Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

My book is spooky! masonhawthorne.itch.io/the-white-ri...

The White Ribband by MasonHawthorne

Lost, alone, amnesiac; all that is left to him are a few tokens, and his name...

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Indie Book Spotlight@bookspotlight.bsky.social · 2d ago

LAST CALL!!!! 55 books in the bundle so far! 🥳 I'm going to have it run throughout October and it's got theme books of all kinds, ranging from short story horror to long chonky ghost fantasy. ‼️ THIS IS THE LAST CALL ‼️ 👻🕷️🍂🎃🧡💀🍁☠️🪵😈🕸️☕🍄

Australians! Three days remain to vote! bwf.org.au/queensland-l... If you have any networks you can activate in support of HONEYEATER, I would be so grateful (but also it's a fabulous shortlist, dagnabbit)

The Lord Mayor’s People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award

The Lord Mayor’s People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award lets you decide the winner! The shortlist below comprises two judges’ picks each from the Fiction and Non-Fiction award categories, p...

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Kathleen Jennings@tanaudel.bsky.social · last mo.

HONEYEATER is shortlisted for the People's Choice awards at the QLAs. Are you in Australia? VOTING IS HERE: bwf.org.au/queensland-l... And find the (Ditmar-winning) book here: USA: torpublishinggroup.com/honeyeater/ Australia: panmacmillan.com.au/9781761562303/

Aussie Writers, This Starter Pack is just 7 people I could think of off the top of my head. It's missing loads of you, so let me know if you'd like to be added! Kiwi Writers, I'll link a Starter Pack to this thread when I've got 7 of you. Let me know if you'd like to be added to it!

Last 3 hours!! Gay, trans, and sapphic books featuring knights, pirates, vampires, and explorers in settings including ancient Greece, Arthurian England, the Age of Sail, Colonial America, 19th-c Poland, and 1920s Cthulhu mythos 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜 ✨ itch.io/b/3875/queer...

Arden Powell@ardenpowell.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm in the Queer Historical Indies Bundle until Sept 6! 17 books for $30 including OBSIDIAN ISLAND, my action/adventure fantasy novel set in the Age of Sail with a gay romance between a ship captain and his bff naturalist, set on a beautifully deadly supernatural island. itch.io/b/3875/queer...

I think I saw a small meteor or something when I was driving home just now 😮 there was a streak and a small burst of light, and it wasn’t near power lines or anything like that ☄️ ✨

Less than a day to go for this fab bundle!

Arden Powell@ardenpowell.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm in the Queer Historical Indies Bundle until Sept 6! 17 books for $30 including OBSIDIAN ISLAND, my action/adventure fantasy novel set in the Age of Sail with a gay romance between a ship captain and his bff naturalist, set on a beautifully deadly supernatural island. itch.io/b/3875/queer...

Whoa, I'm almost at 2k followers! 💛 To celebrate, a giveaway! 1 Signed Copy of The Need for Dandelions (US Only) and 1 Digital Copy of Dandelions! To enter: 1. Follow me! 2. Like this post! 3. Reblog this post! Bonus Entry: Comment with a picture of a flower! I'll draw winners on September 11th!

Not-So-Comfortable September Reads - get your free dark fiction for the month here, and sign up for updates from the authors! #Horror #DiscountBooks #FreeBooks #SFF #ReaderSky #ReadSky #BookSky books.bookfunnel.com/notsocomfort...

34 hours left to get this Queer Historical Indies Bundle and stock up on gay, trans, and sapphic books featuring knights, pirates, vampires, and explorers in settings including ancient Greece, Arthurian England, the Age of Sail, Colonial America, and 1920s Cthulhu mythos. ✨ itch.io/b/3875/queer...

Arden Powell@ardenpowell.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm in the Queer Historical Indies Bundle until Sept 6! 17 books for $30 including OBSIDIAN ISLAND, my action/adventure fantasy novel set in the Age of Sail with a gay romance between a ship captain and his bff naturalist, set on a beautifully deadly supernatural island. itch.io/b/3875/queer...

ONE DAY TWENTY-ONE HOURS AND FORTY-EIGHT MINUTES until this bundle is.......... ........no more!

Mason@masonhawthorne.bsky.social · 3w ago

A varied collection of queer historical indie books which includes fantasy, horror, adventure, short stories, and erotica. There's something for everyone here! 17 items for $30! itch.io/b/3875/queer...

Derin's books are really that good.

Ann Leckie@annleckie.com · last wk.

Been enjoying a few books by Derin Edala derinstories.com I've read The Javelin Program, The Antarctica Conspiracy, and Child of a Wandering Star and enjoyed the heck out of them.

Looking for a varied collection of queer historical indie books that includes fantasy, horror, adventure, short stories, and erotica? There's something for everyone here! Check out the bundle on itch, it runs until September 5th. itch.io/b/3875/queer...

Five more days to grab this nifty collection!

Mason@masonhawthorne.bsky.social · 3w ago

A varied collection of queer historical indie books which includes fantasy, horror, adventure, short stories, and erotica. There's something for everyone here! 17 items for $30! itch.io/b/3875/queer...

Just spotted that my publisher has Thirteenth on sale (Amazon UK) for 99p, and The Crows is on sale for £1.99! 👀 #DiscountBooks #BookSky 🌈📚📣💙📚😱🩸📚 THIRTEENTH: www.amazon.co.uk/Thirteenth-L... THE CROWS: www.amazon.co.uk/Crows-gothic...

Please be vocal about not using AI. We have to normalize it. No "I'm not going to say that because it should be assumed. I'm not going to give them this". We don't have time for that shit ideological shit right now. NOW is the time to capitalize on waning favorability. Ppl want human made

I just spent....too long making myself a digital collage banner image for my Itch page! Admire it! masonhawthorne.itch.io

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Tell Meta: Stop paying for hate

Meta is paying overseas content farms and a Melbourne man with neo-Nazi links to flood Australian feeds with AI-generated Pauline Hanson propaganda and racist…

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I imagine this is a worry for people at the moment. To be clear, my classes are explicitly and actively trans inclusive. People can feel excluded from Higher Education for a whole host of reasons from disability, to neurodivergence, to race, to queerness, to class. If you have any worries, DM me.

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm running another online course through Liverpool University in October! Come join me for an exploration of the early Gothic in its many forms www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

This collection has 7 days to go!

Mason@masonhawthorne.bsky.social · 3w ago

A varied collection of queer historical indie books which includes fantasy, horror, adventure, short stories, and erotica. There's something for everyone here! 17 items for $30! itch.io/b/3875/queer...

#booksky

Indie Book Spotlight@bookspotlight.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you use gen AI, you are not an artist. End of.

Occasionally I find authors’ contact pages and write a little note about how much I’ve been enjoying their work recently and I have a 100% rate of happy replies

DD Ward ..."Interim Pirate Queen"@ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 2w ago

This collection has 7 days to go!

Mason@masonhawthorne.bsky.social · 3w ago

A varied collection of queer historical indie books which includes fantasy, horror, adventure, short stories, and erotica. There's something for everyone here! 17 items for $30! itch.io/b/3875/queer...

I'm running another online course through Liverpool University in October! Come join me for an exploration of the early Gothic in its many forms www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

Ok, so this was excellent. Roll up, roll up! There's still time to get tickets for the second one.

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 2w ago

Have you got your (free) tickets for today's talk yet? We're joined at 10am and 7pm by Mars Nicoli to talk Transgender Technohorror! 10 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1992718274... 7 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1992718272...

Friends are yelling at me again that OBSIDIAN ISLAND is actually a horror novel that gave them nightmares, so if you like queer fantasy-horror stories, this bundle has several!

Arden Powell@ardenpowell.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm in the Queer Historical Indies Bundle until Sept 6! 17 books for $30 including OBSIDIAN ISLAND, my action/adventure fantasy novel set in the Age of Sail with a gay romance between a ship captain and his bff naturalist, set on a beautifully deadly supernatural island. itch.io/b/3875/queer...

Vampires, pirates, and knights, oh my!

Mason@masonhawthorne.bsky.social · 3w ago

A varied collection of queer historical indie books which includes fantasy, horror, adventure, short stories, and erotica. There's something for everyone here! 17 items for $30! itch.io/b/3875/queer...

Last week's dental work left my teeth even more sensitive than before and I'm back tomorrow to see if they can fix me, so all my book sales are going towards that! Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io Amz: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden... Patreon: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell or Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/ardenpowell

A varied collection of queer historical indie books which includes fantasy, horror, adventure, short stories, and erotica. There's something for everyone here! 17 items for $30! itch.io/b/3875/queer...

A varied collection of queer historical indie books which includes fantasy, horror, adventure, short stories, and erotica. There's something for everyone here! 17 items for $30! itch.io/b/3875/queer...