fantasy

<p>🤩 My thanks to MaskedManta, the YouTube content creator responsible for introducing me to the works of fantasy writer Evangeline Walton (1907-1996). <br>I wish I had known about her and her books sooner, but I’m happily diving in and reading them now 🤓📚📕📗📘📙 <a href="/tags/evangelinewalton/" rel="tag">#EvangelineWalton</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#writer</a> <a href="/tags/mabinogiontetralogy/" rel="tag">#MabinogionTetralogy</a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/OOT7j0WbvJA?si=7geUZth-CQOCti1A" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/OOT7j0WbvJA?si=7geUZth-CQOCti1A"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/OOT7j0WbvJA?si=7geUZt</span><span class="invisible">h-CQOCti1A</span></a></p>

<p>[insert holy diver lyrics here]<br>Did a speedpaint of a zebra! Clocked this one at about 45 or 50 mins.</p><p><a href="/tags/zebra/" rel="tag">#zebra</a> <a href="/tags/equine/" rel="tag">#equine</a> <a href="/tags/furry/" rel="tag">#furry</a> <a href="/tags/digitalart/" rel="tag">#digitalart</a> <a href="/tags/artwork/" rel="tag">#artwork</a> <a href="/tags/krita/" rel="tag">#krita</a> <a href="/tags/gaertan/" rel="tag">#gaertan</a> <a href="/tags/speedpaint/" rel="tag">#speedpaint</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/anthro/" rel="tag">#anthro</a> <a href="/tags/oc/" rel="tag">#oc</a> <a href="/tags/pathfinder/" rel="tag">#pathfinder</a> <a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#dnd</a> <a href="/tags/rpg/" rel="tag">#rpg</a></p>

<p>BCS <a href="/tags/453/" rel="tag">#453</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> &amp; Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of mothers and their children by W.A. Hamilton and Justin Wesley Ferguson, behind new cover art by Silas Goewey.</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 our First Readers. Thank you!)</p><p><a href="https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-453/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-453/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">weightlessbooks.com/fiction/be</span><span class="invisible">neath-ceaseless-skies-issue-453/</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-453-ebook/dp/B0GRP4G2GD/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-453-ebook/dp/B0GRP4G2GD/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceasele</span><span class="invisible">ss-Skies-Issue-453-ebook/dp/B0GRP4G2GD/</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></p>

<p>Hey! I&#x27;ve got eight <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> and <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> available for sale. Six of them are <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> collections; two are novels.</p><p>You can get <a href="/tags/drmfree/" rel="tag">#DRMfree</a> copies at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop</a></p><p>Or you can find them through your favorite vendor at <a href="https://books2read.com/ap/ng21bz/Steve-DeGroof" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/ap/ng21bz/Steve-DeGroof"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/ap/ng21bz/Steve</span><span class="invisible">-DeGroof</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/shamelessselfpromo/" rel="tag">#ShamelessSelfPromo</a></p>

<p>Chapter 16 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 takes center stage for the dress rehearsal of the command performance, but she has an odd little ache in her neck, the whole time...</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>

<p>The Immortal Gifts Podcast: Episode 8 <a href="https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/16/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-8/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/16/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-8/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.katherinevillyard.com/2026</span><span class="invisible">/03/16/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-8/</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/audio/" rel="tag">#audio</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/immortalgifts/" rel="tag">#ImmortalGifts</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a></p>

<p>One of these is better than the others... you know the one I mean 😁 </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="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <br>@worldbuilding <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop</p><p><a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a><br><a href="/tags/fantasymemes/" rel="tag">#FantasyMemes</a> <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#Worldbuilding</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/low/" rel="tag">#Low</a> <a href="/tags/high/" rel="tag">#High</a> <a href="/tags/epic/" rel="tag">#Epic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/opera/" rel="tag">#Opera</a> <a href="/tags/hard/" rel="tag">#Hard</a> <a href="/tags/cottagecore/" rel="tag">#CottageCore</a> <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#SolarPunk</a> <a href="/tags/comedic/" rel="tag">#Comedic</a> <a href="/tags/whatever/" rel="tag">#Whatever</a> <a href="/tags/givemeallyouvegot/" rel="tag">#GiveMeAllYouveGot</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a></p>

<p>Chapter 42 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>Umak hand-delivers a wax stamped and sealed letter from Kazic, which Nicole is quite excited to read, because it&#x27;s a formal invitation to some mysterious event...</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>

<p>Chapter 1 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>Back in 1922, Silver Dollar wakes in Hell, after a particular half-demon smashed her skull.</p><p>After learning her operations on Earth have been destroyed by the same, she contacts her master, to report her failure.</p><p>He gives her a new assignment, which chills the demon woman to the bone...</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>

<p>“Novels like LANARK do what all the best art does: awaken your imaginative capacities without swallowing them whole. It does not give you answers, but it does give you the right questions.”</p><p>—Stephen Durkan: “LANARK: an escape to reality” </p><p><a href="https://stephendurkan.wordpress.com/2021/02/25/lanark-an-escape-to-reality/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="stephendurkan.wordpress.com/2021/02/25/lanark-an-escape-to-reality/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stephendurkan.wordpress.com/20</span><span class="invisible">21/02/25/lanark-an-escape-to-reality/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/alasdairgray/" rel="tag">#AlasdairGray</a> <a href="/tags/grayday/" rel="tag">#GrayDay</a> <a href="/tags/lanark/" rel="tag">#Lanark</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a></p>

<p>Chapter 2 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>Verda Bagley, the leader of the Order of Ash and Smoke, interrogates Ulmoch, getting some disturbing answers she didn&#x27;t expected, regarding Silver Dollar having gained serious political power in Hell, on top of the ability to see the future...</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>

<p>📚 A Parade of Horribles by: Matt Dinniman</p><p>As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.</p><p>Races. Get from point A to point B, and don&#x27;t come i...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/a-parade-of-horribles" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/a-parade-of-horribles"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/a-parade-o</span><span class="invisible">f-horribles</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> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a></p>

<p>A Review of Interruptions: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-interruptions/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-interruptions/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-in</span><span class="invisible">terruptions/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</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>“The Delusions fizzes with impatience, invention and humour… The values of the afterlife seem delusory, a spectacle managed by shady overlords. As below, so above.”</p><p>—M. John Harrison reviews Jenni Fagan’s new novel THE DELUSIONS, set in a failing anteroom to eternity – “a cross between Heathrow security the day before Christmas and a job centre on a damp Monday somewhere in Wolverhampton”</p><p>@bookstodon </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/17/the-delusions-by-jenni-fagan-review-an-afterlife-of-queues-and-bureaucracy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/17/the-delusions-by-jenni-fagan-review-an-afterlife-of-queues-and-bureaucracy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2026</span><span class="invisible">/mar/17/the-delusions-by-jenni-fagan-review-an-afterlife-of-queues-and-bureaucracy</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#satire</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/afterlife/" rel="tag">#afterlife</a></p>

<p>I’m number one! <a href="https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/21/im-number-one/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/21/im-number-one/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.katherinevillyard.com/2026</span><span class="invisible">/03/21/im-number-one/</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/immortalgifts/" rel="tag">#ImmortalGifts</a></p>

<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>

<p>I&#x27;ve just finished a reread of Jingo by Terry Pratchett </p><p>First of all this is one instance where I enjoyed the new audio edition. </p><p>But most of all I&#x27;m so sorry we don&#x27;t have Vimes to come and arrest the leaders of this war and Vetinarri to bamboozle everyone into a diplomatic solution. </p><p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6e230660-0fb7-454f-a7b3-199ad0d4044f" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="app.thestorygraph.com/books/6e230660-0fb7-454f-a7b3-199ad0d4044f"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.thestorygraph.com/books/6e</span><span class="invisible">230660-0fb7-454f-a7b3-199ad0d4044f</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> @audiobooks <a href="/tags/terrypratchett/" rel="tag">#TerryPratchett</a> <a href="/tags/speakhisname/" rel="tag">#SpeakHisName</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#satire</a> <a href="/tags/antiwar/" rel="tag">#AntiWar</a></p>

<p>Free book! <a href="https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/20/free-book/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/20/free-book/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.katherinevillyard.com/2026</span><span class="invisible">/03/20/free-book/</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/freebook/" rel="tag">#FreeBook</a> <a href="/tags/immortalgifts/" rel="tag">#ImmortalGifts</a></p>

<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>

<p>Hello, Fediverse!<br>I write books. Science fiction &amp; fantasy. Sometimes in the same book. <br>Choose between a gritty near-future hopepunk series, a series about midlife superpowers, &amp; a short story collection (sampler pack FTW!)</p><p>DRM-free ebooks w/discounts: <a href="https://kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1</a><br>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><br>Kobo, B&amp;N &amp; more, incl. print &amp; audio: <a href="https://books2read.com/kmherkes" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/kmherkes</a></p><p>Or request for your library via Biblioboard, Hoopla or Libby</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#Thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheThirdWish" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheThirdWish</a></p><p>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?</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>

<p>Chapter 11 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>Ulmoch is used to demonstrate the physical durability of demons, using more of Shaw&#x27;s weapons, but the masochist demon treats the lesson like a romantic overture, enjoying the pain.</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>

<p>&quot;Unicorn Variation&quot; by Roger Zelazny and Rene Auberjonois (1981) is a brilliant performance of one of Zelazny&#x27;s sillier short stories. This post will be an indulgent one filled with nostalgia and rambling. If you prefer my usual short and concise posts, please come back tomorrow.</p><p><a href="https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/unicorn_variation.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/unicorn_variation.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comm</span><span class="invisible">ents_03/unicorn_variation.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#ShortStory</a> <br><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>25% off @ Smashwrods: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1657116" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1657116"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1657116</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>

<p>Live right now in BCS <a href="/tags/451/" rel="tag">#451</a> Science-Fantasy Month 8: &quot;To Atone for Evil&quot; by Megan Chee.</p><p>&quot;I understand her. If I were in her position, robbed of my wings and trapped on the ground, I would roar my rage into the sky, rampage into the village and kill everyone I see. I would do anything for a chance to fly again, even seek the help of an enemy. Isn’t that what you were trying to teach me? That thing you call empathy?” </p><p><a href="https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/to-atone-for-evil/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/to-atone-for-evil/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.co</span><span class="invisible">m/stories/to-atone-for-evil/</span></a><br><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantast/" rel="tag">#sciencefantast</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a></p>