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Jill Corddry
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Redhead, chaos magnet, fantasy author. Hounded by Editor Dog. 100% Against generative AI!

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Almost Like Magic: urban fantasy series (book 3 out now!)
Soulless Mates: cozy fantasy short story collection

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📚💙 Share your love of AND for indie authors this holiday season!!! Obviously buying/reading/borrowing their books is the best way to support your favorite authors, but there are so many others ways to celebrate our books.

#booksky #authorsofbluesky #readersofbluesky
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Follow up thoughts to my post from yesterday...

Want to support the authors you love, be they indie or trad? Don't use the new feature. Let them eat the cost. YOU HAVE THE POWER!!!

We're stronger together so let's attack from all sides.

#antiai #booksky #readersofbluesky #authorsofbluesky
Image is an anti a i graphic. The background is crumpled, then smoothed, white paper. In bold black serif font reads: Dear readers, with a certain large book retailer allowing their AI to now scan all authors' works (allegedly to answer questions), YOU have a lot of power, maybe more than us authors right now. So I implore you NOT TO USE the new 'ask this book' feature in your kindle. If the feature is a bust, perhaps they'll drop or remove it. Long shot, but we have to work together!
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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In case there was any question where I stand on Gen AI, and having it crammed into every orifice without the chance to opt out. #booksky #readersofbluesky #authorsofbluesky
Image is an anti-Gen AI statement. The background is a teal blue that deepens as it descends. The statement is in bold black serif font and reads: Like so many other authors, I am firmly against the use of GenAI, and have never used it in any part of my writing. Not for brainstorming or ANYTHING! If I could opt out of the new ‘ask this book’ feature in Kindle, I would without a second of hestitation. But I can’t. I also can’t afford to remove my books from Amazon or pull them out of the KU program in protest. Fully 75% or more of my monthly royalties come from KU. So I pose this: if you have a question about one of my books...ASK ME! Reach out through my DMs or my website contacts. Wanna know what music I listen to, or what inspired me? Let’s chat! Just don’t try to sell me something and I’ll do my best to get back to you quickly!
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Need to squeeze in a few more books to meet your end-of-year reading goals? Think even monsters deserve love?

Clocking in at a whopping 130 pages, Soulless Mates is the perfect quick read! (available in paperback, ebook, and through KU)

www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKS866K1
December 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I missed #FridaySmooch last week due to the holidays, but @sadirastone.bsky.social has given us ICY this week. I switched over to a snippet from book 2 since it takes place around Yule/Winter Solstice.

#booksnippet #urbanfantasy #fantasybook #fantasyseries #booksky
Image is a book snippet graphic. The background is small snowflakes falling and glistening in the sun against a purplish pinky sky. A bright spot of sunlight is just visible in the upper right corner. At the top in black font reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in bold black serif font and reads: Snow fluttered down around us and the moonlight streaming through the trees caught the tiny crystals, filling the air with silvery glitter. They hung in the wind’s eddies before swirling to the ground. “Almost magical,” Cole whispered, sweeping a hand through a veil of shimmering white, sending it whirling about between us. The ICY confetti landed on my exposed cheeks, but I barely felt the cold. ©2023 Against the Wind: Almost Like Magic, book 2 (by me! Jill Corddry)
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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I was with family all day yesterday and missed #smallbusinesssaturday but all of us indie authors are small businesses—even if we sell through the 'zon—so if you love #urbanfantasy and #Supernatural, embark on this road trip from hell!

books2read.com/u/3nRkyP
Image is a book graphic. The background is a photo of a bare tree lined street, with the perspective very close to the road. All around the edges of the square image are orange and yellow flames. In the very center is an e-reader, a smart phone, and a paperback with the cover of Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1, by Jill Corddry. The cover is mostly black with faint silvery spider webs along the left side. In the center of the cover is an oval surrounded by a silvery curlicue frame. Inside the frame is the arm and partial torso of a Caucasian woman holding a ceremonial dagger, aimed slightly outward. She's wearing a plaid flannel shirt that's rolled up just above her wrist, displaying a band of tattoos around her wrist, and there's also a red, eight-wheeled spoke tattooed on her right index finger. In the background are purple and green mists and the silhouette of a crow in a bare tree. The title—Bad Company—is at the top of the oval in a sort of spikey white font. At the bottom in a more loopy font reads Jill Corddry Almost Like Magic, book 1
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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I couldn't do this indie author thing without all you amazing readers and fellow authors. #THANKYOU #BookSky 📚💙
Image is a THANK YOU graphic. The background is white with half of a pumpkin pie visible at the very top. Over the pie are the words: Thank you!!! in black serif font. Below the pie reads: I am endlessly thankful for each book you buy, for each page you read, for every review, and every time you recommended my books. Now get yourself some pie!
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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📚💙 Hey, it's #fridaysmooch time! Thanks to @sadirastone.bsky.social for this week's word: DELICIOUS.

