Izra should have died at sea.
Instead, she wakes in a city of runes, watched by dogs, hunted by lords, and carrying a child the gods are afraid of.
IRON BELLY — epic fantasy with teeth, heart, and dark magic.
#FantasyReads #IndieFantasy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHT11ZL5
Soft morning light filters through evergreen trees onto a forest trail leading toward distant mountains. A small wooden footbridge crosses a clear stream beside the path, with rocks and ferns along the water. The trail continues beyond the bridge, winding deeper into the forest toward the peaks.
Walk far enough,
and the path begins to reveal its shape.
What once felt like wandering
becomes a journey.
New Trails: books2read.com/b/new-trails
Hidden Trails: books2read.com/b/HiddenTrails
💙📚🪐
#FantasyBooksSky #IndieFantasy #LGBTQFantasy
"If I thought I could get anywhere near that loathsome scoundrel, I would cut him to the ground and bury him in a shallow grave!" - Leland Rushlow, Through Savage Lands
#writing #reading #authorsky #readersky #booksky #indieauthor #ThroughSavageLands #indiefantasy #fantasyread #quote
Fantasy Indies April prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. Season(s) in WIP 3. Free Friday or how do you come up with book titles? 4. Saturday Snippet 5. Where would your characters want to travel? 6. Describe your characters’ homes/homelands 7. Animals in WIP 8. Do you reread books? 9. What do your characters take for granted? 10. Free Friday or when did you first start writing stories? 11. Saturday Snippet 12. Routines in WIP 13. MC’s childhood 14. How would your characters describe themselves? 15. Preferred reading format(s) 16. Flash Fiction about a storm 17. Free Friday or how do you choose your next read or WIP? 18. Saturday Snippet 19. Nicknames in WIP 20. What words do you tend to overuse in your writing? 21. Have others ask anything about your WIP(s) 22. Tropes or subgenres you’d love to see more of 23. Plants in WIP 24. Free Friday or comfort books/movies/tv shows 25. Saturday Snippet 26. Character scars or injuries 27. Which part of the writing process is your favourite? 28. Tough decisions in WIP 29. Character habits 30. Monthly Wrap-Up
Excerpt of Cassie's WIP "By Any Other Name". Text reads: Rose was pulled from her thoughts by Vatia’s voice calling her name. She turned to face her superior, hoping she wasn’t about to be summoned to another private room. “Here,” the older woman said, holding out a silver coin. Rose stared at it uncertainly, and Vatia sighed, pulling Rose’s hand out and placing the coin in her palm. “He left this for you, along with his thanks,” she explained. Rose stared down at it, still processing the meaning of the shining thing in her hand. “Is that her first tip?” exclaimed Mirelia, one of the younger bath slaves. “And it’s silver?” “Who got a silver tip?” asked another slave, poking her head through the door. “It’s Rose!” gasped yet another voice, and soon she was surrounded by jostling figures eager to catch a glimpse of a coin rarely seen by slaves, worth twenty copper ones. “What did you do?” asked Ganuta, a pleasure slave who’d taken Rose under her wing when she first arrived. Rose blushed. “I only helped to wash his back, and then I massaged him.” “I was just in the massage room, and I didn’t see you there,” Ganuta replied, brows knit. “We were in a private room,” Rose admitted, her blush deepening. Beside her, Halit giggled. “So that’s how you got a silver. Let him have a taste, did you?” Ganuta cast a meaningful look at the gossipy youngster. “Don’t say such nonsense. She’s still in training.”
#FantasyIndiesApril // Day 4
Today's #SaturdaySnippet is from Rose's POV, after her first meeting with Taireus.
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Fantasy Indies April prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. Season(s) in WIP 3. Free Friday or how do you come up with book titles? 4. Saturday Snippet 5. Where would your characters want to travel? 6. Describe your characters’ homes/homelands 7. Animals in WIP 8. Do you reread books? 9. What do your characters take for granted? 10. Free Friday or when did you first start writing stories? 11. Saturday Snippet 12. Routines in WIP 13. MC’s childhood 14. How would your characters describe themselves? 15. Preferred reading format(s) 16. Flash Fiction about a storm 17. Free Friday or how do you choose your next read or WIP? 18. Saturday Snippet 19. Nicknames in WIP 20. What words do you tend to overuse in your writing? 21. Have others ask anything about your WIP(s) 22. Tropes or subgenres you’d love to see more of 23. Plants in WIP 24. Free Friday or comfort books/movies/tv shows 25. Saturday Snippet 26. Character scars or injuries 27. Which part of the writing process is your favourite? 28. Tough decisions in WIP 29. Character habits 30. Monthly Wrap-Up
#FantasyIndiesApril // Day 3
Usually my titles just come to me in a moment of inspiration. Recently I have been trying to brainstorm for a WIP that remains untitled. It's so hard T-T
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Aestus, chapter 4.
