fantasy

31d

50% off @ #Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1821081

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…

@bookstodon #author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks

(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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📚 The King's Captive by: K. M. Shea

I can turn into a housecat.It's a fun magic, except in a world filled with vampires and werewolves, it doesn't exactly make me a powerhouse. Instead, the supernatural community has classified me as an outcast, which means one thing: picking on me is open season all day, every day.The local fae a...

https://bookblabla.com/book/the-kings-captive

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #fantasy #generalfiction #romance #general

I can turn into a housecat.It's a fun magic, except in a world filled with vampires and werewolves, it doesn't exactly make me a powerhouse. Instead, the supernatural community has classified me as an outcast, which means one thing: picking on me is open season all day, every day.The local fae are the worst of all, and it's during one of their regular "capture the cat-girl" sessions that I shift into my cat form and meet HIM for the first time.Noctus is so powerful his magic radiates off him like a sun, and my fae captors can barely look in his general direction. And then my life gets even more terrifying when Noctus decides to take me with him. As a pet.Why did he pick today to "adopt don't shop" a cat?It gets worse when I realize he's an elf, a ruling race of supernaturals that was supposedly killed off centuries ago.But he's not just any elf, no. He's an elven king, with heaps of secrets to protect. Secrets that I am quickly learning since he includes his new pet in everything from breaking into buildings to inspect classified paperwork to tracking down sketchy supernaturals.All this means if he gets even a hint that I'm not a real cat, I'm going to find out firsthand how elves treat their prisoners.So, escaping Noctus is priority #1. How hard can it be? (Answer: very.)

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If you're a little tired of the same old, same old in fantasy, I invite you to check out the bundle I curated: Fantasy off the Beaten Track.

It has some dark fantasy, some SciFantasy, some really strange tales - but they are all different from the standard fantasy fare.

Take a look here:
https://books.bookfunnel.com/fantasyoffthebeatentrack/dgkn51wbps

Of course, you'll find two of my books in there, and one is even free!

Also, I'd be very grateful if you could share.

#Fantasy
#Reading

Promotional image for the BookFunnel bundle Fantasy Off the Beaten Track.

The image shows an Mayan pyramid (in Chichen Itza) with one of the staircases in full display. It is totally dominating the image. The background shows a sky with clouds and a landscape of hills.

The text reads:
Fantasy off the Beaten Path
Find something new and exciting to read!

November 1st - November 30th

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Looking for your next favorite Kickstarter to back? Fantasy and dark fantasy books over here: https://books.bookfunnel.com/fantasydarkkickstarter/3mvyoi29id

#books #fantasy #kickstarter @books @Books@mstdn.social @bookstodon

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71d

finished reading A Court of Thorns and Roses 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
by Sarah Maas.

My first foray into #romantasy. The plot is so-so (humans vs faeries, love & intrigue) but finishes strongly. The romance is weak - it's never clear why she loves the faerie lord, except for his sexy man-beastiness. Hopefully this is not the best the genre has to offer.

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #Fantasy #Romance

@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de

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ICYMI, my new gothic fantasy rom-com novella, A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience, is available to preorder now! It's coming out on August 5th at every standard retailer (or you can subscribe to my Patreon to read it on July 1st).

Preorder now: https://books2read.com/undeadinconvenience

Or subscribe to my Patreon at the Dragon Ruler level to read it early (& snap up all the ebooks already available that way): https://patreon.com/stephanieburgis

#fantasy #romance

In the center of the image (which has as background of lush crimson rose blossoms) is the front cover of Stephanie Burgis’s A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience, which shows an ominously closed entrance-gate at the top of the cover and a bat with its wings outspread at the bottom, all framed by climbing roses. Four arrows point at the cover with four chunks of text, reading: “Beauty and the Beast, but he’s a vampire” “She’s brilliant, and he loves it” “Tea is very important” and “She *really* loves libraries.” At the bottom is a link to Steph’s Patreon, patreon.com/stephanieburgis

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71d

It's the Fedi Book Fair this weekend. Follow the hashtag for book posts from lots of fediverse indie authors (or filter it to avoid the posts).

My books are mostly low-key fantasy with queer romance. Find out more at https://wendypalmer.au

You’ll find them at all your favourite ebook retailers and online bookstores. And also at libraries, Hoopla, or your Kobo or Everand subscriptions.

