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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 10h

We're super excited by the responses we've had so far for A Month of Rain and Reads! We're going to start contacting people soon.

If you'd like to take part, please take a look at the sign up sheet as we'll be closing sign ups on 15th October. Watch this space!

Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 7d

We've got a big announcement to make! For the entire month of November, we're going to be hosting an event celebrating indie and self-published SFF authors that we're calling... A Month of Rain and Reads!

But we'd like YOU to get involved! Find out more:
www.readindiefantasy.com/announcing-a...

A banner image showing a planner with autumnal decorations and stickers along with calligraphy spelling out A Month of Rain and Reads. There is a stack of indie books in the background and a cup of coffee.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 12h

Side quests are part of the journey, but they're not the destination. :D

Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 18h

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue looks curiously at a pie which Green has placed on a plate on the table, while Green looks at him with joy and pride.
Green: I have made a sidequest pie!

Blue listens patiently as Green goes on.
Green: Flour from the mill we visited once, mushrooms that we gathered with your mom, homegrown parsley and basil... Almost all ingredients were things we've made or gathered on adventures!

Both foxes turn back to look at the pie.
Blue: How does it taste?
Green: Bad.

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Luke Tarzian @luketarzian.bsky.social · 13h

“The guilt will always call you back.”

THE WORLD-MAKER PARABLE is now available in audiobook, performed by Teagan Walsh-Davis.

An interpretation of “The Inferno” centering on guilt and the pitfalls of utopia.

🔗👇

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 12h

Happy Spooktober!

Choose your fighter:
- the ocean? 🌊🖤
- the gardens? 🤎🪱
- everything? 💀⏳

Or all of the above??
Spooky short stories only 99c thru October!

Ko-FI: https://ko-fi.com/k_lykkebo/shop
Itch: https://klykkebo.itch.io/
Other: https://books2read.com/karenlykkebo

📚💙
🩸📚

Promo picture of Now and the Hour of Death, Dirt You Shall Become, and Drowned Hearts.
Dark background photo with a tree in moonlight.
Text (from above): Spooktober Sale. 0.99. Available wide, KoFi and Itch.
Arrows pointing to each book> "Everything is evil" (Now and the hour of death). "The gardens are evil" (Dirt you shall become). "The ocean is evil" (Drowned Hearts.)

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Looks like October is going to be a great month!

Rob J. Hayes - author of The God Eater Saga @robjhayes.bsky.social · 2d

October is upon us and the ghouls have come out to play... maybe. You'll have to check the list of Self Published Fantasy Releases to be sure.

robjhayes.co.uk/self-publish...

Self Published Fantasy Releases – October 2025

Visit the post for more.

robjhayes.co.uk

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Apologies for the repost. I had some doubts about the banner image I'd used, and once I figured it out, I hurried to make some changes to fix it.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

For completionism's sake, here's my review of the first book in the series, as well: www.readindiefantasy.com/book-review-...

Book Review: Gravesong – Read Indie Fantasy

www.readindiefantasy.com

Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

We've got another book review/recommendation.

This time, I share my thoughts about books two and three in the Singer of Terandria series, by @thewanderinginn.bsky.social

Undead, spiders, witches, and music.

www.readindiefantasy.com/book-recomme...

Banner image for the review of Huntsong and Ghostsong.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 2d

Feeling spooky? 👀 Today we have an interview with @lucyamclaren.bsky.social on the eve of her new gothic fantasy release, Echoes of the EtherStone. We're talking about dark fantasy, sibling pairings, publishing with a small press, and more!

www.readindiefantasy.com/an-interview...

A promo image for an interview with Lucy A. McLaren. The image shows a dark alleyway with red smoke, alongside the author photo of Lucy A. McLaren, a white woman with glasses and shoulder length red hair, and the cover for Echoes of The EtherStone, which features a Victorian man in a top hat and wielding a knife underneath a red glowing street lamp.

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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 4d

Check out this bundle of books for ADHD Awareness Month!

#booksky #readersky #readers #books #readersonbluesky #booksonbluesky #bookrecs #readingrecs #ADHD #ADHDAwarenessMonth #Bundle

💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚

itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

ADHD Awareness Month Fiction by Elise Carlson and 22 others

ADHD Awareness Month Fiction: 22 items for $25.00

itch.io

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 3d

...and here's our review of the first book in the series, also very much worth reading, and a great fit for the spooky season:

www.readindiefantasy.com/book-review-...

Banner image for the review of The Forest of Forgotten Vows.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 3d

Book Recommendation!