#writing #reading #authorsky #readersky #booksky #firstlinefriday #aestus #indieauthor #indiefantasy #fantasyread
"This is Foxbat, target's destroyed."
Art by @jovireth
#MedievalFantasy #DarkFantasy #LowFantasy #FantasyWorldbuilding #FantasyLore #PoliticalFantasy #GrimFantasy #IndieFantasy #OriginalFantasy #FantasyArt #Worldbuilding #FantasyCommunity
Fantasy Indies April prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. Season(s) in WIP 3. Free Friday or how do you come up with book titles? 4. Saturday Snippet 5. Where would your characters want to travel? 6. Describe your characters’ homes/homelands 7. Animals in WIP 8. Do you reread books? 9. What do your characters take for granted? 10. Free Friday or when did you first start writing stories? 11. Saturday Snippet 12. Routines in WIP 13. MC’s childhood 14. How would your characters describe themselves? 15. Preferred reading format(s) 16. Flash Fiction about a storm 17. Free Friday or how do you choose your next read or WIP? 18. Saturday Snippet 19. Nicknames in WIP 20. What words do you tend to overuse in your writing? 21. Have others ask anything about your WIP(s) 22. Tropes or subgenres you’d love to see more of 23. Plants in WIP 24. Free Friday or comfort books/movies/tv shows 25. Saturday Snippet 26. Character scars or injuries 27. Which part of the writing process is your favourite? 28. Tough decisions in WIP 29. Character habits 30. Monthly Wrap-Up
#FantasyIndiesApril // Day 2
The story opens in the spring, and important things happen at the end of summer. But I'm not sure what season I want to end the story in.
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I'm on a roll! My #SFINCS finalist review of From These Dark Abodes by Lyndsie Manusos.
Spoiler: This was one of my favorites from the competition.
www.angelaboord.com/post/sfincs3...
💙🪐📚 #BookSky #indiebooks #indiefantasy
Happy #IndieApril! I wrote a book. It's about childhood, siblings, friendships, family, community, feelings, stories, and lots and lots of food. If you like any or all those things, maybe give it a try?
Books2read.com/stranger-sister
#booksky #indiefantasy #fantasybooks #Indieauthor #ebooks
🪞 Looking for something a bit… different?
#TheDrommalaPact | #MirrorwalkersChronicles #1
- #Indiefantasy (dark + high elements)
-Morally grey characters
-Slow-burn - and yes, it gets physical (yes, including #queer)
-Layered world
-Adult themes
🔗 www.royalroad.com/fiction/1463...
#fantasy
Fantasy Indies April prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. Season(s) in WIP 3. Free Friday or how do you come up with book titles? 4. Saturday Snippet 5. Where would your characters want to travel? 6. Describe your characters’ homes/homelands 7. Animals in WIP 8. Do you reread books? 9. What do your characters take for granted? 10. Free Friday or when did you first start writing stories? 11. Saturday Snippet 12. Routines in WIP 13. MC’s childhood 14. How would your characters describe themselves? 15. Preferred reading format(s) 16. Flash Fiction about a storm 17. Free Friday or how do you choose your next read or WIP? 18. Saturday Snippet 19. Nicknames in WIP 20. What words do you tend to overuse in your writing? 21. Have others ask anything about your WIP(s) 22. Tropes or subgenres you’d love to see more of 23. Plants in WIP 24. Free Friday or comfort books/movies/tv shows 25. Saturday Snippet 26. Character scars or injuries 27. Which part of the writing process is your favourite? 28. Tough decisions in WIP 29. Character habits 30. Monthly Wrap-Up
#FantasyIndiesApril // Day 1
I'm Cassie, writer and narrator of fantasy erotica.
