When they said "AI will increase productivity" I didn't realize they meant "AI code will crash the social media networks on which I procrastinate, forcing me to actually do my job"

Genre Eligibility Genre Requirements & Romance: your central plot needs to be Fantasy or SciFi or a genre mashup which includes Fantasy and or SciFi. Books where the central plot is a romance (and the SciFi/ Fantasy elements are mere backdrop to it are, alas not a good fit for this blog. Books with romantic subplots are ok, so long as there's a Fantasy/ SciFi or subgenre of either main plot. Eg. Ready Player One, SciFi with a romance arc where both LI's are also saving the (future) world from a SciFi villain would be fine. Rep Eligibility Minimum Rep Requirement: Queer inclusive and normative Fantasy and SciFi. (Meaning at the very least you have queer side characters. And characters in your book do not expect everyone to be cis/ het -your book is not cis-het normative. Cis/ het and queer authors are all welcome.) Especially welcome: Queer main characters -especially trans- especially written by queer/ trans authors! Bonus Rep: found family/ friendship group rep. Disability -including neurodivergent- rep, and -if your books is set on Earth- cultural and ethnic diversity. Categories Eligible: YA and Adult Fiction, short stories, novellas and full length novels.

Fantasy & SciFi Authors Selling Direct,
It seems we need direct sales visibility, so I'm setting up a blog (inclu. small press) to share our stores!

See the screenshot for eligibility. Q's welcome!

If you're not on my Author Discord, I'm happy to DM you the sign up form. It'll be open 3+ months.

in other words, d2d says fuck you if you're poor

Understanding D2D's Activation and Maintenance Fees - Draft2Digital | Blog A brief explanation of D2D's activation and maintenance fees, which accounts are subject to them, and what this means for you.

Draft2Digital just dropped the news on their blog that they'll be charging everybody who sells less than a hundred dollars a year a maintenance fee.

Note, they already make a commission off of every sale.

draft2digital.com/blog/underst...

I've been working hard with @scyllapublishing.bsky.social and we're delighted to announce our title for the upcoming submission call for the sapphic goddesses and monsters anthology you've all been waiting for!! 🥳👏🎉

Please do share & comment if you were initially interested in this pitch.

Sale page: https://indiebook.sale

Itch Bundles:
Fantasy 2: itch.io/b/3630/narra...
Mid-range novels: itch.io/b/3634/narra...

Author store: payhip.com/chiefwrit...

meme of two buff men doing the 'bro' handshake with captions over their arms. text over the left arm reads "buying the Narratess itch.io bundles." text over the right arm reads "buying direct from author websites." text in the middle over the two men's hands reads "supporting indie authors."

buy books, support indie authors

one day left to save $$$ on adding to your TBR

uhhhh what else idk i still haven't figured out this marketing thing so have an unfunny meme and some links 👇

#NarratessIndieSale #BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚

Multiple colorful book cover graphics. There are 29 books on the list. At the bottom reads "Indie Book Sale, indiebook.sale, fantasy, sci-fi, & horror, 11-13 April. Itch.io Bundle, science-fiction, 19 books for $25"

Who doesn't love a little sci-fi? Probably everyone following me likes it, right? I saw all y'all showing genuine excitement about Artemis, I KNOW you like sci-fi. 🌖 🤖🪐 Get 19 sci-fi books for just $25 during the #NarratessIndieSale happening right now! itch.io/b/3627/narra...

#SciFi #IndieAuthor

LETS GOOOOOOOO IM SO EXCITED

a promotional image for the scylla publishing anthology themed around goddesses and monsters. Picture shows an illustration of the Norse goddess HEL with the words Goddesses & Monsters, Sapphic Anthology, Submissions call coming soon!

I see a lot of you newly liking the above post and,

Yes! This is the sapphic anthology pitch that has officially been picked up by @scyllapublishing.bsky.social

Anthology title reveal and submission call to come April 14th. I couldn’t be more excited by this collaboration!

