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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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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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130d

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...

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130d

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?

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(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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132d

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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…

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(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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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...

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131d

Ebook 25% off on Itch.io: https://owentyme.itch.io/legacy-of-newts
Also in other stores: https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts

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…

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(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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131d

Kickstarter! https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2025/11/03/kickstarter-2/ #fantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon

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A Review of A Visit From Naughty Claus: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-a-visit-from-naughty-claus/

#Books #Christmas #BookReview #Fantasy #Poetry

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131d

@bookstodon I just discovered The Library Ladder https://m.youtube.com/c/thelibraryladder
A youtuber (also with a substack) talking about, mostly but not exclusively, SFF authors and books. Knowledgeable and calm, pretty nice to listen to. A little different from many other YouTubers.

Do you have any suggestions for interesting people talking or writing about Science fiction or Fantasy?
#bookstodon #SciFi #Fantasy

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93d

Chapter 38 of Stone Prophet is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city

With most of the city evacuated, Nicole tries to convince Dalmas to leave, and eventually convinces him to accept being told why via telepathy.

She shares her plan and the dwarf leaves, then Nicole radios Olyna, to continue the hostage negotiations...

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131d

@neve thank you for hosting the #writephant bi-monthly check-in, very useful timing for me at the transition from one project to the next 😊

I write fantasy with romance, mostly queer. My next book is out November 16 and features the ghosts of Hampton Court Palace, a Maremma named Max, and a friends-to-lovers gay romance.

Might be on preorder at your favourite retailer, definitely will be available on #KoboPlus, #Everand and #Hoopla, and you can always ask for it at your library.

Or you can get it right now directly from me: https://payhip.com/b/A3P2i

And receive a free 2026 calendar featuring public-domain nineteenth-century artworks illustrating relevant book quotes.

Read about all my books here: https://wendypalmer.au/

#books #reading #fantasy #gayRomance #indieAuthor #historicals #ReadingCommunity @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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127d

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

On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called 'Harbingers of Doom', creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?

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

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

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

(Right) A poem, in two parts, on a background of the stars of space, with a moon between the two parts:

Witch and wizard fight,
The wizard thinks he’s right.
The grudge match ends,
But not quite as friends.
Survive the night they must,
Lest all the world be dust.

Prophesy foretold in stone,
Of the moon no one had known.
‘Harbingers of Doom’ harvest souls,
For the sake of their own goals.
A kingdom dead and long past
Collecting that it might rise at last.

Between the two halves of the poem is Owen Tyme's publishing mark, the yin and yang symbol that has the dots of white and black replaced with hourglasses.

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

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129d

My CONjuration Panels! let me show you them! https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2025/11/05/my-conjuration-panels-let-me-show-you-them/ #fantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon

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Looking for some soft, comfy reading to ring out this hard old year? You're sure to find something delightful in my whimsical fantasy story collection. Elves, gargoyles, mischievous young magicians, heroic aunties, brave doggo, and much more.
#fantasy #wizards #monsters #fae #witches #sorcery #elves #heroines #FoundFamily #GoodBooks #reading #writing #AmReading #FediBookfair @bookstodon
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK2DG8T8
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Bookshop
https://bookshop.org/p/books/relics-from-a-traveling-show-k-m-herkes/0abf2118b4e0a1c2?

3D mockups of a paperback and ebook for Relics From a Traveling Show by K. M. Herkes on a green background with dancing gingerbread figures wearing top hats in the foreground and strings of vintage holiday bulbs hanging overhead. The cover of the book shows a figure in a green and blue traveling cloak, shown from the rear, seated at a desk gazing out an arched window at a carnival tent bathed in sunset light. The figure has short brown hair, and they are petting the ears of a dog sitting beside them. The dog's mouth is open in a happy doggy grin. An eldritch lamp decorates the desk, beside a binder labeled "DPS Orientation Guide." At the left stands a tall bookshelf filled with artifacts, books, and knickknacks. A bonsai tree sits on the windowsill, and a pair of sinister glowing eyes lurk in the shadows behind the chair.

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129d

📚 Alchemised by: SenLinYu

"What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save.”

Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner—of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilit...

https://bookblabla.com/book/alchemised

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"What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save.”

Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner—of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.

In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia’s new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive.

According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance’s final gambit?

To uncover the memories buried deep within her mind, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate, Helena’s fight—to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self—is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets Helena must unearth, whatever the cost.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromanc

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126d

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

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.

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(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 Background) 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.

(Right Foreground) She sacrificed her life,
To save everyone from strife.
Feather against the heart,
Not knowing does really smart.

The necromancer calls,
And it really galls.
Dead, but not forgotten,
She thinks the necromancer’s rotten.

Judgment day delayed,
So she could use her blade.
In agony of soul,
Good or evil is this troll?

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

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126d

I've finished: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Narrated by the wonderful Bahni Turpin

I thought I was getting a new angle on the vampire trope, I got so much more.

The Southern Book Club's Guide isn't a fantasy where the protagonists are gifted the tools they need to beat the evil power.

It is about a group of housewives, with the their talents, background and idiosyncrasies facing a malevolent supernatural force while hampered by their marginalized position in society.

The Southern Book Club's Guide placed most other fantasy I've read in perspective. The fantasy isn't just about the worlds the stories take place in. It is that these worlds also contain the special powers necessary to win the day.

This isn't escapism, it's realism and it hit me hard. Most of the horror is about existing as a woman in a white man's world.

Oh, the gaSsliGhting, SO MUCH GASSLIGHTING!

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fd616997-43d2-4170-8eba-05c09578a5a1

@bookstodon @audiobooks #fantasy #vampires #feminism #amReading #bookstodon #AudioBooks

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128d

Chapter 23 of Stone Prophet is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city

Nicole retrieves the next piece of the Seventh Sage, then takes a moment to deal with her feelings, in hr quarters.

As she cries about the lives she's taken, the Life Giver appears beside her...

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128d

Book Review: A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo
A deeply unsettling addition to the series, bringing the connecting thread of food up to the forefront of the story.
@chloroform_tea has our review at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/book-review-mouthful-of-dust-by-nghi-vo.html

@bookstodon #bookstodon #fantasy #books #review

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129d

BCS #445 ebook is out early today at @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, w stories by thirteen-time BCS author @MarissaLingen and new one David Marino, behind cover art by Bruce Brenneise.

(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 a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium. Thank you!)

https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-445/
https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-445-ebook/dp/B0FYNFV9J4/
#fantasy #sff #ebook #litmag

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128d

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

Spies, aliens, trolls, wizards and a disowned prince use a time machine, to improve their place in history, but Levi Jacobs, stands in their way, despite having just lost his parents in war. Will he stop them or will the time travelers kill his father at a pivotal moment, on which the fate of the galaxy hangs?

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(Left) The cover of The Third Wish, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

A wizard in a black robe that glitters with hints of gold stands on a mountain and looks down at a city of sky scrapers covered in greenery. In his shadow lurks a creature with glowing red eyes.

In the background, the sun is setting and stars are becoming visible.

(Right Background) A table prepared for cooking, including some chopped green vegetables and a bowl of grated cheese.

(Right Foreground) Loosely mix the following in a bowl:
1 deposed prince
1 spy/scientist
1 spy/wizard
2 troll serial killers
1 alien pirate
Hatred of the current timeline
1 time machine

In separate bowl, place:
1 young wizard (bottom of bowl)
Weight of the World (on top)

Apply downward pressure to weight of world.
Add contents of first bowl.
Observe at safe distance.

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

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Chapter 24 of Stone Prophet is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city

Nicole faces a most difficult challenge: politics.

The Heart Forge council refuses her request to visit the old penal colony, leading to an angry outburst in the bridge of Jigsaw City.

She decides to visit with the council, in person, and she brings Ogomid, who terrifies them...

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A Review of Amina: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-amina/

#Fantasy #BookReview #Books

Book cover for Amina by P.B. Cannon. Image on cover is a watercolour painting of a woman with long white hair dancing in the forest. She’s wearing a light blue dress.

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