I had to go to Wild Spirit to find the word...well, it was in Bad Company once, but I didn't think referencing *that* sandwich was the way to go... IYKYK 🍞🕷️🍞

#booksky #fantasybook
Image is a book snippet graphic. The background looks like a chalkboard menu with a light wood frame. At the top in a white, modern font reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a white, bold serif font and reads: The menu at the Snarly Yow was a hodgepodge of classic comfort food and Harlan’s favorite foods from his many excursions around the world as a young man. All of it was DELICIOUS. As I scanned the options, one stood out and I dropped the menu with a grin. ©2025 Wild Spirit: Almost Like Magic, book 3
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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📚💙 I'm so excited to be part of this KU Blast, starting tomorrow! It can be overwhelming finding your new favorite book. Check out over 250 titles across all genres in one place and ALL of the participating books are part of #KindleUnlimited.

A HUGE THANK YOU to Michelle Healy for hosting! #booksky
Image is a book event graphic. The background is an icy blue winter scene with an ice covered tree branch in the upper left corner and a pale blue picnic table in the front half. At the top in a stylized black font reads KU BOOK BLAST, and on the next line down, November 18-22, 2025. On the next line in the center is a website: michellesauthorservices.com and in two columns under the website read: romantic suspense, dark, historical, mystery, thriller, contemporary romance, fade to black (and in column 2): small town, RomCom, sports, paranormal, fantasy, scifi, spicy, AND MORE! Image is a book event graphic. The background is a buttery yellow with white 'flares' scattered across. The forefront is a picnic table as seen from the front edge. In a sketched looking font at the top reads: KU BOOK BLAST | November 18-22, 2025 | michellesauthorservices.com Looking as though they're sitting on the table are four e-book readers, standing on end so you can see the fronts. The first three have the covers from the Almost Like Magic series, and the fourth is the cover of Soulless Mates, all written by Jill Corddry (HI! THAT'S ME!)
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Made a friend at the #catcafe this afternoon
Photo of a cat from a cat cafe. The cat is a short hair that's gray and black striped with large white patches. It's climbing on a wooden apparatus and taking one step forward.
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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I spent a gorgeous fall weekend at the Port Gamble Ghost Conference. And I am positively haunted with inspiration and ideas for stories and characters. 100% recommend if you're in the PacNW.
Photo of a Caucasian woman with red hair (hi! that's me!) wearing a black hoodie over a black tank top and black leggings with white bats and ghosts (It was a ghost conference after all!). The background is assorted small town shops, and I'm leaning (gently) on a replica of 'Baby,' the 1967 Chevy Impala from the TV show Supernatural. I'm also very smily because it's BABY! Photo of the back of the Walker Ames House in Port Gamble, WA. Supposedly VERY haunted! The top story of the house (built in the late 1800s) is a sage green. The lower level is a butter yellow. The style is very gingerbread house, but I'm not sure of the actual style. There's a white sign in the forefront with black letters that read: Port Gamble GHOST Conference at the Port Gamble Theater, and an arrow pointing toward the left. The sky is a lovely pale blue and we were so lucky it was a gorgeous perfect fall day.
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Not falling for it faeries! Nice try camouflaging those #mushrooms with the leaves...

#fall #autumn #toadstools #fantasy #fairycircle
Photo is a close up of a duo of reddish brown toadstools (mushrooms? I have no idea) with two more blurred in the background. The ground is covered with similarly colored leaves, and a glimpse of green grass and a blue house are visible in the very back.
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Timeline cleanse. I'm calling this one "sun blissed."