This weekend, the ebooks are 25% off direct from me (via Payhip):
https://payhip.com/WendyPalmer

And at Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer

***

As as a special bonus just for the #FediBookFair, I've made my new release, officially released 16 November, available direct:
https://payhip.com/b/A3P2i

It comes with a free 2026 calendar featuring relevant public-domain nineteenth-century artworks :)

#books #reading #fantasy #gayromance #indieAuthor #historicals #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #SelfPromo
@bookstodon

Cover of Grace & Favour. Blue and brass-yellow colours predominant. The title is in fancy font at the top, and there's what looks like a photo portrait in an ornate frame, of two men, one in a top hat, one holding a pocket watch, and a large white dog. In the background of the photo (actually a daguerreotype, but anachronistically in colour), there is the faint impression of a woman, transparent...you could say, almost ghostly...

Mood board for Grace & Favour. Has a painting by Turner (a watercolour of Hampton Court Palace from across the river), a daguerreotype in a case, a ghost postcard, a Scots phrasebook, and a big picture of Max, a Maremma livestock guard dog, big, white and fluffy.

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I've finished: Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

I learned something about myself when reading Lessons in Magic and Disaster.

I can read about wars and horrible dystopias and keep my distance. But a book about an LGBTQ family that is suffering from bullying as well as having it's own internal tensions is triggering for me. In 2025 this hits to close to home.

I had to find less stressful moments during the week to open this novel. I'm glad I stuck with it to its magical ending.

I love novels where the main character is researching a subject that illuminates the narrative.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/45a4a25f-74d4-4a09-aa55-df1c276dce1c

@bookstodon @audiobooks #fantasy #lgbtq #bookstodon #amReading #AudioBook

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72d

📚 The World Jones Made by: Philip K. Dick

Precognition; a world ruled by Relativism; giant alien jellyfish. The World Jones Made is a classic Philip K. Dick mash-up, taking deep philosophical musings and infusing them with wild action.

Floyd Jones has always been able to see exactly one year into his future...

https://bookblabla.com/book/the-world-jones-made

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #fantasy #historicalfiction #humorousfiction #arthurianfiction

Precognition; a world ruled by Relativism; giant alien jellyfish. The World Jones Made is a classic Philip K. Dick mash-up, taking deep philosophical musings and infusing them with wild action.

Floyd Jones has always been able to see exactly one year into his future, a gift and curse that began one year before he was even born. As a fortune-teller at a post-apocalyptic carnival, Jones is a powerful force, and may just be able to force society away from its paralyzing Relativism. If, that is, he can avoid the radioactively unstable government hitman on his tail.

PHILIP K. DICK (1928 1982) wrote 121 short stories and 45 novels and is considered one of the most visionary authors of the twentieth century. His work is included in the Library of America and has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Eleven works have been adapted to film, including Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly.

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70d

More #FediBookFair

Here's a pair of my fantasy books set in the Vaer world, where Vikings got themselves organised faster than the Romans did...

Both feature gay romance and murder, not necessarily in that order.

Read more about them at https://wendypalmer.au/#vaer

Available everywhere, including #Hoopla and #KoboPlus, and 25% off all weekend at Smashwords and direct:

https://payhip.com/WendyPalmer

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer

Follow the #FediBookFair hashtags for books by lots of indie writers this weekend (mute if not interested).

#books #fantasy #GayRomance #ReadingCommunity
@bookstodon

Info graphic for Little Wolf and the Witch. It's Feilan (Little Wolf, the Vaer) vs the Witch (Remy, the love interest). First phrase is Feilan; second phrase is Remy.

Isn't a barbarian, won't hunt monsters. / Isn't a witch, just a redhead.

Has friend with benefits, not (very) interested in you, thanks / And yet, have you noticed how naked I am?

What do you mean, we're married now? / Sorry, I don't make the rules...darling.

I'm still not fighting a monster for you, jolterhead. / But a poor vulnerable naif needs your help.

Fine, I'll fight the human monster for you. / Why are you glaring at my uncle like that?

Domesticated Magic info graphic, Mateo vs Jonas. First phrase is Mateo, second is Jonas.

Is a Taurasi, they've lost their homeland. / Used to be pirate, he's lost his ship.

The grumpy one - or he is merely stern and controlling? / The sunshiney one - really a proto-Stoic with so much forebearance.

Doesn't know what hit him - Jonas has weaponised charm. / Doesn't know what hit him - Mateo doesn't even realise he's armed.

And now there's murder? Can his day get worse? / Yes.

