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<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@adriabailton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>adriabailton</span></a></span> thank you for hosting the last <a href="/tags/writephant/" rel="tag">#writephant</a> of 2025 😊 </p><p><a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#SelfPromo</a><br> <br>The <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> sale is in its last few days (ends 11:59 p.m. Pacific January 1st US time, so Australians have to the middle of 2 Jan)</p><p>All mine are 25% off, if you’re in the mood for well-rated quirky/low-key/non-epic fantasy with queer romance:</p><p><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/profile/vie</span><span class="invisible">w/wendylpalmer</span></a></p><p>there’s plenty more to browse too. I’ve got a few queued up, but the one I’ve already read, and really liked was, The King is Dead, by Naomi Libicki, for a not-European-set fantasy about a man who must look after his deeply traumatised cousin, while uncovering a conspiracy within his own family and beyond. </p><p><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1474178" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1474178"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1474178</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booksale/" rel="tag">#BookSale</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

Graphic showing the sale, a woman reading with text proclaiming that The Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale runs between December 8 and January 1, discounts from 25%-100%

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<p>50% off omnibus @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a>: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1733647" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1733647"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1733647</span></a></p><p>Levi always dreamed of being like his father, a great wizard, but had no understanding what it would be like. Follow Levi's journey from bumbling teen to great hero, while the young wizard learns to master magical powers that are barely under control.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><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> <a href="/tags/eoysale25/" rel="tag">#EOYSale25</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#ebook</a> <a href="/tags/sale/" rel="tag">#sale</a> <a href="/tags/books2read/" rel="tag">#books2read</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#indiebooks</a></p>

The ad flyer for the series The Wizard's Scion.

(Background) View of a planet from space.

(Top Center) A black flying saucer surrounded by this text:
Trolls, boogeymen and witches, oh my!
Just another day for a young wizard.

(Top Left) The cover of Troll Song displays a woman in battered, muddy armor with her two swords crossed against the neck of a dwarf.

(Lower Left) The cover of Forgotten Legends displays a child reading in bed as a black, smoky monster with red eyes peeks out from under the bed.

(Lower Center Left) The cover of The Third Wish displays a wizard on top of a mountain, looking to the sunset, over a city of sky scrapers that have plants growing on them. In his shadow is the red eyed creature from Forgotten Legends.

(Lower Center Right) The cover of Dark Moon displays a witch and wizard fighting back to back, holding pistols, while objects fall around them, with the moon behind their heads.

(Lower Right) The cover of The Inverted Glass displays a line art hourglass with a white figure in black sand at the bottom, with a black figure in white sand upside-down in the top. Balanced on a scale are a heart and a feather.

(Upper Right) The cover of The Wizard's Scion: The Complete Series displays several figures in silhouette representing the main characters, as they traverse a wormhole. Behind them is a red-eyed octopus.

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<p>Chapter 51 of Stone Prophet 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"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1082</span><span class="invisible">34/jigsaw-city</span></a></p><p>While Nicole, Cha'da and The Seventh Sage work to defuse the explosive spell, the rest of Nicole's team search the blasted landscape for the painted witch...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><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></p>

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<p>Tough day ahead. <a href="/tags/grickledoodle/" rel="tag">#grickledoodle</a> <a href="/tags/dragon/" rel="tag">#dragon</a> <a href="/tags/morning/" rel="tag">#morning</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/drawing/" rel="tag">#drawing</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#funny</a></p>

A cartoon illustration of a dragon coming out of his cave and being stabbed by a knight with a lance, spilling his coffee, and dropping the morning newspaper. Caption underneath reads "It was the absolute worst start to a morning he could remember in quite some time."

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<p>Paperback now available: <a href="https://books2read.com/StoneProphet" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/StoneProphet</a></p><p>Nicole seeks to collect the missing fragments of the magical city of Kurg from her home world, but the remaining pieces were deactivated and are hard to find. Luckily, she just found the first piece of the Seventh Sage, an ancient stone man that knows the future, which she hopes knows where to find them.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><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></p>

(Left) The cover of Stone Prophet, by Owen Tyme.

At the center is a hexagonal coin with a golden appearance,. That bears a watercolor painting of a woman's face, which drips paint as if it were fresh.

Following the edges of the coin, the background is divided by a spiral of black lines into six images representing vital pieces of the titular stone prophet.

