A promo graphic for The Strangers' Sanctuary. Cover art by May Barros in the center; a woman and a man lean on a fence, looking out over a hilly landscape toward a building in the distance. Tagline: When home betrays you, build a new home. Left side text: * queernorm world and mostly queer cast * thorny themes, cozy setting * small-town festivals and gatherings * supportive mentors * found family (when the first one fails you). Right side text: a small-scale fantasy novel with trauma, triumph and community. The background is a blurred photo of a Tuscan landscape, with green hills and farmland.

#TuesTeaser I'm gonna talk about character strengths and flaws.

MC1, Placida: the one who's "difficult to like" as a reader, because we see into her head! She's distrustful and cynical, projecting her own anxieties onto others. She's envious and impatient.

But she tries to be the opposite... 🧵

“Good day, your Lordship,” she said. Usually, she attempted to moderate her Australian accent, if only to limit the number of convict jokes she had to endure. This time, she exaggerated it: “G’dai, yer Loardshep!” It did the trick. The Claimant paused a second and turned and gave her a look, followed by a leer. “I knew your father,” Gladys said. “Briefly.” “Into chorus girls, was he?” the Claimant sneered. And this was the worst thing he could possibly have said, because now Miss Gladys Dunchurch was his enemy.

A quote from my novel ‘The Grimsdale Claimant.’

The story draws from the real-life case of the Tichfield Claimant, albeit with more steam-mechas, occultist cults and time-travelling ghosts than the original.

You can find it here, other platforms coming soon.

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Some brooding guys get manic pixie fairy girlfriends as less-grumpy-bastard aid.

Rarkin gets a cheerful lesbian pro-boxer as a best friend. And her bold, cheeky, too-perceptive pansexual girlfriend keeping him on his toes.

CPTSD & family dysfunction are shit, but recovery can be fun.

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A list of comics written out on lined paper: Animal Man #1-26 Camelot 3000 #1-23 Death's Head #1-7, #9-12 Doom Patrol #19-64 Maxx #1-14 Sandman #1-67 Shade the Changing Man #1-57 Starman #0-57 Swamp Thing #20-64 Watchmen #1-23

All Patrick knows about his dad are the comics he left behind.

A DARK HOLE DARKLY is on sale now.

www.drewmelbourne.com/adhd

#IndieAugust
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Chasing Sunset Chasing Sunset eBook - the first Modern Era sequel to the Woodspell seriesIt’s not easy being the child of legends.When her brother goes missing, the first hint of a larger plot against her famous fam...

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"It’s not easy being the child of legends."

When her brother goes missing, the first hint of a larger plot against her famous family, Beau must find her inner hero—if she and her friends can avoid getting killed first.

Buy Direct: payhip.com/b/BvDVp

More Info: crcollins.org

The cover of the Steampunk novel ‘Champagne Charlie and the Amazing Gladys’ by BG Hilton. This cover - home-made by the author in his own shed out of scraps of wood and metal - features a metallic rocket chasing a wooden monoplane, above a steam engine. The background is a detail from a painting by Turner (public domain).

What’s this? A new edition of ‘Champagne Charlie and the Amazing Gladys,’ available for preorder.

A brilliant music-hall performer and a drunken aristocrat find themselves drawn into a conspiracy that reaches from Victorian London all the way to the Moon!

#TuesTeaser #IndieAugust #steampunk #noai

Today for #TuesTeaser I wanted to share some art and a snip from my upcoming novel, #Anthropomorphic a hardboiled detective thriller/urban fantasy.

cw for snip: mention of torture, not explicit.

Here’s Portrait of American Rot for this #TuesTeaser!

📺 Historical Setting
😧 Psychological Horror
🔥 Violent Self-Destruction
🖤 Morally black protagonist

A WWII veteran commits a series of escalating crimes in his downward spiral of festering trauma, infidelity, and collateral damage.

#writersky

#TuesTeaser #TueTeaser #IndieAugust 🌈📚♠️

One of my favourite (non-spoiler) lines from the opening pages of Archive of Memory -> Nightfall:

"Wishing, not for the first time, that I wasn’t so freakishly tall and conspicuously queer."

#queerwriter #queerbooks

A #TuesTeaser snippet from "Tales of a Stranger Sister" in which a 29-year-old office worker tries to describe the dreaded "open office plan" to a 12-year-old from a mountain village on another world.

More info about my novel can be found at www.infinitesquirrels.com.

#IndieAugust #booksky

A small banner featuring the title of the first story in Archive of Memory, Nightfall. Part of a drawing of the main character's distinct tattoo sleeve is in the background. Jaye's arms is raised, ready to fight. The tattoo starts as a goddess-like figure at her wrist, and flows upwards in fire-like swirls, ending in a arrow-like point at the shoulder.

#TuesTeaser #TueTeaser #IndieAugust 🌈📚♠️

Introducing Nightfall: the first story in the Archive of Memory Anthology.

Ace Les MC + complex fam + mma fights

A journey through childhood to prison to adulthood.

From rebellious teenager to struggling to find her place.

#queerwriter #queerbooks

Hello #TuesTeaser let me introduce you to my upcoming short story:
The Smiling Skin.
Gaslamp fantasy x gothic horror
Trans MC + M/M + Diverse cast
Body horror, nightmares, and one possibly sentient piece of human leather. With lips.
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Authors,
#TuesTeaser has ended up taking a hiatus this week *points at Itchio*
We'll be back next Week (Tues 5th, with a reminder Mon 4th 😉).

Re Links: if you sell direct, I warmly encourage you to say so & provide that link in your book teaser.
TBR links are welcome (esp. if you're between stores)

Torn amd bloodies mauve and purple faery wings on a smoky black background with Ambushed at the top and Natasha O'Connor at the bottom

For the first ever #TuesTeaser, I want to tell you all about Ambushed. It's my latest #shortstory to be released and it's set in Australia in the cold rainforest.

Venusia in a fight for her life. Broken wings lead to her capture and death looks likely. Can she survive?

calling33.itch.io/ambushed

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CARMINE LYNX
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Beñat del Llano, an Iberian lynx, is shoved into the forefront of his adoptive father’s enterprise. Except, he sees a chance to do it differently. With the help of his Alibrije and cast of rabbits, Ben sets off to change to course of Eukaria’s future. One dog at a time.

#TuesTeaser !!! ✍️ It's a #WIP
The Will of Fire is my new adult Fantasy novel currently in the drafting stage!
Darrien's lil brother Cairo has gone missing after a fire in their home town! Now he and his new friend Aspen have to fight a cult to try and get Cairo back! #writesky #writingcommunity