A sale graphic for the narratess mid-range novels bundle with the covers of all the books featured and a sale banner at the bottom. text reads: indie book sale. indiebook.sale. fantasy, sci-fi & horror. 11 - 13 April. itch.io bundle, fantasy 2, 35 books for $35

A sale graphic for the narratess mid-range novels bundle with the covers of all the books featured and a sale banner at the bottom. text reads: indie book sale. indiebook.sale. fantasy, sci-fi & horror. 11 - 13 April. itch.io bundle, mid-range novels, 47 books for $50

Autistic SFF (+ a lil romance & more) itch.io bundle. 34 works by autistic authors, many with autistic main & side characters. Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, romance, and more in novels, novellas, and short stories. April 1st - April 14th https://itch.io/b/3598/autistic-sff-a-lil-romance-more

if you like bundle deals this sale weekend I gotchu covered too

autistic SFF (+romance), not affiliated with Narratess: itch.io/b/3598/autis...
Narratess fantasy 2: itch.io/b/3630/narra...
Narratess mid-range novels: itch.io/b/3634/narra...

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚

My cyberpunk novel Lonely Nights on High Rooftops is part of the Indie Book Sale! 🖤

If you're into gritty sci-fi, AI, and grief-driven revenge stories — now’s the time

$0.99 until April 13
🔗 books2read.com/lonelynights...
+ indiebook.sale

#IndieApril #NarratessIndieSale #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #Cyberpunk

Indie book sale graphic, featuring a collage of dozens of book covers from books currently on sale.

The time has come again!
TBR pile not high enough? Let's fix that!
Almost 300 discounted books this weekend. Go & browse them all over on indiebook.sale 📢📚💙
~you can use all sorts of filters to find your perfect match 🏳️‍🌈

There are also Itch bundles, check the thread below ⤵️⤵️

#DiscountBooks 🌈📚😱🩸📚🪐📚🌍

Riyati Rebirth’s cover is on the left. On the right is the following text: “Riyati Rebirth - With great power comes your past incarnations and future self playing chess with your existence. | Book 1 of a queer dark fantasy series exploring identity, legacy, & trauma. At the bottom is an illustration of a dragon, crystals, skulls, and planets with the following text: “Indie Book Sale - indiebook.sale . Santasy, SciFi, & Horror 11 - 13 April”

It’s that time again! If you’re looking to start a new series for #IndieApril, the 1st book of my persona 4 x buffy vibe’d contemporary, dark fantasy is on sale for $0.99 @ indiebook.sale 👀

Series info 👉️ riyati.ink

📚️ 💙 #QueerSFF #QueerAdultSFF #NarratessIndieSale

Multiple colorful book cover graphics. There are 29 books on the list. At the bottom reads "Indie Book Sale, indiebook.sale, fantasy, sci-fi, & horror, 11-13 April. Itch.io Bundle, Short Novels, 29 books for $30"

Don't have time for the chonker novels? Just want something to enjoy for a short period of time... Almost like a movie? Or a quick binge session? The short novels bundle is for you! 29 books fur JUST $30 itch.io/b/3632/narra...

#Booksky #Writer #IndieAuthor

Navy blue, purple, and light blue graphic that reads "Narratess Indie Book Sale, April 11-13, 2026. A former sex robot befriends a depressed cyborg and reinvigorates his dream of becoming a successful fashion designer." $4.99 is crossed out with $1.99 circled. It has a quote: '...Sorely needed in the times we live in...' attributed to Ally De. NetGalley Review.

It's time again for the #NarratessIndieSale! I'm participating with The Lucky Machine for $1.99. If you love cozy sci-fi friendship stories, this book is for you!

Direct: shop.aimeecozza.com/product/the-...
Itch: aimeecozza.itch.io/the-lucky-machine
More: theluckymachine.com#order

#Booksky 📚🪐

aaaa that's awesome, I hope you enjoy!

The background is sunrise or sunset spilling across placid waves, all in pink and blue pastels. Dialogue bubbles on either side of the screen mimic a text conversation. Speaker 1: FS is perfect for the 'mantasy' trend! MC is a badass ultra-powerful sorcerer-man who broods?! Confetti-celebration emoji. Speaker 2: The clothes-horse. Yeah. Doesn't he like instantly adopt a kid? Speaker 1: Who is a BOY a/k/a a future MAN! Plus Ephrem! Famous scholar, eh? Speaker 2: He's the one with the gay romance, right? Speaker 1: red angry face emoji Speaker 2: Haven't you said the real villain in this story is toxic masculinity? Speaker 1: 'Masculinity!' Speaker 2: There are multiple powerful POV women Speaker 1: MANTASY Speaker 2: ... (to be clear, it's just an ellipsis, indicating that this person is giving up). At the very bottom of the image is a text bar, empty, with the standard photo/ voice/ video/ and plus icons common to a smartphone.