Upper right is an attractive woman with blue eyes and blond hair that's almost white. She stands in place of Memory.

Right is an eye with a blue iris surrounded by blue skin and golden decorations, representing Vision.

Lower right is a hooded woman in darkness, partially illuminated by a purple triangle that magically restrains her. She is Skill.

Lower left is a heart made of and resting in blue sand, with yellow light inside. That shines through cracks, hinting at fragility. This is Emotion.

Left is a gray sphere covered in black zeros and ones. More zeros and ones lay over the top, in blurred white. This is Reason.

Upper Left is a brass statue of justice, wearing a robe and blindfold. She holds a sword and scales. Behind her are the stars of space. This is Heart.

(Right) The same attractive woman from the upper right section of the cover, looking right at the viewer. The following quote frames her face, above and below:

“Does the Leader make the hard choices, or do the hard choices make the Leader?”

“Will she do what must be done, for the good of all?”

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

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<p>What I have that is eligible for Awards, 2026 edition <a href="https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/01/02/what-i-have-that-is-eligible-for-awards-2026-edition/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/01/02/what-i-have-that-is-eligible-for-awards-2026-edition/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.katherinevillyard.com/2026</span><span class="invisible">/01/02/what-i-have-that-is-eligible-for-awards-2026-edition/</span></a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p>As we near year's end, a look back at BCS stories of 2025!</p><p>"A Good Brother" by Anne Wilkins, BCS <a href="/tags/447/" rel="tag">#447</a>.</p><p>"As we get closer, the land turns dark, the shadows grow longer, and the wind picks up in a ghostly howl. A thick grey fog hugs the castle’s stone, and blackened trees climb its walls trying to escape. Dead twigs poke from arrow slits, and one of the walls is starting to crumble into an oily moat. “Not long now,” I say." </p><p><a href="https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-good-brother/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-good-brother/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.co</span><span class="invisible">m/stories/a-good-brother/</span></a><br> <a href="/tags/bcsof2025/" rel="tag">#BCSof2025</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a></p>

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<p>BCS <a href="/tags/448/" rel="tag">#448</a> ebook out early today <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@WeightlessBooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WeightlessBooks</span></a></span> & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of the magic in the world and the personal relationships around it by Anaea Lay and Jules Bly, behind cover art by Jereme Peabody.</p><p>(Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you BCS stories a week early on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors and First Readers. Thank you!)</p><p><a href="https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-448/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-448/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">weightlessbooks.com/fiction/be</span><span class="invisible">neath-ceaseless-skies-issue-448/</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-448-ebook/dp/B0GD7ZF291/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-448-ebook/dp/B0GD7ZF291/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceasele</span><span class="invisible">ss-Skies-Issue-448-ebook/dp/B0GD7ZF291/</span></a><br><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/ebook/" rel="tag">#ebook</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a></p>

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a></p><p>The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <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></p>

(Left) The cover of Legacy of Newts, by Owen Tyme.

In the background dawn, as seen from space, above a blue world.

In the foreground is a line drawing of a red spotted newt, in white. The lines of the newt are outlined in black, to help it stand out. The interior of the line drawing has been filled with the image of a spiral galaxy in red, orange and yellow, with a blue color that shades to white at the center, which lines up with the newt's head. The galaxy almost looks like fire.

(Right) The background is a blue and orange nebula, with the following text over it:

“You gotta be real strong, real bright, real quick, or real lucky to survive drawing *attention*. Which are you?”

“I’m quick, Amelia is bright, Marta is strong and all three of us have been lucky, after a fashion: if we didn’t have bad luck, then I suppose we wouldn’t have any luck at all.”

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

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<p>Chapter 13 of She Consumes Poison is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1538</span><span class="invisible">20/scarlet-eye</span></a></p><p>Artemis wakes with some rather severe injuries, because she's a little little low on magic, but just after setting her broken wrist, she sees a white stag.</p><p>The Animal Spirit asks her to follow and the stag leads her to an illegal chemical dump site...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeStarwitch" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeStarwitch</a><br>Audiobook: <a href="https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/th</span><span class="invisible">e-book-of-newts-starwitch</span></a></p><p>The undead queen of the space pirates kidnapped Amelia’s sisters and damaged her ship, leaving her with little fuel. Amelia’s a dead woman without her sisters, forced to attack the pirate’s mountain-sized star ship, despite how slim the odds are…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><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> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a></p>

(Left) The cover of Starwitch, by Owen Tyme.

