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Alan K. Dell
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Sci-Fi Author, SFINCS 1 Finalist, Book Blogger, Husband, Father, Photographer, Archer, Videogamer. He/Him.
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Website & Blog: www.alankdell.co.uk
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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 7d
Nominations are open for this year's #IndieInkAwards until the end of November.

Please nominate books from The Augment Saga!

Just go to indiestorygeek.com/u..., click on the book you want to nominate (you do have to make a free Indie Story Geek account).

📢📚🪐 💙📚 #SFF
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Indie Ink Award Nominations Open! Nominate books from the Augment Saga. IndieStoryGeek.com/user/alankdell Four book cover paperback mockups for The Re-Emergence, From the Grave of the Gods, The Flight of the Aurora, and The Shadow of Arcadia, on a Mars background.
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jamesmgeary.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want. (It's not out in the world yet but...)

"It's only when I hear the screaming that it occurs to me to run."
ryanlohner.bsky.social Ryan Lohner (he/him) @ryanlohner.bsky.social · 5h
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

"Somewhere, this could all be happening right now."
tfrohock.com T. Frohock (she/her) @tfrohock.com · 5h
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(This is the opening to Miserere: An Autumn Tale):
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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barryryerson.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

"Yevgeny hated flying more than he hated killing."

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November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
alankdell.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel(ette) by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

Here's the opening of THE GOD SUN
First page of THE GOD SUN It was late night when the signal came through. I remember it clearly. For years the International Space Administration had been watching the skies, hoping against hope to receive something from the ISF Althaemenes. The ship was supposed to have returned the same year it had launched. Just a quick three-month jaunt around Proxima Centauri and back again. But it had vanished, leaving only a fading trail from its faster-than-light Austinium drive in its wake. Four years of painful silence, finally broken. ‘Captain on deck!’ Commander Leonard Burcham cried, snapping the heels of his perfectly shined magboots to attention. Len was a bald, white guy almost twice my age, and a damned stickler for the rules. But he was dependable and experienced and made a great executive officer. We’d worked together for so long now our thoughts were pretty much in sync. It could be scary sometimes. The rest of the crew followed the commander’s
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com
Today's my birthday 🎉 If you'd like to celebrate too (esp w/ Ripple releasing in just 4 days now!), there's a 24 hour birthday sale going on right now-- get both Riyati books out for $3.20 through itch or direct!

🔗 itch.io/s/167158/202...
🏠 riyati.ink/store

📚📢📚💙 🌈📚🌎 🪐📚⚔️🌈🚀 #QueerSFF #QueerAdultSFF
32nd Birthday Sale 24 hours only | direct & itch.io Riyati Rebirth + Riyati Rivals = $3.20 About Riyati Childhood friends slow burn Contemporary/low dark fantasy Urban fantasy elements Buffy x Persona 4 vibes Classism & effects of generational poverty Demi, AuHD fMC riyati.ink/birthday
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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professormitchell.bsky.social
Time's almost up! Sequel bundle! Fantasy! Science fiction! Ebooks! Be quick!

itch.io/b/3359/conti...
The cover art of the majority of the books featured in the Continue the Adventure itch bundle. Depicted left to right and top to bottom: Whiteout by Susanne Schmidt Death of Summer by Niranjan Soul of Ash by H. L. Moore Riyati Rivals by Kai Zeal Prajwalita by Niranjan Moonshadow's Champion by Dianna Gunn The Wish of a Dragon by J. D. Rivers Land by Bjørn Larssen The Lunar Wars by Laika L. Gagarin Kranlian Rendevous by Simon Wolfe Hunted by the Undead by C. L. Carhart The Elefae Champion by Chris Mitchell The Haunted Angel by Jenn A. Morales Exolegacy by Conrad Altmann Child of the Forest by Audrey Simmons The Bull at the Start by M. C. Burnell To Spy a Star by Jonathan Nevair Facets of the Nether by William C. Tracy Not pictured: Scars of the Raven by T. C. Smith The Shadow of Arcadia by Alan K. Dell
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
alankdell.bsky.social
Just 18 hours remain of the Continue the Adventure Bundle. 20 awesome second-in-series books for $19.

Give these books some much-needed love and slap your TBR upside the head.

itch.io/b/3359/conti...

🩵📚 | 📢📚🪐 | 📦📚 #BookSky
Continue the Adventure. Itch-io bundle of second-in-series books. November 5 to 10
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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ormakal.bsky.social
This bundle of second in series books is the perfect blend of adventure and magic! Grab it today! Only one day more!

🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 #writingcommunity 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 #booksky #Books #readingcommunity #bookcommunity #readers #bookish #readersofbluesky #booksonbluesky #booklovers

itch.io/b/3359/conti...
Continue the Adventure by Niranjan and 19 others
Continue the Adventure: 20 items for $19.00
itch.io
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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barryryerson.bsky.social
When a hacker uses an illegal AI construct for revenge, just how far will he go?

Read the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #scifi short story described as:

"...bloody brilliant..."

"The plot was tight and immersive, and it absolutely stuck the ending."

"...vivid and enjoyable."

Link: www.linktr.ee/bryerson

#booksky
Book cover for Origins: The Hacker by Barry Ryerson. A white man sits at a computer desk, programming using a glitchy holographic display. A bloodstain is on the left wall, whilst a window on the right shows a hot and arid landscape.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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ormakal.bsky.social
This bundle of second in series books is the perfect blend of adventure and magic! Grab it today! Only one day more!

🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 #writingcommunity 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 #booksky #Books #readingcommunity #bookcommunity #readers #bookish #readersofbluesky #booksonbluesky #booklovers

itch.io/b/3359/conti...
Continue the Adventure by Niranjan and 19 others
Continue the Adventure: 20 items for $19.00
itch.io
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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ormakal.bsky.social
Day 8 of 30 books 30 days on Google brings you Fimbulvinter's Fires by @amweald.com, a queer apocalyptic sci fi horror romance, which was briefly No 1 on amazon under LGBT Sci Fi. Let's make it No 1 on Google as well! #booksky #queersky

books.bookfunnel.com/30days30book...

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30 days 30 books, All on Google Play
Did you know you can buy and read books on Google? With the Playbooks app available on both appstore and playstore, you can not only read book available on the google bookstore, but can upload any epub...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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azaleaforrest.bsky.social
hey so A Witch in Isenshire is a humdinger and y'all should read it. You want fall/wintery vibes? We've got it. Tech + magic? Oh YEAH we've got it. We've got CLOSURE, we've got AUTOMATONS, we've got FRIENDSHIP. Give this steampunk inspired book of witches a try!
azaleaforrest.bsky.social Azalea Forrest 📚 A Witch in Isenshire @azaleaforrest.bsky.social · 7d
A Witch in Isenshire is a bold cup of coffee made with determination, personal growth, and adventure. Maggie and Basil find closure in Emelle before being called to the tech-advanced city of Isenshire.

www.books2read.com/awii
azaleaforrest.itch.i...
📚💙 #writing #books #fantasy
A Witch in Isenshire by Azalea Forrest. The book cover looks of old parchment, with art-nouveau type style font. Images of tarot cards, gears, crystals, and broomsticks surround an imagine of lineart of a city, with a background of a canyon/butte. Text surrounds the cover with arrows pointing to it: more friendship!, personal growth, coffee vibes, technomancy, closure, determination, automatons, living with loss, feisty grandma, cozy adventure.
November 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
alankdell.bsky.social
The main thing that bothers me about these advanced BlueSky Moderation Service settings is the possibility that it's now suppressing book promo posts as spam.

I have zero evidence this is happening but I have concerns.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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alankdell.bsky.social
Nominations are open for this year's #IndieInkAwards until the end of November.

Please nominate books from The Augment Saga!

Just go to indiestorygeek.com/u..., click on the book you want to nominate (you do have to make a free Indie Story Geek account).

📢📚🪐 💙📚 #SFF
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Indie Ink Award Nominations Open! Nominate books from the Augment Saga. IndieStoryGeek.com/user/alankdell Four book cover paperback mockups for The Re-Emergence, From the Grave of the Gods, The Flight of the Aurora, and The Shadow of Arcadia, on a Mars background.
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
alankdell.bsky.social
At the archery club 🎯 today about to do a Frostbite 🥶 round. It would be more appropriate to the name if it was actually cold lmao 😂
Field with four archery targets set up, with a recurve bow on a stand, and blurry arrows
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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gmnair.bsky.social
If we're not still mad at itchio, my books are all available over there, too! nairforceone.itch.io
gmnair.bsky.social G.M. Nair - Author Ordinaire @gmnair.bsky.social · 4d
Here's some unsolicited book promo for DUCKETT & DYER: DICKS FOR HIRE - my #scifi #mystery #comedy novel about two friends who aren't detectives, but become detectives to figure out who's telling people they're detectives.

Available wherever terrible books are sold!

books2read.com/u/bOe0DE
An arrow-heavy promotion graphic for DUCKETT & DYER: DICKS FOR HIRE featuring: -Detectives Who Aren't Detectives -At least one funny joke -The Multiverse(tm) -Hamburgers that eat people -and more weird, inexplicable shit
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
alankdell.bsky.social
I have decided now is the right time to continue watching Babylon 5, after I inexplicably put it down after the final episode of the Shadow War in season 4.

The Blu-ray box has been sitting next to me on the side for months.

I don't know why I did that. I love this show.

#SFF
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
alankdell.bsky.social
Oh shit it's N7 day!? Forgot all about that; for shame.
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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professormitchell.bsky.social
Even if you walked in on the middle of the adventure, it's still worth following along, right?

There's three days left on this sequel bundle of fantasy and science fiction ebooks. Check it out while you can!

itch.io/b/3359/conti...
The cover art of the majority of the books featured in the Continue the Adventure itch bundle. Depicted left to right and top to bottom: Whiteout by Susanne Schmidt Death of Summer by Niranjan Soul of Ash by H. L. Moore Riyati Rivals by Kai Zeal Prajwalita by Niranjan Moonshadow's Champion by Dianna Gunn The Wish of a Dragon by J. D. Rivers Land by Bjørn Larssen The Lunar Wars by Laika L. Gagarin Kranlian Rendevous by Simon Wolfe Hunted by the Undead by C. L. Carhart The Elefae Champion by Chris Mitchell The Haunted Angel by Jenn A. Morales Exolegacy by Conrad Altmann Child of the Forest by Audrey Simmons The Bull at the Start by M. C. Burnell To Spy a Star by Jonathan Nevair Facets of the Nether by William C. Tracy Not pictured: Scars of the Raven by T. C. Smith The Shadow of Arcadia by Alan K. Dell
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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ormakal.bsky.social
This bundle of second in series books is the perfect blend of adventure and magic! Grab it today!

🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 #writingcommunity 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 #booksky #Books #readingcommunity #bookcommunity #readers #bookish #readersofbluesky #booksonbluesky #booklovers

itch.io/b/3359/conti...
Continue the Adventure by Niranjan and 19 others
Continue the Adventure: 20 items for $19.00
itch.io
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
alankdell.bsky.social
Don't forget to grab this awesome bundle of second-in-series books and Continue the Adventure!

20 books for just $19. Give those second
books the love they deserve. Available until 10 November. Help us meet our goal 🙏🏻

itch.io/b/3359/conti...

🩵📚 | 📢📚🪐 | 📦📚
Continue the Adventure. Itch-io bundle of second-in-series books. November 5 to 10
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
alankdell.bsky.social
#AmWriting progress: Added 830 words to Legacy of the Gods today, continuing the scene from last time. Though, now I'm back in the major POV. I'm so close to 110,000 it's annoying.

I feel bad leaving you guys hanging for so long though, so have a funny #snippet. 🤪

💙📚🪐 #SFF
‘Dragon’s Run, this is, err, Shuttle Tydirium requesting docking access,’ Beckett said, flashing a grin back at a flustered Erin. ‘Oh for fuck’s sake,’ came the reply. ‘Where did you come from? And I swear to god you guys need to stop calling yourselves Shuttle fucking Tydirium. There’s, like, twenty of you. It’s getting ridiculous. Never should’ve let you idiots name your own transports.’ Erin shook herself out of her daze and watched in awe as Beckett effortlessly matched their contact’s energy. ‘Err, roger that, Dragon’s Run. We’ll take that under advisement. But you guys left us behind twice now. We’ve been bringing up the rear since Earth and we’ve only just caught up. So cut us a bit of slack, eh? Assholes.’ The man on the other end of the line groaned. ‘Fine. There’s some space in hangar two. It’s yours if you make it through the meat grinder. We’re bugging out in five, so hurry the fuck up. Dragon’s Run out.’ Rhys, Erin and Nate stared at Beckett as the line went dead and she s
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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gmnair.bsky.social
Here's some unsolicited book promo for DUCKETT & DYER: DICKS FOR HIRE - my #scifi #mystery #comedy novel about two friends who aren't detectives, but become detectives to figure out who's telling people they're detectives.

Available wherever terrible books are sold!

books2read.com/u/bOe0DE
An arrow-heavy promotion graphic for DUCKETT & DYER: DICKS FOR HIRE featuring: -Detectives Who Aren't Detectives -At least one funny joke -The Multiverse(tm) -Hamburgers that eat people -and more weird, inexplicable shit
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
alankdell.bsky.social
New bookish mail 💌 📚

I recently received this really cool set of bookmarks and art cards from @jendiagammon.bsky.social related to the Amethyst Lantern series, which I have really enjoyed.

Thanks so much for sending these! 💙📚
Set of two character art cards, three printed bookmarks, and two handmade bookmarks featuring characters and iconography from Jendia Gammon's Amethyst Lantern series.
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
alankdell.bsky.social
Heh heh heh
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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mendellgreg.bsky.social
I feel like it’s time to revisit one of my all time favorite novels, The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin! 📖✨ #reading #scifi #books #booksworthreading #booksky
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM