New entries for 🐦‍🔥Project Phoenix! Thank you to the amazing authors for the donations!! I don’t think 2026 is quite ready to give up on bedlam yet but we shall read regardless! 💚🦾📚💨

I called one of my web providers to turn off a few services I won’t need for a bit. The agent see’s the email and asks if I’m a writer.. - no, but I work with a lot of them! He tells me about his time travel pre-colonial book.. I linked him to @spsfc.bsky.social and @fanfiaddict.bsky.social 😁📚

I’ve had to take a step back from everything to prioritize. Body pain, bike damage, financial strain in every direction. I’m still loaning out books, seeing happy faces from patients as they gush about who gets next! @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social has been a big hit! Request after request! 😂🦾📚💨

Hey all.. got news this morning that a close family member had passed suddenly overnight. I’m gonna be handling things with that for a bit - but I am still here. 😞📚💨🌄

🚨 Project Phoenix gets a huge boost! I provide books to my unit in an inpatient addiction rehab. Another employee runs a lil library too. Our work on this became very visible the last few months (😉). HUGE local library book sale in 3 weeks, and the CEO authorized a chunk of money for it!! 💰

(I suppose if you’d really like to, you could rewrite that with nice fonts and arranging into an 8x11 page or 11x8 printable paper with all that info on the whiteboard. Credit yourself! Artist/Author name and website link, cover art, etc)

I .. liberated? a white board from another part of the building. 😉. My track record of having NO art skills continues, though next week I’ll let an artsy patient redo it for me. 😂

Thank you so much for all the support, friends! If you don’t know, Project Phoenix 📚🐦‍🔥 is a book loan program I offer at my job, an inpatient addiction rehab. All books are purchased from or donated by self published, indie, or small press authors - most of whom I’ve done ARC reviews for. ⬇️ 1/?

I’ll post a few of the reviews with the comments from readers: @ajcalvin.bsky.social “I thought this would be more hard sci-fi like I read as a kid.. there’s a lot of mature themes in this that make you think. It’s a lot deeper! What did you think about…” *45 min talk about tech & ethics*

I’ll post a few of the reviews with the comments from readers: @adamcbassett.com “Yo I’ve never read a cyberpunk book before, this is a big genre?! You turned me onto something brand new, man. Tell the author I wrote his name down to look for more when I leave!”

I’ll post a few of the reviews with the comments from readers: @adrianmgibson.bsky.social : “That fungus one, I started it at 11 before lunch.. I read till lights out at 10! Frickin great, man!” *explains Book of Spores* “Oh damn, do you have that one too??”

I’ll post a few of the reviews with the comments from readers: @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social : “That sci-fi one was awesome! The crew was hilarious. Are there more?” “I’ve got a post-apocalyptic alien one by..” “Say less, “Fallout” is my favorite game.” Wrecking Squad & The World In My Hands

I’ll post a few of the reviews with the comments from readers: @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social : “You were right, that guy who gets introduced near the end - he’s my favorite too!” *shows him the novella* “Cory, you holdin out on me?! I’m almost done! Can I get that tomorrow?!” The Envoys of War

I’ll post a few of the reviews with the comments from readers: @gjterralwrites.bsky.social : “Hey, can hold books 2 and 3 for me of that new series you brought in? My roommate has been eyeing them and he can wait.. this is good shit.” Blood Woven - Book 1

April Updates! There’s another half dozen of YOUR books floating around my unit or the building! My patients are thrilled to have such an awesome selection of self published authors here to read! Reviews have been glowing and every morning someone trades one back in they’ve read. 😁🐦‍🔥📚💨

Long double at work Sunday! I’ll clock in at 3:00pm and be there till 9am. 😁 Holidays in rehab far from family are TOUGH. I’ve done it as a patient, a lot. I’m showin up with a bag of books, 4 diff Uno versions, playing cards, real coffee, and loud music. Fight the good fight, champions. 🫡💚📚🎶🙌🏻

G.J. Terral@gjterralwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Of course I had to send some books. The cause is good. The dude running it is gold. And anything with Phoenix basically wins me over.

Of course I had to send some books. The cause is good. The dude running it is gold. And anything with Phoenix basically wins me over.

Tailwind Projects@tailwindprojects.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Chaos has been the best word for 2026.. Project Phoenix 🐦‍🔥 continues every day, even though I haven’t posted a ton of updates! I’m bringing in fresh books from @gjterralwrites.bsky.social (and you should see the presentation?!). I’ll try and post the pics from work tonight! 💨📚🙌🏻😁

Chaos has been the best word for 2026.. Project Phoenix 🐦‍🔥 continues every day, even though I haven’t posted a ton of updates! I’m bringing in fresh books from @gjterralwrites.bsky.social (and you should see the presentation?!). I’ll try and post the pics from work tonight! 💨📚🙌🏻😁

The storms going through knocked out power at home AND work for a large chunk of the week. 😖 We’re ok but lost everything in the fridge and freezer. GAH! Have you checked out @gjterralwrites.bsky.social ‘s book kickstarter?! Gorgeous!! I’m back at work and loaned more books out this morning!

He Who Ate the Wild: Deluxe Edition Shinto-inspired Fantasy

A dark fantasy novel inspired by Japanese folklore, where grief feeds spirits and survival demands knowing your true self.

kickstarter.com

Life may slow us, but we keep moving! More arrivals from the wonderfully talented @ajcalvin.bsky.social !! I really enjoyed Wraith and the Revolution and she was kind enough to send some books for Project Phoenix! 🐦‍🔥 💚 Do I spot @gjterralwrites.bsky.social in there too?! 😁

The family situation will require sudden plan changes. If you’re in contact with me, please remain so! I’ll respond when able! Hug your loved ones this week. 💚🫂

A Wandering Greybeard 🧙‍♂️@flameinc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

To those of you fellows with servicemen and women in the armed forces and veterans in your lives, know my thoughts are with all of us. I’ve close family on active duty now and they’re geographically not far. Reevaluate priorities as the need develops, friends. 💚🫂 www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

Hey, if you didn’t buy this (I did), you still can! The FFA community is one of the best on the Internet and I’m happy to work with all of them! 🙌🏻💚 the-book-of-spores-a-fungal-sff-anthology.pledgebox.com/preorder

The Book of Spores: A Fungal SFF Anthology

Across dimensions, it creeps and consumes. A fungal anthology of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror short fiction that will colonize your mind.

the-book-of-spores-a-fungal-sff-anthology.pledgebox.com

More coming for Feb’s 🐦‍🔥 Project Phoenix additions, but my stack at home was full!! Thank you so much to all who sent in books! @mark-engels.com @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social @alexarch.bsky.social @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social The patients are so grateful and I was asked to send their thanks! 💚📚💨

So.. you know Bill? You SHOULD know @williamjadams3.bsky.social . He’s the First Author that was both invited to and my sounding board for ideas for Taikwind. A good friend who started as and remains one of my favorite authors and I’m THRILLED to back this! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

Death Show Colossus: A Fantasy Cyberpunk Deluxe Edition

A standalone novel about a deadly game show where superpowered contestants aim to climb a 1000 foot golem while being hunted.

kickstarter.com

Eyyyy!! Adam is awesome and I was coming to tag him that I just loaned out the print copy of another of his books for Project Phoenix! You best believe I’ll be adding this one to it.. you should buy a copy too, and one for someone you think would like it. 😁📚💨

Adam Bassett@adamcbassett.com · 6mo ago

With my new book releasing TOMORROW, I need to extend a round of thanks to everyone who helped with this project. Because none of this would have been possible without them. First, thank you to my beta readers Maggie Hoopis, @raaymakersauthor.bsky.social, and @thechromabooks.bsky.social.

Ooooo we got a shelf for books coming for Project Phoenix! 🐦‍🔥 Thank you so much to the authors who wanted to donate a copy! 💚 You make this a delight! I’m adding others to the buy list for later in the month! January was a ridiculous month.. but resilience is never a dump stat. 🦾🦿⚙️🙌🏻

Feel free to ask me if you don’t know any awesome authors. I collect them like seashells. You know, the husk of something that used to be full of life until the world made it write a story or be an alarming evening news report. Good books, though! 😁📚💨

Natania Barron ~ Fantasy Author@natania.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Did you just find out your favorite, super successful author is a piece of crap? Good news! There are literally hundreds of other, amazing and vibrant writers out there who are pretty rad. Not perfect (who is?) but definitely worth your time.

This is one of the February additions to Project Phoenix! Check out Mark's books! :D

Mark J. Engels@mark-engels.com · 6mo ago

Forest Exiles Saga--a breakneck urban fantasy thriller series featuring the modern-day remnant of an ancient clan of werecats, torn apart as militaries on three continents vie to exploit their deadly talents. Ebooks and paperbacks now widely available worldwide! books2read.com/rl/forest-ex...

What reading sessions are complete without a lil furry critter to sit on your lap?! Took this handsome 1yr old pup to the groomers last week. 😁💚📚

End of January updates! 🐦‍🔥 Project Phoenix is full steam ahead! Second round of (my) book buying in late Feb! There’s rumbles at work that maybe they’ll contribute too.. 🤞 🏡 Project Homecoming is THRILLED with the books that have come so far to this rural library full of heart. Thank you, 💚🫂.