"By Any Other Name" is an alternate-history romance, inspired by Ancient Rome and Gor, about a sex slave and a nobleman who fall in love.
#Writing #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #IndieFantasy #AdultFantasy
86 new sci-fi and fantasy books released this month. EIGHTY-SIX.
What made your March TBR? What surprised you? What's the hidden gem nobody's talking about?
#FantasyBooks #SciFi #Worldbuilding #SFF #IndieFantasy
Prime Video is quietly becoming sci-fi's best streaming home. We ranked the 10 shows you need to watch right now.
zuba-realms.beehiiv.com/p/the-10-best-sci-fi-shows-you-can-stream-on-prime-video-right-now
#SciFi #SFF #FantasyBooks #IndieFantasy
Fantasy Indies March prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP with emojis 2. Characters’ guilty pleasures 3. Lies or rumors in WIP 4. Do your characters believe in luck or fate? 5. Risks in WIP 6. Free Friday or post some good fortune 7. Saturday Snippet 8. Characters’ Phobias 9. Would your characters fight their fate or embrace it? 10. Superstitions in WIP 11. Flash fiction with the word “fate” 12. Humor in WIP or share a bookish joke 13. Free Friday or How many WIPs do you work on at once? 14. Saturday Snippet 15. Characters’ Quirks 16. Would your MC rather fix a past mistake or get a glimpse into their future? 17. Surprising fact about your MC 18. Prophecy in WIP 19. Which character has the worst luck? 20. Free Friday or share your favourite authors 21. Saturday Snippet 22. Crazy moment in WIP 23. Last, Current, & Next Reads 24. Do your characters have a lucky object? 25. Compromises in WIP 26. WIP Aesthetic board 27. Free Friday or Classic books you recommend 28. Saturday Snippet 29. WIP magic system 30. Characters’ accomplishments 31. Monthly Wrap-Up
#FantasyIndiesMarch // Day 31
I'm bad at wrapping things up. Good thing I'll be posting more about "By Any Other Name" next month for #FantasyIndiesApril 😆
#Writing #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #IndieFantasy #AdultFantasy
🪞A #Mirrorwalker in the sky, a machine that should not quite work, and a city that had seen worse and chosen to ignore it.
📚 Read #TheDrommalaPact
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1463...
#thewitchofukraine #BookBoost #darkfantasy #indiefantasy #fantasybooks #steampunk #steampunkfantasy #bookclub
Fantasy Indies March prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP with emojis 2. Characters’ guilty pleasures 3. Lies or rumors in WIP 4. Do your characters believe in luck or fate? 5. Risks in WIP 6. Free Friday or post some good fortune 7. Saturday Snippet 8. Characters’ Phobias 9. Would your characters fight their fate or embrace it? 10. Superstitions in WIP 11. Flash fiction with the word “fate” 12. Humor in WIP or share a bookish joke 13. Free Friday or How many WIPs do you work on at once? 14. Saturday Snippet 15. Characters’ Quirks 16. Would your MC rather fix a past mistake or get a glimpse into their future? 17. Surprising fact about your MC 18. Prophecy in WIP 19. Which character has the worst luck? 20. Free Friday or share your favourite authors 21. Saturday Snippet 22. Crazy moment in WIP 23. Last, Current, & Next Reads 24. Do your characters have a lucky object? 25. Compromises in WIP 26. WIP Aesthetic board 27. Free Friday or Classic books you recommend 28. Saturday Snippet 29. WIP magic system 30. Characters’ accomplishments 31. Monthly Wrap-Up
#FantasyIndiesMarch // Day 30
Taireus was an excellent student, finishing his studies as the youngest graduate up to that point. As for Rose, she probably counts winning a *certain* bet as her best accomplishment.
#Writing #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #IndieFantasy #AdultFantasy
"Surely you can't regret everything." - Corrine, Aestus
Available in sticker form.
#writing #reading #authorsky #readersky #booksky #quote #indieauthor #indiefantasy #fantasyread
A streetlamp glows phosphorescent blue in a copper-brown fog, creating a mist the color of rusted metal. The header text says "When your threat 'Touch her and die!' backfires terribly..." Beneath the cover, more text reads "A gritty steampunk reimagined fairy tale about the boy who refused to grow up"
When your threat "Touch her and die" backfires terribly...
REVEN will be available April 21. Preorders are available through the Universal Book Link in the bio or by visiting swaimwrites.com.
#steampunk #PeterPanretelling #reimaginedfairytale #indiefantasy
🎻 Bard. 🪞Mirrorwalker.
A bard sang, and Dorian’s judgement did not survive the evening.
Read #thedrommalapact 👇🏻
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1463...
#thewitchofukraine #lgbtfantasy #indiefantasy #queerfantasy #queerfantasy #lgbtfantasy #gayfantasy #mmromance #queerbooks #queerlove #transgender #book
📕 Chapter 12 of #TheDrommalaPact is now live
This time, the chapter belongs to Dorian.
A bard. A warm bed. A surprisingly decent morning.
📚 Read on Royal Road
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1463...
#thewitchofukraine #indiefantasy #darkfantasy #mmromance
#lgbtfantasy #queerfantasy #transgender #book
📕 Chapter 11 of #TheDrommalaPact
Coyote. Arrested within an hour. A prison cell that stank of piss and old blood.
#Mirrorwalkers disappearing. No traces.
Coyote needed answers.
📚 Read
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1463...
#thewitchofukraine #darkfantasy #indiefantasy #readingcommunity #booktok
Magic has a cost. She’s the only one who can pay it—and the only one who might survive.
#EpicFantasy #MagicSystem #FantasyWorld #WritersOfBluesky #IndieFantasy #BookLovers
Fantasy Indies March prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP with emojis 2. Characters’ guilty pleasures 3. Lies or rumors in WIP 4. Do your characters believe in luck or fate? 5. Risks in WIP 6. Free Friday or post some good fortune 7. Saturday Snippet 8. Characters’ Phobias 9. Would your characters fight their fate or embrace it? 10. Superstitions in WIP 11. Flash fiction with the word “fate” 12. Humor in WIP or share a bookish joke 13. Free Friday or How many WIPs do you work on at once? 14. Saturday Snippet 15. Characters’ Quirks 16. Would your MC rather fix a past mistake or get a glimpse into their future? 17. Surprising fact about your MC 18. Prophecy in WIP 19. Which character has the worst luck? 20. Free Friday or share your favourite authors 21. Saturday Snippet 22. Crazy moment in WIP 23. Last, Current, & Next Reads 24. Do your characters have a lucky object? 25. Compromises in WIP 26. WIP Aesthetic board 27. Free Friday or Classic books you recommend 28. Saturday Snippet 29. WIP magic system 30. Characters’ accomplishments 31. Monthly Wrap-Up
Excerpt of Cassie's WIP "By Any Other Name". Text reads: He lowered his head to rest his forehead on hers, feeling her pulse beat against his fingers. “Oh, Rose,” he murmured. “You please me so much, I fear losing control of myself when you’re near.” She inhaled sharply, but her voice was steady. “You needn’t hold back, master. I’m meant to be used however you desire.” How could she speak of herself like that? It ignited his loins, and he groaned. “You shouldn’t say such things, Rose,” he said, voice husky. “You don’t know what I want to do with you.” Her breaths were faster now, and he could nearly feel the rise and fall of her chest. “How do you want me, master?” “I want to see your lovely lips around my cock again,” he confessed. “You did so well, if I didn’t know better, I’d think it wasn’t your first time.” She brought her hands to his knees, her touch so light it ghosted his flesh. “I trained for years,” she explained softly. “I watched others and practiced with wooden tools.” “Is that why you were able to take me so deeply?” he asked her, remembering the feel of her throat against the head of his member. “Yes, master,” she answered. Her hands moved up his thighs, making his cock pulse. “Do you mean to tell me, that if I opened your pretty mouth and fucked you deep and hard, it wouldn’t hurt you?” “No, master,” she murmured, her hands sliding up to reach his groin. It was too much for him. He lowered his lips to hers, catching them in his, surprised and gratified as she returned his kisses with her own. She opened her lips and he plunged his tongue into her mouth, making her moan. Their tongues circled each other until he pulled back, panting for breath.
#FantasyIndiesMarch // Day 28
For this month's final #SaturdaySnippet, here's some spice for you, from Taireus' POV.
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Early morning light illuminates a winding dirt trail through wildflowers and evergreen trees, leading toward distant mountains. Gentle golden motes float in the air along the path like living fireflies, suggesting the quiet presence of magic answering a traveler’s steps.
Sometimes the first sign of magic
is simply this:
the feeling that the world
is answering back.
New Trails: books2read.com/b/new-trails
Hidden Trails: books2read.com/b/HiddenTrails
💙📚🪐
#FantasyBooksSky #IndieFantasy #LGBTQFantasy
86 new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books dropped in March alone.
What's on your TBR this spring? Give us your most anticipated read of 2026.
#FantasyBooks #SciFi #Worldbuilding #IndieFantasy #SFF
Fantasy Indies March prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP with emojis 2. Characters’ guilty pleasures 3. Lies or rumors in WIP 4. Do your characters believe in luck or fate? 5. Risks in WIP 6. Free Friday or post some good fortune 7. Saturday Snippet 8. Characters’ Phobias 9. Would your characters fight their fate or embrace it? 10. Superstitions in WIP 11. Flash fiction with the word “fate” 12. Humor in WIP or share a bookish joke 13. Free Friday or How many WIPs do you work on at once? 14. Saturday Snippet 15. Characters’ Quirks 16. Would your MC rather fix a past mistake or get a glimpse into their future? 17. Surprising fact about your MC 18. Prophecy in WIP 19. Which character has the worst luck? 20. Free Friday or share your favourite authors 21. Saturday Snippet 22. Crazy moment in WIP 23. Last, Current, & Next Reads 24. Do your characters have a lucky object? 25. Compromises in WIP 26. WIP Aesthetic board 27. Free Friday or Classic books you recommend 28. Saturday Snippet 29. WIP magic system 30. Characters’ accomplishments 31. Monthly Wrap-Up
#FantasyIndiesMarch // Day 27
Fun fact: Taireus' hound Theron is named for a tyrant of Acragas (a Greek colony in Sicily) who staged a coup to gain power but also helped defeat an invading Carthaginian army.
#Writing #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #IndieFantasy #AdultFantasy
First line from Aestus, chapter 3!
#writing #reading #authorsky #readersky #booksky #indieauthor #indiefantasy #fantasyread #firstlinefriday
Text boxes over a blue sky of stars. The first box reads "You shoudl read REVEN if you..." and the second box reads "Crave good ace/aro and trans boy representation / Have experienced the gifted kid to anxiety disorder pipeline/Appreciate morally gray characters/Want to explore a unique, non-Tolkien fantasy world"
Text boxes over a pink starry sky. The first box reads "You should NOT read REVEN if you..." and the second box reads "Feel nostalgic about colonial Britain / Believe love always comes in the shape of a triangle / Hate the word 'feminism' / Think any deviation from canon Peter Pan will ruin your childhood"
This is another REVEN carousel that I put on Instagram but forgot to upload here. #booksky #indiefantasy
Fantasy Indies March prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP with emojis 2. Characters’ guilty pleasures 3. Lies or rumors in WIP 4. Do your characters believe in luck or fate? 5. Risks in WIP 6. Free Friday or post some good fortune 7. Saturday Snippet 8. Characters’ Phobias 9. Would your characters fight their fate or embrace it? 10. Superstitions in WIP 11. Flash fiction with the word “fate” 12. Humor in WIP or share a bookish joke 13. Free Friday or How many WIPs do you work on at once? 14. Saturday Snippet 15. Characters’ Quirks 16. Would your MC rather fix a past mistake or get a glimpse into their future? 17. Surprising fact about your MC 18. Prophecy in WIP 19. Which character has the worst luck? 20. Free Friday or share your favourite authors 21. Saturday Snippet 22. Crazy moment in WIP 23. Last, Current, & Next Reads 24. Do your characters have a lucky object? 25. Compromises in WIP 26. WIP Aesthetic board 27. Free Friday or Classic books you recommend 28. Saturday Snippet 29. WIP magic system 30. Characters’ accomplishments 31. Monthly Wrap-Up
#FantasyIndiesMarch // Day 26
The aesthetic board for "By Any Other Name" is mostly just Ancient Rome 🪔🏛️🏺
#Writing #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #IndieFantasy #AdultFantasy