In the background is a red, orange and white nebula.

In the foreground is a line drawing of a red spotted newt, in white. The lines of the newt are outlined in black, to help it stand out. The interior is red, with an appearance similar to stained glass.

(Right) In the background is a red and orange galaxy, with a blue core, which bears a resemblance to an eye. It has the following text over it:

“First you turn my dog against me, then you steal my ship’s core? What’s next, pulling my teeth?”

“We didn’t ask for this! You attacked us! Why don’t you just let us go?”

“I might as well cover myself in tartar sauce, then go swimming in shark infested waters! My lieutenants would tear me to shreds, just the same!”

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

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<p>The fifth and final volume of The Wizard's Scion, The Inverted Glass, is now available for pre-order as an Ebook!</p><p>Read more on my blog: <a href="https://owentyme.us/blog/available-for-pre-order-the-inverted-glass.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="owentyme.us/blog/available-for-pre-order-the-inverted-glass.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">owentyme.us/blog/available-for</span><span class="invisible">-pre-order-the-inverted-glass.html</span></a></p><p>Or go straight to the store links: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/TheInvertedGlas</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p><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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a></p>

An hourglass with white sand in the top, partially covering a black humanoid figure, while the bottom has black sand and a white humanoid figure.

The hourglass supports a balance arm and a pair of scales weighing a heart against a feather.

The background shows a view of a purple and pink nebula, in space.

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<p>Chapter 19 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"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1082</span><span class="invisible">34/jigsaw-city</span></a></p><p>Nicole is surprised to wake in a strange star ship filled with gray humanoids with big, black eyes, two of which had been preparing for some sort of medical exam.</p><p>Circumstances propel her straight into a murderous rage...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><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></p>

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<p>📚 Quicksilver by: Callie Hart</p><p>Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate.</p><p>Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/quicksilver" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/quicksilver"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/quicksilve</span><span class="invisible">r</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/fantasyfiction/" rel="tag">#fantasyfiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romancefiction/" rel="tag">#romancefiction</a></p>

Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate.

Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can remember. In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn’t much a girl wouldn’t do for a glass of water. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone.

When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently reopens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares…but it turns out they’re real, and Saeris has landed right in the middle of a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.

The first of her kind to tread the frozen mountains of Yvelia in over a thousand years, Saeris mistakenly binds herself to Kingfisher, a handsome Fae warrior, who has secrets and nefarious agendas of his own. He will use her Alchemist’s magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him… or her. Death has a name. It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate. His past is murky. His attitude stinks. And he’s the only way Saeris is going to make it home.

Be careful of the deals you make, dear child. The devil is in the details... Now with an embossed cover, silver foiling, and an updated interior design.

N.B. Quicksilver contains depic

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<p>I started reading Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines this weekend and will share what I thought of it after I finish it. So far I’m enjoying the fact that the three protagonists are all between the ages of about 56 and 99. That’s cool. </p><p>It reminds me a little of what Buffy the Vampire Slayer might have been like after Buffy retired from saving the world and grew old enough to have some health troubles. </p><p>If you’ve read it, did you like it? </p><p><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

Book cover for Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines. Image on cover is of a drawing of a pale-skinned person who is gently leaning on a cane and is wearing yellow slacks and a black shirt. You can see their legs, torso, and arms, but their upper chest and face are not visible.

At their feet is a black cat that has six yellow eyes arranged in a pyramid form and several tentacles curling around from its rear end.

