have a look.

Cover of Dark Descent magazine Volume 14. There is a picture of a young woman in black with black hair and wearing a black necklace. The background is red.

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 2d

It whispered of all your deepest fears.
Deep into the mausoleum, it led you astray.
As you take your last breath, you are sealed away.
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 2d

The moment you entered the graveyard,
the scrape of ancient stone
shadowed your ears.
They waited
Knowing that moment would be...difficult
As you stepped from one world to another
And they knew it would take but a moment
After
To step into your glory
Unleash death on the world

#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

#HorrorWritersChat

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

#HorrorWritersChat
The moment you entered the graveyard the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.
You lay out the blanket in between the graves, open a bottle of sparkling wine and pour yourself a glass. Who will visit tonight? You wonder excitedly. You love hearing stories of people's deaths.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

#HorrorWritersChat

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