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Sylvester Dawes @sylvesterdawes.bsky.social · 11d

Only have time for a quick read? Then check out this story!
#dragons
#fantasy
#InkfortPressDerby
#writersky
#booksky

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Devin Moore (Desiccated Empire) @sona460.bsky.social · 13d

it's out! you can buy it! or read it now in KU! 😍🥰

#Fantasy #SFF #BookSky #WriteSky #WriterSky #IndieAuthors #Books #WritingCommunity 📚💙 #Kindle #NoRomance #Ebooks

Devin Moore (Desiccated Empire) @sona460.bsky.social · 13d

🥇 fantasy world & monsters
🥈 themes of grief & loss
🥉 no romance
4️⃣ 111 page novella
5️⃣ available in kindle unlimited
6️⃣ part of a multi-author writing challenge

😍 book link: mybook.to/DesiccatedEm...
😘 storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/books/ff0399...
🥰 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

SEP 26
portal fantasy, desert, underground city, dead empire, monsters
Inkfort Publishing Derby 2025
a mini-image of Desiccated Empire's ebook cover
2.99 USD

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harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 13d

"Well of Souls: A Queer Eurydice and Orpheus Reimagining"

🌈 queer MCs & author
⚱️ ancient Greek myth and setting
🎭 love and tragedy
🏳️‍⚧️ trans joy
🧠 anxiety rep
🪶 dactylic hexameter
💪 women being badass
👿 facing your demons (literally)
✨ Hecate as psychopomp

📚 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQWQKPKV

🌈🚀💫🌈📚🪐📚💙🧡🦄📚

a cartoon eurydice holds a torch with flames the pink blue and white of the trans flag.

An ancient katabasis, retold.

Eurydice, a superstitious bard-turned-huntress living the good life with her sellsword wife, is compelled to venture into the depths of the Underworld to save the souls of her estranged once-lover and fellow bard Orpheus and that of his new wife after their royal wedding ends in tragedy. With only Hecate to help and guide her, Eurydice must survive not only taunting spirits, but her own psyche as well.

Nestled between Xena: Warrior Princess and the works of Madeline Miller, Well of Souls is a queer reimagining of the mythological tale of Eurydice and Orpheus—a novella filled with love and tragedy in equal measure, featuring a trans bi Eurydice prone to anxiety and a bi Orpheus.

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Gremlin Sorcerer @gremlinsorcerer.bsky.social · 13d

The Tourist has:
👾 Cool aliens
🏳️‍🌈 Queer leads
🚀 Galaxy spanning space opera
🥳 Rebellion uprising
🧬 Fun vibes

And it's available on Kindle Unlimited! If you're at all interested in checking out a new scifi series, give it a chance! Book two is already deep in the works 👀
💙🪐📚

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Gremlin Sorcerer @gremlinsorcerer.bsky.social · 20d

Today is the last day to pick up my debut novella for free! Itll go back up to $3.99 tomorrow and I've been excited about getting it into as many peoples hands as possible!

If "How To Train Your Dragon" featured a cosmic horror and a queer cast, this book is for you!

🌈📚💙📚🪐📚⚔️📚🌈🚀💫

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Devin Moore (Desiccated Empire) @sona460.bsky.social · 18d

now in Kindle Unlimited! and on StoryGraph! and on Goodreads (although it's apparently been linked to another Devin Moore's account, lol. i have no idea what to do about that orz)

Devin Moore (Desiccated Empire) @sona460.bsky.social · 19d

Hey, #BookSky, my #fantasy #SFF #book is OUT NOW on #kindle! It's monsters and deserts and a dead empire, and it's probably pretty decent, if I can say so myself XD Check it out now! <333

BUY: mybook.to/DesiccatedEm...

#IndieAuthor #PortalFantasy #Isekai 💙📚🪐

DESICCATED EMPIRE

Once, there was a vast Empire, capable of controlling nature itself.

Josvarh’s first cargo run goes catastrophically wrong when giant tentacles tear their airship right out of the sky, sending it crashing into the desert. He and Captain are forced aground, where they’re found by a mysterious stranger speaking an unknown language. ‘Chad’ is from no place Jos knows, but inordinately pleased to meet them—even with the language barrier.