#dogsofbluesky #editordog
Close up photo of the profile of a medium-sized, black, white, and brown shepherd-mix dog. His name is Bert (aka Editor Dog) and he's leaning his chin on the back of a couch covered with a blanket that's gray with white and black paw prints. He has big standing-up style ears and a long nose. He's facing a window that has sunlight streaming in and his eye is closed in bliss (they both were! but you can only see one from this angle) and he almost has a little smile. Out the window a spider web Halloween decoration is just visible.
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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✨ quote with your: cover + first page + link ✨

books2read.com/u/3nRkyP (you can also request from your library now!)
The cover is mostly black with faint silvery spider webs along the left side. In the center of the cover is an oval surrounded by a silvery curlicue frame. Inside the frame is the arm and partial torso of a Caucasian woman holding a ceremonial dagger, aimed slightly outward. She's wearing a plaid flannel shirt that's rolled up just above her wrist, displaying a band of tattoos around her wrist, and there's also a red, eight-wheeled spoke tattooed on her right index finger. In the background are purple and green mists and the silhouette of a crow in a bare tree. The title—Bad Company—is at the top of the oval in a sort of spikey white font. At the bottom in a more loopy font reads Jill Corddry Almost Like Magic, book 1 Image is a screen shot from page one of Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1. The text message was brief, an address in nearby Green River, followed by 911.
 It was all I needed.
 Emergency calls were part of the job. My job, both as a doctor and a healer. I was already heading out from the family practice, so I called out a goodbye and ran for my car, mentally prepping for injuries, both physical and mystical. Given this team and the demons they fought? It would be plenty of both.
 Flashes of unholy green flickered through the windows as I pulled up in front of the house, tires skidding on the rocky driveway as I hit the brakes, jumping out as the Jeep rumbled to a stop. I raced into the house, dodging broken pieces of furniture until I found the unquestionable source of the emergency call.
 Koh. Tracker, friend—my best friend—sprawled on the floor. Unconscious. Blood darkened her jeans, oozing onto a very expensive rug, the coppery tang strong and familiar. 
 Doctor mode kicked in. I crawled toward her, the visual exam quick but thorough. The lump on her forehead was the most likely cause of her unconsciousness; I’d worry about a possible concussion later. A shard of glass protruded from her thigh, sunk deep in her muscle. Hadn’t nicked the femoral artery or she’d be dead already. Thankfully no one had tried to remove it. The impromptu bandage made from a scarf had helped staunch the bleeding. 

November 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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From all of us at Eight-Fold Acres #HappyHalloween 🎃
Image is a holiday greeting graphic. The background is a deep blood red wit the silhouettes of a bare tree to the far right, several gravestones with crosses, and many bats flying through the spooky sky. To the far right is a Caucasian woman visible from the thighs up. She's got long light brown hair that's down, and is wearing a black shirt, black pants, and a tan leather jacket. Her right hand is raised and a golden glow is around her hand, with a long trail of gold sparkles flowing out to the far left. Centered to the left in scripty font reads 'Happy Halloween'
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Once again Oct 30th didn't disappoint!

Though it wasn't quite the great Crow Gathering of Oct 30, 2024, my usual morning meet up with 3-5 begging for kibble was instead a raucous pre-Halloween party with easily 15 friends following me for more than five blocks. Good times were had!
Photo of eight large crows hanging out on a damp street begging for dog kibble. Photo of eight large crows hanging out on a damp street begging for dog kibble.
October 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I can't believe it's been four years since Bad Company was released into the wild! THANK YOU to everyone who's embarked on the road trip from hell...and then returned to Eight-Fold for the next two stories. I can't wait to share more of Stella's stories with you!
Image is a book birthday graphic. The background is pumpkin orange with a twisty black ribbon curling along the top. Black bat and spider cut outs are also along the top. A pale purple balloon graphic with a white '4' floats in the upper right corner. In the center is an e-reader, a smart phone, and a paperback with the cover of Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1, by Jill Corddry. The cover is mostly black with faint silvery spider webs along the left side. In the center of the cover is an oval surrounded by a silvery curlicue frame. Inside the frame is the arm and partial torso of a Caucasian woman holding a ceremonial dagger, aimed slightly outward. She's wearing a plaid flannel shirt that's rolled up just above her wrist, displaying a band of tattoos around her wrist, and there's also a red, eight-wheeled spoke tattooed on her right index finger. In the background are purple and green mists and the silhouette of a crow in a bare tree. The title—Bad Company—is at the top of the oval in a sort of spikey white font. At the bottom in a more loopy font reads Jill Corddry Almost Like Magic, book 1
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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You might need to grab a cozy blanket for this week's #fridaysmooch! @sadirastone.bsky.social has all all feeling kinda CHILLY this week.