Centrally, a gorgeous pearlescent dragon lying on its belly reading a book, fantasy imagery around it. Indie Book Sale: indiebook.sale Fantasy, sci-fi & horror - 11- 13 April Framing it, the covers of these books: Audrey Simmons - Child of the Sun Matthew Zorich - Maiden of Storms Josiah Blizzard - That Which Follows You Home Lincoln Law - Nestled with the Nameless One M.C. Burnell - The Three Faces of Dissatisfaction Steve Hugh Westenra - The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle Andrea H Rome - The Standard Book of Anything Matt Falcon - Tethered to Darkness Elise Carlson - Walking the Knife's Edge L. K. Fleet - Errant Warner-Thompson - Moon Torn Hearts Renee April - Her Crown of Fire Morgan Burbank - Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12_ Lucina Sara Codair - Junk Junction

The Three Faces of Dissatisfaction is mantastic, and this weekend, you can get it and tons of other amazing books for $1.99 OR LESS

#NarratessIndieSale

indiebook.sale
or in these bundles
itch.io/b/3634/narra...
itch.io/b/3629/narra...

buy direct, support a broke author: payhip.com/chiefwrit...
the other links: books2read.com/rl/sotal
itch-io page as well I guess: thechiefster.itch.io/

A graphic for the Narratess Indie Book Sale highlighting Song of the Wolf by T.C. Smith. The cover of the book is on the left with text on the right. there is a purple sale banner spread across the bottom of the graphic with a dragon, planet, skull, stars, and gems. Main text reads: Song of the Wolf. Midst a brutal and bloody conflict, a young royal and her bodyguard undertake a harrowing journey to save her people. 0.99 cents.

hey psst did you know my books are on sale this weekend for 99c bc they are. also the paperbacks are 20% off if you buy direct from my store

you should get them

we have elves and evil shapeshifting wolves and also that one guy who's a technically a werewolf

🔗👇

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚

A collage of books in the sale are faded in the background. In the center is a pciture of a dragon, crystals, skulls, and planets with the following text: "Indie Book Sale - indiebook.sale. Fantasy, Sci-Fi, & Horror - 11 - 13 April"

The Narratess #IndieApril SFFH sale is upon us! Almost 300 books discounted or free @ indiebook.sale from today to April 13! There’s itch bundles of genre and book size along with individual books for purchase. Looking for some recs? Check the 🧵 👇🏻 for 35 books I’m looking at 👀

#NarratessIndieSale

Banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text. Text: Indie Book Sale indiebook.sale Fantasy, Sci FI & Horror 11 - 13 April Banner designed by Arden Powell

Book cover for The Re-Emergence: An Augment Saga Novella by Alan K. Dell featuring a two-pronged hull spacecraft shining spotlights on a small satellite with solar panels outstretched, in front of a large blue star.

It's Day 1 of the #NarratessIndieSale!

Grab stellar deals on nearly 300 indie #SFF books from now until the end of Monday, including THE RE-EMERGENCE for just $0.99.

Support an indie author this #IndieApril and find your next favourite read: https://indiebook.sale
💙📚🪐 | 📢📚

A banner for the Narratess Indie Sale with the main sale graphic in the middle surrounded by indie book covers, including the cover for Song of the Wolf by T.C. Smith. The main sale graphic is purple with a dragon, a planet, a skull, and stars and gems scattered around the text. Text reads: Indie Book Sale. indiebook.sale. Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror, 11 to 13 April.

The Narratess Sale is on! Lots and lots of books are on sale, go buy them or smth (and check out Song of the Wolf while you're at it, book 2 is also discounted to 99c!)

https://indiebook.sale/

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚

photo of a grey and white cat flopped on top of a cat tower, looking at the camera upside-down

marketing sucks so have a cat photo today instead

Reveries under the Moonlight How shall we dine? With fangs and with poison. 17 July 2026 Hotel Esplanade

SAVE THE DATE

We invite all to keep 17 JULY 2026 open for a dinner of vampires, witches, demons, and all those who enjoy the dark, seductive secrets of the night...

We are also pleased to announce that we have secured the Ghost of Alfred Felton floor at the Hotel Esplanade!

A trope map graphic for Song of the Wolf by TC Smith on a dark orange night sky background. Starting in the top left corner and going clockwise, the tropes listed are: epic fantasy, slow burn romance, bodyguard x royal, female MC, queer & ND rep, low magic setting, high stakes battles, and political intrigue.

A trope map graphic for Scars of the Raven by TC Smith on a blue starry night background. There are eight arrows pointing in different directions away from the cover, each with a trope attached. Going clockwise from the top left corner, the tropes are: political intrigue, found family, high stakes battles, epic fantasy, mental health rep, queer & ND rep, bodyguard x royal, and forbidden romance.

books, I have them

we got elves! evil shapeshifting wolves! epic medieval road trips to save the entire kingdom from certain doom! (no pressure.) all the slow burn! no but seriously these two need to kiss already

payhip.com/chiefwritesb...

Buying direct from authors -or small presses- is a great way to support us. But there isn't a store with everyone's direct links on it so... Direct Sales Thread!

Indie Authors,
Describe your books, drop a graphic & a link to your direct store/ small press! (eg. Payhip/ Kofi/ Itchio etc)

🌈📚🪐💙🏳️‍⚧️🧠

Left: $1.99 For Autistic People's Month Raised on the wrong side of town by an abusive father, Rarkin keeps feelings in, and people out. But in his training for Monster Containment; making friends is inevitable, keeping people at arm's length is impossible, and learning to trust others to keep him alive alive is obligatory. Especially when a crime boss goes rogue. Right: Sythe Series Book 1, Walking the Knife's Edge Cover: Rarkin raises a hand gun, standing beside Miona raising gloved fists, on a grassy hillside in the countryside. Bottom left: Direct from author, Bookshop.org, Kobo, Itchio, Apple, Everand, Booktopia, Hoopla, Barnes & Noble, Request at your local library.

My autistic special interests include history from the invention of writing to sometime after WW2, & imaginary worlds. That's how I came to write an epic SciFi-Fantasy -with an autistic af main character 😉

Walking the Knife's Edge is $1.99 this month.

🌈📚🧠🪐 elisecarlson.com/sythe-series/

The image showcases a variety of short stories and collections by various authors, with a little dragon reading a book on the bottom right Books shown: All Through the House and Other Tales from A Random Place by Joachim Heijndermans Rage from a Cage by Joachim Heijndermans When Your Heart is a Broken Thing by Helen Whistberry News Flash by Candace Harper The God Sun by Alan K. Dell What May Rise from the Ashes by Susanne Schmidt Last Vegas by Sass Everett You and I Are Eternal by Ronove Immortality in the Marrow by Ronove Shared Space by A. P. Howell Like Gold Upon Her Tongue by A. P. Howell Reset by L. B. Shimaira The Observers by L. B. Shimaira Born From Earth by Jake Vanguard Heliophilia by Jake Vanguard Winter Flame by C.L. Carhart EMERGENCE by A.M. Weald Doce Drosera by anita War of the Space Dragons by L'Poni Baldwin THORN by L'Poni Baldwin Let Our Bones be the Testament by Maya Darjani The Secret Life of Amalie Chaudry by Maya

🚨New Bundle Alert🚨

Kicking off #IndieApril celebrating the art of the short story! Grab this huge bundle of 30 awesome short stories, including The God Sun, for just $20!

itch.io/b/3623/the-a...

💙📚🪐 | 🤏📚 | 📦📚

Image has the Phenomena Press logo (a stylised P) and the following text Official Statement The Phenomena Press team is saddened to hear about the heist of 12 tons of KitKat chocolate If any supernatural beings, KitKat addicted ghost hunters, or other cryptids were near that location it is purely coincidental However we CAN confirm that we have a fully funded Kickstarter for our first anthology AND that our stretch goals are ✨️Phenomenal✨️

The image has the mock 'Phantasms & Phenomena' cover and the text 'If you are curious about what some ace cryptids have been up to... 'Phantasms & Phenomena' is live on Kickstarter now!'

In other news, our team is stocked for snacks for a WHILE