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derlakernlins.bsky.social
Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science, right Penny?

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She pulled out her work laptop, gritting her teeth through the warning throb of pain that seemed to start in the roots of her teeth and spread into her vision. She ignored it. She didn’t respect this pain. Unfortunately the pain was not the only barrier. Upon entering her password, her watch should have beeped, the diamonds should have flared white, and the system should have opened for her like an eager lover. Now the watch was silent. The diamonds remained stubbornly carbon-black and the laptop rejected her password. Fuck. “Well, that’s the easiest road closed,” she said aloud, raking a hand through her hair. How irritating. Still. She hadn’t spent a significant portion of her adult life doing experimental design for nothing. She moved to her personal laptop, a much less fancy machine primarily used for Netflix and porn, and began drafting an exposure plan.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
derlakernlins.bsky.social
Highlighting the fourth card Niamh draws in her reading for Harker because I have 0 instances of the word "fourth" for some reason???

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“For the future we have the five of wands. Conflict. Anger coming from multiple directions, many voices making demands. Below the surface, we see the Nine of Swords, reversed. Inner turmoil spilling out into the world.” Niamh’s eyes swept across the cards. “Your turmoil, the turmoil of others. The conflict we see in your near future must be contained, treated carefully. At the end, the potentials of the situation, we have…” Niamh placed the card without ceremony. Harker snorted. “Death,” he said. “Even I know that one means ‘change.’ What a spectacularly unhelpful card. The potential impact might be change?! You don’t bloody say!” Niamh glanced at the images below. “Death means change, but it can also just mean death.”
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
derlakernlins.bsky.social
Ok Niamh we get it you have the coolest library god

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Niamh was not human. Her book was a part of her, and she was part of it. That gave her some protection from the cloying power promised by foresight. It still wasn’t something she consulted lightly. But she was furious now. Someone had invaded her space. Someone had taken her necklace. Some lesser creature had dared to rob a dragon and she was going to roast them alive. The book sat on a gilded lectern surrounded by soaring windows that looked out into empty Bright. This was the farthest from the material would one could be while still existing within Niamh’s collection. Unreality was a physical force here, something that could, without Niamh’s consciousness to guide it, rend minds and bodies asunder.
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
cemurphy.bsky.social
Today is my 21st Full Time Writer anniversary! I'm gonna link to each of my series on Amazon throughout the day today. 🥰

#1: The Walker Papers. Re-releasing these with 8 of 12 available now & the 9th is coming in early January! #booksky #urbanfantasy

www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHBQ37P...
A screenshot of the Amazon series page for CE Murphy's THE WALKER PAPERS series, featuring the covers for URBAN SHAMAN, BANSHEE CRIES, and THUNDERBIRD FALLS, as well as a quote from Jim Butcher praising the first book. The rest of the text reads: Joanne Walker has no use for the mystical, and up until this morning, the mystical had no use for her. Now she has old gods to face, banshees to fight, and witches to win over as she's forced to choose between accepting an unexpected magical heritage or...dying. (Look, nobody said it was a *good* choice.) C.E. Murphy's best-selling urban fantasy series The Walker Papers is back with new covers, a new series numbering system, and more!
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
pharamine.bsky.social
Commission i made for @otaku9999.bsky.social 's oc :D

#Art #digitalart #characterart #characterdesign #oc #elf #elves #krita #fantasy #fantasyart #urbanfantasy #goth #gothic #gothstyle #gothicart
December 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
taggartrehnnauthor.bsky.social
“The Council” is my second edgy dark fantasy saga for adults. First in the saga is “Lucca’s Return”. www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4KC91HY followed by "The Door": www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSZP2VBG #scifi #SFF #vampires #vampire #espionage #mystery #intrigue #paranormal #WritingCommunity #urbanfantasy #BookSky 📚💙
December 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
derlakernlins.bsky.social
Niamh may be an ancient being of incredible power and awe inspiring fury but she also has big Sunday school teacher energy.