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Hooray! My gothic fantasy rom-com novella A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience is available on my Patreon NOW. Subscribe at any level from $5/month upwards to grab your ebook now - AND scoop up all the others available there. https://patreon.com/stephanieburgis

Alternately, you can preorder from any online store to have your ebook 5 weeks from today! https://books2read.com/stephanieburgis

Either way, I really hope you'll enjoy it. :)

#fantasy #romance

Out now on Patreon!
In the center of the image (which has a background of lush crimson rose blossoms) is the front cover of Stephanie Burgis’s A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience, which shows an ominously closed entrance-gate at the top of the cover and a bat with its wings outspread at the bottom, all framed by climbing roses. Four arrows point at the cover with four chunks of text, reading: “Beauty and the Beast, but he’s a vampire” “She’s brilliant, and he loves it” “Tea is very important” and “She *really* loves libraries.” At the bottom is a link to Steph’s Patreon, patreon.com/stephanieburgis

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Naomi Mitchison (née Haldane, 1897–1999) was born #OTD, 1 Nov, & saw almost every day of the #20thcentury. A hugely influential writer, with 80+ books—poetry, politics, historical novels, #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, #ChildrensLiterature & more—to her credit

A 🎂🧵

“She liked to challenge, she liked to shock, she liked to deliver the unexpected, she liked to experiment”

—Jenni Calder looks at Mitchison’s life & work

@litstudies
1/9

https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/09/25/naomi-mitchison/

#Scottish #literature #womenwriters

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72d

Book Review: The Witch of Prague by J.M. Sidorova
An intriguing magical realism novel set in the run up to the Prague Spring of 1968.
@Princejvstin has the review at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/book-review-witch-of-prague-by-jm.html

#review #fantasy #bookreview #bookstodon @bookstodon

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71d

I've finished: Lives of Bitter Rain by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Lives of Bitter Rain starts strong, as we witness Angilly's childhood trauma and see her develop her skills.

But eventually it just becomes a superfluous prequel. We learn nothing new about the world or the characters that wasn't already told or implied in Days of Shattered Faith.

I don't think there's anything here that couldn't be covered by a flashback scene or chapter in the next novel.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9f1f1427-1dd8-47a9-88bb-5fca34434f60

@bookstodon @audiobooks #fantasy #prequel #bookstodon #AudioBook

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5d

Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TheNextHorizon

Amelia and The Book of Newts are in conflict. She wants to explore her feelings. It wants to explore space, taking back the gift for mathematics and piloting it gave her. She’s left unable to plot a direct course home. She’s desperate to see the man she loves, lest she lose him forever and The Book is in her way…

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books

(Left) The cover of The Next Horizon, by Owen Tyme.

The black silhouette of a man and woman hugging and kissing. The woman has lifted one leg, while the man leans toward her. They stand atop the dark side of a planet or moon in space, which has a slim crescent along the right side. The background in the stars of space, but some have been highlighted with a heat shape that surrounds the kissing couple. Everything is in shades of blue.

(Right) Deep space, displaying the edge of an orange and blue gaseous cloud from a nebula, while most of the stars appear golden in color. Floating in space is a square, red leather book with the image of a newt stamped on the cover. Over the top of everything is the following text:

“You can back down and cooperate, right now, or Marta will hit you so hard, you should reach a tenth the speed of light…”

“No one will ever find you again, but even if someone does, there’s no way they’ll have the capacity to safely slow you down, before you’re gone to them!”

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

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71d

I've finished: Anima Rising by Christopher Moore

Christopher Moore is back with a novel that is more appealing to me, despite the very high quantity of crude sexual jokes. (I know it's Moore, but he's laying it very thick here).

I didn't connect with Sacre Bleu or his Noir novels.

Making the book about the models, the disadvantaged rather than the geniouses of the period was a great choice.

I think this will appeal to the fans of the Fool novels more than those of the Pine Cove novels.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f6fe0a2e-87df-474d-9b18-e9fd9237a381

@bookstodon @audiobooks #Fantasy #humor #ChristopherMoore #bookstodon #Audiobook

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136d

Dungeon janitor feeding the monsters.

#ttrpg #dnd #osr #illustration #art #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #artist #monster #nsr #ttrpgart #ttrpgcommunity #dungeonsAndDragons #dungeon #drawing #procreate #fantasy

Illustration of a guy feeing a giant frog monster in a cavern

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135d

artificer workshop portrait (2024)

#dnd #illustration #dungeonsanddragons #tiefling #commission #fantasy

2024 limited color dnd commission

a tiefling rocks back on the legs of a stool- consulting a tome for crafting recipes

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71d

Scary BCS, for Halloween!

