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LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 16h

🎃 23 days to Hallowe'en 🎃
🖤 🐈‍⬛ 📖 Time to stock up on SFF/ horror poetry books!
Add yours!

@swsworlds.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @hwany.org @sffreview.bsky.social @behindthepages.bsky.social @wsbookclub.bsky.social @thehorrorzine.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @pedroiniguez.bsky.social

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 3h

We all know there's so many amazing #indie #books out there waiting to be discovered, like gems in the rough 💎

Fortunately for you lot, we've compiled a list of some of them. Even better, they're on sale.

From rock stars to vengeful spirits, there's plenty of choice.

itch.io/b/3305/under...

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A collage of book covers from the bundle. Text says: Itch.io Under-rated Bundle. Oct 9 thru 13th Bringing your attention to the best books you've never heard of

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Katta Kis (she/her) @kattakis.bsky.social · 4h

Want to be one of the first fans of some great indie books? Check out this bundle on itch! Includes books from a wide selection of genres including my Pagans & Pop Stars contemporary angsty romances, Love in the Liner Notes & Love at the Rock Show.

📚💙🌈🌶️📢📦♿♾️

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 1d

Grab your spooky read 🖤

Five short stories that touch the eerie, tragic, and macabre.

- Haunted vaults and unruly skeletons
- A cursed ocean singing you to sleep
- Undying sapphic love
- Survivors of the apocalypse
- A predator becoming prey of his victims

--> www.karenlykkebo.com/shortstory

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Promo picture for Now and the Hour of Death by Karen Lykkebo. White/grey background, blood splatter in left corner, ebook cover in middle. Title font in white, skull with a finger lifted as if silencing someone on cover.
Text top: "Five tales of the eerie, tragic & macabre"
Text bottom: "a brief but unputdownable read" - goodreads review.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 15h

And making theft illegal would “kill” the thieving industry. Good. Make theft illegal again.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 17h

Latest humanitarian effort to bring aid to Gaza has been intercepted by Israeli pirates in international waters, north of Egyptian waters.

Israel is behaving like the Mediteranean Sea has been ceded to it. When will the world rein in this rogue state?

freedomflotilla.org/2025/10/08/i...

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks! He's a gorgeous boy for sure

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 19h

I'm hiding, mum
#CatsofBluesky

Brown and white ragdoll in a grey cat tunnel with a small hole in the top

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 1d

It's banned books week and I promise you the only reason this book isn't banned is because they haven't heard of it yet

Because these are exactly the stories they don't want us telling #ChoicesAnthology

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 1d

#ChoicesAnthology is the collective scream of people of marginalized genders facing the control and theft of our reproductive rights, filled with stories of terror, tragedy, resistance, and revenge

Grab your copy today books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q

Red paint background with the cover for Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror on the left. The cover lists the editor, Dianna Gunn, the author of the foreward, Alex Woodroe, and the names of the authors: R Haven, Ondine Mayor, Enoli Lee, Ash Vale, Justine White, Kelli Etheridge, Ava Victoria Black, Allay Rei, Soyam Siddha, Sam Rosewilde, A.H. Davison, Meg Calendaria, KT Wagner, Anne Wilkins, Bogi Takacs, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Elise Scott, Mia Dalia, Raluca Balasa.

The right side says: “As the horrors close in around us, we turn to story to process our fears, our desires, and our futures. In Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror, nineteen writers whose reproductive rights are under threat explore the stories of those who, like them, have had their choices stolen from them.
These stories serve as a reminder of the power of choice and the importance of fighting for every human’s right to choose their own future.”

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 1d

🌊🖤 Drowned Hearts 🖤🌊
- eerie island vibes
- folklorish
- dark goddess
- waves, currents, creepy water
- a teeny bit of grave digging
- 99c

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

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Ebook cover of drowned hearts. Hands reaching up to the surface. A faint outline of an anatomical heart in background.

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bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 1d

Btw I have five paperbacks available on bookshop.org including the sapphic anthology A Thorn’s Rose!

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

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Laika L. Gagarin @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 1d

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The Cosmonaut 5th Anniversary Sale is still going on, up till the 23rd of October! Get the start of a Wonderous Future today, 2 books for 3.49, on Itch.io!

Promo page with the tagline: I believe my friends, that Caravan of Rockets will lead us forward from star to star...

Book Blurb: A golden age of space exploration.
The Soviets reign dominant on Earth.
A Cosmonaut heads to the surface of the moon carrying with him a secret mission that could change the entire Cosmonaut Program, and the world, forever; But Connor McCarthy's dream of the stars may jeopardize the entire mission, and put the Soviet Union and the entire planet right in the sights, staring down the barrel of a nuclear gun held by someone with nothing to lose.

This and more within Cosmonaut, Book 1 of the Cosmonaut Series.

It rises above the world, the constellation of Gagarin...
War Begins.
Far above the Earth.
And deep within.
As a veteran soldier and
Cosmonaut, Darren
Keller is put on the front lines to lead the new branch of the Cosmonaut Program, the Cosmonaut Solar Army. But secret plans within the Soviet Government threaten to destroy all that Darren tries to protect, but as the ghost of his past return to haunt him again,
the cracks start to appear, and could leave
Darren broken.
The Lunar Wars begin in Book 2 of the Cosmonaut Series

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 1d

#ChoicesAnthology is the collective scream of people of marginalized genders facing the control and theft of our reproductive rights, filled with stories of terror, tragedy, resistance, and revenge

Grab your copy today books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

Also perhaps direct from authors!

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Self-publishing transparency post:

I make the most on an Amazon paperback.

I make the 2nd-most on an ebook from itch.

I make the 3rd-most on an ebook from anywhere else.

I make the least when you order a paperback through a bookstore.

tbc there’s no judgment on readers here; just facts ✌️

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Laika L. Gagarin @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 1d

A sale by LaikaLGagarin, 50% off The Cosmonaut Collection: Part 1
itch.io/s/159371/cos...

The Cosmonaut Collection: Part 1 | Cosmonaut Fifth Anniversary Sale by LaikaLGagarin

A sale by LaikaLGagarin, 50% off The Cosmonaut Collection: Part 1

itch.io

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 1d

Yup

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HERbron James 🐐 @meekayelah.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re able, please support Rudy and his team as they continue to build a separate community for us on #blacksky! They deserve all the support for how they’ve handled things from day 1 for our community.

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 1d

I've moved on to a different, less chunky type of yarn to practice on and whoo boy, it's a completely different kettle of fish.

Gorgeous colour though.

Deep purple yarn in a crochet chain stitch attached to a pink crochet hook on a white speckly table

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 1d

#Fantasy #book name inspo of the day: Caleon

#writingcommunity #WriterSky #authorsky #writerlife

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 1d

My brain is totally melted, but I made my word count goal so go me?

#writingcommunity #WriterSky #authorsky #writerlife

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 1d

#ChoicesAnthology is ONE WEEK OLD and I'm already hearing wonderful things about it from many folks 🥰🥰🥰

Grab your copy now to follow my journey through these incredible tales of terror, revenge, resistance, and hope

And if you've already read it, please leave a review 🥰

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 7d

Release day is over but it's still a good time to buy #ChoicesAnthology for stories that confront the terror people of marginalized genders feel every day as our reproductive rights are threatened or taken away, ranging from extreme body horror to tragedy to pure catharsis

books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 1d

This, all this. On top of that, survival mode leaves no room for creativity, your brain just doesn't want to know about it (at least, for me)

Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1d

It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 1d

It turns out building habits and stuff actually requires not being in survival mode, who knew?!
(Yeah yeah I did)

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 1d

His lordship Bam Bam
#CatsofBluesky

Brown and white ragdoll cat lying in top of a grey cat tree in front of a window

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