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<p>Just when you convinced yourselves YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ⁉️ </p><p>MR. <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#TRUMP</a> DO NOT let ' <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#MUSK</a> the <a href="/tags/retard/" rel="tag">#RETARD</a> ' DESTROY OUR COUNTRY 🦅 to <a href="/tags/no_return/" rel="tag">#NO_RETURN</a>! </p><p>🔥 Soon YOU WLL realize that all 🇱🇷 <a href="/tags/usa_code/" rel="tag">#USA_CODE</a> is all <a href="/tags/corrupted/" rel="tag">#CORRUPTED</a> based on belief systems of <a href="/tags/foreign_cultures/" rel="tag">#FOREIGN_CULTURES</a> who wrote the CODE ( <a href="/tags/flawed/" rel="tag">#FLAWED</a> CORE LOGIC TO BEGIN WITH); rendering all of IT <a href="/tags/unsecured/" rel="tag">#UNSECURED</a> IMHO. </p><p>* How do you think we ALWAYS DOMINATED GOOGLE last 20 years❓ </p><p>* HOW DO YOU THINK WE TOOK DOWN GOOGLE AI 3 TIMES ❓</p><p>Bc THIER 🇮🇳 CODE WAS <a href="/tags/flawed/" rel="tag">#FLAWED</a> 🚔 FROM THE GETGO!. </p><p>Anything Plugged in after the fact will NOT FIT (EG: ROUND PEGS DO NOT FIT INTO SQUARE WHOLES) <a href="/tags/without/" rel="tag">#WITHOUT</a> <a href="/tags/sound_core_logic/" rel="tag">#SOUND_CORE_LOGIC</a> CODED in the 1st Place...🥇 </p><p>Just one quick look at ELON MUSKS <a href="/tags/auto_pilot/" rel="tag">#AUTO_PILOT</a> CODE in Tesla SAYS IT ALL! And why you have 🛬 BOEING AIRLINERS CRASHING 💥 EVERYDAY LIKE YOU CHANGING YOUR <a href="/tags/underwear/" rel="tag">#UNDERWEAR</a>?</p><p>Only one question?? WHERE ARE THE <a href="/tags/pilots/" rel="tag">#PILOTS</a>??</p><p><a href="https://dawnproject.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>dawnproject.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://dawnproject.com/critical-safety-issues-revealed-by-the-dawn-projects-testing-of-tesla-full-self-driving/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dawnproject.com/critical-safety-issues-revealed-by-the-dawn-projects-testing-of-tesla-full-self-driving/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dawnproject.com/critical-safet</span><span class="invisible">y-issues-revealed-by-the-dawn-projects-testing-of-tesla-full-self-driving/</span></a></p><p>ONLY HIRE 🦅 <a href="/tags/usa_engineers/" rel="tag">#USA_ENGINEERS</a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/vet_real_patriots/" rel="tag">#VET_REAL_PATRIOTS</a> (ENGINEERS) over time 🦅 <br>NOT FAKE!</p><p>THEY WILL GET BETTER ON THE JOB! 💼 THIS <a href="/tags/loser/" rel="tag">#LOSER</a> MUSK AND THAT OTHER <a href="/tags/grease_ball/" rel="tag">#GREASE_BALL</a> WILL TAKE YOU DOWN 👎 and this country TO NO RETURN! </p><p>🃏 DO NOT be Fooled! You are listening to a <a href="/tags/cnbc/" rel="tag">#CNBC</a> A 🇮🇱 <a href="/tags/israeli/" rel="tag">#ISRAELI</a> TERRORIST 🌐 NETWORK (aka <a href="/tags/disinformation/" rel="tag">#DISINFORMATION</a> Proxy <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#Propaganda</a> Machine out of CNBC (DISINFORMATION PROXY_WAR_CHANNEL) = aka Israeli <a href="/tags/terrorists/" rel="tag">#TERRORISTS</a> 👹 .</p><p>✝️ Allow us to EXPLAIN. WE have been outsourcing TALENT since 1999. There is no company with more experience in OUTSOURCING than <a href="/tags/tastingtraffic/" rel="tag">#TastingTraffic</a> LLC 🌐 <a href="/tags/internationally/" rel="tag">#Internationally</a> for <a href="/tags/online_businesses/" rel="tag">#ONLINE_BUSINESSES</a>. </p><p>We were DEEP into <a href="/tags/advanced_technologies/" rel="tag">#Advanced_Technologies</a> at the same time when we could not help but notice this COUNTRY 🦅 <a href="/tags/stifling/" rel="tag">#STIFLING</a> THE AMERICAN CITIZENS ABILITY TO KEEP UP WITH CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE! >> 25 years <a href="/tags/ago/" rel="tag">#AGO</a>!? >> </p><p>>>We tested all countries. We were the first to HIRE INDIAN PROGRAMMERS LONG before ANY USA BIG TECH--until we caught them <a href="/tags/lying/" rel="tag">#lying</a>..