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<p>Chapter 18 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 attends a city council meeting and eventually tells a little lie about why she's not sleeping very well. Irkith reacts badly to that, ordering her to tell the truth.</p><p>The piece of Kurg lodged in her mind tries to take over and Kazic levels a blaster on the Ulkun King...</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>Book six of the apparently neverending series of Deverry novels by <a href="/tags/katharinekerr/" rel="tag">#KatharineKerr</a> was a strong outing, with a perfect balance between her usual elements of ethereal high magic and low, dirty, gritty small scale violence. Would be incomprehensible to anyone not already steeped in the setting and characters, however. <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> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a></p>

A Time of Omens (Book Two of the Westlands Cycle), by Katharine Kerr

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<p>I send thanks to the buyer from California who purchased a spiral notebook of</p><p>Little Angel Bright -- <a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/little-angel-bright-steve-henderson.html?product=spiral-notebook" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fineartamerica.com/featured/little-angel-bright-steve-henderson.html?product=spiral-notebook"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fineartamerica.com/featured/li</span><span class="invisible">ttle-angel-bright-steve-henderson.html?product=spiral-notebook</span></a></p><p>May the light and joy of Christmas fill your heart and hearth all year round.</p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/artwork/" rel="tag">#artwork</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#fedigiftshop</a> <a href="/tags/giftideas/" rel="tag">#giftideas</a> <a href="/tags/notebook/" rel="tag">#notebook</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/ayearforart/" rel="tag">#ayearforart</a> <a href="/tags/magical/" rel="tag">#magical</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#christmas</a> <a href="/tags/sale/" rel="tag">#sale</a> <a href="/tags/peace/" rel="tag">#peace</a> <a href="/tags/joy/" rel="tag">#joy</a></p>

Spiral notebook of a Christmas scene.

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Excalibur Explains: The Forgotten Realms <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/42159477">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>Ebook: <a href="https://books2read.com/EmergentConsequences" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/EmergentConsequences"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/EmergentConsequ</span><span class="invisible">ences</span></a></p><p>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.</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/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></p>

(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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<p>Ebook: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheMostPowerfulWords" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/TheMostPowerfulWords"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/TheMostPowerful</span><span class="invisible">Words</span></a><br>Audiobook: <a href="https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/short-of-tyme-the-most-powerful-words" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/short-of-tyme-the-most-powerful-words"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/sh</span><span class="invisible">ort-of-tyme-the-most-powerful-words</span></a></p><p>Hungry and hunting alone, a goblin boy meets a bouncing, blue slime and assumes it will be dinner. Naturally, the slime has other ideas, and the boy gets his hind-end handed to him by what’s supposed to be one of the weakest monsters of the forest.</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/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/goblin/" rel="tag">#goblin</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/prejudice/" rel="tag">#prejudice</a></p>

(Left) The cover of The Most Powerful Words, by Owen Tyme, which consists of a temperate forest path in twilight, with a tree on the right side, which hangs over the path. At the base of the tree is a translucent, blue slime monster, with shiny, black eyes that give it a somewhat cute appearance, while the shadow that's visible at its base almost looks like a big mouth. The air has an almosty golden look, because there's a hint of fog in it. The cover is framed with beveled stone.

(Right) The background is a bookcase with three shelves that are filled with old-looking books. Some have bookmark ribbons that stick off the edge, adding a little color. The books are largely brown, with ribbed spines. The following quote is laid over it:

“There are words so powerful, they can shake the foundations of reality or alter the fate of the world.”

“The most powerful words of all can change a man’s heart and mind about old, incorrect beliefs.”

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

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<p>Chapter 46 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 refuses to attend her mother's funeral, because she's convinced she'll find a way to raise the woman from the dead, even though none of her research panned out.</p><p>Deep down, she knows it isn't possible and sinks into the darkest depths of depression...</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>📚 Jade City by: Fonda Lee</p><p>Jade is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. It has been mined, traded, stolen, and killed for—and for centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their magical abilities and defend the island from foreign invasion.</p><p>Now, the war is over and a new generation of Kau...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/jade-city" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/jade-city</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/epicfiction/" rel="tag">#epicfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#crimefiction</a></p>

Jade is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. It has been mined, traded, stolen, and killed for—and for centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their magical abilities and defend the island from foreign invasion.

Now, the war is over and a new generation of Kauls vies for control of Kekon's bustling capital city. They care about nothing but protecting their own, cornering the jade market, and defending the districts under their protection. Ancient tradition has little place in this rapidly changing nation.

When a powerful new drug emerges that lets anyone—even foreigners—wield jade, the simmering tension between the Kauls and the rival Ayt family erupts into open violence. The outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all Green Bones—and of Kekon itself.

Praise for Jade City:

In this World Fantasy Award-winning novel of magic and kungfu, four siblings battle rival clans for honor and power in an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis.