"Tithe the Bones, Sell the Blood" by @aahabershaw , BCS #368:

"The cards were crisp, almost brittle in Cédric’s hands; he ran his thumbs along the corners as he shuffled, feeling where he’d marked them during the game with the same needle in his ring he’d used to draw the blood to let him keep gambling. It all came down to this hand, this moment. The moment he was going to cheat the dead at their own table."

https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/tithe-the-bones-sell-the-blood/
#fantasy #sff #shortstory

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246d

Salut ! Nouvelle #introduction

Je suis Adrian, nouveau au #Quebec.
J’ai exactement 24 à 28 ans, et je suis ( @qaqelol ❤️)

Je suis #dev, côté backend, infra et devops. Je parle sans arrêt d’Elixir mais je fais d’autres trucs parfois promis :D

Autrement, je parle de
- #gaming
- #musique
- #lecture ( #scifi et #fantasy)
- télé (on regarde #StarTrek DeepSpace 9 en ce moment)
- #jdr en tant que forever GM (mais j’aime ça)

Je toot + en français mais je boost beaucoup d’anglais :P

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67d

Chapter 22 of Stone Prophet is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city

Nicole and Krikor fight, bare-handed. Nicole has the advantages of speed and acrobatic training, while the ogre has raw strength.

As she predicted, the fight is relatively easy for Nicole, but the consequences are not and never will be...

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #actionadventure #fiction #fairies #webseries

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67d

Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TrollSong

Having an abusive assassin for a sister was bad enough, but when Lyra’s older sister, Nicole, becomes obsessed with killing the teenage troll, her life becomes a special kind of nightmare. Will she escape, or become just another victim of the unstoppable woman?

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books

(Left) The cover of Troll Song, by Owen Tyme, Illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

There's a woman in mud spattered white, leather armor crossing a pair of short swords against the neck of a terrified, shirtless dwarf.

The woman has white hair and a darker skin tone on the left side of her face. Her left eye is green and her right eye is blue.

The dwarf's hair and beard are blond.

The background is a green forest, with some flowers among the tall grass.

(Right) Text over a background of a woman in a parka standing near the exit of an ice cave.

The text lists traits of the woman from the cover, including green check marks and red 'x' marks, to mark qualities she does and does not possess:

✓ Amazing reflexes
✓ Regeneration
✓ Telepathy
✓ Incredible persistence

x Loving sister
x Sanity
x Any measure of mercy
x Stoppable

Oh, dear…

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

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69d

🐭 Embody heroic mice in tiny big adventures.
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#Mausritter #ttrpg #indiegames #roleplayinggames #rpg #osr #nsr #ttrpgcommunity #fantasy #mouse #mouseguard #npc #characterdesign #crowdfunding #backerkit #dungeon #mastoart #artist #narrative #stories #roleplayinggame #rol #juegosderol #dnd #yokai #japan #japanese

Illustration of two mice transporting a cart with nuts, a Japanese stone lantern in the back.

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50% off @ #Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1899894

Amelia and The Book of Newts are in conflict. She wants to explore her feelings. It wants to explore space, taking back the gift for mathematics it gave her. She’s unable to plot a course home, but desperate to see the man she loves, lest she lose him forever…

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks

(Left) The cover of The Next Horizon, by Owen Tyme.

The black silhouette of a man and woman hugging and kissing. The woman has lifted one leg, while the man leans toward her. They stand atop the dark side of a planet or moon in space, which has a slim crescent along the right side. The background in the stars of space, but some have been highlighted with a heat shape that surrounds the kissing couple. Everything is in shades of blue.

(Right) Deep space, displaying the edge of an orange and blue gaseous cloud from a nebula, while most of the stars appear golden in color. Floating in space is a square, red leather book with the image of a newt stamped on the cover. Over the top of everything is the following text:

“You can back down and cooperate, right now, or Marta will hit you so hard, you should reach a tenth the speed of light…”

“No one will ever find you again, but even if someone does, there’s no way they’ll have the capacity to safely slow you down, before you’re gone to them!”

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

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66d

Chapter 41 of The Next Horizon is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts

On their way south, the Blackwells stop in Macclesfield and Mrs. Maccle cries with joy. The Maccles go with them.

Amelia follows the path she once took to reach Dugaria, noting how the outlying villages have been destroyed, with holes left in buildings by her spring-gonnes...

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #actionadventure #fiction #webseries

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