</p><p>WE LEARNED that Lying in INDIA IS CONSIDERED GOOD BUSINESS <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#ETHICS</a>?? It gets worse. It's PART OF THEIR <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#CULTURE</a> and acceptable??</p><p>MANY 💩 💩 💩 <a href="/tags/elites/" rel="tag">#ELITES</a> (FLYING TO 🇮🇳 INDIA DURING THIS TIME GETTING THEIR <a href="/tags/kinks/" rel="tag">#KINKS</a> 👙 ON. GOT MASSIVE PROOF TOO;);)🔍 </p><p>..will soon realize that all their code is CORRUPTED bc there <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#CULTURE</a> HAS BEEN PROJECTED into their <a href="/tags/programming_code/" rel="tag">#PROGRAMMING_CODE</a>??? rendering all OF IT <a href="/tags/unsecured/" rel="tag">#UNSECURED</a> IMHO;)</p><p>Now India has BACKED <a href="/tags/brics/" rel="tag">#BRICS</a>.. hMMM? Because they know all USA code is corrupted. <a href="/tags/india/" rel="tag">#INDIA</a> LEFT A <a href="/tags/back_door_bonanza/" rel="tag">#BACK_DOOR_BONANZA</a> FOR FUTURE 🔮 USA <a href="/tags/compromises/" rel="tag">#COMPROMISES</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/allies/" rel="tag">#ALLIES</a> HUH?</p><p>We left 🇮🇳 India for this reason 15 years ago..</p><p><a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> is Poisoning their OWN DATA Rendering <a href="/tags/ad_words/" rel="tag">#AD_WORDS</a> ADVERTISING <a href="/tags/targeting/" rel="tag">#Targeting</a> OBSOLETE! And they don’t even know it… see below.</p><p>What happened to <a href="/tags/deep_mind/" rel="tag">#DEEP_MIND</a>? and/or <a href="/tags/lamda/" rel="tag">#LaMDA</a>? Etc. etc. <a href="/tags/tastingtraffic/" rel="tag">#TastingTraffic</a> LLC SHUT THEM BOTH DOWN!;) <a href="/tags/overnight/" rel="tag">#Overnight</a>! for the 3rd time;)</p><p>TastingTraffic LLC debunked Google Long ago >> <a href="/tags/many_times/" rel="tag">#many_times</a>. </p><p>In Fact, in 2007 they turned into a dedicated PAY PER CLICK ENGINE for the FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES (aka ILLEGAL <a href="/tags/exclusion/" rel="tag">#EXCLUSION</a> | <a href="/tags/sherman/" rel="tag">#SHERMAN</a> <a href="/tags/anti_trust/" rel="tag">#ANTI_TRUST</a> VIOLATIONS UP THE YING YANG)☯️ .. </p><p>Google still under <a href="/tags/anti_trust/" rel="tag">#ANTI_TRUST</a> investigation by the CROOKED <a href="/tags/biden_administration/" rel="tag">#Biden_Administration</a>--that will Never Be Finalized?? </p><p>PROOF of more <a href="/tags/israeli_terrorists/" rel="tag">#Israeli_Terrorists</a> Meddling <a href="/tags/behind_the_scenes/" rel="tag">#behind_the_scenes</a>. </p><p>We have 100% Proof and Evidence that the <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#State</a> of <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#ISRAEL</a> has Stolen your <a href="/tags/personal_data/" rel="tag">#Personal_Data</a> as well as your <a href="/tags/intellectual_property/" rel="tag">#Intellectual_Property</a> DATA Worldwide. ( by <a href="/tags/oracle/" rel="tag">#Oracle</a> a <a href="/tags/jewish_owned/" rel="tag">#Jewish_Owned</a> Fortune 500 Company ?? no less.)</p><p>Confirmation of an Illegal Major Concealment & COVER-UP CRIME(s) over the last 7,300 days / 2 decades / 20 years??</p><p>Do not use <a href="/tags/uspto/" rel="tag">#USPTO</a> <a href="/tags/patent_office/" rel="tag">#Patent_office</a> for anything. They are stealing your IP through USPTO by <a href="/tags/trolls/" rel="tag">#TROLLS</a> (aka usa patent attorneys).</p><p>bc 'THEY' cannot INNOVATE ANYTHING! </p><p>If it doesn't spew out of the ground or fall off a tree. All they know how to do IS CHANGE THE NAME and RE-BRAND the same TECH through <a href="/tags/hype/" rel="tag">#HYPE</a> under a different name over and over again (LIKE <a href="/tags/parrots/" rel="tag">#PARROTS</a> 🦜 ) to cover their <a href="/tags/unending_failures/" rel="tag">#UNENDING_FAILURES</a>! </p><p>And that my friends is the REAL TRUTH behind <a href="/tags/israeli/" rel="tag">#Israeli</a> <a href="/tags/ai_usa_tech/" rel="tag">#AI_USA_TECH</a>. </p><p>🇮🇱 They <a href="/tags/sacrificed/" rel="tag">#sacrificed</a> 1200 JEWS (<a href="/tags/breached_security/" rel="tag">#BREACHED_SECURITY</a> WAS 100% due to corrupted ALGORITHMS w/o Human SUPERVISION?? Proof of <a href="/tags/major/" rel="tag">#MAJOR</a> <a href="/tags/software_incompetencies/" rel="tag">#SOFTWARE_INCOMPETENCIES</a>) </p><p>ANYONE could have BREACHED that WALL-- NOT just HAMAS! </p><p>REMEMBER <a href="/tags/colonial_pipeline/" rel="tag">#Colonial_Pipeline</a> (MORE BRAINDEAD NAZI's <a href="/tags/koch/" rel="tag">#KOCH</a> BROS.??) WERE Using a Compromised (WEAK) Password??