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V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 20h

Querying: THE PASSING OF EIR LAHREN, folkloric fantasy + gothic romance inspired by death, sex, and Frisian folklore

Snarky sapphic sci-fi archaeologists:
books.vsholmes.com/cnzvzl8ab2

Fantasy with bloodthirsty gods + broken heroes: books.vsholmes.com/m4juo9rp4d

Free shorts: vsholmes.substack.com

A promo image on a dark space background showing the six books in the Stars' Edge Universe with the tagline: Dr. Nel Bently discovers her pristine archaeological site is the center of an intergalactic feud. Tossed into a world of high tech and higher stakes, she only has her trowel, her attitude, and her badass and alien girlfriend, Lin.

A promo image on a dark forest background showing the four books in the Blood of Titans World with the tagline: When Alea's home is destroyed by a mad kin's genocide, she is forced to choose between mortals who play at gods and gods who pray for mortality. With the gods at war with the titanic creatures that created them, the only heroes left are as broken as the world they must reforge.

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats on the job!!! but how dare it get in the way of literally everything else!!

Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 1d

I was scrolling through Facebook and completely at random a post came up with a photo of Sunrise on the Reaping in a store and… KINDLING was on the shelf underneath? That’s my book? I jump-scared myself? at some point I am going to have to process that my books are being Perceived in the real world

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 1d

Hooray! 8 days after it was first published, you can finally buy the paperback edition of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence at @bookshop.org in the US. More links still to come! books2read.com/honeymoonGrave

#romancelandia

The illustrated cover for A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, by Stephanie Burgis, shows the silhouette of an elegant traveling carriage over the title and a bat with wings outstretched underneath, all of it framed by apples and with mirrors at the top and the bottom of the image.
The headline above the cover reads: “Out Now,” and various key elements of the story are arranged in a text map around the cover: “They may be married, but she’s certainly not in love…is she? Uh-oh…”
“What’s up with all the mirrors in this inn?”
“He always makes certain she has the BEST tea”
“She’ll take on any challenge to protect her vampire husband - even (gulp) socializing…”

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · 1d

I don't normally do this, but I've been burning the candle at both ends.

Other half had a major op earlier this year and now I'm in hospital for an investigation.

Regardless of what's wrong, I need rest, but I've had little work this year.

I'd appreciate if anyone is able to help out.

Support Matt Mason ❤️

Become a supporter of Matt Mason today!

ko-fi.com

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 1d

hope you’re okay! 🫂

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 1d

am I fatigued because last week was hellish, because I’m burnt out from writing three books, because I’m on my period, because it’s october, because I stayed up playing stardew valley, or a secret tenth option?

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 2d

let me know if you’d like an invite! 💞

Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 3d

yeah it's a really efficient, albeit weak, escalation tactic to get more people angry and involved. it has made me realise that bsky isn't particularly safe, especially with the list thing.

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 3d

god I’m sorry. I haven’t checked but probably same. fortunately they have little impact beyond their little corner of social media, which is probably why they are so so angry.

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 3d

I was only getting pennies with kdp. D2D is fine but I only get a few sales a month. itch bundles have been my biggest income since publishing there!

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 3d

god are they *still* at it? no hobbies to enjoy this weekend or…?

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 4d

I do not have the spoons to make more graphics this weekend so here is your reminder that it’s day two of the Hauntfest! lots of cheap & free indie books at indievisibleevents.com

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 4d

I do not have the spoons to make more graphics this weekend so here is your reminder that it’s day two of the Hauntfest! lots of cheap & free indie books at indievisibleevents.com

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 4d

through sobs: it’s nothing a rewatch of shrek can’t fix

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Swords & Sapphics: The Podcast @swords-andsapphics.bsky.social · 4d

The authors below were also unfairly affected by this week’s events & still deserve love on their books! Support if you can.

After much consideration, we will not be creating a new bundle as we don’t feel it would be safe for us or the authors involved.

Full post on IG, inc. stabby quotes ⚔️

Stars & Soil by Dax Murray, Dawn Weaver & Soul Flames by Issy Waldrom, Jagged Shard by Dani Finn, Beyond Bringers by Visceral Hit, & Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray.

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 4d

good luck!!!

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Austin Worley @amworleywriter.bsky.social · 5d

Day 3 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

Definitely proud of how the new standalone edition of “Hanging at Crosbhothar” turned out. Look at that beautiful cover by @rachelbowdler.bsky.social 😍

I cannot wait for it to release on Halloween!

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bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 5d

🐦‍⬛ THE HORRORS: a collection of short horror stories 🐦‍⬛

🕸️ small town horror
🕸️ spiders
🕸️ demons
🕸️ a loyal basset hound
🕸️ older protagonists

On Sale!! 99cents or FREE on itch!!

b2r: books2read.com/thehorrors
itch: beverlyannemichel.itch.io/the-horrors

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 28d

🤍 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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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 5d

US friends get on this giveaway!

Alex the Headless Wordsman @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 5d

HEY YOU! Do you like free paperbacks? Do you like chronically ill baddies? Do you like magic schools that weren't invented by a TERF? I'm hosting a giveaway for my sapphic fantasy dark academia novel RIGHT NOW!

2 winners announced October 10th!

A celebratory image featuring balloons, candy confetti, and a cupcake. Over top is "Rules" followed by a list reading as follows:

-Must be a US resident
-Follow this account
-Comment which school of magic you would choose to study at Voterique (see next slide)
-Bonus entry: share to stories or tag a friend!

A celebratory image featuring balloons, candy confetti, and a cupcake. Over top is "Schools of magic" followed by a list reading as follows:

-Abjuration
-Conjugation
-Corpomation
-Divination
-Enchantment
-Evocation
-Illusion
-Transmutation

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Alex the Headless Wordsman @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 5d

HEY YOU! Do you like free paperbacks? Do you like chronically ill baddies? Do you like magic schools that weren't invented by a TERF? I'm hosting a giveaway for my sapphic fantasy dark academia novel RIGHT NOW!

2 winners announced October 10th!

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 5d

the tiny bookshop game was the only thing that kept me sane this week

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 5d

It’s Hauntfest time! Head to indievisibleevents.com to fill your autumn TBR with FREE & DISCOUNTED ebooks across ALL the genres! My spookiest & most seasonal stories are available for 0.99 this weekend, so cosy up with when LOVE BARGES IN or get in the Halloween spirit with a haunting 👻

Indie Author Halloween Hauntfest: 3rd - 6th october

Books for 0.99 including: WHEN LOVE BARGES IN, a sapphic autumn romance, KISS OF DEATH, a sapphic norse fantasy, and RUNNING WITH THE WOLF, a sapphic shifter romantasy

0.99 books including THE FATE OF US, sapphic soul mates & past lives, A HAUNTING AT HARTWELL HALL, sapphic historical PNR, & PARTNERS IN CRIME, sapphic murder mystery

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Swords & Sapphics: The Podcast @swords-andsapphics.bsky.social · 5d

Today, we bring you a lovely interview with @nicoledisneyauthor.bsky.social, author of new sapphic sport romance Tapout. We asked about Nicole's inspiration, the characters, but also about her interesting range of jobs and her experience with publishing.

www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/tapout-...

Tapout: Interview with Nicole Disney

Happy Friday! Today, we bring you a lovely interview with Nicole Disney, author of new sapphic sport romance Tapout. We asked about Nicole's inspiration, the characters, but also about her interesting...

www.swordsandsapphics.com

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