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Tru Skies

@trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com

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British author of foul-mouthed fantasy series The Cruel Gods and upcoming The Chosen One Con 📚 They/Them Enby 💛🤍💜🖤 Trans rights! 🏳️‍⚧️ Anti-Gen AI Visit my website at TrudieSkies.com The Cruel Gods Series: https://mybook.to/TheCruelGods

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · Nov 11

The Cruel Gods trilogy is an adult gaslamp fantasy featuring magical portals, gothic cosmic deities, quaint Britishisms, and steampunk vibes. Start with SPFBO and BBNYA finalist, The Thirteenth Hour, but check my website for content warnings. Available on Kindle Unlimited.

mybook.to/TheCruelGods

A promotional image showing the cover art for The Cruel Gods series: The Thirteenth Hour (blue and silver), The Children of Chaos (pink and purple) and The End of Time (black and bronze). The image contains the text: The Cruel Gods Trilogy Now Complete! Fantasy of Bad Manners, Tea, Top Hats, & Naughty Words.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 2h

I have a clear idea and then my cover artist gives me something that works better lol

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 2h

Happy Book Birthday!

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Adam Holcombe @adamholcombe.bountyink.com · 3h

Oh hey, look at the day! It's release day!

If you want an action packed, sci-fi adventure that meshes the heart of Guardians of the Galaxy with the weird of One Piece and the vast galaxy of Mass Effect wrapped into a love letter to Star Wars Legends, then look no further than Bounty Inc!

Out now!

Graphic featuring a mockup of Bounty Inc with text reading "Out Now!"

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 5h

I'll consider it 😂

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 5h

If you're looking for unsettling stories about fairies, this is for you!

Author Machelle Berglund 💛🤍💜🖤-Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 5h

In the #BookBazaar25, we have a fun little challenge. And that challenge is to reach 50 followers on our individual projects.

If we hit that number, we get a top hat.

And I would very much like a top hat please! I want to be dapper AF!!!

#Writing #IndieAuthor 💙📚

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Ready Your Wings for Fairy Seasons

From Machelle Berglund - Ready Your Wings for Fairy Seasons

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 5h

If my Backerkit project reaches 100 followers before launch, I'll commission NSFW art.

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The Chosen One Con is coming soon!

From Trudie Skies - The Chosen One Con is coming soon!

www.backerkit.com

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 5h

No kidding!

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 7h

I'm H

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 7h

Aww, it needs a little PC jumper!

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 7h

"Are you the biggest asshole ever? YES YOU ARE!" Spoken with love of course 😂

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 7h

My computer has been having stuttering issues lately, and through extensive diagnostics, we've determined it might be overheating a little. Time to hoover out all the cat hair from the case I guess!

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 9h

Today is the last day to fill out our sign-up sheet if you want to get involved and contribute towards our month-long event celebrating indies!

Find the sign-up sheet here: forms.gle/1zCrRVqgvxpr...

Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 14d

We've got a big announcement to make! For the entire month of November, we're going to be hosting an event celebrating indie and self-published SFF authors that we're calling... A Month of Rain and Reads!

But we'd like YOU to get involved! Find out more:
www.readindiefantasy.com/announcing-a...

A banner image showing a planner with autumnal decorations and stickers along with calligraphy spelling out A Month of Rain and Reads. There is a stack of indie books in the background and a cup of coffee.

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Lucy A. McLaren @lucyamclaren.bsky.social · 21h

If you buy a copy of Echoes of the EtherStone from my Ko-Fi shop, you will receive one of these lovingly made bracelets because I think they’re cute 😂👀

Oh and of course a character art card!

ko-fi.com/s/6cf282727d

#gothichorror #gothicbooks #gothicfantasy #darkfantasy #gothicvibes #BookSky

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Today we're excited to reveal the cover for Riyati Ripple by @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com, the third book in the Riyati series of dark urban fantasy featuring reincarnations, time travel, and magical girl anime vibes.

www.readindiefantasy.com/cover-reveal...

A banner image of a giant hand holding a book in a forest and a blurred cover for Riyati Ripple by Kai Zeal with the words Cover Reveal!

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Not 2023, but 2021.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Thank you, I'm giving it a go!

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Day 14 of #Caulktober! I'm not sure I'd call Max a 'true' romantic. Sex is mostly transactional for him, though he enjoys it. The 'romance' aspects of his love life are part of the act for him.

Lyle, however, I'd call a true romantic.

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Day 13 of #Caulktober!

Max has gone through a few traumatic things. His mother left him when he was a child, never to be heard from again. He watched his dad being killed during a riot, forcing him to take on a parental role for his younger sister. That's when he became a sex worker.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Running behind on my cocks! Day 11 & 12 of #Caulktober!

I'm gonna go ahead and say that Max has probably been pegged at least once 😂 He hasn't tied anyone, but he's definitely been tied up.

A challenge game for Cocktober 2025 with the following days:

Tell us about your cock-owning character who…

1 - is married
2 - is a virgin
3 - loves other cock-owners
4 - identifies as bi
5 - is in a poly relationship
6 - identifies as trans or non-binary
7 - is a shapeshifter
8 - has magical powers
9 - has received a blow job
10 - has given a blow job
11 - has been pegged
12 - has tied someone up/been tied up
13 - has survived something traumatic
14 - is a true romantic
15 - has been on either end of an age gap relationship
16 - has spanked someone/been spanked
17 - has watched other people have sex
18 - has had sex in public
19 - has saved the world
20 - is based on you or someone you know
21 - is featured on your favorite book cover
22 - has a crush on someone
23 - is an athlete
24 - is a musician
25 - has had sex with his best friend
26 - has had sex with his sworn enemy
27 - is from the past
28 - is from the future
29 - has had sex with a coworker
30 - is a billionaire or royalty
31 - isn’t human

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Welp, time to find an alternative.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Nooo 🙈

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Bayley is doing much better today! Less visits to the litter tray and he's more himself, to my relief. We're gonna start him on some supplements next.

We've got Gus booked in at the vets at the end of the month for his big boy snip 🙈 He's growing so fast!

Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Not true! The author is a silly bean 😂

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Thank you for sharing!

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Steve Hugh Westenra @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 2d

The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle turns TWO today. 😭

I had wanted to do something cool, like write a blog post or do a giveaway or even just make a new video, but I haven't had time.

Instead, I shall write a (probably) long thread here.

Mainly, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who's given it a chance

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