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Penny sat. Niamh didn’t. Under the dragon’s glower, Penny took out her phone and began tapping out the sequence for Camilla’s portable warding, which would shield them from the Crusader’s senses. “No magic, Vigil,” Niamh barked. Penny’s hand shook but did not move from the screen. It was a bizarre feeling, to be afraid of this woman who looked so powerfully like Penny’s third grade teacher back in Norton, Virginia.
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
angelsbooknook17.bsky.social
I'm #currentlylisteningto🎧 The Vampire and the Case of the Wayward Werewolf by Heather G. Harris & Jilleen Dolbeare, Narrated by Alyse Gibbs ~ amzn.to/3YhL8k1

#bookblogger #urbanfantasy #mystery #PNR #audiobook #hoopladigital #LibraryLove
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
cemurphy.bsky.social
#2: The Negotiator Trilogy: newly re-released with shiny GORGEOUS new covers! #UrbanFantasy #Romantasy #booksky #romancesky

Gargoyles & dragons & djinn, oh my: welcome to the world of the Old Races and the mayhem a single human lawyer inflicts on their society! :)

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTFYJHH...
A screenshot of the Amazon series page for CE Murphy's Negotiator Trilogy, featuring the gorgeous new covers for their re-release! The title are HEART OF STONE, HOUSE OF CARDS, and HANDS OF FLAME. The text reads: A SECRET WORLD REVEALED Defense lawyer Margrit Knight chafes against ordinary social expectations, whether that’s finding the right guy and settling down, or representing those the world has given up on. She’s searching for something more— —and she finds what she’s looking for when Alban Korund, wanted for murder, reveals himself as a living, breathing gargoyle. Compelling and enigmatic, Alban belongs to the hidden society of Old Races who have lived alongside the human race since time began...and he's breaking one of the most sacred rules of their society by approaching Margrit. The danger he represents is as intriguing as the handsome, shape-shifting gargoyle himself is, and although entering his world will change her life forever, Margrit is all in. But to clear Alban’s name, they have to prove his alibi, and Margrit’s ex, a cop, makes that nearly impossible. Together, they must thread the needle between saving Alban and keeping the Old Races’ secrets—or Margrit, who is only human, may pay the price...
December 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
cemurphy.bsky.social
THROUGH THE FIRE – #Tracker meets #Supernatural as estranged brothers reunite to hunt down their father's killer and kick off a prophecy that forces them discover who they are and stop the coming apocalypse. #urbanfantasy #booksky #readsky

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DSJ5KF3...
The cover for CE Murphy's urban fantasy THROUGH THE FIRE depicts two young men in the wilderness, in front of a burning cabin. The one in the foreground has a fist full of fire as the one in the background looks on in concern. Cover art and design by G&S Cover Design Studio. Some things do go bump in the night. Bounty hunting used to be the Cassidy brothers' bread and butter, but Chris encouraged his bright, sensitive little brother to abandon the family business for college. Unfortunately, sometimes what you want isn't what you want: with Nick's absence, Chris feels stuck hunting monsters—human and otherwise—and has to cope with their authoritarian father on his own. Since Nick left, distance, resentment and guilt has grown between the brothers, and now neither even remembers the last time they spoke. But their father's unexpected death brings Nick home, forcing them to reckon with uncomfortable history they've spent years trying to avoid. When Nick reluctantly agrees to help Chris investigate the circumstances surrounding their old man's murder, Chris hopes things could go back to how they were—until their quarry unlocks a freakish magical power within Nick. Now their bond risks igniting a celestial war that has waited aeons for this moment in time—and unless Chris and Nick can set aside their differences, it will destroy everything they've worked for....
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
derlakernlins.bsky.social
Joey Fitz, New Jersey Elemental, Union Man, genuinely good boss.