</p><p>Any <a href="/tags/unethical_hacker/" rel="tag">#UNETHICAL_HACKER</a> could get in. Why? Because there is NO SOUND CODE!! ( <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> is a <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> ) >> AI CANNOT AND I REPEAT CANNOT operate and/or function as intended <a href="/tags/unsupervised/" rel="tag">#UNSUPERVISED</a> >> WITHOUT 24/7 <a href="/tags/human_supervision/" rel="tag">#HUMAN_SUPERVISION</a>. </p><p>Proof Israeli's <a href="/tags/engineers/" rel="tag">#Engineers</a> GRANDIOSE_CLAIMS 🏴‍☠️ Murdered their own <a href="/tags/citizens/" rel="tag">#Citizens</a>! </p><p>(DavidV exp. 200K Project management hours under belt since 1999)</p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-04/hackers-breached-colonial-pipeline-using-compromised-password" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-04/hackers-breached-colonial-pipeline-using-compromised-password"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bloomberg.com/news/article</span><span class="invisible">s/2021-06-04/hackers-breached-colonial-pipeline-using-compromised-password</span></a></p><p>They MURDERED their own people--if the TRUTH BE TOLD! And the Jewish Citizens TRUSTED them and many unfortunately were Killed >> then tried to place the BLAME on others??</p><p>At the cost of 40,000 INNOCENT murder Victims (Civilians NO LESS <a href="/tags/burning_children_alive/" rel="tag">#BURNING_CHILDREN_ALIVE</a> FOR THE LAST YEAR??) </p><p>How much do the Israeli Zionist Value an <a href="/tags/american/" rel="tag">#American</a> Life?? .. $0.00 USD!</p><p>But they need our <a href="/tags/tax_dollars/" rel="tag">#Tax_Dollars</a> to <a href="/tags/survive/" rel="tag">#Survive</a>?? Hmm.. Who wants to pay taxes now to <a href="/tags/fund_genocide/" rel="tag">#FUND_GENOCIDE</a> 🩸 🇵🇸 of <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a>!?</p><p>~Reverse Software Engineer 27 Years~</p><p>Google’s new?? <a href="/tags/gemini_ai_model/" rel="tag">#Gemini_AI_model</a> (aka FAKED!) is getting a mixed reception after its big debut last month, but users may have <a href="/tags/less_confidence/" rel="tag">#less_confidence</a> in the company’s tech or integrity after <a href="/tags/finding_out/" rel="tag">#finding_out</a> that the most impressive demo of Gemini WAS PRETTY MUCH FAKED!</p><p>Static Page: Google’s best Gemini demo was faked.</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/07/googles-best-gemini-demo-was-faked/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="techcrunch.com/2023/12/07/googles-best-gemini-demo-was-faked/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2023/12/07/goog</span><span class="invisible">les-best-gemini-demo-was-faked/</span></a></p><p>ACTUAL <a href="/tags/faked_video/" rel="tag">#FAKED_VIDEO</a> HERE: Hands-on with Gemini: Interacting?? ( BULLSH*T! ) with <a href="/tags/fake_copycat/" rel="tag">#FAKE_COPYCAT</a> AI..??</p><p>Just 2 BIG problems: </p><p>1. The video isn’t real. “We created the demo by capturing footage in order to test Gemini’s capabilities..</p><p>2. Google is Poisoning their OWN_DATA Rendering <a href="/tags/ad_words/" rel="tag">#AD_WORDS</a> <a href="/tags/advertising/" rel="tag">#ADVERTISING</a> <a href="/tags/targeting/" rel="tag">#Targeting</a> OBSOLETE! Aka <a href="/tags/useless/" rel="tag">#USELESS</a> </p><p> ..And 'THEY' don’t even know it...</p><p>MORE...?</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/UIZAiXYceBI" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/UIZAiXYceBI</a></p>