The Queen of Dreams and Dust, by Grace Carlisle is a dark and unsettling contemporary fantasy tale.
It's also the sequel to one of my favourite books of 2022, and it absolutely lives up to expectations.

/nils

www.readindiefantasy.com/book-recomme...

Banner image for the review of The Queen of Dreams and Dust.

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AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 4d

It's a lovely morning on the internet and you are a horrible queer!

Drop your links to queer books! Yours, someone else's, tradpub, indie, share ALL THE QUEER BOOKS to make a fash shit themselves.

Go!!!

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 6d

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 4d

It's Saturday, and that means we're hosting a spotlight for River of Crows by @nptwrites.bsky.social, a witty and action-packed upper middle grade fantasy for fans of Percy Jackson, Keeper of the Lost Cities, and Wings of Fire:

www.readindiefantasy.com/saturday-spo...

A banner image for Saturday Spotlights featuring a map in the background merged with a picture of an open book and paper flying. It also features the book cover to River of Crows.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 4d

Books recently submitted to the LGBTQIA+ section have now been added!

Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 8d

If you're an indie or self-published author with a sapphic SFF book, please submit it it to our LGBTQIA+ collection! You can find the collection here:

www.readindiefantasy.com/the-lgbtqia-...

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Divergent Paths @divergent-paths.bsky.social · 6d

Did you see? Our shiny new website is up and running

David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 6d

The @divergent-paths.bsky.social website is up, and we're looking for partners.

www.divergentpaths.co.uk

This isn't about finger pointing or blame. It's about helping all ND people in the publishing industry - writers, editors, agents, artists - find a better path forward ❤️

Excited to start

Divergent Paths

www.divergentpaths.co.uk

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 5d

Looking for more books for the spooky season? Here's a new review for @lucyamclaren.bsky.social's upcoming gothic fantasy, Echoes of the EtherStone. Inspired by Jack the Ripper and releasing 7th October:

www.readindiefantasy.com/book-review-...

A banner image with a dark stony alleyway in the background and the book cover to Echoes of the EtherStone by Lucy A. McLaren. The cover features the dark silhouette of a man in a top hat and holding a knife under the glow of a red lantern.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 6d

You're very welcome. Keep 'em coming. :D

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Tessa Hastjarjanto @tessahastjarjanto.com · 7d

We're doing a fun event in November!

This is also my first appearance as part of Read Indie Fantasy crew. I've been helping behind the scenes and will continue to do so. Tru and Nils are still very much at the helm.

Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 7d

We've got a big announcement to make! For the entire month of November, we're going to be hosting an event celebrating indie and self-published SFF authors that we're calling... A Month of Rain and Reads!

But we'd like YOU to get involved! Find out more:
www.readindiefantasy.com/announcing-a...

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 6d

I decided to use the term Book Recommendation instead of Book Review.

A lot of the time, my "reviews" are about why I enjoyed a book and why I think others will, so "recommendation" feels more fitting.

We'll see if it sticks or if I forget and go back to using "review" out of habit. ;)

/nils

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 6d

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Hey all, Nils here.
Apparently, spooky season is upon us, and I want to kick it off by sharing my thoughts on a short story by my favourite horror author, Rotten Roots, by @sharkiatwrites.bsky.social

www.readindiefantasy.com/book-recomme...

Banner image for the Book Recommendation of Rotten Roots. The banner has the cover of the book on top of a very grainy, monochrome image of some book shelves.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 7d

I saw this just after our recent announcement went live, and I found it really fitting. :D

/nils

Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 7d

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue arrives home, wearing a soaked rain cloak. Green greets him happily.
Blue: I'm back!
Green: How was the rain?
Blue: It's not quite as nice as it would be in wilderness. But it makes the city quiet down. And the air feels fresher.

View of Blue standing serenely in the rain in his raincloak, peering from beneath the cloak's raised hood, eyes contentedly closed in meditative peace.
Blue, narrating: The rain isn't as nice in the city, but the city is much nicer in the rain.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 7d

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to take part so far! We're super grateful and excited 😍 We'll keep collecting responses for a few more days and then be in touch, but you can keep applying anytime!

Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 7d

We've got a big announcement to make! For the entire month of November, we're going to be hosting an event celebrating indie and self-published SFF authors that we're calling... A Month of Rain and Reads!

But we'd like YOU to get involved! Find out more:
www.readindiefantasy.com/announcing-a...

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 7d

Thank you for sharing!

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