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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁🔜CAN*CON
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🇨🇦 Bi+ace • lvl 30 • she/her • Comic colorist/publishing assistant. Digital artist, anime trash, gamer. SFF Author of THE CALYSPIS PROJECT, BLOODY SPADE, THE HOWLING DARK (ETA 2026) 🐺🌓 contact ➡️ brittanywillows(@)zohomail(.)com linktr.ee/brittanymwillows
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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁🔜CAN*CON @bmwillows.bsky.social · Oct 27
Oh shit, hi everybody!! I'm Bri, a self-published author/digital artist. I've published two duologies (space opera and anime-inspired urban fantasy), and am currently working on a standalone post-apoc SFF about fugitive werewolf brothers!

linktr.ee/brittanymwillows #writingcommunity
A promotional graphic featuring THE HOWLING DARK's concept cover against a blurry photo of mountains, surrounded by a list of some tropes/themes that appear in the book. Text reads: Eclipse-born werewolf (i.e, special in fucked-up and beautiful ways); post-nuclear Earth-like setting; were-caracal bounty hunter; fugitive werewolf brother; a dash of M/M spice and romance; messy, messy relationships; corrupt space government; Brother Bear x Wolf's Rain; doomed siblings; ragtag rebels; elements of botanical horror. Cover depicts a young man with soft features in a fur-lined hooded jacket holding a spear, peering through leafless tree branches. He has long slightly wavy hair, white on one side and black on the other. His right eye is blue, left is brown. He has a scar over his left eye. A promotional graphic featuring 3D mock-ups of Bloody Spade and Bleeding Heart's, surrounded by a list of tropes/themes that appear in the Cardplay Duology. Text reads: Abundant hurt/comfort, inky body horror, hot-tempered fire wielder, bird girl with plant magic, a celestial deity with a penchant for murder, a budding QPR, returned magic, slow-burn romantic subplot, asexual panic, monsters born from malice, softhearted scythe-wielding girl, snarky cat-eared thief. Bloody Spade's cover depicts a black silhouette of a short-haired cat-eared boy with a glowing purple spade in front of him. Bleeding Heart's depicts a white silhouette of a girl with deer antlers and long flowing hair with a glowing heart in front of her.
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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 20h
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows, we are working on clearing older inventory from our packing center, which means it’s time for a SALE! Get up to 40% off select past books and 20% off select past boxes! Quantities are limited and once they’re sold out, they’re gone! 🧵
An image of 31 Rainbow Crate books. The books are arranged in five rows, with the books slightly alternating where they line up. All book covers face the camera, the books near the edges of the image are more cut off. Text along the bottom reads “Last Chance Sale” in white font with a red outline.
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 2h
Canadian friends, AN ARCANE INHERITANCE is eligible for TWO sales at Indigo! You can get 25% off it and several other Dark Academia books (I've pulled some other recs for you, as always), or you can preorder it as a Most Anticipated Book for 500 bonus plum points!

www.indigo.ca/en-ca/an-arc...
Indigo AN ARCANE INHERITANCE 25% off Our Favourite Dark Academia Books *Valid October 6, 2025 - October 19, 2025 at indigo.ca, while quantities last. Not valid on previous purchases or in conjunction with other offers. Indigo AN ARCANE INHERITANCE Pre-Order Our Most Anticipated Books and Receive 500 Bonus plum Points *One-time use offer. Valid April 1, 2025 - March 30, 2026 at Canadian stores and at indigo.ca on pre-tax purchase price of eligible in-stock product(s), after discounts and points redemptions, using a valid plum rewards membership. Bonus points are awarded upon shipment. Not valid on previous purchases. See indigo.ca/plum for program details. INDIGO A MASTERY OF MONSTERS by Liselle Sambury THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE by Cassandra Khaw ZODIAC RISING by Katie Zhao THE BOOK OF AUTUMN by Molly O'Sullivan BOYS WITH SHARP TEETH by Jenni Howell HIGHER MAGIC by Courtney Floyd 25% off Our Favourite Dark Academia Books *Valid October 6, 2025 - October 19, 2025 at indigo.ca, while quantities last. Not valid on previous purchases or in conjunction with other offers.
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Kelrond, Best Purveyor of Gay Books Ever @panediting.bsky.social · 14d
It's back!

JPat holiday bookseller bonus!
Nominate a bookseller and they could get $500 from James Patterson!
Nominate before Oct 31!

www.bookweb.org/news/james-p...
James Patterson Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program Returns for 2025
Patterson has pledged a personal contribution of $300,000, to be distributed in amounts of $500, to 600 booksellers from ABA member bookstores.
www.bookweb.org
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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁🔜CAN*CON @bmwillows.bsky.social · 5h
Eerie, I like it 👀
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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · 13h
It's worth reiterating that independent creators are getting debanked for the same content
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 16h
Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.
ChatGPT just got filthy after new update lets it talk dirty to you
'You won't get it unless you ask for it.'
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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁🔜CAN*CON @bmwillows.bsky.social · 17h
Aw sorry you're feeling rundown! Hope being there can lift your spirits somewhat 🙏
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🐺 Kip 🐺 @daydreamdeuce.bsky.social · 1d
Still open!! I could really use the support rn AND I can make them halloween or winter holiday themed if asked ^^
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🐺 Kip 🐺 @daydreamdeuce.bsky.social · 2d
Rendered couples art for $200CAD

Dm me to claim a pose - promo rights (ie posting online to drum up excitement) is included and you can upgrade to commercial rights if you are an author/actual play/etc

Second image is just a render example!

| #art | #bookishart | #booksky | #ocsky | #dnd |
Art of three sketches poses numbered 1-3, showing different intimate poses between androgynous sketches of humanoids Text reads: YCH Commissions -DM me to claim a pose -Fully Rendered - $200 each - inlcudes promo rights +$125 for commercial rights Rendered illustration of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast from critical role. Essek is a male purple drow elf smiling widely holding a steaming copper cup of tea, while Caleb is a pale human male with red hair leaning over to kiss his cheek while they both sit in bed. Essek's ear is wiggling from the kiss.
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Jaws Stone - fuck it, we ball @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 1d
Hi #PortfolioDay - I'm Jaws, a depressed mess and a skank. I just wanna draw my little guys, pay my bills and try to get through it all.

🖼️ jawsstone.com
✉️ [email protected]
👛 patreon.com/only_jaws
An illustration of a scarred man kissing a replica of the statue of David Three character studies of a long haired man in a crop top and hotpants An illustration of the movie director David Lynch
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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 1d
The product is just dependence on mind poison. Study after study has shown people using GPT think they are more productive but are empirically not. It is just a button you press that delivers hits of dopamine completely unrelated to the world around you.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 1d
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁🔜CAN*CON @bmwillows.bsky.social · 1d
A bit belated, but happy book birthday!!
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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 2d
ITS A BAT DAMN TIME! 🦇⚰️🩸

Dead & Breakfast is out today! Vampires Arthur and Sal just want to live a quiet retirement running a B&B, but when the mayor is found dead in their garden, they must solve the crime to prove their innocence!

Get your copy: www.rosieethor.com/dead-and-bre...
Rosiee (white, nonbinary, short curly brown hair, octagonal glasses) wearing a sun hat and overalls with sunflowers on them and holding a copy of Dead & Breakfast.
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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 4d
COMMON BONDS lovers, you can get even more of the good stuff. An entire anthology of short stories and poems that have:
💚 science fiction and fantasy
💚 aromantic MCs
💚 a focus on platonic relationships!

Publication in 2026; preorders through late pledges: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...

🌈📚
An orange leafy background with a blue thread of wool passing over it, as well as the occasional autumn leaves. In the centre is the cover for Common Bonds 2 (two friends knitting a sweater within a frame of autumnal leaves). The image says describes this book as “an aromantic SFF anthology” that is coming in 2026 and can be preordered through Kickstarter’s late pledges.
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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 1d
I dipped my toe in IF over summer, and it was great fun! Play as one of Emmanuelle's cats (from Val-de-mer) as you try to escape a bath... or perhaps you'd rather try to get as many treats as possible?

No knowledge of PAINTED FLOCK needed to play.

claudiearseneault.itch.io/painted-kitty
An image with a white cat that has splotches of red and blue paint. Besides it are pawprints of blue paint and the title “Painted Kitty” in red. Above is written “I made a small interactive fiction game and it’s completely free to play!” and “In which you are a dirty little kitty, and you’re trying to escape a bath!”
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Inkgrid | Edel-Art @inkgrid.bsky.social · 12d
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HC•° @hollycircling.bsky.social · 1d
his range
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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁🔜CAN*CON @bmwillows.bsky.social · 1d
I got a fun package in the mail! Wonder what these are for 👀
A picture of me with a cheeky expression next to a stack of mysterious papers
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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 2d
and here's a static cover reveal post for people who want to skip the book trailer and/or hate videos! cover art by Lucy Rose

THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July 2026, from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social! #author

preorder now: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...
the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood, framed in gold with gold flowers against a dark teal background around the edges. The cover is teal with a stag of flowers and foliage growing from a twisted tree with flowers growing around it and black ooze dripping from a branch overhead. the title "The Lord of the Wood" is in large white serif text to the left, with foliage growing through the letters closest to the tree, and the author "E.M. Anderson" is in all-caps yellow text at the bottom. the tagline, in smaller yellow text, reads, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..." "When lonely clockmaker Arthur Throckmorton loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning into a beast and losing power over a dying forest. If they can’t save the forest before he becomes a beast completely, Arthur will lose the man he's falling for—and never see his family again." Text is in a textbox against a murky image of a forest, with the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood below the text, all against a dark teal background with gold curlicues in the corners. The cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood on a dark teal background with golden leaves overhead, surrounded by yellow text reading: plant magic; sentient forest trying to oops! murder people; intensely homoerotic shaving scene; the one who heard the stories and the one who was in the stories; hopeless romantic who's clueless about his own sexuality; Beauty & the Beast inspired by not a retelling; dual-POV brother/sister; love interest turning slowly into a beast; wound-tending.
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Mars 🌟 GGC41 @mmarsloud.bsky.social · 2d
#portfolioday again? no problem 👌

I'm Mars and I'm always available for book covers! Particularly sci-fi, fantasy, or horror

🎨marslauderbaugh.weebly.com
fanart of jayce and viktor from arcane front cover of CELESTIAL MONSTERS by Aiden Thomas featuring Teo and Aurelio Alternate front cover for HELL FOLLOWED WITH US by Andrew Joseph White, for Dazzling Bookish Shop Commissioned art featuring two sci-fi inspired men and the shadow of a space creature.
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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 2d
As much as I hesitate to recommend Amazon as a book buying platform anymore, it was cool to watch a single preorder jump me from ~200th in my best category to ~70th. If I ask nicely and you're already having to order from there, please consider getting my novella too? www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTWJ89VC
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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 2d
hi portfolio day! I'm a cartoonist! however,I am spending the day in several airports. but here is my book that I made
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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 22d
Hello Sunshine is a horror mystery GN about a boy who comes back from bible camp to find out that his secret boyfriend, Alex, is missing after a very public mental breakdown. #comics

Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...
cover of hello sunshine featuring alex laying in a red flowers with eyes. red hands reach up from the ground to touch him. in the background the other four kids and cass the dog stand in a line in a field of daisies a photo of alex with his back to the camera facing a red monster with daisies for eyes on the ceiling alex and noah kissing awkwardly the protagonists from hello sunshine sitting in a row looking nervous with the daisy eyes monster behind them in the darkness. in the center of the panel is an inset panel showing a cassette tape
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M.E. Morgan @morlevart.bsky.social · 2d
Hi #PortfolioDay ! My name is M.E. Morgan & I'm a freelance artist working on illustrations for book covers & ttrpgs. I’m a fan of folklore,horror,fantasy, & romance. I’m open to new projects, please feel free to view my portfolio & get in touch below.
➡️https://morlevart.com
➡️mmorlevart@gmail(.)com
A digital illustration featuring two fairy characters standing together as a flock of pale teal moths swirl around them. One character has with pale blue-green skin, dark eye makeup and long orange-red hair, in blood-red and black helm and armor resembling the carapace of a Japanese rhinoceros beetle. They hold the second character, who has pale pink skin, soft features, and fluffy short pink hair, in a pink and green outfit reminiscent of a pink rose. A digital illustration of a pale-skinned, horned masculine character with flowing wavy back hair, wearing black blouse and pants. He is standing against a blue background, surrounded by swirling wind and leaves, gesturing as though he is commanding them. Two character illustrations on a flat black background. Right: the character is an early-twenties, masculine human. He has warm pale skin, light brown short hair and green eyes. He wears a deep olive green and gold blouse, brown cropped pants, and brown lace up boots. He carries a brown leather messenger bag, and a barn owl is landing on his shoulder. Left: a satyr character on a flat black background. They have light tan skin, pale ash blonde hair and fur, digitigrade furry legs and split hooves, curled horns, deer ears, and a long tufted tail. they are androgynous, wearing a cream blouse and green pleated skirt; and carrying a red hardcover book. The full-wrap book cover illustration for the novel VESSEL OF WOVEN NIGHT by Kellen Graves.
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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 3d
who wants a cover reveal tomorrow around noon EST??? get ready bc holy shit this is like my dream cover

#author
sage green book cover with the corner peeled back, revealing part of a tree, foliage, and possibly antlers. text on the cover reads "The Lord of the Wood, E.M. Anderson, cover reveal tomorrow."
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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁🔜CAN*CON @bmwillows.bsky.social · 2d
Same!! :D
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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁🔜CAN*CON @bmwillows.bsky.social · 2d
heh thank ya!
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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁🔜CAN*CON @bmwillows.bsky.social · 8d
Can I interest anyone in some doomed yuri ♥️♠️
My characters Ophelia and Vy from the BLOODY SPADE prequel story, foreheads touching, somber expressions on their faces. Ophelia is a fair-skinned woman with white deer antlers and crimson hair tied back in a long, thick braid. Vy is a tan woman with short, straight purple-black hair, and cat ears angled downward. Ophelia wears a white cream-colored dress, Vy wears a dark purple-gray bodysuit with black fur draped over the shoulders.
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