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<p>Chapter 22 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"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1082</span><span class="invisible">34/jigsaw-city</span></a></p><p>Ustrina confronts Nicole, demanding to know what she is, but she does so at full size, in dragon form.</p><p>Nicole isn't intimidated and tells the truth, which does not promote calm...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><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></p>

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<p>📚 In the Lives of Puppets by: TJ Klune</p><p>In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/in-the-lives-of-puppets" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/in-the-lives-of-puppets"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/in-the-liv</span><span class="invisible">es-of-puppets</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><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/contemporaryfiction/" rel="tag">#contemporaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorousfiction/" rel="tag">#humorousfiction</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a></p>

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe.

The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labeled “HAP,” he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio–a past spent hunting humans.

When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic’s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.

Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?

Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.

An epic quest of rescue and discovery [with] the author’s trademark charm, heart, and bittersweetness. Library Journal, starred review

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Manag

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<p>Pretty Peony Unicorn to start your day. Have a good one! <a href="https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/peony-unicorn-lisa-s-baker.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/peony-unicorn-lisa-s-baker.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featu</span><span class="invisible">red/peony-unicorn-lisa-s-baker.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/unicorn/" rel="tag">#unicorn</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/mythical/" rel="tag">#mythical</a> <a href="/tags/beautiful/" rel="tag">#beautiful</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/arte/" rel="tag">#arte</a> <a href="/tags/artwork/" rel="tag">#artwork</a> <a href="/tags/wallart/" rel="tag">#wallart</a> <a href="/tags/homedecor/" rel="tag">#homedecor</a> <a href="/tags/artforhome/" rel="tag">#artforhome</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#fedigiftshop</a> <a href="/tags/horse/" rel="tag">#horse</a> <a href="/tags/flowers/" rel="tag">#flowers</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/creativetoots/" rel="tag">#CreativeToots</a> <a href="/tags/artforsale/" rel="tag">#artforsale</a> <a href="/tags/beautiful/" rel="tag">#beautiful</a> <a href="/tags/romantic/" rel="tag">#romantic</a> <a href="/tags/love/" rel="tag">#love</a> <a href="/tags/floral/" rel="tag">#floral</a> <a href="/tags/buythatart/" rel="tag">#buythatart</a> <a href="/tags/fillthatwall/" rel="tag">#fillthatwall</a> <a href="/tags/canvasprints/" rel="tag">#canvasprints</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/giftideas/" rel="tag">#giftideas</a></p>

An art print of a majestic white unicorn with a golden horn prancing through a lush backdrop of pink and white peonies. The scene blends natural beauty with mythical elements, evoking a sense of magic and fantasy. Art by Lisa S. Baker.

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<p>Fae Reviews makes video book reviews, especially about romantasy books (romantic stories with a fantasy setting). You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/faereviews/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/faereviews', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/accounts/faereviews', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>faereviews</span></a></span> </p><p>They've already uploaded 17 videos, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/faereviews/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/a/faereviews/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/a/faereviews/vid</span><span class="invisible">eos</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#BookReviews</a> <a href="/tags/romantasy/" rel="tag">#Romantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>

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<p>I review Entwined by H.M. Long on my reading blog. An opening to a gaslamp fantasy duology with an interesting magic system. Out today.<br><a href="https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/03/entwined-by-hm-long-review.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/03/entwined-by-hm-long-review.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">susannashore.blogspot.com/2026</span><span class="invisible">/03/entwined-by-hm-long-review.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/TheInvertedGlas</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p>After encountering the worst life has to offer, including the death of his wife and child, destruction of his home world, an addiction forced on him by the one responsible and a third of the galaxy falling under the heel of that tyrant, Levi Jacobs, a wizard, seeks to unravel the secrets of time and fate.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><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></p>

(Left) The cover of The Inverted Glass, by Owen Tyme.