Named one of TIME's Top 100 Fantasy Books Of All Time

An epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong gangster films but set in a fantasy metropolis so gritty and well-imagined that you'll forget you're reading a book. Ken Liu, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author

"A beautifully realized setting, a great cast of characters, and dramatic action scenes. What a fun, gripping read!" Ann Leckie, Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning aut

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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/3i2Nm2Hu5uxR1RF3Gq57Eo" rel="nofollow">Howl’s Moving Castle</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>A young woman gets caught up in magical machinations and is turned old & fabulously crotchety. Great characters and vibe but I lost track of the plot a bit (disclaimer: listened to this as a sleep story), and wasn't really into the romantic ending.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8eOjQ3JrXk&list=PLp6dwtXsi8Pu6G7MT4ajMGB1YrumzQRZ9" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8eOjQ3JrXk&list=PLp6dwtXsi8Pu6G7MT4ajMGB1YrumzQRZ9"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8eOjQ</span><span class="invisible">3JrXk&list=PLp6dwtXsi8Pu6G7MT4ajMGB1YrumzQRZ9</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#AudioBook</a> <a href="/tags/sleepstory/" rel="tag">#SleepStory</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

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<p>Silent Sunday 🩵 </p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">#architecture</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/digitalart/" rel="tag">#digitalArt</a> <a href="/tags/noai/" rel="tag">#noai</a> <a href="/tags/krita/" rel="tag">#krita</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/speedpaint/" rel="tag">#speedpaint</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> <a href="/tags/silentsunday/" rel="tag">#silentsunday</a></p>

A peaceful sci-fi village with different kinds of dwellings. Surrounded by glowing & flowing river streams (in orange, pink, blue and turquoise). Celebrating nature's gifts, using renewable power to have light & energy in their homes, where crafty inhabitants are building a better future for everyone in the galaxies. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-11092019-812049884

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/JigsawCity" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/JigsawCity</a></p><p>Nicole’s brain is slowly being taken over by an ancient, magical artifact, a small fragment of a magic city. She seeks a cure, before the city can destroy her sanity and then eventually, take her life by replacing her mind. Racing against time, she gathers pieces of the city, hoping to find an answer among 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 Jigsaw City, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a futuristic city of sky scrapers covered in greenery, with water ways in place of some streets. The background has been divided by dark lines that cut it up, into a jigsaw puzzle.

The foreground is a hexagonal coin with an indentation in the center that follows the same shape, with raised lines forming a hexagram in the center, which has a smaller one turned at a ninety-degree angle inside the hexagon at the center of it. The smaller hexagram has another inside it, a pattern that repeats until the lines become so fine and indistinct, they blend together.

(Right) There's a pool of lava at the base of a rocky slope, with some sharp rocks sticking upward out of it and the following text over the top:

“I’m immune to heat and fire. I can easily carry and protect one of you…”

“Ye’d need to deliver an army to make a difference, not one person!”

“I *am* an army.”

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

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<p>📚 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by: Haruki Murakami</p><p>In a Tokyo suburb, a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat—and then for his wife as well in a netherworld beneath the city's placid surface. As these searches intersect, he encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists. Gripping, prophetic, an...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-wind-up-bird-chronicle" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-wind-up-bird-chronicle"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-wind-u</span><span class="invisible">p-bird-chronicle</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/contemporary/" rel="tag">#contemporary</a></p>

In a Tokyo suburb, a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat—and then for his wife as well in a netherworld beneath the city's placid surface. As these searches intersect, he encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists. Gripping, prophetic, and suffused with comedy and menace, this is one of Haruki Murakami’s most acclaimed and beloved novels.

A dreamlike and compelling tour de force (Chicago Tribune) an astonishingly imaginative detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets from Japan’s forgotten campaign in Manchuria during World War II.

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<p>Take a chance on one of my otherworldly novels about people who risk everything for the friendship, trust, & love. You also get heaps of humor, whimsy, sarcasm, & optimism. Sometimes gritty but never grim.</p><p>Paperbacks & DRM-free ebooks via my website: <br><a href="https://kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1</a></p><p>kindle: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Herkes/author/B00GRLYEL2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Herkes/author/B00GRLYEL2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Her</span><span class="invisible">kes/author/B00GRLYEL2</span></a></p><p>Nook, Kobo etc here: https://<br>books2read.com/kmherkes</p><p>(DRM-free where possible) </p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookpromo/" rel="tag">#BookPromo</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#hopepunk</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

