The Library Thief by Kuchenga Shenjé
The Devouring by A.M. Shilling

A photo of Wajih, a 4 year old Palestinian boy, hugging himself to stay warm in the rain. He stands in a muddy dirt road.

A photo of Wajih (4), and Mila (1), and their extended family, sitting on a woven rug and eating leaves they scavenged.

A photo of Ahmed (30) in the foreground of a photo of the inside of a tent in Palestine. Behind him sit members of his family, including his wife Mayar (25), hos son Wajih (4), and his daughter Mila (1).

A photo of Ahmed's hand lovingly touching his 4 year old son, Wajih's, cheek. Wajih is sleeping on the ground with a cloth placed over his forehead. Wajih looks ill.

Stop for a few seconds 😭
We weep from the pain we endure in Gaza
We are sleeping without a tent, living on
filthy dirt. We are afflicted with diseases;
We are like animals; we eat leaves 😭
There is no medicine, no food, no clean
water
Any donation will be a lifeline
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chuffed.org/project/ahme...

Little Ahmed laying in bed wearing a long sleeve shirt and blankets crying with his uncle's hand on his cheek and cold compress on his forehead

💔 Ahmed is suffering and getting weaker every day. I couldn’t even raise £100 for his treatment, and the virus could take his life at any moment… My heart is breaking watching him in pain. Please don’t scroll— even $1 can help save him 🙏 Be kind… he truly needs you ❤️
chuffed.org/project/mahm...

If you enjoyed S02 of this podcast (THIRTEENTH read by the author unabridged) you can grab it on UK Zon for £1.99, or you can order from your local library & read along, or you can order from your local bookshop to support them !

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Substack Has a Nazi Problem The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.

And The Atlantic as well: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Substack Cofounder Defends Commercial Relationships with Nazis Helping Nazis grow subscription newsletter businesses is ultimately best for the world, reasons Hamish McKenzie.

Maybe this one? www.techpolicy.press/substack-fou...

Mitqual requested I tag: @trisolaranrobin.bsky.social (hope that's ok, let me know if not)

and @pepsffk.bsky.social please

A woman feeding her daughters

Smiling babies despite the destruction all around

Mother and daughters eating

Since my husband's martyrdom, I've been alone with my children 💔

Sometimes I can't even provide them with food 😔

The hardest feeling is seeing your children in need and not being able to give them what they need.
Your help or sharing this post could make a difference 🙏🤍
chuffed.org/project/1715...

I've shared

Mohammed Jamil's latest post - his baby really needs support. 🍉

Just done so

a collage of pictures of Mohammed and his small children in the rubble in Gaza

In case Mohammed Jamil is deleted again -- saving his link here chuffed.org/project/1565...
Save links and posts by other accounts and keep reposting them if you're able to, so they keep being boosted. The feeds are chronological, so reposting posts at different times gets diff eyes on them.

Mohammed stands outsjde a tent near a ruined building, his arms crossed and shoulders hunched

A baby lays in a plastic hospital cradle wearing an oxygen tube and a red and white outfit with a bunny illustration

In North Gaza, we live amid destruction with little food, water, and medicine.💔
My children face fear and hunger daily, with no safe shelter.😔
My little girl is sick and needs urgent treatment costing €300 we cannot afford.😢
Any support or sharing could help her recover.🤲
chuffed.org/project/1565...

reposted for @xaseww.bsky.social - new acc

This is Alaa - if you can help her in any way, please do. Her husband has been arrested and may face execution. She has kids who need support.

shared

Selfie of Hammam, a young Palestinian man, in a tent on a sandy road wearing a black jacket

Hammam, Abood, a 13 year old Palestinian boy, and their mother in a tent. They are all wearing black

Photo of Hammam’s mother wearing a black floral abaya cooking on a makeshift kitchen

Photo of Hammam’s wash bowl

We are appealing to you from Gaza🇵🇸
We are displaced without tents, sleeping on dirty sand
We have contracted skin & intestinal diseases.
There is no healthy food or clean water.
€10 is enough to save my family's lives.
Any donation will have a significant impact
chuffed.org/project/1580...

Not all curses can be broken Sign up to my newsletter for monthly updates, or my book alerts only for one-time alerts to new releases. Audio released serially on the Eldritch Girl Podcast from 19 Feb 2025: rss.com/podcasts/eldritch-girl/ Perfect for fans of hopepunk, sporror, dark Gothic fantasy, and monster-loving; think along the lines of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic, Heather Rose Jones's The Language of Roses, with elements of T. Kingfisher's Gothic sporror fantasy What Moves The Dead, and Naomi Novik's Uprooted. This book is not a romance; the characters are aromantic, so while there are spicy scenes, they view this as a layer of their companionship only. Reader discretion is advised: this book deals with themes of death (loss, grief, murder, suicide, self-sacrifice, and the afterlife), community (its construction, reconstruction, and destruction), family (loss of family, found family, chosen family), possession, loss of agency and autonomy, and mental health issues such as suicide ideation, depersonalisation, derealisation, and depression. There is also civil unrest, lynching of landlords, and the appearance of soldiers and militia. ONCE UPON A TIME... In a rural corner of the Provinces simmering with civil unrest, Laundress Yelena's village is plagued by a dangerous fungal rot oozing from the forest. When she is falsely accused of dark sorcery and evicted from her cottage, Yelena is forced to leave her home and loved ones behind, and entrusts herself to the wind-borne voices of the restless dead to see where they lead her. Yelen is a forgotten tyrant, turned into a monster hundreds of years ago after accepting a cursed flower, and left to stalk his enchanted castle all alone. Despite becoming a better person over the centuries, Yelen’s aromanticism means he can never fulfil the ‘mutual romantic love’ condition of the curse, and to his relief, he will never have to return to form of the power-hungry brute he once was... But he craves companionship and an end to his lonely existence. When the wind leads Yelena to Yelen, she discovers a kindred spirit in the aromantic, bi-attracted monster, and their relationship quickly escalates. But being a guest in a cursed castle with a lonely, amorous Beast is not all fun and games - while exploring, Yelena makes a disturbing discovery about the source of the rot, and starts showing symptoms of infection herself. Can Yelen and Yelena work together to find a lasting cure for the rot seeping beyond the castle walls, or will the curse claim another victim? Sign up to my newsletter for monthly updates, or my book alerts only for one-time alerts to new releases.

Since Indie Books is trending...

If you want a Gothic Dark Fantasy with body horror elements, Beauty & the Beast but bisexual & aromantic, monster spice and deep friendships, a sapphic subplot with a HEA, try this!

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Mitqual and his 2 young teenage sons

Mitqual is no longer on Bsky but I'm in touch with him off this app, so here is his link again!
gofund.me/78acabc1

" I am Saeed to renew my appeal to compassionate hearts. My family's situation is extremely dire; my mother is ill, and we are homeless, living in a dilapidated tent and eating unhealthy food.

I am the sole provider for my family.

Give us a glimmer of hope! 🥺⬇️"
chuffed.org/project/1635...

Def get this - Minty Fresh is a great novella #IndieApril

Minty Fresh is a BANGER and you know you can trust me. If you're not sure, I'll just say - sharply written lesbian vampire pulp.

Don’t Miss Out! Occult & Supernatural Horror Giveaway On Now! Don't miss out - this only runs to 02 May 2026, so get your free short horror stories now!

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I'm so sad about this!

HIGHLY rec all their books, I loved: UNTHINKABLE and UNSEPAKABLE anthologies, WHERE DECAY SLEEPS (poetry collection) by Anna Cheung, and BENOTHINGED by Alvar Theo.

I've grabbed everything else!

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Text reads: 66% off, all books must go. Use code at checkout: HAUNT66.

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There's just over one month left until we close our creaking doors for good, so head to our website and grab yourself a scarily good 66% off all our books.

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Whole thread of my novels for those looking for indie books and trad books!

- Gothic Dark Fantasy fairy tale reimagining
- Urban Horror-Fantasy with Lovecraftian spin
- Contemporary Gothic Horror with tentacles
- New Weird / Slipstream (read and decide!)

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