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“Hey, man, you invest in people and they invest back in you, know what I’m sayin’? You want people to treat you right, you gotta treat them right. Shit, that’s what’s wrong with half the world today is that folks in charge forgot how to treat people. The bigger you get the more people you gots to be kind to.” That was so profoundly in opposition to the tenor of the meeting Sebastian had just left that it took him a moment to respond. “You don’t find that people take advantage of you?” Joey laughed. “You know, that’s never been a problem for me.” “Such trust,” Sebastian swirled the ice in his glass, hoping his own steaming envy wasn’t obvious. “How many of them know your secret?” This time Joey’s laugh didn’t touch his eyes. “What secret? Ya boy Joey Fitz is an open book. I ain’t got secrets, I just got the hookup to whatever kinda party you wanna throw.”
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
rowanprosepub.bsky.social
Fantasy/Urban Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
www.rowanprosepublishing.com/rowansapphire

@roninmercllc.bsky.social @kentpriore.bsky.social
#fantasybooks #darkfantasy #urbanfantasy
December 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
angelokingston.bsky.social
On Booksie, all 37 Fate of Yggdrasil chapters are available! Fate and Anesha's first battle with 2 Magekin has come to an end! Find out what's next for the #anime inspired #urbanfantasy #lightnovel, it's FREE to read! #Tuesday #Booksky #author #indienovel #webnovel www.booksie.com/520488-fate-...
Fate of Yggdrasil: Chapter 37 - Chapter 37, book by Angelo Kingston
Chapter 37. Fate of Yggdrasil Chapter 37 Part 1 (What now?) Was my only thought. Staring down that dust and asbestos caked warlock; furious, with a monstrousl... Read the book free on Booksie.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
susannashore.bsky.social
“Saturday began with my new boyfriend disappearing in front of my eyes. Not a good start for the day, to be honest.”

Season to Be Witched is here! Find it on
Az: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSKQ19D6
Others: books2read.com/u/mqLx91
Sample: www.susannashore.com/seasontobewiched.html

#urbanfantasy #booksky
Ad for Season to Be Witched by Susanna Shore.
December 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
derlakernlins.bsky.social
Fun fact: dragons explode into a soul-devouring death vortex when they die! Turns out fucking with immortality had some unforseen consequences!

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Thomas laughed. “Your magic court does trial by combat, doesn’t it?” He asked. “Two of us fight, one gets a lethal wound… we take out the whole pack of ‘em in one go. Distraction and weapon all in one tidy package.” “I have people I care about in this city,” Niamh snapped. “I’m not suiciding for this.” Thomas shrugged. “Suit yourself. Detonating is a perfectly reasonable solution, in my experience. These bodies start to go to shit once you hit 40. Shuck ‘em off, start again.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
pharamine.bsky.social
"I fw you heavy"

#art #digitalart #krita #digitalpaint #fantasyart #fantasy #urbanfantasy #birds #anime #animeart #twink #demon #illustration #goth #gothic #gothicart #twins
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
emberbreast.bsky.social
Sneak peak into one of my future chapters!

Read the Obsidian Assembly on Royal Road!

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1332...

#Booksky #Urbanfantasy #superheros #webnovel
December 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
naramoore.bsky.social
For Love of a #KonbiniIdol
Chapter 83 Released

All actions have karmic consequences.

#PIXIV www.pixiv.net/novel/series...
#AO3 archiveofourown.org/works/52770025

Art @maisart.bsky.social

#Yuri #Mythpunk #UrbanFantasy #Fantasy #LGBTQ #Romance #LGBTQIA #Queer #Sappfic #SapphicBooks #QueerRomance
「For Love of a Konbini Idol コンビニアイドルへの愛のために」/「NaraMoore ⛩️八尺様」のシリーズ [pixiv]
No good deed goes unpunished. As Umi discovers when she rescues Shiomi. Neither Shiomi nor the jealous, vengeful ghost that stalks her appre
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December 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
cemurphy.bsky.social
THE HEARTSTRIKE CHRONICLES - #UrbanFantasy loosely connected by the main character, an extremely old survivalist of an immortal. Swordfights, historical flashbacks, ancient grudges - let's face it, it's a not-unfamiliar setup, but it's also a lot of fun. :) #booksky