'Tis the spooky season, so I had to use a snippet from Bad Company...BUT Against the Wind takes place during the Winter Solstice and is very chilly indeed!
Image is a book snippet graphic. The background is a moody photo of an old cemetery at twilight. The sky is a grayish orange and casts an eerie light on the scene. Silhouettes of grave markers and bare trees add to the creepiness! At the top in a bubbly white bold font reads: #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold white serif font and reads: With a swish of her wrist, the wind picked up, and her chanting rose and fell in cadence with the gusts. The air carried a menacing essence that CHILLed my every last nerve. Whatever the hag was doing had riled more than one force of nature, and they were resisting her control as hard as they could. ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1 Image is a book snippet graphic. The background is a gradient that goes from icy blue at the top, to a slightly deeper blue at the bottom. Snow flakes and small white dots are falling from the top to the bottom, and are concentrated at the top. #FridaySmooch is in thin, scripty font at the top. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: Cole’s steps were more measured than his brother’s, but his hesitant hug broke the CHILL of the Wyoming winter. I wanted to squeal, but I held back, uncertain where we stood after all those weeks of silence. A familiar smirk creased one cheek. “What? Miss us or something, princess?” ©2023 Against the Wind: Almost Like Magic, book 2
October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I'm getting over a cold and it's not exactly a nice day out here...do not need a secondary infection, so I'm sitting out the #nokings protest today... but others in the family are there representing! THANK YOU to everyone out there. Be safe, be aware, be loud!
Photo of a NO KINGS protest sign. The background of the sign is black posterboard and it says Cats are the only true royalty. 'Cats' is in iridescent rainbow letters and the rest is shiny glittery gold letters. A hand is just visible at the bottom, holding up the sign.
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Spiderweb bejeweled in dew
Close up photo of a dew drop sparkling spiderweb strung between a bright green lemon cypress tree and a blooming lavender bush. A wooden fence is visible in the background.
October 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Did you know I have a book that isn't related to my Almost Like Magic series? This quick cozy fantasy read (less than 100 pages!) is set at Halloween, so perfect for your weekend reads (and the paperback is a wee 4x6" and is so adorable!)

www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKS866K1

#fantasybooks #Halloweenbooks
Image is a please-read-my-book graphic. The background is a fun Halloween set up with little pumpkins and fake spiders, and sparkly black branches. The silhouette of a bat is visible in the very back. At the top in an orange modern all caps font says When you like your Halloween vibes more cozy than creepy... At the center is a paperback of Soulless Mates by Jill Corddry (Hi! That's me!). Image is the cover of a book. The background is glowing, dark red, brightening to orange in the middle, and fading to black at the bottom. In the middle of the image is a heart symbol with black devil horns. The pointy end of the heart is glowing with bursting flames. Animated glittery gold hearts shimmer across the image of the cover and then fade away. All text is in white. At the top are the words: Six intertwined stories of magic, love, and secrets. The title--Soulless Mates--is in the middle. The author's name--Jill Corddry--is at the bottom. Image is a please-read-my-book graphic. The background is a cozy warm-hued image looking downward on a pile of books, with a lit pillar candle just visible in the upper right corner and a couple of pressed white flowers along the far right. At the top in a white modern font reads When you like your Halloween vibes more cozy than creepy... An ebook reader is situated so it looks like it's on the top of the pile of books and the cover is of Soulless Mates by Jill Corddry (Hi! That's me!). Image is the cover of a book. The background is glowing, dark red, brightening to orange in the middle, and fading to black at the bottom. In the middle of the image is a heart symbol with black devil horns. The pointy end of the heart is glowing with bursting flames. Animated glittery gold hearts shimmer across the image of the cover and then fade away. All text is in white. At the top are the words: Six intertwined stories of magic, love, and secrets. The title--Soulless Mates--is in the middle. The author's name--Jill Corddry--is at the bottom.
October 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Need a Halloween book for the weekend???

