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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Folklore and legends in Catatonia.

Yes! All of the mythological legends exist, and their folklore comes with it.

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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · Aug 22

#FantasyIndiesAugust
Free Friday

The cover for Queen of Thorns is here!
Pre-order for the ebook is also available:

www.amazon.com/Queen-Thorns...

Book cover for Queen of Thorns by Joel C. Flanagan-Grannemann.
Across the top is a banner announcing "Book Five of Servants of the Moon and Sun" in a clean silvery white font.
Against a deep red background with ominous dark thorny trees and fog, an armored knight dressed all in black and wearing a silver helm and breastplate rides a black horse, which is also armored at the head and body. The knight holds a crossbow loaded with a bright silver bolt in his right hand. The book's title is placed under the mounted knight in large silver letters in a fantasy font with thorn serifs. The author's name is centered below that over two lines in a smaller clean silvery white font.

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Domenico shares his secrets with Demien Ansel, the New Orleans vampire king.

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 25

Only the enemy can be trusted in the realms of Subaru in this dark, fantasy romance.

🌙 celestials
⭐️ Forbidden Love
🌙 7 Sisters mythology
⭐️ hurt/Comfort
🌙 Strong FMC

In KU, Audible, and Physical copies.

a.co/d/7GKq5I2

#fantasyromance

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Aesthetic board for Catatonia
🐲🐦‍🔥

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Is your MC a morning person?

Lottie: She's been living on edge for so long that she's alert most anytime of day.

Domenico: Time means nothing to him.

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 21

Something's knocking in the woods in this Spooky, cozy Paranormal Romance in the small mountain town of Hiraeth Hollow.

🎃 Fated Mates
🦇 Talking Bat
🎃 Found Family
🦇 Cheeky Funeral Home Ghosts
🎃 He Loves Her Through Lifetimes

In KU, Audible, HB, and PB.

a.co/d/brEMKg1

#paranormalromance

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 20

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In Catatonia, all preternatural and supernatural creatures are real. There isn't much to be superstitious about.

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 18

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The Playlist for Catatonia is a work in Progress. There will be a lot of Sleep Token.

open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ly...

CATATONIA

Playlist · Victoria Clapton · 12 items

open.spotify.com

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 18

Only the enemy can be trusted in the realms of Subaru in this dark, fantasy romance.

🌙 celestials
⭐️ Forbidden Love
🌙 7 Sisters mythology
⭐️ hurt/Comfort
🌙 Strong FMC

In KU, Audible, and Physical copies.

a.co/d/7GKq5I2

#fantasyromance

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Chesney Infalt @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social · Aug 16

⚔️ Saturday Snippet ⚔️

A snippet from my WIP.

#fantasyindiesaugust hosts: @lvrussell.bsky.social and I @fantasyindies.bsky.social

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Comfort Movie: Labyrinth

Comfort Show: Gilmore Girls

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 15

Something's knocking in the woods in this Spooky, cozy Paranormal Romance in the small mountain town of Hiraeth Hollow.

🎃 Fated Mates
🦇 Talking Bat
🎃 Found Family
🦇 Cheeky Funeral Home Ghosts
🎃 He Loves Her Through Lifetimes

In KU, Audible, HB, and PB.

a.co/d/brEMKg1

#paranormalromance

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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · Aug 14

A resentful prince manipulating everyone

The son of a servant who should be a prince, schemes to be more than he is seen as

The fires of their resentment will burn the world.

Help me get to 25 followers, please!

With a brand new cover now.

💙📚

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

The cover of Jaya! The Complete Series by Geetha Krishnan with gold filigree work on a black background and a golden bow and arrow

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Yes, but not at first. He plans to kill her, and she's too jumbled with life to think about romance. Catatonia enemies to lovers, but the actual romance is slowburn.

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 14

With a love that spans LIFETIMES and Ren Faire vibes, this Romantasy is a journey through time.

🐺 Reincarnation
💚 Found Family
🐺 Soul Mates
💚Vikings/Celts
🐺 Wolf Sidekicks

In KU, Audible, and Physical copies.

a.co/d/hk6AIbL

#fantasyromance

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 13

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I prefer physical copies but enjoy all forms. There's just nothing quite like the smell of a book.

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 13

Love, Magic, and Blood intertwine as supernatural beings protect New Orleans.

⚜️ Fated Mates
🖤 Grumpy v. Sunshine
⚜️ Dark Family Secrets
🖤 Strong Female Friendships
⚜️ Character Redemption

In KU, Audible, and physical copies.

a.co/d/8q78fI5

#fantasyromance

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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · Aug 11

#FantasyIndiesAugust
Favorite fairy tale?

You would think it's Sleeping Beauty....it is, but I love Robin Hood. I grew up reading a version of the story, watched the BBC show on PBS, and watched all the movies.
There's a reason the Thorn Brothers and Thorn Maidens use longbows.

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 12

#FantasyIndiesAugust
I've been lucky enough to read some incredible ARCS lately. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Last Read: After Dark
Miriam Yvette
Current Read: The Vampire Lord KEBeale
Next read: The Bone Drenched Woods LydiaVRussell

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 12

Something's knocking in the woods in this Spooky, cozy Paranormal Romance in the small mountain town of Hiraeth Hollow.

🎃 Fated Mates
🦇 Talking Bat
🎃 Found Family
🦇 Cheeky Funeral Home Ghosts
🎃 He Loves Her Through Lifetimes

In KU, Audible, HB, and PB.

a.co/d/brEMKg1

#paranormalromance

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 11

#FantasyIndiesAugust
The Stolen Child- Yeats

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 11

With a love that spans LIFETIMES and Ren Faire vibes, this Romantasy is a journey through time.

🐺 Reincarnation
💚 Found Family
🐺 Soul Mates
💚Vikings/Celts
🐺 Wolf Sidekicks

In KU, Audible, and Physical copies.

a.co/d/hk6AIbL

#fantasyromance

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Victoria Clapton @victoriaclapton.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Saturday Snippet from Lurid Lantern, Book 1 in the Subaru's End fantasy trilogy.

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