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Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @ Megaplex C9@cometkins.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Here's mine! The characters turned out even better than I pictured in my mind. It was created by the very skilled @kimsokol.bsky.social

Lets have a cover day! Share your most recent release's cover and tell us who made it! If you say AI I will explode you with my mind! #WritingPrompt

Author C B Lansdell@cblansdell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Two sweet characters living in a cruel society. This story has stayed in my mind long after the reading.

I'm pleased to share Antano's thoughtful review of Far Removed 🤍 I took a chance writing something that was a departure from the mainstream fantasy books I was coming across, and it's lovely to see those differences recognised and appreciated.

Cheyenne Brammah | Iron Dragon@akairondragon.ca · 4mo ago

My "World of Monsters" trilogy started in 1994. After countless dreadful drafts, I finally found my writing voice in 2018. The books should be printed by this December and I'm hoping to launch at Montreal Worldcon!

I started writing All Our Sins in 1991 but was way too young to do it any justice. The story stayed with me. I took a stab at writing it in my early 20s but couldn't do it justice then either. Now Book 1 is published and Books 2 and 3 are on the way! Have you ever had something stay with you?

Mockup of "Tears of Fire" by Cheyenne Brammah being read by a young woman wrapped in a blanket holding a white cup. The text says, "Sometimes, all you need is to sit down for a few decades with a great book in mind".

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Finished this morning! Awakened explores the horror that comes about when our choices badly affect other people. Reader beware, you may never want to make a decision again.

it’s #WorldBookDay and #WomenInHorror month, so i’m obliged to remind you all that my horror dystopia novel, Awakened, a somewhat Frankenstine meets The Yellow Wallpaper gothic tale, is out and available for your reading pleasure!🐦‍⬛ linktr.ee/lauracelliott

Laura’s book Awakened set against a dark blue background. The cover is light grey and features a creepy raven with a blue eye bearing the Tower of London on its back

Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️@stevewestenra.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Happy 4th decaversary to Steve! If you're looking for an entertaining urban (rural?) fantasy, I suggest trying The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle.

I turn 40 this week (eep! 😅) and would love a share of my pinned (or any of my posts below!) as a birthday thing! Normally I feel bad about milking a birthday for promo, but . . . honestly who cares. I'm tired and the world sucks. 🤣

Cheyenne Brammah | Iron Dragon@akairondragon.ca · 4mo ago

I was shouting "Noooo!" from start to finish. Cruel, heartbreaking and one of the most addictive books I've read in a while.

THE FIRST SIN is out! Dive into a gritty, spicy, dark adult scifantasy, perfect for fans of JC's Avatar, Battlestar Galactica, and Babylon 5. Follow Tårik as he struggles to survive in exile all while ignoring signs he is the harbinger of prophecy. https://ubl.akairondragon.ca/tfs

megan lee beeees@meganleebees.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My copy was waiting outside the door for me when I got home tonight!

My book is out today! #booksky #books #horror #spiders #oneHundredThousandLivesAfterDeath

a promotional image for the novella One Hundred Thousand Lives After Death depicting the cover of the book on a green background with cut paper spider legs reaching toward it. Text in yellow describes what can be found in the book: "What if came back wrong didn't ruin the romance" "featuring Spiders! Witchcraft! Artist Communities, watercolors! spiders! Bird Curses, Illustrations by the author! a normal man, spiders?" and the word "spiders" at the bottom super-imposed upon itself to resemble a pile.

Helen Whistberry@whistberry.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I have a lot of favs, but today I'll go with @plstuart-author.bsky.social. The Drowned Kingdom Saga has had me hooked for years. Book 6 landing in three months!

Pro reader tip: not only are there more books in the world than you can read in a lifetime, there are more awesome indie books than you could. So what I'm saying is, you better get busy! 😂 QRP or comment with your favorite indie author(s) to give them a boost today!

Holliday Vermont@hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Been reading this one since last week. A tigress assassin, a crystal statue crime boss, and more!

Hey, instead of watching the Harry Potter trailer, I've got a better idea. Why not buy books and art from the trans people Rowling loves to hurt? Let's start with me! This is The Knowing Doll, you can get it on Itch.io, physical next week, audio next month! hollidayvermont.itch.io/the-knowing-...

Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️@stevewestenra.bsky.social · 5mo ago

One of only 8 books that I've ever read twice!

