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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 3h

Stayed awake after midnight to finish coming up with a unit test for my students. So now obviously I have to relax by editing my WIP. Gotsta balance that teacher-writer life, yo.

a husky wearing sunglasses is sitting in a toy jeep with the caption " they see me rollin "

Alt: a husky wearing sunglasses is sitting in a toy jeep with the caption, "they see me rollin'"

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 6h

If you see this, QTP with a sword ⚔️

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 8h

🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded by red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 8h

📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 11h

I’m just fifteen hummingbirds in a trench coat held together by missed deadlines and caffeine 😅

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 20h

🧙 wild witches
🐦‍⬛ a crow (or two)
🔮 portal fantasy
🐈‍⬛ a cat who wanders in
👨‍❤️‍👨 true love
🗡️ revenge
👑 evil faeries

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/rlEOgP
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/enlil-aris-t...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for ‘Enlil and Aris: The Complete Collection by Rebecca Crunden’. Cover is purple, yellow and orange with white font. Image shows two silhouettes of men with a crow above them, the sun behind.

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Glenn Quigley @glennquigley.bsky.social · 2d

I went for a little walk by the river and met a very friendly cat.

A bald bearded man in glasses and cap standing in front of a river, path, and trees.

A bald bearded man in glasses and cap standing on a leafy track.

A black and white cat with stripey collar in some grass and leaves

A black and white cat in leaves and grass

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Nanda Writes 🦇🩸 @nandawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Heads up: the notification that pops up when you turn the button off doesn't say you won't see ai results, just that you'll see them LESS.

Still, go turn them all off now.

Akane ⚔️🫀 DTIYS pinned! @akanelogics.bsky.social · 1d

‼️ REMOVE AIslop from your PINTEREST results.‼️
Let's see how true this is....

1. Go to ‘Refine your recommendations’ and remove everything related to ‘generative AI interests’.

(As if anyone who visits the site for reliable references would be interested in that...)

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Michael “Mike” Roberti—Traitor-verse Author @mikesroberti.bsky.social · 1d

Have you got your signed copies yet? Next person who orders I’ll sign it with what my greatest fear is!

Plus some people say they are pretty good 🤷‍♂️

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 21h

🚀 spaceships
🌡️ dark conspiracies
🎭 brotherhood
❌ no romance
🐛 strange creatures
🤖 futuristic
🪐 other worlds
🐈 a rescue cat

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...

kindle cover for dust & lightning by rebecca crunden; image shows a dark planet in purple lighting, a moon in the background, volcano canyons below

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A.J. Calvin @ajcalvin.bsky.social · 22h

A reminder about this very cool October giveaway! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

A.J. Calvin @ajcalvin.bsky.social · 1d

GIVEAWAY ALERT
There are 5 book birthdays for Willow Wraith Press in October, and this is your chance to win all 5

Help @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social, @nickawrites.bsky.social, @poppyalexanders.bsky.social, @authornickbetts.bsky.social and me celebrate. Follow the instructions for your chance to win!

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 22h

Be ye not ashamed.

Alex - Spells & Spaceships @blogspells.bsky.social · 22h

Moving house has brought to my attention just how many books I have 😅

Also... Books are HEAVY!!

Moving day tomorrow and I'm ashamed to admit how much of my stuff is books

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K Matar @krystlematar.bsky.social · 21h

I’m on the last ten pages of The Everlasting by the fabulously skilled @alixeharrow.bsky.social AND I AM NOT OKAY

An ARC of The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow.

The cover features autumn-coloured flowers and vines that wrap around the silhouette of a sword. A single eye peers out from the shape of the sword. The tag line above the title reads “A Legend. A Lie. A Love Story.”

I’m holding The Everlasting in front of my book shelves, which have softly glowing mood lights and one very stubborn Pothos along with some of my favourite fantasy books.

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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 21h

Pradyutita is at $0.99 for a limited time!

#queerwriters 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚

Low fantasy novel, 1st in a complete series

💙Retelling of Hindu epic
💙Dark and raw
💙Morally grey characters
💙SPFBO 6 semi finalist
💙Indie Ink Awards 2024 finalist
💙Political intrigue

He was meant to die, but he survived, but how will it impact the world?

In Hastinapura, Atiratha and Radha find a baby floating in the river. In the palace, the impotent King Pandu is forced to abdicate the throne while his bastard half brother Vidura conspires with his queen...

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 21h

Happy release day!!!

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Natalie Kelda @nataliekelda.bsky.social · 21h

Under Far Galaxian Skies(book 1): books2read.com/u/3L5ve5

OUT TODAY - Verselva Blues (book 3): books2read.com/u/bog95R

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Under Far Galaxian Skies by Natalie Kelda

books2read.com

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Natalie Kelda @nataliekelda.bsky.social · 21h

Hey I have a book out today which makes another completed trilogy!
But I'm super duper stressed at work so I've got no time to make a fun post.

If you enjoy dark sci-fantasy, trauma/healing, found family and weird and wild worlds, check out my Inner Universe series!

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

mood 🤣

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

right?? you gotta know your closest contacts, at least.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

matchy matchy

Screenshot of my bio showing 34.7K followers, 6.6K following and 34.7K posts.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

*stares in 90s kid*

Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 1d

This was a superpower.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my gosh, thank you!!

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Deanne Marcus-Rupert @pocketbacon9.bsky.social · 1d

This story is so good and is perfect for anyone looking for a quick, spooky read!

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

🕯️🥀🍂 SHORT STORY 🍂🥀🕯️

One night, Jace finds a runaway in his barn. A boy with a horrifying story.

❌ no romance
🕸️ gothic-horror
📔 26 pages

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/b4aB7L
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/someone-else...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

kindle cover for someone else's horror story by rebecca crunden; shows an old wooden room with candelabras and rising fog

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

🕯️🥀🍂 SHORT STORY 🍂🥀🕯️

One night, Jace finds a runaway in his barn. A boy with a horrifying story.

❌ no romance
🕸️ gothic-horror
📔 26 pages

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/b4aB7L
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/someone-else...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

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Lindsay Bookworm @lindsaybookworm.bsky.social · 1d

Book #36 - Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams 📚
#longweekendreads
#readingchallenge2025 #booksky💙📚

The cover of the book Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams

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