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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 26d
A Month of Rain and Reads is here!

This is our first month-long event celebrating indie and self-published SFF! This month we'll be posting reviews, author interviews, guest posts, spotlights, and our Daily Challenge with daily giveaways!

Find out more: www.readindiefantasy.com/welcome-to-a...
A banner image for A Month of Rain and Reads featuring an illustrated autumnal scene with a dragon wearing spectacles and reading a book in an armchair. There is also a ghost cat playing with the dragon's tail. In the background are bookshelves, a cup of tea, pumpkins, candles, and rain lashing the window. The art was designed by Arden Powell.
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We're back with an interview with @belindacrawford.bsky.social, who is raising funds as part of @the-book-bazaar.com for a 10th anniversary special edition of The Hero Rebellion, an action-packed YA sci-fi series:

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
A blue dragon in the background with the logo to The Book Bazaar and a promo image for The Hero Rebellion. The text says An Interview with Belinda Crawford.
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Hey everyone! Yes, I'm still shouting about this! And I will continue to do so!

Why? Because this is happening tomorrow!!!

My books, along with sooooo many others, are in this awesome bundle!

I'm getting it and you should, like, so totally, too!

itch.io/b/3410/creat...

#indie #indieauthors #art
A graphic with lots of text against a wooden board background. There is also a book cover with a glowing rose on it in the bottom right. This is for Through the Shards of My Heart by Machelle Berglund. The text above the book reads "$50 for 70+ ebooks, audiobooks, short stories, games, and more." To the left, from top to bottom, the text reads "Check out my Books in the Creator Day itch.io Bundle! From midnight to midnight Pacific Time on November 28th, creators will recieve 100% of their profics. Snag a bundle to show your support" "https://itch.io/b/3410/creator-day-bundle" "Bundle organized by Aimee Cozza"
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and the world is dreadful and grey.

To bring some light, we have an interview with Helen Whistberry ( @whistberry.bsky.social ), author of today's giveaway prize, When Your Heart Is A Broken Thing.

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...

#BookSky #AMoRaR
Banner image for our interview with Helen Whistberry. The banner includes the book dragon, the ghost cat, and a drawing of Helen, by Helen.
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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In a happy coincidence, we've got a review for our daily challenge giveaway! This is When Your Heart is a Broken Thing by @whistberry.bsky.social as written by @karenlykkebo.com:

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-book-... #AMoRaR
A red banner with a dragon reading a book. It features the book cover to When Your Heart is a Broken Thing by Helen Whistberry.
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Daily Challenge 27: Menty B - Share an indie book with mental health rep.

#AMoRaR #BookSky
Banner image for today's giveaway with the challenge: Menty B - Share a book with mental health rep.
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Congrats to Tufty for winning this giveaway in accordance to the random number wheel!

If you've not won a giveaway from us yet, keep trying, as we've got some awesome prizes coming for our last few challenges... 👀
tuftymctavish.com Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 1d
👨‍✈️ One of my favourite bunch of unlikely crew members was Jezzet, Thanquil and the Black Thorn from “The Ties That Bind” series by @robjhayes.bsky.social.

Lewd, crude, and bad to the bone(r) 🤭 they ultimately did good!

📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #AMoRaR 📆
Three paperbacks arranged side-by-side on a table. These are “The Ties That Bind” trilogy by Rob J. Hayes, “The Heresy Within”, “The Colour of Vengeance” and “The Price of Faith”. There is also a yellow bookmark placed on the table below the row of books.
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Free #scifi #scifibook you say?
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The giveaway for today's challenge is The Wrecking Squad by @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social, a sci-fi action-adventure featuring a crew!
Giveaway banner image. This shows the book dragon and the ghost cat as well as the book cover for The Wrecking Squad by Nick Snape.
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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My birthday is this friday! Which means my gift to you is that Songs of Broken Bells is on sale for the whole week!

Universal Link: buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
Payhip: payhip.com/b/hKG10
Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Our next interview is with @valwrites.ca who is raising funds for BOOM goes the Bride, A pulpy lesbian romance between an elven thief from another world and a corporate princess whose company is built on her clones, and part of @the-book-bazaar.com

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
A blue dragon in the background with the logo to The Book Bazaar and a promo image for BOOM goes the Bride. The text says An Interview with Valiant Evermech.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Hear! Hear!

(not that we're biased or anything /n)
spookyxpickle.bsky.social Author Machelle Berglund 💛🤍💜🖤-Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 1d
Y'all, @blog.readindiefantasy.com is pretty great. You should check out their site and read the articles.
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and we've got an interview for you.

Today, we have a chat with Melissa Stone, author of the Keverynn Trilogy and the Stars of Destiny series.

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...

(includes pictures of dragons)

#AMoRaR #BookSky
Banner image for our interview with Melissa Stone. The banner shows the book dragon, the ghost cat, and a chibi-style drawing of Melissa.
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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We're starting your day with a mouthwatering guest post from @frasierarmitage.bsky.social, who explores how food can help the fantasy writing process:

www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-e... #AMoRaR
An orange banner with a dragon reading a book and the text Guest Post by Frasier Armitage. Eating food and writing fantasy. It features a drawn image of a robot writing as Frasier's avatar.
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Daily Challenge 26: Gather the Crew - Build your own crew with fictional characters. What are you planning?

Do you recommend any indie books featuring a crew? #AMoRaR #BookSky
Banner image for today's giveaway with the challenge: Gather the Crew - Build your own crew with fictional characters. What are you planning?
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Congrats to Susanne for winning yesterday's challenge! #AMoRaR
sharkiatwrites.bsky.social Susanne Schmidt @sharkiatwrites.bsky.social · 2d
Depends on the Fae. Into the Darkbower by @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social has a very dark take on Fae. Definitely would choose the vampires over those.
blog.readindiefantasy.com Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 2d
Daily Challenge 25: Fae or Vampire - Would you rather be kidnapped by the Fae or a vampire coven?

Can you recommend an indie book featuring Fae or Vampires?

#AMoRaR #BookSky
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Most XKCD strips: fuck yeah science!

A small number of special XKCD strips: *sobbing uncontrollably* fuck yeah science
heather-buchel.com Heather Buchel @heather-buchel.com · 2d
Just having a little cry reading the latest xkcd how about you xkcd.com/3172
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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We're ending the day with an interview with @backwardsknight.com, author of The Dark Side of Super, an interconnected collection of super-powered shorts, as he runs his crowdfund campaign for an audiobook as part of @the-book-bazaar.com:

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter... #AMoRaR
A blue dragon in the background with the logo to The Book Bazaar and a promo image for The Dark Side of Super. The text says An Interview with Matthew Siadak.
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and for your early afternoon reading we've got an interview with Stephanie Caye ( @kittensyay.bsky.social ), author of the Gravity's Daughter series - also the prize of today's giveaway challenge.

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...

#AMoRaR #BookSky
Banner image for our interview with Stephanie Caye. The banner includes the ghost cat, the book dragon, and a photo of Stephanie.
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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We're starting your Tuesday with a review of The Wolf Bane (Societas Aenigmatum: Book One) by @sadhbhgirl.bsky.social as written by @whistberry.bsky.social:

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-book-... #AMoRaR
A red banner with a dragon reading a book. It features the book cover to Wolf Bane by Sadhbh Frost.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Daily Challenge 25: Fae or Vampire - Would you rather be kidnapped by the Fae or a vampire coven?

Can you recommend an indie book featuring Fae or Vampires?

#AMoRaR #BookSky
Banner image for today's giveaway with the challenge: Fae or Vampire - Would you rather be kidnapped by the Fae or a vampire coven?
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Our winner for yesterday's challenge, as chosen by the random wheel of fate, is @authorjmac.bsky.social from the Discord server! Congrats Joanna! Please send us your email address!
blog.readindiefantasy.com Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 3d
Daily Challenge 24: Swords or Sorcery - Would you rather fight with a sword or use magic? Which are your favorite sword and sorcery indie books?

#AMoRaR #BookSky
Banner image for today's giveaway with the challenge: Swords or Sorcery - Would you rather fight with a sword or use magic?
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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I missed this when it was first posted, but that won't stop me from sharing it now.

How do you deal with a book hangover?
I usually just have to wait a bit, at least until the next day, to start a new one.

/nils
grantdraws.bsky.social Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 6d
Poetry Comics Month, Day 21
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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we love to see it 🥰
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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We're rounding off the day with a list of recommended queer books by enthusiastic reader @turkeycleverness.bsky.social! Read the Rainbow:

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-recom... #AMoRaR
A red banner with a dragon reading a book and the text Read the Rainbow. Three book covers are features including Mercy by Ian Haramaki, The World Within by Dani Finn, and Splinter by Jasper Hyde.
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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You all hang in there now. <3
grantdraws.bsky.social Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 3d
Poetry Comics Month, Day 24
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and November draws to a close.

Today we have an interview with Phil Parker ( @philspeculates.bsky.social ), author of the fantastically titled series The Inside Story of the British Bureau for the Arcane.

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...

#AMoRaR #BookSky
Banner image for our interview with Phil Parker. The banner includes the book dragon, the ghost cat, and a pictur of Phil.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM