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Kel E Fox

@kelefox.bsky.social

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Author, artist, possibly a witch ♦ gritty and whimsical genrebending fantasy ♦ no AI books: kelefox.com operation chocolate overload: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/969f7590-7a53-49bf-920e-c637adfc677a/landing

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · Aug 19

Darkhaven is coming to hardcover! As part of @the-book-bazaar.com on @backerkit.com

sassy fmc • sweet slow burn romance • superhumans • alien gods • friendship • conspiracy • espionage • mental health themes • much snacking

#booksky #sff #readingcommunity #fantasy #yafantasy #sciencefantasy 💙📚🪐

Quite Possibly Magic: Darkhaven, Book 1 of The Lightless Prophecy

From Kel E Fox - Quite Possibly Magic: Darkhaven, Book 1 of The Lightless Prophecy

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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 12h

I got the character art for my book! @janjanartsss.bsky.social is awesome!

I commissioned this art for my crowdfunding project and you can follow and/or back so I can get more awesome art!

Book 1 of the series is only at $0.99 now!

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A warrior with bow and a quiver of arrows in an ancient Indian costume standing by a river with a tree and blue sky in the background

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 5h

I think I might actually have to write this as an AU scene for Darkhaven now 😂

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Author Machelle Berglund 💛🤍💜🖤-Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 9h

#TBBChat, thank you so much! Sorry I was suuuuper late.

I do have a project to promo. It's Fairy Seasons!

I also have an article featuring @kelefox.bsky.social's project and more I'd like peeps to check out!

Article: medium.com/@SpookyPickl...

Fairy Seasons: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 15h

Define your music taste in eight artists.

Marianas Trench
Frank Sinatra
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Asaf Avidan
Annie Lennox
MIKA
Matt Andersen
Orville Peck

Your turn! 🎶🎧

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

Define your music taste in eight artists.

The National (Matt Berninger)
Josh Ritter
Gregory Alan Isakov
Sam Tinnesz
Anais Mitchell
Angus and Julia Stone
Breaking Benjamin (Benjamin Burnley)
Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong)

Your turn! 🎶🎧

⛦Biki⛧Nhog⛥🔞 @bikinhog.bsky.social · 1d

Define your music taste in eight artists.

Korn
Disturbed
ICP
Twiztid
Linkin Park
Skynd
Gojira
Slipknot

Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 16h

Free books, people! This lot come from a great bunch of Australian and New Zealand authors. KU and wide titles :)

www.aus-nz-indiewritersbookclub.com/stuff-your-k...

#booksky #sff #readingcommunity #fantasy 💙📚🪐

Text on a white background with watermarks of open books. Text reads: Massive Free Stuff Your Kindle Event, October 17th - 19th, brought to you by AUS NZ Indie Writers Book Club and Aussie Indie Team.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 16h

This week's Saturday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, in which a visiting dark wizard has made the mistake of attacking Felix in front of Saskia.

Snap it up now*: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen

*And remember, the ebook is on sale in the UK this month!

#romancelandia

On the bottom lefthand corner of this image is the beautiful British cover of Wooing the Witch Queen, by Stephanie Burgis. The illustration shows a man in a cloak riding headlong through the night towards an ominous castle with an illuminated, crowned female figure in its doorway and bats flying overhead in the moonlight. A potion vial surrounds that central image and is further framed by leaves and branches. Crows sit on the branches, and a tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sangu Mandanna reads: ‘Warm and lovely’.
Above and around the cover image is this snippet of text: with drawings of three crows underneath the text:
“Now, Your Majesty.” The wizard had the sense to fall back a step on the flagstones, raising his now-empty hands. Still, his tone was heavily indulgent. “No one expects you to understand the rituals and rules of dark wizardry, but—”
“I don’t need to understand anything,” Queen Saskia spat, “except that you’ve just made a mistake that every other dark wizard will whisper about in horror for decades—because no one will be allowed to hurt any of my people again!”
She flung up her arms. Her crows flocked behind and above her, like an oncoming storm of retribution. All the prickling energy in the room gathered around her, just waiting to be released…
And waves of almost unbearable heat swept through Felix’s cloaked body as he watched, his mouth falling open behind his mask.
It was incredible.
She was incredible.
He wanted to fall to his knees before her in awe…
So he was almost too late in stepping forward. “Wait!” he blurted, his voice hoarse.

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks #TBBChat!
Gabby is the star of Darkhaven, an upper YA urban science-ish fantasy full of superhumans, sass, conspiracies and snacking.

The Chocolate Overload edition is part of @the-book-bazaar.com on @backerkit.com. Launching soon! Follow now for bonus material.

#booksky #sff #yafantasy 💙📚🪐

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 16h

Gabby and her friends do throw Skittles at each other. But let's say... Gabby and supersoldier mentor Donovan.
G throws a cup of milk. D retaliates with vodka. G picks a strawberry off the pavlova and hits D's eye. D hurls the whole pav at G's face.

D wins. And is mortified.

#TBBChat

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 17h

TBB Chat Q4: Two of your characters end up in a food fight. What do they throw, and who wins?

Quote post and include the tag #TBBChat so others can find you.

No links or covers. Save the self-promo for the outro.

#TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #Writing #Writesky

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 17h

Gabby mostly ensures this never happens. But if she did get hungry, probably much flailing and being unable to decide what to eat to fix the problem.

Sean would get tetchy. But if you dared suggest he eat a Snickers, he'd flat out deny he needed it.

#TBB

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 17h

TBB Chat Q3: How does your MC deal with being hungry? How does your villain deal?

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#TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #Writing #Writesky

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 17h

Chocolate. Next!

For a more balanced meal, Gabby also loves pasta, preferably from Harrys, the fabulous Italian restaurant near her uncle's apartment. Happens to be dog friendly, too.

#TBBChat

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 17h

TBB Chat Q2: What is your MC's favourite food?

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#TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #Writing #Writesky

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 17h

Well, yes. Humans gotta eat! But Gabby feels most problems in life can be, if not solved, at least improved with copious chocolate. And milkshakes. Nutella (from the jar). Also Skittles, Maltesers, M&Ms, TimTams, Iced VoVos, Milo, cake...what can't be fixed with cake?!

Many things, Gabs.

#TBBChat

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 18h

This week is the tasty foods edition. Q1: Is food a big part of your story? If so, how? If not, why not?

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#TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #Writing #Writesky

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 18h

I'm an author and artist who writes somewhat gritty, genrebendy fantasy and paints... abstract flowers. Why I couldn't write cosy fantasy and illustrate cute fairies to match is beyond me 😂 I HAVE TRIED but no

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 18h

Hiya! Welcome to #TBBChat. I’m Kel E Fox ( @kelefox.bsky.social ), author of Darkhaven and this week’s host. Let’s start with an intro. Tell us about yourself!
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#BookBazaar25

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The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 1d

Tomorrow! 11 AM ET! @kelefox.bsky.social is going to be hosting our next #TBBChat! Turn on post notifications so you don't miss it!

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 1d

It's a book fair! And a musing on my dark romantasy Beauty and the Beast retelling, which is less angry than I'd expected, more melancholic, and has much more Library than planned.

That's a good thing.

#writer #author #fantasy #sff 💙📚🪐

Beauty & the Beast hits different

Plus a book fair full of Aussie/NZ reads

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, that's brilliant!

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Jacquelyn Benson @jbensonink.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of having about 200 copies of Arrow Fortune show up at my house, I'm cleaning out my shelves. Grab my misfit books in a little auction to raise some money for the local queer care fund. www.32auctions.com/jbensonclean...

Pink and blue background with text "misfit books auction" and list of items: author proof copies, arcs for arrow of fortune, scratch and dent, proofreading pages, special editions, foreign editions, and more

blue and pink background with arrow of fortune and empire of shadows special edition. Text reads I'm cleaning out my shelves for trans healthcare. Misfit Books Auction.

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 2d

Autumn forest watercolour fun. Might modify this design for bookmarks...

watercolor on paper

#artsky #watercolor #fall

Three small watercolour paintings of ethereal autumn forests, splattered with gold paint

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Jacquelyn Benson @jbensonink.bsky.social · 4d

My Renegade Scholars subscribers are about to get their early copies of Arrow of Fortune - along with their access to exclusive stories and spicy bonus scenes. Come join the club at Patreon.com/jacquelynbenson.

Text reads 'join the renegade scholars club. Early subscriber release for Arrow of Fortune. Extra bonus spicy scenes." with black and white illustrations from the books.

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 4d

In revisions. Forgot I wrote this 😂

I don’t remember there being any letters in my coat pockets, but it has been a long time since I cleaned them out. It’s always a bit of a risk. Last time I found a piece of string with only one end and a tiny purple frog.

#wip #writer #amwriting #fantasy

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 5d

Today is the 4th anniversary of The Thirteenth Hour, the first book in my Cruel Gods series. This book went on to become a SPFBO & BBNYA finalist AND Indie Ink award winner for best setting/wittiest character!

To celebrate, I've put the ebook up for FREE for today only! 🥳

mybook.to/TheThirteent...

A promo image for the Thirteenth Hour's 4th anniversary featuring the book cover with funky glasses over the characters, and the text: Fantasy of bad manners, tea, and naughty words - four years! Cruel gods demand worship from their mortal subjects in this gaslamp fantasy featuring magical portals, gothic cosmic deities, quaint Britishisms, and steampunk vibes.

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 6d

Character notes, apparently
Raphael - tortured princess with tragic past masquerading as her dead brother. Who she murdered. Because she’s cursed. By her lover’s mother well we did want drama

#writer #amwriting #romantasy

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Mitch Miller ☆ 📼 @astramachina.bsky.social · 9d

It's 10:30pm on a Thursday.

If this gets one like, I'll share a rough sketch of Shaw. Y'know, the main bastard from MONITORED ACTIVITY.

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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 12d

My novella of trans self-discovery is now up for pre-order! You can get Guitar Concerto in C Flat Minor, Op. 12: Lucina (short name Opus) for preorder now. Release date December 12,2025. Ebook $3. Paperback $8.

Thread time.
Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb

Guitar Concerto in C Flat Minor, Op. 12: Lucina by S. Morgan Burbank

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J.S. Living @thejsliving.bsky.social · 14d

Oooh @spookyxpickle.bsky.social posted this article on Medium! Go give it a read!

💙📚
#writesky #read #books

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The Bloody Darkside of the Rebellion Con

Highlighting four more Book Bazaar projects that span a variety of genres.

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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 14d

The link! (whoops)

Stuff Your Kindle With Fantasy Books Event

Want deals on amazing new fantasy books? Look no further! Authors have banded together to give you exactly what you need.

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