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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · 15h

My latest Flash of Strangeness is now live - I give you Rosemary Lane - a flash piece that I hope you enjoy

Rosemary Lane is a real place - an ancient Holloway near the village where I grew up - not dissimilar to the one in the photo which near where I live now

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An ancient Holloway, a narrow lane bounded by vertical rock walls full of ferns and fallen leaves

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you 😁

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · 2d

A frozen world. A besieged city. A hidden diary.

Oskar takes up arms to fight alongside his friends.

But there is another way for him to save the city –

The key to the future is a book from the past. #SciFiPit #A #PA #Cli #Spub #sfpit

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · 2d

They tried to save the world, but only made things worse. Now it is up to Oskar, and the words written in a diary, hidden in the library nearly 200 years ago that tell of what happened and why the world froze.

The key to the future is a book from the past.
#SciFiPit #A #PA #Cli #spub #sfpit

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · 2d

The world has frozen. Oskar must take up arms to help defend the city.

But perhaps fighting isn’t the only way – for Oskar has found an old diary, hidden in the city library -

The key to the future is a book from the past

. #SciFiPit #A #PA #Cli #spub #sfpit

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · 5d

A roundup of what I’ve been reading recently. Have you read any of these? What did you think?

Book covers for:
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
Dead Lions by Mick Herron
The Resort by Sarah Goodwin
Ascension by Nicholas Binge
Fair Stood the Wind for France by HE Bates
The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · 10d

And I’m in!!! Can’t wait to see all the other entries!!! I’ve found some amazing SF to read through this competition ❤️❤️

The Self-Published Science Fiction Competition @spsfc.bsky.social · 10d

The fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (#SPSFC) has begun taking entries from authors. Details and the entry link here:

spsfc.space/2025/10/13/h...

If you're not entering a book join us as a judge!

spsfc.space/2025/09/19/j...

How to Enter SPSFC 5

The fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) has begun taking entries. The authors who’ve been asking us when SPSFC 5 will begin as they get their manuscripts ready can be giv…

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · 15d

Welcome to A Flash of Strangeness: flash fiction and drabbles for your enjoyment.

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A Flash of Strangeness.

1. The Cat in the Chimney

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · 25d

Is it? Now that is disappointing. Just looked and I can’t see any links to their review site which I would expect if they were real. So I think you’re right 🙁

Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you. And thank you for the repost 😁

Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · 26d

A handy list of my books…

SFF (Kate Kelly):

Permafrost. amzn.eu/d/0utB8Fj
The Arid Lands. amzn.eu/d/iRIMCnK
Dragons of Dunmoray. amzn.eu/d/35JDCdo
Red Rock. amzn.eu/d/6dyNcGQ

Thrillers (KM Kelly):

The Sleepers. amzn.eu/d/j2XQimr%EF...

Permafrost eBook : Kelly, Kate: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · Sep 23

My September newsletter is now live and I have a question for my readers 😎

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September Mists

Welcome to my September newsletter.

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · Sep 20

If you fancy joining the judging team now is your chance!

The Self-Published Science Fiction Competition @spsfc.bsky.social · Sep 19

With the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) taking book entries next month, we're looking for a few good volunteers to join us as judges:

spsfc.space/2025/09/19/j...

More than a few, actually. #SPSFC

A photo of the retro raygun awarded to the winner of the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition alongside a plague that notes the winner of SPSFC 4 as Saint Elspeth by Wick Welker. Next to the trophy is Welker's book, which has a cover of a hovering ovoid spacecraft above San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. The sky is orange and full of portent.

Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · Sep 13

All you amazing people who picked up a copy of Permafrost last week, firstly I hope you enjoy it 😁 and second if you can spare a moment do leave a review 📚📚❤️❤️

Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · Sep 9

How interesting and timely is this - geoengineering gone wrong is a theme of both my CliFi novels Permafrost and The Arid Lands but both present very different, in fact almost opposite, outcomes!

Protect Arctic from 'dangerous' climate engineering, scientists warn www.bbc.com/news/article...

Protect Arctic from 'dangerous' climate engineering, scientists warn

Controversial approaches to cooling the planet are unlikely to work, according to dozens of polar scientists.

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · Sep 3

There’s another book sale taking place this week and two of mine are in it! I’ve just been scrolling through the titles and oh so tempted to go a bit wild!!

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Sale - for one week only The Arid Lands and Permafrost by Kate Kelly only 99p
The image shows a snowy background with the r covers of both books overlain

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · Aug 25

Keep an eye out for this one!

#SFPit @scifipit.bsky.social · Aug 25

Dear friends, writers, #agents, interstellar travelers, interdimensional aliens, and otherwise paradoxical time hoppers!

We would like to invite you to set your favorite time-traveling device to October 21st, 2025, for the pitch event dedicated to Science Fiction, #SFPit! 🧵

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · Aug 25

Final day of the Narratess sale and you can still find over 300 amazing books either free or at reduced prices!

If you like exploring possible futures and distant lands then The Arid Lands, a conspiracy thriller set 600 years from now, might be the book for you! Do check it out - indiebook.sale

Cover image for The Arid Lands which shows silhouette of girl against desolate background.
Accompanying text:
A dried up ocean basin
A people struggling to survive
A deadly conspiracy
Can one girl hold back the flood?
The Arid Lands by Kate Kelly 99p/99

Indie book sale indiebook.sale
Fantasy SF and horror Aug23-25

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · Aug 24

If you're looking for more Narratess #IndieSale books, check out Riyati Rebirth-- persona 4 x buffy-vibed, complete with generational trauma, examining the effects of classism, and a bunch of snark (and angst, and more trauma)

Direct 🔗 riyati.ink/store

📚📢📚💙 🌈📚🌎 🪐📚⚔️🌈🚀 #queerAdultSFF #QueerSFF

Header text reads: “With great power comes your past incarnations and future self playing chess with your existence.”

A 3d mockup of a paperback book with Riyati Rebirth’s cover is on the left. On the right, the following bullets are listed:

First book in series
Demi, ND fMC
“I don’t like future me”
Teenagers making bad decisions
Found Family
Contemporary & low fantasy
Dark Fantasy
1st Person & Multi PoV
Childhood Friends Slow Burn
Generational Trauma
Intricate Magic System
Elemental Magic
Reincarnations
67k words (~275 pages)

Below this list and cover is the text “Retailers,” with the following retailer logos: itch.io, ko-fi, Campfire, Payhip, Apple Books, Smashwords, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Kindle. A plus sign with “more @ riyati.ink/rebirth” is at the bottom

The cover for Riyati Rebirth is on the left side. On the right side is the text, “Riyati Rebirth - The first book in a contemporary, low dark fantasy series that seeks to explore themes of identity, legacy, generational trauma, and finding your own path in life.” A the bottom is the Narratess banner, with skulls, planets, and a dragon. The text says, “Indie Book Sale - indiebook.sale Fantasy, SciFi & Horror - August 23-25”

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Jeremy (he/ them) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jeremyrayne.bsky.social · Aug 24

Who doesn't want to watch a pristine, elegant man get in his first ever bar fight?! Trying to figure out how to be a normal person is a work in progress for this ancient hero....

spice + romance + MM + fantasy
🌶️📚 🌈📚
indiebook.sale
jeremyrayne.itch.io/how-to-sooth...

Image of a book cover, several strands of pearls on wet sand. The book is called How to Soothe a Fallen Hero by Jeremy Rayne, The Throneless King book 2.
"He wants to turn over a new leaf. Learn to be a boyfriend and a businessman. But figures from his past won't make it easy on the elven king."
The Narratess banner with dragon, skulls, and planets.
Indie Book Sale, Fantasy Scifi & Horror, August 23-25.
indiebook.sale

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · Aug 24

quick!! go grab my fantasy novel in the big indie sale!! 🎉

it's 400+ pages and features protective siblings and an unexpectedly caring vampire and demon. 🥹

universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
itchio: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
book sale general link: indiebook.sale

Narratess Indie Book Sale, August 23-25. Banner shows several ebooks around a graphic of a dragon reading.

Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · Aug 24

The Narratess indie book sale continues! SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME. You can get The Warm Machine ebook for JUST $1.99 *right now*! Order here at your retailer of choice: www.thewarmmachine.com#order

#BookSky 💙📚🪐 #Scifi #Narratess2025 #Robots

"The Warm Machine" - "Two bots fall in love and start a journey of self-discovery on their way to the fabled robot utopia Root." "Indie book sale; indiebook.sale, fantasy, sci fi, & horror, Aug 23-25"

Multiple book covers spread across a landscape orientation composition with the text in the middle "indie book sale; indiebook.sale, fantasy, sci-fi, & horror, Aug 23-25"

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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · Aug 23

Kotov Syndrome is part of the #Narratess indie sale. You can find over 300 books on indiebook.sale, all ranging from free to $1.99. Plus there are tons of bundles on Itch you can grab like the two below.

Mid length novels: itch.io/b/3245/narra...

Scifi books: itch.io/b/3241/narra...

More links ⬇️

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

August 23 - 25

Banner designed by Arden Powell

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Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social · Aug 24

Day 2 of the Narratess sale is well underway. I often think SciFi gets a bit overlooked in these events which tend to be quite fantasy heavy. But there are some great SF books to choose from over at indiebook.sale including The Arid Lands if you like a future set conspiracy 😎

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · Aug 24

Want to know what it's like to feel lies and hear feelings? Start your adventure in THE TIPPING WORLD for just .99

A Path of Endless Crossroads and 300+ SFFH books at indiebook.sale

Or find it with friends in a fantasy bundle at mcburnell.itch.io/a-path-of-en...
#fantasy #sale #ebook

Indie Book Sale
indiebook.sale
Fantasy, SciFi & Horror
August 23-25
A Path of Endless Crossroads - MC Burnell
$4.99 is crossed out, .99 has arrows pointing at it.

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