The Background is a pink and purple nebula in space.

The foreground is largely line art, in white, with a black shadow outline.

At the center is an hourglass. The bottom has black sand, with a white figure standing in it. The top has is an inverted mirror image of the bottom, with a black figure in white sand.

The hourglass serves as the balance point for a set of scales, which hold a heart and a feather. The heart is on the left and the feather on the right. The heart is lower than the feather.

(Right) Lying in blue sand is a heart made of the same sand, full of cracks. It glows from the inside in a warm, yellow color. Over that is the following quote:

Nicole felt an extreme kind of loss, realizing she’d been stolen away from the afterlife, just before finding out if she deserved punishment or not!

“How dare you do this to me? Why?”

“I’m always in need of strong spirits and I’ve seen none stronger. You have unique talents I refuse to see go to waste.”

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Mini review: The Chronicles of Amber (ten books)

<p>I just finished reading (for the first time in more than a decade) The Chronicles of Amber, a fantasy series written by Roger Zelazny. The first book, Nine Princes in Amber, was written in 1970, and the tenth and final, Prince of Chaos, in 1991. In the books, Amber is a real place and everything else (including the earth we know) is a “shadow” of Amber, of which there are an infinite number and variety. The royal family of Amber is able to travel through these shadows. The royal family is also largely dysfunctional, conniving, and murderous.</p><p>The first five books are told from the point of view of Corwin, who awakens in a hospital in England, realizes he’s being unnecessarily drugged, escapes, but doesn’t know who he is. This is a gem of a series - very clever and inventive, with satisfying character growth and lots of intrigue. Very enjoyable and highly recommended.</p><p>The second five books are told from the point of view of Merlin, Corwin’s son. These are much more flawed. The main issues I had with them are:</p><p><p>The magic in the Corwin books is pretty limited (though really interesting), and so Corwin has to solve his problems by figuring out clever solutions and working with people. In the Merlin books, all sorts of magic is available, and Merlin uses it liberally, which often feels contrived.</p><br><p>Corwin is a seasoned veteran, suspicious of most everyone, and that’s reasonably satisfying in a main character. Merlin is significantly younger, and so it makes sense that Zelazny draws him as much more naive and easily manipulated, but those are frustrating qualities in a main character.</p><br><p>It almost felt like Zelazny just wanted to get through the story. There are characters who pop up to move the plot along, and then are never heard from again. Characters who spent their lives doing one thing suddenly have a change of heart.</p></p><p>The books are all fairly short - just barely long enough to qualify as novels, not novellas - so the time investment for each is small. If you read the first five and enjoy them, it’s worth reading the rest to see how things turn out. They’re honestly entertaining enough, just not to the level of the first five.</p> <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ca/post/63518498">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/AshenBladesOpen</span><span class="invisible">Wounds</span></a></p><p>The arch-demon, Pride, leads demon-kind in an ancient plan to open a gate between worlds, so vast demon armies might march forth and conquer, but opening a portal requires both energy equivalent to a nuclear explosion and the cooperation of a half-demon, to stabilize it. However, the only half-demon available has made it her life mission to kill all demons.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

$(Background) A fractal pattern of red and orange that resembles a demonic portal. (Center) Pride needs a half-demon to stabilize the portal between worlds. There’s just one hitch: she hates him. One stubborn half-demon vs. all of demon-kind? It could go either way... (Top Left) The cover of She Hunts Demons, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Sitting on the roof of a building in New York City is a teenage girl with a Japanese short sword. The image is black and white, aside from a few details in blue. (Bottom Left) The cover of She Goes to War, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Three people in tiger-stripe camouflage crouch in the jungle, including a teen girl, a soldier and a huge cat-man with black fur. (Bottom Right) The cover of the novel, Demon for President!, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Two politicians (Democrat and Republican) shake hands, as if for a photo-op, while a city burns behind them and the flag of the United States waves in the smoke. (Top Right) The cover of the book bundle, Ashen Blades: Open Wounds, by Owen Tyme, which includes a Japanese sword, a pistol and a pineapple grenade on a wooden surface.$

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<p>📚 Dungeon Crawler Carl by: Matt Dinniman</p><p>You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/dungeon-crawler-carl" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/dungeon-crawler-carl"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/dungeon-cr</span><span class="invisible">awler-carl</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a></p>

You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what.

Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show.

Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.

Includes part one of the exclusive bonus story Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition.

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