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Tru Skies

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British author of foul-mouthed fantasy series The Cruel Gods and upcoming The Chosen One Con 📚 They/Them Enby 💛🤍💜🖤 Trans rights! 🏳️‍⚧️ Anti-Gen AI Visit my website at TrudieSkies.com The Cruel Gods Series: https://mybook.to/TheCruelGods

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · Nov 11

The Cruel Gods trilogy is an adult gaslamp fantasy featuring magical portals, gothic cosmic deities, quaint Britishisms, and steampunk vibes. Start with SPFBO and BBNYA finalist, The Thirteenth Hour, but check my website for content warnings. Available on Kindle Unlimited.

mybook.to/TheCruelGods

A promotional image showing the cover art for The Cruel Gods series: The Thirteenth Hour (blue and silver), The Children of Chaos (pink and purple) and The End of Time (black and bronze). The image contains the text: The Cruel Gods Trilogy Now Complete! Fantasy of Bad Manners, Tea, Top Hats, & Naughty Words.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 2h

One a year but at the moment it seems to be one every two years 🙈

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 3h

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 won by a woman - Maria Corina Machado

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 5h

Coaches is how I get to most cons. But one of those journeys was 12 hours long and I dont recommend it lol

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 5h

Yeah, I pulled an all-nighter once to start and finish coursework that I'd been ignoring for the whole year!

I failed the course, but I failed with pride 😂

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 8h

He would hate that 😭

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 15h

Sure! 😂

bender from futurama is talking to a woman in a white tank top

Alt: bender from futurama is talking to a woman in a white tank top

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 15h

The kitten isn't in trouble, he IS trouble!

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 15h

Bayley went to the vets and got some meds. The whole visit cost more than Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds lol

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Both cats have been trouble this morning, but Bayley also seems to be having trouble in his litter tray again and may need a vet visit. We had this problem a while ago where he couldn't wee, but meds cleared him up and it hadn't come back... until now?

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 22h

I'm so sorry for your loss.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 22h

This is why I have no friends, Alan!

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 22h

But... the world-famous authors want to be my friend! 😭

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 22h

It's really spent playing Stardew Valley.

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Adam Holcombe @adamholcombe.bountyink.com · 1d

In just one week, Bounty Inc. will be released to the world, and you can preorder it right now so you have it in time!

Do you like the found family/ensemble of Guardians of the Galaxy? The universe of Mass Effect? The absurd humor of One Piece? This is soup of all that and more!

Links below 👇

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 23h

They've got blue licenses 😂

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

I like blue as the default colour of aether, but in my capitalist magic book, have I just made the magic Tory lol

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Me, when I hear Stendhal.

a woman with red hair and blue eyes is wearing a black jacket and a ponytail .

Alt: Maelle from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

They're basically my kids 😂

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Patrick Samphire but for Halloween 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 1d

Hey! My new short story, The Thirteenth Time, is now available to read for free on Beneath Ceaseless Skies. I, for one, think it's pretty good.

www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Thirteenth Time by Patrick Samphire

You know how sometimes there are things that happen that you never want to think about again? Not because they’re terrible or horrifying, and not because they were such a perfect moment that everythin...

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Thank you! The kitten is all right, just Bayley I'm worried about but he seems okay right now. I get paranoid over these cats 😅

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 New Itch-io Bundle 🚨

This time focussing on hidden indie gems, 60 underrated books that fly under the radar in a wide array of genres for just $38, running 9–13 October.

Come and check out some of the best books you've never heard of.
itch.io/b/3305/under...

📢📚🪐| #BookSky | 📦📚

Graphic that reads "Itch.io Under-Rated Bundle, Oct 9th-13th, Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of." Text is brown on an off-white background with five yellow stars bordering it above and below. Around the text box are the following book covers: Predators by H.S. Kallinger, Zinmages by M.C. Burnell, The Spider's Friend by M.C. Burnell, Disappearance and Other Short Stories by PD Loupee, Memories of Sorcery and Sand by Joanna Maciejewska, Kranlian Rendezvous by Simon Wolfe, The Shadow of Arcadia by Alan K. Dell, Devil Deal by Janina Franck, The God Sun by Alan K. Dell, Water's Edge by Ellie Lieberman, The Third People by Lee Burton, The Crimson Knight by Zeta K. Pierce, The Lion by Lee Burton, Adventures In GameWorld : Game Start by Robert Rumery, All Through the House and Other Tales from a Random Place by Joachim Heijndermans, Soft Reboot by Joachim Heijndermans, Blue by Niranjan, Wizard's Debt by Niranjan, Ambushed by Natasha O'Connor, At First Belonging by Rob

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 1d

I've had a few projects postponed this month so I have availability for book cover and character art commissions.

* Illustrated or photo-based covers

* Sci-fi, fantasy, and horror character art

All reposts very much appreciated as I am hoping I can fill these gaps in my schedule this month.

Examples of illustrated sci-fi book covers

Examples of illustrated sci-fi character art

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Last time we spent a small fortune on tests, so hopefully this time we'll have a better idea of what's going on with him.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

There are some example ideas on the sign up sheet if you're looking for ideas!