Available in #KindleUnlimited, ebook, paperback, AND NOW you can request from your local libraries!!!!

books2read.com/u/3nRkyP

#AlmostLikeMagic #fantasy #urbanfantasy #fantasyseries #urbanfantasyseries #Halloweenreads #Halloweenbooks
Image is a read-my-book graphic. At the top, in a fun, modern black font reads: When you like your Halloween vibes more cozy than creepy... The background is a cozy Halloween scene with several pumpkins of various sizes--mostly the cute lil ones--with smiling jack o'lantern faces. They're sitting on a light wood table and there are also stalks of colorful leaves. In the foreground is a paperback of the book Bad Company, book 1 of the Almost Like Magic fantasy series by Jill Corddry (HI! That's me!) The cover is mostly black with faint silvery spider webs along the left side. In the center of the cover is an oval surrounded by a silvery curlicue frame. Inside the frame is the arm and partial torso of a Caucasian woman holding a ceremonial dagger, aimed slightly outward. She's wearing a plaid flannel shirt that's rolled up just above her wrist, displaying a band of tattoos around her wrist, and there's also a red, eight-wheeled spoke tattooed on her right index finger. In the background are purple and green mists and the silhouette of a crow in a bare tree. The title—Bad Company—is at the top of the oval in a sort of spikey white font. At the bottom in a more loopy font reads Jill Corddry Almost Like Magic, book 1 Image is a read-my-book graphic. The background is orange, and the floor/table is orange too. At the top, in a fun, modern black font reads: When you like your Halloween vibes more cozy than creepy...There's a stack of three little white pumpkins with orange and green stripes to the far right. At the top of the stack is an orange and black striped witch hat. In the upper right corner is a web of fake spider webbing and a couple of fake black plastic spiders. On the far left is an ebook reader with the cover of Bad Company, the first book in the Almost Like Magic fantasy series. The cover is mostly black with faint silvery spider webs along the left side. In the center of the cover is an oval surrounded by a silvery curlicue frame. Inside the frame is the arm and partial torso of a Caucasian woman holding a ceremonial dagger, aimed slightly outward. She's wearing a plaid flannel shirt that's rolled up just above her wrist, displaying a band of tattoos around her wrist, and there's also a red, eight-wheeled spoke tattooed on her right index finger. In the background are purple and green mists and the silhouette of a crow in a bare tree. The title—Bad Company—is at the top of the oval in a sort of spikey white font. At the bottom in a more loopy font reads Jill Corddry Almost Like Magic, book 1
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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It's called the Dark Prince, and honestly, don't we all need a dark prince in our lives at Halloween...or really, any time of the year.
Image is a close up photo of a margarita with a bar in the background. The cocktail is in a tall clear glass and is a bright plum color with a black salt rim and the stem of a maraschino cherry sticking up out of the top. (side note: it was delicious!)
October 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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All four of my e-books part of the #halloweenhauntfest and are on sale through Monday, Oct 6th! The sale price is for dot com, dot ca, AND dot co dot uk!!!!

There are hundreds of books for free or only 99¢!! indievisibleevents.com
Image is a book event/sale graphic. The background is an orange-tinged spooky wooded scene, with lots of bare trees. At the top in white lovelo font reads: The Indie Author Halloween Hauntfest. In the middle are four ebook readers (one on top, three on the bottom) of author Jill Corddry's books (Hi! That's me!). At the top is Soulless Mates, and from the lower left to right are Bad Comany, Against the Wind, and Wild Spirit (Almost Like Magic books 1-3). At the far left reads e-books only 99¢!!! And on the far right reads Octoner 3rd-6th. At the very bottom is the website for the book event/sale: IndieVisibleEvents.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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It's #FridaySmooch time, and this week @sadirastone.bsky.social has gifted us "LEAVE."

Also, all three Almost Like Magic e-books are part of the #HalloweenHauntfest and are only 99¢ all weekend!!! So if you like this snippet and want to know WHO Stella is talking about...you know what to do!
Image is a book snippet grapic. The background is a warn, glowing autumn scene with a scattering of orange and yellow leaves at the very bottom and the center looking like the fall sun is streaming through trees and making everything look magical. At the top in a cursive font reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold white serif font and reads: A whole swarm of pixies took flight in my stomach, knowing he was going to bring up the fight we'd had, the one that had made him LEAVE, for what I’d believed was the last time. When he'd said he loved me, and I hadn't said it back. His parting words, soft, belying the hurt and anger I'd caused, still echoed through my dreams. “Don't think I didn't notice,” he’d said. “You didn't say you don't love me. Only that you couldn't.” ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1 Image is a stuff-your-kindle event grapic. The background is very Halloween-y with a lit candle, herb bundle, an open book of magic, and various stones and runes. In the middle in the LOVELO font in white reads The Indie Author Halloween Hauntfest. 3rd-6th October 2025 Hosted by Indie Visible 100+ free ebooks 250+ 0.99 ebooks. IndieVisibleEvents.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM