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I've finished: The Unwaba Revelations by Samitt BasuYou need to finish this trilogy to fully appreciate what Samit Basu did here. Self aware and breaking the fourth wall, Basu's satire has allot to say about epic fantasy, heroism and the divine. Some similarities can be drawn to the very early Discworld novels, but Basu doesn't pull his punches and his universe is full of tragedy. <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2f93c2b0-34ac-4371-a783-b8b226561e70" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="app.thestorygraph.com/books/2f93c2b0-34ac-4371-a783-b8b226561e70">https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2f93c2b0-34ac-4371-a783-b8b226561e70</a>@bookstodon @audiobooks <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/epicfantasy/" rel="tag">#EpicFantasy</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#satire</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amReading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#AudioBook</a>

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I suppose an introduction is in order. Better make one before I forget...I'm Ferrus, your local queer goat! 🐐I'm a <a href="/tags/pansexual/" rel="tag">#pansexual</a>, <a href="/tags/agender/" rel="tag">#agender</a>, and <a href="/tags/aromantic/" rel="tag">#aromantic</a> of the <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a> <a href="/tags/furry/" rel="tag">#furry</a> variety! My presentation is primarily feminine, though I incorporate some masculine or neutral pieces when the mood strikes me.I was born and raised in <a href="/tags/newzealand/" rel="tag">#newzealand</a>, though you wouldn't know that from my accent, a weird american-british-kiwi hybrid.My Hobbies/Special Interests include but are not limited to: <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#linux</a>, <a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#anime</a>, <a href="/tags/vidogames/" rel="tag">#vidogames</a>, <a href="/tags/tabletop/" rel="tag">#tabletop</a>, <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>, <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a>, <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a>, <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a>, <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a>, <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a>, <a href="/tags/oldtechnology/" rel="tag">#oldtechnology</a>, <a href="/tags/lego/" rel="tag">#lego</a>, and <a href="/tags/sustainablefashion/" rel="tag">#sustainablefashion</a>My favourite pieces of media are: <a href="/tags/warhammer40k/" rel="tag">#Warhammer40K</a>, <a href="/tags/theexpanse/" rel="tag">#TheExpanse</a>, <a href="/tags/startrek/" rel="tag">#StarTrek</a>, <a href="/tags/starblazers/" rel="tag">#StarBlazers</a>, <a href="/tags/tensura/" rel="tag">#Tensura</a>, <a href="/tags/dungeonsanddragons/" rel="tag">#DungeonsAndDragons</a>, <a href="/tags/pathfinder/" rel="tag">#Pathfinder</a>, <a href="/tags/worldofdarkness/" rel="tag">#WorldofDarkness</a>, <a href="/tags/stargate/" rel="tag">#Stargate</a>, and the <a href="/tags/nasuverse/" rel="tag">#nasuverse</a>I may occasionally toot about theseCurrently looking for education in some kind of Systems Administration Role, and run <a href="/tags/nixos/" rel="tag">#NixOS</a> on a daily basis. I also build my own machines.My toots and boosts may occasionally be <a href="/tags/nsfw/" rel="tag">#NSFW</a>. DNI with these unless you are of legal age.Feel free to DM me, unless you're a <a href="/tags/troll/" rel="tag">#troll</a>, <a href="/tags/bigot/" rel="tag">#bigot</a>, or anything else of the sort.Offenders will find themselves fed to an Elder Wyrm (the mute/block button)<a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> <a href="/tags/welcome/" rel="tag">#welcome</a> <a href="/tags/newhere/" rel="tag">#newhere</a>

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Chapter 25 of Princess of Kurg is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city">https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city</a>Bevna favors speed over strength in her human form and Nicole soon finds herself outmatched, unable to keep up. The dragon uses magic to move supernaturally fast, but only for short bursts, because she's so badly injured...<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/fairies/" rel="tag">#fairies</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a>

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📚 The Strength of the Few by: James IslingtonThe Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am.But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore.I am no longer one. I won the Iudicium, and lost ever...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-strength-of-the-few" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-strength-of-the-few">https://bookblabla.com/book/the-strength-of-the-few</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/epicfiction/" rel="tag">#epicfiction</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a>

The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am.

But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore.

I am no longer one. I won the Iudicium, and lost everything—and now, impossibly, the ancient device beyond the Labyrinth has replicated me across three separate worlds. A different version of myself in each of Obiteum, Luceum, and Res. Three different bodies, three different lives. I have to hide; fight; play politics. I have to train, trust, lie. I have to kill, heal, prove myself again, and again, and again.

I am loved, and hated, and entirely alone.

Above all, though, I need to find answers before it’s too late. To understand the nature of what has happened to me, and why.

I need to find a way to stop the coming Cataclysm, because if all I have learned is true, I may be the only one who can.