The #transrightsreadathon is coming up! If you like unusual books, literary horror that combines a pop, camp sensibility with darker themes, & Twin Peaks, may I humbly suggest: books2read.com/u/boB9YL steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil... #transauthor Art by @littleevil0ne.bsky.social

My guts churn as my parents’ voices echo in my head. I’m in a circle surrounded by other troubled kids and we’re spilling our confessions out for a man in a perfect grey suit who never stops smiling except to tell you he’s disappointed. He’d clap his hands. I’ll never forget the clap. It was a clap and then a rub, and he’d say “let’s get started.” He made it sound like a buffet.
He’d give us homework. Most of the time that meant writing something and sharing it with the group, but there was another trick he taught us, one I kept doing even after the sessions ended. Ritual was important, he told us. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so what does that tell us about starting our day right by God? So each morning I’d walk to the bathroom before I did anything else and stare at myself in the mirror. I’d look myself in the eyes and I’d tell the Josh on the other side of the glass that he wasn’t gay. It was then I’d know everything was going to be okay.
- The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle

Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!)@kimsokol.bsky.social · 5mo ago

And here's the front cover!

A book cover for @jaycroberts.bsky.social! Front cover crop, full wrap below. This was a lot of fun, and my years of doing Star Wars OC commissions with all sorts of fun skin colours came in handy for sure. (Currently open for work, book cover and otherwise!)

Book cover featuring three characters in an icy mountain setting, a blue-skinned, green-haired woman holding a slingshot, a green-skinned, brown-haired woman clutching a suitcase, and a brown-skinned, dark-haired young man fiddling with a radio in a satchel.

Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!)@kimsokol.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Here's the wrap-around cover for my first book, Cast Out! Looking for something similar? Kim's an amazing illustrator and a delight to work with.

The full front and back!

The Sapphire Heart. I ordered this pretty #spfbo 11 contestant from a small bookstore. It took a few weeks to get here, but I have a feeling the wait will be worth it.

N.P. Thompson 🍁@nptwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I've read four of these, and they were very good.

Who's up early and looking for something new to read this weekend? 😊 #BookSky #reading #books ➡️ itch.io/b/3524/hidde...

A photograph, in burnt-orange colour tones, of a maple leaf with a heart-shaped hole forms the background of a square image. 19 book covers are arranged in a pyramid shape down the right-hand side and across the bottom. To the left, white text in an arc says "Hidden Gems!" Below that more white text reads: "19 books by Canadian authors you may never have heard of (but will totally wonder how your bookshelves lived without!)"

At the top of the pyramid of covers, to the right, it provides the date of the promo: March 1st to 15th, only on Itchi.io.

The books involved are as follows, from the top of the pyramid and then down, from left to right:

The Lion
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle
The Dragon Next Door
River of Crows
Hope is the Thing with Feathers
The Clockwork Empire
Flesh and Bone
Goblin Girl
Moonshadow's Guardian
Your Blood and Bones
Winner Takes All
The Flaws of Gravity
Scrap Metal Angel
Destined to be Normal
Clipped
Bloody Spade
Baker Thief
Path of the Warrior
Prince Ewald the Brave

Susan Savage Lee@susansavagelee.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I moved to present tense a few years ago. Now it's all I use. I like the enhanced immediacy. Khan Wong and Ciel Pierlot use it very effectively. It was "Bluebird" that made me switch.

How do you feel about the use of present tense in stories? It always feels awkward to me to use as a writer or to read as a reader. Short bursts of it are okay, though #writingq #WritingCommunity

Jamedi@jamreads.com · 6mo ago

Ordered this one a couple days ago. I've been reading Bacon's stories for years.

Sauúti Terrors, edited by @genni.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social and Cheryl S. Ntumi, is a well balanced anthology that allows the reader to dive into horror with the particular flavour given by the Sauútiverse. Some thoughts: jamreads.com/reviews/saut... 💙📚

Dan Hanks@danhanks.bsky.social · last yr.

Read this one again last week. I still love that Agent Roach scene!

While listening to a publishing podcast today, I heard mention of just how tough it was to launch a debut in the pandemic. And I can tell you: yes. It was. Anyway, this was mine & it's a lot of fun! Help a pandemic debut out and give it a go? www.barnesandnoble.com/w/captain-mo...

Just saw the rough of the cover art for the first book in my series. Even better than I pictured in my mind!