The covers of seven books by K. M. Herkes shown against a green background with blossoming cherry branches.
The book titles are: Rough Passages, The Sharp Edge Of Yesterday, Relics From A Traveling Show, Controlled Descent, Flight Plan, Weaving In The Ends, and Novices.
Various included tropes are shown as if falling down around the book covers:
chosen family
heists
hopepunk
science fiction
fantasy
short stories
romance
novels
disability rep
feisty heroines
superpowers
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<p>Chapter 5 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 speaks face to face with the Empress of the Northwestern Empire, to seek permission to travel and collect pieces of Kurg.</p><p>However, she's uncomfortable with her bargaining position, for once, because the Empress could ask for almost anything...</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>The Smashwords Read-an-Ebook sale has started — which is very convenient timing for anyone maybe looking around for alternatives to Amazon right now.</p><p>There’s heaps of DRM-free indie books on sale or even free for the next week:<br><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/shelves/pro</span><span class="invisible">mos</span></a></p><p>Mine are here, all 50% off (making them the massive investment of US$2 to try out) for escapist queer romantic fantasy fun:<br><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><br>All proceeds to Ukraine 🇺🇦 <br>Content warnings on my website: <a href="https://wendypalmer.au/content-warnings/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="wendypalmer.au/content-warnings/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wendypalmer.au/content-warning</span><span class="invisible">s/</span></a></p><p>There’ll be plenty of other <a href="/tags/mastoauthors/" rel="tag">#MastoAuthors</a> on sale there too (feel free to tag yourselves).</p><p>Give it a browse, you might discover your next favourite writer</p><p>@bookstodon @indieauthors <a href="/tags/booksale/" rel="tag">#BookSale</a> <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#ebooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/queerromance/" rel="tag">#QueerRomance</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthors/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthors</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a></p>

An extension of the usual Smashwords Read-an-Ebook orange and grey advertising banner, which is those words plus a cartoon woman reading on her phone. This one adds an ereader with a pile of physical books stacked atop it (cartoon still), and some words about discovering new indie authors, getting DRM-free, great discounts - the point being a fantastic opportunity to stock up.

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<p>Ebook: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheMostPowerfulWords" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/TheMostPowerfulWords"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/TheMostPowerful</span><span class="invisible">Words</span></a><br>Audiobook: <a href="https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/short-of-tyme-the-most-powerful-words" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/short-of-tyme-the-most-powerful-words"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/sh</span><span class="invisible">ort-of-tyme-the-most-powerful-words</span></a></p><p>Hungry and hunting alone, a goblin boy meets a bouncing, blue slime and assumes it will be dinner. Naturally, the slime has other ideas, and the boy gets his hind-end handed to him by what’s supposed to be one of the weakest monsters of the forest.</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/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/goblin/" rel="tag">#goblin</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/prejudice/" rel="tag">#prejudice</a></p>

(Left) The cover of The Most Powerful Words, by Owen Tyme, which consists of a temperate forest path in twilight, with a tree on the right side, which hangs over the path. At the base of the tree is a translucent, blue slime monster, with shiny, black eyes that give it a somewhat cute appearance, while the shadow that's visible at its base almost looks like a big mouth. The air has an almosty golden look, because there's a hint of fog in it. The cover is framed with beveled stone.

(Right) The background is a bookcase with three shelves that are filled with old-looking books. Some have bookmark ribbons that stick off the edge, adding a little color. The books are largely brown, with ribbed spines. The following quote is laid over it:

“There are words so powerful, they can shake the foundations of reality or alter the fate of the world.”

“The most powerful words of all can change a man’s heart and mind about old, incorrect beliefs.”

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

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<p>Chapter 7 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>With Nina gone, Lara decides to begin training with something akin to show and tell, giving the recruits a chance to explain their choice of weapons.</p><p>She starts with the smart-mouthed fellow, who has the greatest assortment of oddities, ranging from crosses to "witch-killer" bullets.</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>PSA: This newly released <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> book is only $0.99 right now, and the preview looks pretty cool. Haven’t read it yet, but I grabbed a copy. <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="https://www.amazon.com/Witch-Wall-Book-Quinn-Hogshead-ebook/dp/B0FY3TBT7C" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.amazon.com/Witch-Wall-Book-Quinn-Hogshead-ebook/dp/B0FY3TBT7C"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.amazon.com/Witch-Wall-Book</span><span class="invisible">-Quinn-Hogshead-ebook/dp/B0FY3TBT7C</span></a></p>