This highly anticipated sequel to The Will of the Many—one of 2023’s most lauded and bestselling fantasy novels—follows Vis as he grapples with a dangerous secret that could unravel history across alternate dimensions.

Book two of the Hierarchy quartet.

OMNE TRIUM PERFECTUM

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Ebook: <a href="https://books2read.com/EmergentConsequences" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/EmergentConsequences">https://books2read.com/EmergentConsequences</a>The painter of the universe, known as Life, just wanted to fulfill her reason for being, by creating a universe full of beautiful wonders and living things, but her twin brother, Death, exists solely to destroy her work, leading to an intractable argument about whose work should prevail.<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> <a href="/tags/life/" rel="tag">#life</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#death</a> <a href="/tags/creation/" rel="tag">#creation</a> <a href="/tags/destruction/" rel="tag">#destruction</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#satire</a> <a href="/tags/darkhumor/" rel="tag">#darkhumor</a>

(Left) The Cover of Emergent Consequences, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

Life and Death lay asleep in a the grass, the way they lay slightly resembling the yin-yang symbol. The tools of their trades are scattered around them.

Life is a woman with black hair, in a white robe. Behind her are the paint brush and palette she paints the universe with. She's rather short and has rosy cheeks.

Death is a skeleton in a black robe, which appears to be continually disintegrating at the hem line. Behind him lay his scythe and scroll of names.

Between Life and Death is the hourglass that serves as the source of time for the entire universe, an item that's most commonly carried by Death, but which is part of the work of both of them.

The artwork is cartoonish, with some bushes and a tree that has one red piece of fruit dangling from it. The scene is looked upon by the sun, which frowns at everything.

(Right) The background is an image of some green bacteria with the following quote over the top:

"I think I'll call it Ted."

"Ted? You want to name micro-organism Ted? Are you serious?"

"Yes, Ted."

"Alright, I just thought Bob would fit better."

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/EmergentConsequences

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<a href="/tags/scribesandmakers/" rel="tag">#ScribesAndMakers</a> 10Oct—Shameless self-promotion day!If you like fantasy stories where:❤️ the romance is sweet 💧 the magic elemental 🔮 the mystery deep 🗡️ the action & adventure edge-of-you-seat 🫂 the emotional trauma real & rawThen check out my almost complete series, The Way of The Wielder! Available on Amazon in print, ebook, and KU.US series link (others in comments): <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYDPLBZ7" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYDPLBZ7</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#SelfPromo</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romanticfantasy/" rel="tag">#RomanticFantasy</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#SelfPublishing</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#Writer</a>

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Can you name ONE (one only please) SF/F book, written this century (2001+), that has absolutely blown your mind? Not just something you liked, or that was good, I'm looking for the absolute best books written this century.Boost for visibility please.<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/sf/" rel="tag">#SF</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/21century/" rel="tag">#21Century</a>

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My latest read: "Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers" from Stars and Sabers Publishing <a href="https://threads.net/@starsandsabers/" rel="nofollow">@starsandsabers</a> - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're looking for a smorgasbord of speculative fiction, this one's sure to satisfy!<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7830355244" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7830355244">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7830355244</a>@specfic @scifi @horrorbooks @bookstodon <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/reads/" rel="tag">#reads</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a>

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The Art of Myth-DirectionAvailable Now & On Kindle Unlimited <a href="/tags/ku/" rel="tag">#KU</a><a href="https://a.co/d/8B50deF" rel="nofollow">a.co/d/8B50deF</a>🎭 Comedy / Satire👧 Kid Heroes💪 Coming of Age😻 Animal Companion🍳 Talking Magical Item😈 Good Vs Evil🐉 Subverted Tropes👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 No Romance<a href="/tags/booksky💙📚/" rel="tag">#booksky💙📚</a> <a href="/tags/debutnovel/" rel="tag">#debutnovel</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#satire</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#comedy</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#kindleunlimited</a>

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A Review of Hearth Stories, Winter Solstice 2024: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-hearth-stories-winter-solstice-2024/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-hearth-stories-winter-solstice-2024/">https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-hearth-stories-winter-solstice-2024/</a><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/wintersolstice/" rel="tag">#WinterSolstice</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Book cover for Hearth Stories, Winter Solstice 2024 by LM Zaerr, Alicia Adam’s, Coll Marshall, Sarah Connell, Michael M. Jones, A. Katherine Black, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Image on cover shows a teardrop-shaped leaf that has no color left in it. Some red and orange flowers have been embroidered onto it which makes me think the leaf was probably created by a human, too, as something this thin and translucent would crumble if someone actually tried to embroider it.