Now, there is only sand.

The town at the edge of the desert lies abandoned, with no clues as to its fate. Their ship is lost, dragged into the desert by the mysterious tentacles. And in the night comes another monster: a spear-wielder of great skill and relentless attacks. Driven into the sands, they’re forced to fight for their lives as they seek shelter underground, dogged by unnatural monsters.

And what once was lost shall be found.

$2.99

the ebook cover for Desiccated Empire: a love man facing away toward the desert, and the sand-colored tentacles reaching up in the distance

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harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 19d

elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire

Alt: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire

media.tenor.com

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C. J. Magus @cjmagus.bsky.social · 19d

“Everyone deserves to be able to explore their attractions and loves regardless of sex and gender. We are messy, complex humans with amazing capacities for expression, creativity, and compassion.” — Kay

#queer #gay #lesbian #bi #trans #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbqt #lgbtqia🏳️‍🌈 #lgbtqia🌈 #pride #visibility

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harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 19d

SHE'S HERE
SHE'S QUEER
SHE'S really tragic actually.

if you like ancient greek myths, queer storytelling, and tragedies that still end with love on a high note, check out

✨ WELL OF SOULS 💫

where eurydice is trans femme, bisexual, and brimming with anxiety, and orpheus is bi and sad

🌈🚀💫🌈📚🪐📚💙🧡🦄📚 ⚱️

harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 20d

"Well of Souls: A Queer Eurydice and Orpheus Reimagining"

🌈 queer MCs & author
⚱️ ancient Greek myth and setting
🎭 love and tragedy
🏳️‍⚧️ trans joy
🧠 anxiety rep
🪶 dactylic hexameter
💪 women being badass
👿 facing your demons (literally)
✨ Hecate as psychopomp

📚 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQWQKPKV

🌈🚀💫🌈📚🪐📚💙🧡🦄📚

the cover art for well of souls by h m biggs is a warrior woman holding a sword and shield, standing in a dark, menacing landscape illuminated solely by fire and what appears to be soul lights drifting upward. burnt wood and ruin surround her, and a river of blood runs before her. ash covers it all.

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T-Rex Marshall @trexmarshall2087.bsky.social · 20d

(1/2) The fun thing about the #InkfortPublishingDerby: a "sand cult" formed among the #writers this year. I believe it started with the #author of Sandrat's Run, but @hmbiggs.bsky.social, @rachaelelliott.bsky.social and I also added sand to our books... for the giggles 😁 📚📣

2025pubderby.carrd.co

2025 Publishing Derby - The Books

The books of the 2025 Publishing Derby

2025pubderby.carrd.co

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harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 20d

"Well of Souls: A Queer Eurydice and Orpheus Reimagining"

🌈 queer MCs & author
⚱️ ancient Greek myth and setting
🎭 love and tragedy
🏳️‍⚧️ trans joy
🧠 anxiety rep
🪶 dactylic hexameter
💪 women being badass
👿 facing your demons (literally)
✨ Hecate as psychopomp

📚 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQWQKPKV

🌈🚀💫🌈📚🪐📚💙🧡🦄📚

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harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 22d

i wrote a very queer, very painful, very heartwarming twist on the old 'Orpheus and Eurydice' myth. if you like badass women (and their perfect wives) as well as Hecate being her true neutral self and Hades being a jerkwad, give "Well of Souls" a whirl...

📚 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQWQKPKV

🌈🚀💫🌈📚🪐📚💙🧡🦄📚

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T-Rex Marshall @trexmarshall2087.bsky.social · 27d

Meet the characters of #TyrantReptileRevengening (1/5):

Michael is the narrator who bookends the main story. He's a scientist exploring geology & glaciers in the Arctic. He likes when life's ordinary but normalcy isn't a thing when the wild-eyed doctor comes around.
📚🪐
📚🤣
📚💙
books2read.com/b/baOy96

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Tyrant Reptile 2087: The Revengening by K. M. Marshall

books2read.com

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T-Rex Marshall @trexmarshall2087.bsky.social · 26d

Meet the characters of #TyrantReptileRevengening (2/6):