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<p>Chapter 37 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>Since the other arches and the Ashen Blades are conspiring against him, Pride decides he needs an ally and reaches out to one of the oldest and most politically powerful demons he knows: Lady Oz'gozod of the Inquisitor's Office.</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>Huzzah! Enchanting the Fae Queen is out in North America today, & I've written about it here: <a href="https://www.stephanieburgis.com/2026/01/enchanting-the-fae-queen/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.stephanieburgis.com/2026/01/enchanting-the-fae-queen/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.stephanieburgis.com/2026/0</span><span class="invisible">1/enchanting-the-fae-queen/</span></a></p><p>I can't wait for you all to watch my mischievous fae queen and stoic, noble general spar their way through a lethal fae tournament to true love!</p><p>..And if you'd like, you can skip straight ahead to ordering the book before/instead of reading the blog entry!</p><p>Grab the US edition here: <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250359612/enchantingthefaequeen/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="us.macmillan.com/books/9781250359612/enchantingthefaequeen/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us.macmillan.com/books/9781250</span><span class="invisible">359612/enchantingthefaequeen/</span></a></p><p>and the UK edition here: <a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/stephanie-burgis/enchanting-the-fae-queen/9781035063031" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.panmacmillan.com/authors/stephanie-burgis/enchanting-the-fae-queen/9781035063031"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.panmacmillan.com/authors/s</span><span class="invisible">tephanie-burgis/enchanting-the-fae-queen/9781035063031</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a></p>

The illustrated cover for Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war.
Around and beneath the cover image is this text, connected by arrows to different parts of the cover image: She's a scandalous seductress; he's famously moral, virtuous and chaste; “Yes, I may kill him, but I’ll kill anyone else who tries”; Enemies to lovers; out now.

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<p><a href="https://books2read.com/u/bPAjVA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/u/bPAjVA</a></p><p>What if the map *were* the territory? In the Imperium, map keepers make it so, drawing the realm into shape one map at a time. Follow Jali as her destiny takes her from her family inn to the Great Keep of map makers, the wilds of the steppes, and the imperial palace.</p><p>Now available as ebook or paperback (B&N).</p><p><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

Cover for the novel "The Keeper of Maps" by Mary Holstege. A map showing topographic contours coloured in shades of tan, desert colours. There are various symbols and paths in maroon. The font is vaguely Arabic in style.

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/JigsawCity" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/JigsawCity</a></p><p>Nicole’s brain is slowly being taken over by an ancient, magical artifact, a small fragment of a magic city. She seeks a cure, before the city can destroy her sanity and then eventually, take her life by replacing her mind. Racing against time, she gathers pieces of the city, hoping to find an answer among 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 Jigsaw City, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a futuristic city of sky scrapers covered in greenery, with water ways in place of some streets. The background has been divided by dark lines that cut it up, into a jigsaw puzzle.

The foreground is a hexagonal coin with an indentation in the center that follows the same shape, with raised lines forming a hexagram in the center, which has a smaller one turned at a ninety-degree angle inside the hexagon at the center of it. The smaller hexagram has another inside it, a pattern that repeats until the lines become so fine and indistinct, they blend together.

(Right) There's a pool of lava at the base of a rocky slope, with some sharp rocks sticking upward out of it and the following text over the top:

“I’m immune to heat and fire. I can easily carry and protect one of you…”

“Ye’d need to deliver an army to make a difference, not one person!”

“I *am* an army.”

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

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<p>The Immortal Gifts Podcast! <a href="https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/02/02/the-immortal-gifts-podcast/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/02/02/the-immortal-gifts-podcast/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.katherinevillyard.com/2026</span><span class="invisible">/02/02/the-immortal-gifts-podcast/</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> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/immortalgifts/" rel="tag">#ImmortalGifts</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a></p>

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<p>📚 Carl's Doomsday Scenario by: Matt Dinniman</p><p>The aliens have come, and they've transformed Earth into a multilevel, video game–like dungeon. It's the newest season of the galaxy's most watched game show, Dungeon Crawler World. Now on the third floor, Carl and Donut have to fight harder than ever. They've already proven that a Coast Guard ve...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/carls-doomsday-scenario" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/carls-doomsday-scenario"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/carls-doom</span><span class="invisible">sday-scenario</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>

The aliens have come, and they've transformed Earth into a multilevel, video game–like dungeon. It's the newest season of the galaxy's most watched game show, Dungeon Crawler World. Now on the third floor, Carl and Donut have to fight harder than ever. They've already proven that a Coast Guard vet and once-and-forever feline royalty are an almost unstoppable team. Their ratings are off the charts. Viewers can't get enough. But the dungeon gets more dangerous each day, and now there’s a whole new problem to deal with: Quests.

They call it the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity. But these streets are far from abandoned. An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered women rain from the sky. An ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose. Can Carl and Donut solve the mystery in time?

And can Carl finally find some pants?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, Join Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they fight fantastical creatures and deadly mobs to make it to the next level and build the kind of fan following the dungeon masters can’t ignore in the second book in the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition.

"Greetings, Crawlers! The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin".

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<p>Elise</p><p><a href="/tags/elise/" rel="tag">#elise</a> <a href="/tags/fireemblem/" rel="tag">#fireemblem</a> <a href="/tags/loli/" rel="tag">#loli</a> <a href="/tags/cunny/" rel="tag">#cunny</a> <a href="/tags/nsfw/" rel="tag">#nsfw</a> <a href="/tags/lolicon/" rel="tag">#lolicon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a></p>

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