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My latest read: "Death of a Clown" by Catherine McCarthy - See my Goodreads review for details but if you enjoy speculative fiction that fills the heart as much as the mind, this is an experience you don't want to miss!<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7847517238" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7847517238">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7847517238</a>@bookstodon @specfic @fantasybookstodon <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fairytale/" rel="tag">#fairytale</a> <a href="/tags/fable/" rel="tag">#fable</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/reads/" rel="tag">#reads</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a>

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I've finished: City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett In this final installment of the Divine Cities trilogy, we follow Sigrud, the muscle of the team, in what at first seems like an action hero revenge fantasy. Yet turns out to be so deep and meaningful, with so much wisdom woven between the great action scenes. When I read City of Stairs it felt a little clunky, but by the end of this wonderful trilogy Robert Jackson Bennett has become a master of his craft. <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/04d507cd-5289-4b46-b58f-dd4b965ac451" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="app.thestorygraph.com/books/04d507cd-5289-4b46-b58f-dd4b965ac451">https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/04d507cd-5289-4b46-b58f-dd4b965ac451</a>@bookstodon @audiobooks <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amReading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a>

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The Immortal Gifts Podcast: Episode 9 <a href="https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/23/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-9/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/23/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-9/">https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/23/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-9/</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/audio/" rel="tag">#audio</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/immortalgifts/" rel="tag">#ImmortalGifts</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a>

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What do you mean OR? 🤔 I can broil in existential dread and plot a fantasy series at the same time. 😂 Luckily I don't make mistakes, at least not any I'm willing to admit too 😜 @bookstodon @fantasybookstodon @speculativefictioncomedy @bookbubble @humour <a href="/tags/fantasyseries/" rel="tag">#FantasySeries</a> <a href="/tags/vs/" rel="tag">#VS</a> <a href="/tags/existentialdread/" rel="tag">#ExistentialDread</a> <a href="/tags/fantasymemes/" rel="tag">#FantasyMemes</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/low/" rel="tag">#Low</a> <a href="/tags/high/" rel="tag">#High</a> <a href="/tags/epic/" rel="tag">#Epic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/comedic/" rel="tag">#Comedic</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a>

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Apparently some people go to bed and just...sleep???
They don't plot a 7-book epic fantasy series or softly broil in existential dread or replay every mistake they ever made???
And then they wake up [checks notes] REFRESHED? | just. It sounds a bit fake.

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FYI: I've updated my Speculative-Fiction Showcase at bookshop(dot)org based on some of my recent reads. If you're searching for some new books and authors, give these a try!<a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/michael-shotter-s-speculative-fiction-showcase" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookshop.org/lists/michael-shotter-s-speculative-fiction-showcase">https://bookshop.org/lists/michael-shotter-s-speculative-fiction-showcase</a>@specfic @scifi @horrorbooks @fantasybookstodon @bookstodon <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/whattoread/" rel="tag">#whattoread</a> <a href="/tags/booksoffacebook/" rel="tag">#booksoffacebook</a> <a href="/tags/readersoffacebook/" rel="tag">#readersoffacebook</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a>

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BCS <a href="/tags/440/" rel="tag">#440</a> ebook is out early today at <a href="https://wandering.shop/@WeightlessBooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WeightlessBooks</a> & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by returning BCS authors Jonathan Olfert and Julie Reeser <a href="https://wandering.shop/@abetterjulie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@abetterjulie</a>, behind cover art by returning BCS artist Jereme Peabody.(Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you stories a week early on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors and First Readers. Thank you!)<a href="https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-440/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-440/">https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-440/</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-440-ebook/dp/B0FNH4MK1Y/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-440-ebook/dp/B0FNH4MK1Y/">https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-440-ebook/dp/B0FNH4MK1Y/</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/litmag/" rel="tag">#litmag</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#ebook</a>

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Hello, folks fleeing Bluesky or hedging their bets! I hope you enjoy your Fediverse experience.Quick <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>: I write <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a>, <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a>, and <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> and often post about genre stuff. My dogs, Dipper and Mabel, sometimes appear on <a href="/tags/dogsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#DogsOfMastodon</a>.

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Maps are great, but this is greaterest 😊 @bookstodon @fantasybookstodon @speculativefictioncomedy @bookbubble @humour <a href="/tags/fantasymemes/" rel="tag">#FantasyMemes</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/map/" rel="tag">#Map</a> <a href="/tags/maps/" rel="tag">#Maps</a> <a href="/tags/low/" rel="tag">#Low</a> <a href="/tags/high/" rel="tag">#High</a> <a href="/tags/epic/" rel="tag">#Epic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/comedic/" rel="tag">#Comedic</a> <a href="/tags/whatever/" rel="tag">#Whatever</a> <a href="/tags/givemeallyouvegot/" rel="tag">#GiveMeAllYouveGot</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a>

Picture of a book where the map folds out so at to stay on the side of the text while you read.
Captioned: Every book should have its maps set up like this...

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Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon</a>On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>

(Left) The cover of dark moon, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

In the foreground, a redheaded witch and a dark haired wizard fight back to back, holding some rather large pistols. The witch is in a black dress and the wizard is in a black robe with golden decorations. Both looked a bit purple, due to the lighting. The witch's hair blows on the wind and she wears a necklace of bone beads.

Behind them, there's dust, mist and fog lit by twilight as a moon rises, framing their heads. Objects that look like shooting stars fall from the moon and there's a few visible impacts.

(Right) A white moon, on a background of the stars of space, with the following quote over the top of it:

“Idiot! You’ve likely killed us both, leaving us stuck out in the open like this.”

“We’ve got incoming. I know you’re angry and I suppose you’ve got every right to be, but we need to defend ourselves.”

“ ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’, for now, and then we decide what to do about the conflict between us.”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon

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Official Release Announcement:My new book, A Goblin's Plight, is now available in my own online store. It will be released everywhere else on the 26th of September.Join our heroes on a fun romp through a fantasy world full of sentient species, surprising enemies, new allies and evil overlords. If you ever enjoyed fantasy roleplaying games, this book is for you!<a href="https://shop.hannah-steenbock.de/b/agoblinsplight" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="shop.hannah-steenbock.de/b/agoblinsplight">https://shop.hannah-steenbock.de/b/agoblinsplight</a><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/litrpg/" rel="tag">#LitRPG</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookshop/" rel="tag">#FediBookShop</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Trope Matrix for A Goblin’s Plight by Hannah Steenbock

On a background with a brown-golden gradient the book’s cover sits in the center, surrounded by a list of tropes and arrows pointing from them to the cover.

The cover has a mottled background in green, with a stylized mountain drawing in the center. The title is spread over two lines just above the mountain’s peak. The author name sits below the mountain. Below that, the series name is The Mengarian Conspiracy, with a black crown in decoration at the very bottom of the cover.

The tropes listed are, from top to bottom: the retired fighter, the burly tavern-owner, the blond bard, mangled heroes, the cute goblin, the quest for good, the evil mage, the sweet pony, the slim assassin, fireballs!!, and award-winning indie author.

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Please recommend works of <a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeFiction</a> published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award:<a href="https://otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-otherwise-award/2025-otherwise-award-recommendations" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-otherwise-award/2025-otherwise-award-recommendations">https://otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-otherwise-award/2025-otherwise-award-recommendations</a>Recommendations for this year’s award close in late 2025 (date not yet set). Books, stories, music, video, fanfic, social media posts, or any other forms of speculative fiction are eligible.<a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/genre/" rel="tag">#genre</a> <a href="/tags/awards/" rel="tag">#awards</a>

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PictCon1 8 November, Perth In-person tickets £20–30.00; tickets to access audio recordings of the events £6.00A one-day science fiction convention in Perth, with a focus on SFF books, films & games produced in Scotland or by Scots. Featuring panel discussions, workshops & interviews.<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon1-tickets-926790704947" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon1-tickets-926790704947">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon1-tickets-926790704947</a><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/games/" rel="tag">#games</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a>

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<a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@neve</a> thank you for hosting <a href="/tags/writephant/" rel="tag">#writephant</a> this week 😊 <a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#selfpromo</a>I write cosy-adjacent fantasy books with romance, often queer. I have been described as “criminally underrated” 😉 Find out more about my books, including samples and retail links, at my website:<a href="https://wendypalmer.au/" rel="nofollow">https://wendypalmer.au/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@writingbooks</a> <a href="/tags/queerromance/" rel="tag">#QueerRomance</a>

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I've finished: The Scarab Path by Adrian TchaikovskyI had given up on Shadow of the Aprt after Salute the Dark. It felt like it was supposed to end there and I wasn't interested in reading more about war, strategy and tactics.Now, more than two years later I decided to give the series another chance. To my surprise, I couldn't put The Scarab Path down. The war aspect is sidelined in favor of the survivors stories, as they deal with their grief, trauma and injuries. While the prospect of renewed hostilities hovers over the novel, the main story revolves around the mystery that lies at the center of the ancient city of Khanaphes, revealing more about the history of the world and it's two separate aspects: The Art & The Apt. My only issue is that I hate the love triangle with Chay at it's center and can't stomach the fact that the Gestapo Fascist is the one who gets a redemption arc. <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4c0fe32c-88bb-481a-863d-cbf9ed55b500" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="app.thestorygraph.com/books/4c0fe32c-88bb-481a-863d-cbf9ed55b500">https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4c0fe32c-88bb-481a-863d-cbf9ed55b500</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> @audiobooks <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/adriantchaikovsky/" rel="tag">#adriantchaikovsky</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amReading</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#AudioBooks</a>

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