www.amazon.com/dp/B08PPQHPW...
Amazon screenshot for CE Murphy's Heartstrike Universe, an urban fantasy series loosely connected by the main character, an extremely old survivalist of an immortal. The covers featured are for ATLANTIS FALLEN, COMING TO AMERICA, and FROM COFFIN TO GRAVE. The text reads: From Book 1: A city hidden for five thousand years. A man so ancient his early history is lost to time. A woman who has nothing to lose... Lorhen, oldest and most ruthless of the immortal Timeless, put aside the sword long ago for a quiet life. But peace doesn't last forever, especially for a man whose age can be counted in epochs, and the mortal life he's built unravels as the Keepers, a society of historians who record Timeless lives, learn that he's been hiding in their midst. Then an archaeologist's claims of finding Atlantis brings back millennia-old memories, and Lorhen is drawn unwillingly into intrigues aeons in the making—and deadly enough that he may yet face the heartstrike blow that will unleash his power on the world….
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
parisvivian.bsky.social
Release day for The Claws of the Ounce!!! 🎊 Come get this werecat tale!

Kobo: kobo.com/ebook/the-claws-of-the-ounce (also on K+ and Overdrive)
Itch: parisvivian.itch.io/the-claws-of-the-ounce

#IndieAuthor #BookSky #UrbanFantasy #DarkFantasy #shapeshifter #shifter #werecat

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A graphic. On the left is the cover of my novel The Claws of the Ounce. It shows a snow leopard creature crushing a nearly full moon with one paw, looking nervously on the viewer. In the background are a few research papers. On the right is text reading: The lunar cycle isn’t the one you should watch out for… When Ash turns into a snow wereleopard, she supposes it’s not unfitting. She already knows she’s a monster; it’s what her parents told her, what an event in her younger years appeared to prove. The only responsible thing to do is to cage herself. Right? Except she’s not the only one… and her falling into the service of the man who treats her “right” will endanger them all. Werefelines, C-PTSD and anxiety rep, shady researchers, recovery arc, bag of teeth, carni-cuisine, South ON setting, cool goth-y roommate.
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
jillcorddry.bsky.social
I missed #FridaySmooch last week due to the holidays, but @sadirastone.bsky.social has given us ICY this week. I switched over to a snippet from book 2 since it takes place around Yule/Winter Solstice.

#booksnippet #urbanfantasy #fantasybook #fantasyseries #booksky
Image is a book snippet graphic. The background is small snowflakes falling and glistening in the sun against a purplish pinky sky. A bright spot of sunlight is just visible in the upper right corner. At the top in black font reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in bold black serif font and reads: Snow fluttered down around us and the moonlight streaming through the trees caught the tiny crystals, filling the air with silvery glitter. They hung in the wind’s eddies before swirling to the ground. “Almost magical,” Cole whispered, sweeping a hand through a veil of shimmering white, sending it whirling about between us. The ICY confetti landed on my exposed cheeks, but I barely felt the cold. ©2023 Against the Wind: Almost Like Magic, book 2 (by me! Jill Corddry)
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
morganbrice.bsky.social
Books are the perfect gift, for yourself or for someone else. Are you caught up on all of mine? #mmromancereads #paranormalromance #supernatural #paranormal #magic #psychic #ghost #spooky #urbanfantasy
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
angelsbooknook17.bsky.social
I'm #currentlylisteningto🎧 The Vampire and the Case of her Dastardly Death (The Portlock Paranormal Detective #0.5) by Heather G. Harris & narrated by Alyse Gibbs ~ amzn.to/48JTJ3Q

#librarylove #hoopladigital #novella #urbanfantasy #pnr #mystery #vampires #kindlefreebie #booksky💙📚
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
lpersonius.bsky.social
#WritingAccountability 12/9/25
I have finished the first read/edit and I only cried a little.
Now I'll move on to making the changes to the digital copy. I am on schedule for finishing this month. Good feeling.
#amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #urbanfantasy
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
authoralbertopupo.bsky.social
This is an excerpt from my novel The Guardian.
#booksky
#readersky
#urbanfantasy
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM