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Brian Terence - Science Fiction Author 🪐🚀📚

@brianterence.co.uk

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I write a wide range of science fiction stories. BSFA & WA. https://www.waterstones.com/author/brian-terence/9595091 https://www.amazon.com/stores/Brian-Terence/author/B0DJNSGNM6 https://www.youtube.com/@BrianTerence42 I do not use AI in my writing.

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Brian Terence - Science Fiction Author 🪐🚀📚 @brianterence.co.uk · 26d

Short story collections, now available.

Footprints are found on Callisto. Who left them & when?
Heaven’s most dysfunctional angels in new adventures
And what’s happened to Mr Jenkins this time?

www.amazon.com/stores/Brian...

#booksky 📚💙 #booksky 🪐📚 #booksky 🤏📚 #sciencefiction #kindleunlimited

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Brian Terence - Science Fiction Author 🪐🚀📚 @brianterence.co.uk · 2h

Thank you for raising awareness.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 8h

To be clear: like the real KDP (which has also been impersonated by scammers), the real IngramSpark does NOT charge any fees to create an account & upload a book, and does NOT sell paid adjunct services like editing and book cover design

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 8h

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

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Danny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social · 7h

👻👻👻 If you listen to the audio version of today’s #Uncanny #HalloweenCountdown story on the podcast feed, you’ll hear an extended case update exploring some of your questions and theories on the Countdown cases so far!

You’ll find it on @bbcsounds.bsky.social or wherever else you get your podcasts!

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

🚀 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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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 16h

Huge thank you to every person and bookshop that's ordered Ravenglass and made it stonking success so far 😍

This gripping and powerful tale of gender-fluid Kit/Stella traversing the world in the 1700s is very relevant in today's climate!

Order here: share.google/i6inpiZ7vDgH...

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 17h

#NewRelease!

January 1536
The King is dead... but who will live long now?

A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos...

All the King's Bastards £3.99 #Free #KU!
#Histfic #SpeculativeFic
#Booksky #Tudor 💙📚💙
amzn.eu/d/5wpjqZU

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Brian Terence - Science Fiction Author 🪐🚀📚 @brianterence.co.uk · 17h

Thanks, that's kind of you.
I've my writer's group homework, on the prompt: Halloween, a short piece called The Thinning Veil. I'll add to my YouTube.
A submission to @scifansat.bsky.social for their prompt: Moon, called Satan's Fist.
And I'm trying to get my next short story collection out by Xmas.

A space suited figure overlooking a desolate landscape.

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Catherine Carr @authorcathcarr.bsky.social · 19h

Hi, I'm Catherine! I write Theology and self-help books from a Pagan spirit work perspective. Currently hosting a free online book club about using spirit work, magic, consent culture, and somatic experiencing for liberation.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 19h

My own project personally is The Lucky Machine which is a cozy sci-fi friendship novella with a *hint* of dystopian capitalism. It's got robots, cyborgs, and fashion. It can be read as a standalone or as the 2nd (or 1st!) in a series alongside my other title, The Warm Machine.

The Lucky Machine: Coming November 2025!

From Aimee Cozza Illustration - The Lucky Machine: Coming November 2025!

www.theluckymachine.com

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 19h

Thanks for this! So, me and 23 other authors are going to be trying to fund all of our book-based projects in November. We're aiming to try to make this event feel like a digital indie book fair, and your pledge can really make a difference in helping these authors bring their project to life!

The Book Bazaar 2025 on BackerKit

Browse by Genre [https://www.backerkit.com/c/collections/book-bazaar-2025/flair?tag_id=115][https://www.backerkit.com/c/collections/book-bazaar-2025/flair?tag_id=46][https://www.backerkit.com/c/co...

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Big Bearded Spookteller @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · 19h

Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Banned Books Week! 🗃️

For more information on Book Bans, check out this recent report from @penamerica.bsky.social

pen.org/report/the-n...

Read Banned Books under a shelf of books.

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 17h

#NewRelease!

Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from her enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother...

The Narrowness of Death
$4.99
#Free #KU!
#medieval #histfic 📚💙📚
www.amazon.com/Narrowness-D...

The Narrowness of Death: Book Four of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy 8)

Amazon.com: The Narrowness of Death: Book Four of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy 8) eBook : Lawrence, G. , Design Studio, Betibup33: Kindle Store

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Natalie Kelda @nataliekelda.bsky.social · 17h

Had another wonderful review for Reflections of Lilje Damselfly 💙

Threads post screenshot, @majaspang
Just finished this lovely story by @nataliekelda 🩵
If you need to read something cozy and romantic, but also melancholic, go grab this book. It's about a chronically ill water nymph that falls in love with a human woman and must face a tough decision about her own life.
Especially recommend if you struggle with a chronic illness and would like to see it reflected in a fantasy(ish) setting.

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

📝 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 · 1d

🤍 estranged husbands
🥺 close brothers x2
🗡️ an mc who is 100% done
🐺 a love interest ready to grovel
🏫 a haunted, gothic school
🔍 buried secrets
❄️ snowy setting

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/aBMB
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-strange-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Ebook cover for The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden; cover shows a shadow of a grey wolf above a forest that's dark green and black and foggy. Text is gold and greyish-white.

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Brian Terence - Science Fiction Author 🪐🚀📚 @brianterence.co.uk · 18h

I'm planning on releasing 'The Face At The Window & Other Stories' in December.

A space-suited figure looking out over a desolate landscape.

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 23h

Any indie authors got new books coming out this November or December?

The new releases challenge will be the hardest part of HRCYED, I swear. 😅

#booksky #HRYCED

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Brian Terence - Science Fiction Author 🪐🚀📚 @brianterence.co.uk · 18h

Bonjour!!

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 1d

Your reminder that 29.3% of all revenue from indie bookshops immediately recirculates in the local economy 😊

That's 4x more than Amazon.

When you buy audiobooks through Libro.fm, you're supporting not only your indie, but your local economy.

*American Booksellers Association + Civic Economics

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Brian Terence - Science Fiction Author 🪐🚀📚 @brianterence.co.uk · 1d

I've set a reminder on my phone.

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 1d

Writers, submit something that will send us into orbit! Nine days remain to get your manuscripts of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat before submissions close on October 16th at scifansat.com/landing.html!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! October’s theme is MOON. The deadline for submissions is October 16th, 2025.

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Brian Terence - Science Fiction Author 🪐🚀📚 @brianterence.co.uk · 1d

I've reposted your promos several times today.

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ADRIAN M. GIBSON 🍄 SFF Author & Book Designer @adrianmgibson.bsky.social · 1d

Ep. 175 of @sffaddictspod.bsky.social is LIVE! Join my co-host Greta Kelly and I for our interview with @julieleong.bsky.social, where we chat about her novel The Keeper of Magical Things, outsiders, resilience and more.

Stream/download/watch Ep. 175:
linktr.ee/SFFAddicts
youtu.be/lKPtEBXnPrI?si

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