Henry is the MC's lab partner. He contributes greatly to Dr. Vespertine's work and even introduces him to his love interest!
Fave Music: 90s/00s boy bands
Fave #dinosaur: probably ankylosaurus
#booksky #scifi
Out now-> books2read.com/b/baOy96

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Rachael Elliott @rachaelelliott.bsky.social · 25d

WHERE CHARON SLEEPS is now avaible on kindle 🌙

"You are being watched"; "One god is in danger." Warn him the nature spirits.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSFRL4L9/

Where Charon Sleeps

Amazon.com: Where Charon Sleeps eBook : Elliott, Rachael: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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Holden Hayes @holdenhayeswrites.bsky.social · 23d

A must read! 📖

harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 24d

"Well of Souls: A Queer Eurydice and Orpheus Reimagining"

🌈 queer MCs & author
⚱️ ancient Greek myth and setting
🎭 love and tragedy
🏳️‍⚧️ trans joy
🧠 anxiety rep
🪶 dactylic hexameter
💪 women being badass
👿 facing your demons (literally)
✨ Hecate as psychopomp

📚 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQWQKPKV

🌈🚀💫🌈📚🪐📚💙🧡🦄📚

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harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 24d

"Well of Souls: A Queer Eurydice and Orpheus Reimagining"

🌈 queer MCs & author
⚱️ ancient Greek myth and setting
🎭 love and tragedy
🏳️‍⚧️ trans joy
🧠 anxiety rep
🪶 dactylic hexameter
💪 women being badass
👿 facing your demons (literally)
✨ Hecate as psychopomp

📚 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQWQKPKV

🌈🚀💫🌈📚🪐📚💙🧡🦄📚

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harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 24d

what if i only ever use xena reaction gifs

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T-Rex Marshall @trexmarshall2087.bsky.social · 24d

Meet the characters of #TyrantReptileRevengening (3/6):

Ophelia is the love interest. She's got a ghostly, angellic kind of beauty. She's clever, wise, and loves dinos.
Fave music: 80s pop and rock
Fave #dinosaur: Brachiosaurus 🦕 (mine, too!)
#booksky
#promo
#scifi
Out now-> books2read.com/b/baOy96

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harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 24d

i just read the same reviewer's extended review on goodreads and i.,.........

i need a minute

#indieauthors

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harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 24d

baby's first review 😭

#lookma #indieauthor

well of souls a queer eurydice and orpheus reimagining 5 star average 1 review on story graph

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Holden Hayes @holdenhayeswrites.bsky.social · 25d

I am late to the publishing party (travel for work made it absolutely impossible for me to SCREAM about BOTW being published! 😭)

It's available now!!!

Bastard of the Wyrm: A Dark Fantasy Horrormance

Bastard of the Wyrm: A Dark Fantasy Horrormance eBook : Hayes, Holden: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

www.amazon.co.uk

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harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 26d

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harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 26d

🌈🚀💫🌈📚🪐📚💙🧡🦄📚

#TransMC #TransFiction #BiVisibilityDay #GreekMythology #BookSky #QueerFantasy #TransFantasy #SapphicFiction #SapphicFantasy #BisexualMC #GreekTragedy #OrpheusAndEurydice #NewReleases #FantasyNovella

harmonia (h.m.) biggs @hmbiggs.bsky.social · 27d

"Well of Souls: A Queer Eurydice and Orpheus Reimagining"

🌈 queer MCs & author
⚱️ ancient Greek myth and setting
🎭 love and tragedy
🏳️‍⚧️ trans joy
🧠 anxiety rep
🪶 dactylic hexameter
💪 women being badass
👿 facing your demons (literally)
✨ Hecate as psychopomp

📚 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQWQKPKV

🌈🚀💫🌈📚🪐📚💙🧡🦄📚

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KL Osborne @kloswrites.bsky.social · 26d

BENEATH THE SHATTERED GODS is here at last!

A religious pilgrim attacked by bandits is rescued by a renegade mage. Traveling a hostile terrain together, their secrets—and hearts—become entwined. Will their new love survive the revelation of their darkest truths?

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FS1W4WXW

Beneath the Shattered Gods

Amazon.com: Beneath the Shattered Gods eBook : Osborne, K. L.: Books

www.amazon.com

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