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A Month of Rain and Reads is here!
This is our first month-long event celebrating indie and self-published SFF! This month we'll be posting reviews, author interviews, guest posts, spotlights, and our Daily Challenge with daily giveaways!
Find out more: www.readindiefantasy.com/welcome-to-a...
This is our first month-long event celebrating indie and self-published SFF! This month we'll be posting reviews, author interviews, guest posts, spotlights, and our Daily Challenge with daily giveaways!
Find out more: www.readindiefantasy.com/welcome-to-a...
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Daily Challenge 11: Your Ticket Out Of Here - Tell us about your favourite setting from an indie book!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Daily Challenge 11: Your Ticket Out Of Here - Tell us about your favourite setting from an indie book!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
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Poetry Comics Month, Day 11: Sky-ku
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Poetry Comics Month, Day 11: Sky-ku
It's A Month of Rain & Reads
I've just pulled a ton of fallen leaves out of the drain, and it's time for another interview.
For this one, we've got @jessicaamcminn.bsky.social, author of dark fantasy series Gardens of War & Wasteland.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
I've just pulled a ton of fallen leaves out of the drain, and it's time for another interview.
For this one, we've got @jessicaamcminn.bsky.social, author of dark fantasy series Gardens of War & Wasteland.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It's A Month of Rain & Reads
I've just pulled a ton of fallen leaves out of the drain, and it's time for another interview.
For this one, we've got @jessicaamcminn.bsky.social, author of dark fantasy series Gardens of War & Wasteland.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
I've just pulled a ton of fallen leaves out of the drain, and it's time for another interview.
For this one, we've got @jessicaamcminn.bsky.social, author of dark fantasy series Gardens of War & Wasteland.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
We're starting the day with a recommendation post! We've got @philspeculates.bsky.social Top Ten Indie Books:
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-recom...
Have you read any of these and agree with Phil's reccs? #AMoRaR
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-recom...
Have you read any of these and agree with Phil's reccs? #AMoRaR
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We're starting the day with a recommendation post! We've got @philspeculates.bsky.social Top Ten Indie Books:
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-recom...
Have you read any of these and agree with Phil's reccs? #AMoRaR
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-recom...
Have you read any of these and agree with Phil's reccs? #AMoRaR
Daily Challenge 11: Your Ticket Out Of Here - Tell us about your favourite setting from an indie book!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Daily Challenge 11: Your Ticket Out Of Here - Tell us about your favourite setting from an indie book!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
The winner of yesterday's challenge, as determined by the WHEEL, is @annalisaslibrary.bsky.social who recommends the Odd Blood series by Azalea Crowley! Congrats! Please DM us your email address to claim your prize!
Daily Challenge 10: Sharing is Caring - Share your favourite indie read! Remember, this can be a self-published SFF author or small press!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The winner of yesterday's challenge, as determined by the WHEEL, is @annalisaslibrary.bsky.social who recommends the Odd Blood series by Azalea Crowley! Congrats! Please DM us your email address to claim your prize!
Here's to a continued happy Month of Rain & Reads (and happy Monday too).
Today, have an interview with @oleandercraw.bsky.social, who talks about his decision to publish his book as a free serial, released chapter by chapter via email.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
Today, have an interview with @oleandercraw.bsky.social, who talks about his decision to publish his book as a free serial, released chapter by chapter via email.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Here's to a continued happy Month of Rain & Reads (and happy Monday too).
Today, have an interview with @oleandercraw.bsky.social, who talks about his decision to publish his book as a free serial, released chapter by chapter via email.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
Today, have an interview with @oleandercraw.bsky.social, who talks about his decision to publish his book as a free serial, released chapter by chapter via email.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
Morning everyone and welcome to week two of A Month of Rain and Reads! We've got EVEN MORE posts for you, but let's start with this fantastic review of Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by @nataliekelda.bsky.social as written by @desiheart.bsky.social:
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November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Morning everyone and welcome to week two of A Month of Rain and Reads! We've got EVEN MORE posts for you, but let's start with this fantastic review of Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by @nataliekelda.bsky.social as written by @desiheart.bsky.social:
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-book-...
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-book-...
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I absolutely love The Zoo Diaries by @francestypes.bsky.social.
A semi-epistolary story of a secret love and the death it leads to in a zoo where the only perspectives to be found are those of the animals: a.co/d/2v4bwKI
#AMoRaR
A semi-epistolary story of a secret love and the death it leads to in a zoo where the only perspectives to be found are those of the animals: a.co/d/2v4bwKI
#AMoRaR
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I absolutely love The Zoo Diaries by @francestypes.bsky.social.
A semi-epistolary story of a secret love and the death it leads to in a zoo where the only perspectives to be found are those of the animals: a.co/d/2v4bwKI
#AMoRaR
A semi-epistolary story of a secret love and the death it leads to in a zoo where the only perspectives to be found are those of the animals: a.co/d/2v4bwKI
#AMoRaR
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There are SO MANY to choose from. Stop making these impossible, #AMoRaR. T_T
Wingborn by Becca Lusher. Get your giant birbs, dragons, slow burn romance, epic quest fantasy today! There's also a prequel series, Dragonlands, with MOAR BIRD & DRAGON.
There. Have two series for the price of one rec.
Wingborn by Becca Lusher. Get your giant birbs, dragons, slow burn romance, epic quest fantasy today! There's also a prequel series, Dragonlands, with MOAR BIRD & DRAGON.
There. Have two series for the price of one rec.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
There are SO MANY to choose from. Stop making these impossible, #AMoRaR. T_T
Wingborn by Becca Lusher. Get your giant birbs, dragons, slow burn romance, epic quest fantasy today! There's also a prequel series, Dragonlands, with MOAR BIRD & DRAGON.
There. Have two series for the price of one rec.
Wingborn by Becca Lusher. Get your giant birbs, dragons, slow burn romance, epic quest fantasy today! There's also a prequel series, Dragonlands, with MOAR BIRD & DRAGON.
There. Have two series for the price of one rec.
Daily Challenge 10: Sharing is Caring - Share your favourite indie read! Remember, this can be a self-published SFF author or small press!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Daily Challenge 10: Sharing is Caring - Share your favourite indie read! Remember, this can be a self-published SFF author or small press!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
The winner of yesterday's challenge is @turkeycleverness.bsky.social, who suggested The Shabti by Megaera Lorenz as a great historical read! Congrats! #AMoRaR
Daily Challenge 8: History Uncovered - Which period in history would you like to visit? Feel free to recommend indie books that fit a historical theme!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Make sure to check the rules below, this must be an indie book!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Make sure to check the rules below, this must be an indie book!
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The winner of yesterday's challenge is @turkeycleverness.bsky.social, who suggested The Shabti by Megaera Lorenz as a great historical read! Congrats! #AMoRaR
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I'm reposting this to ensure that those of you who were still safe in bed when the original post went up have a chance to see it.
It's a great writeup on the power of ideas and how fiction can be used to explore them.
#AMoRaR #BookSky
It's a great writeup on the power of ideas and how fiction can be used to explore them.
#AMoRaR #BookSky
It's a Sunday morning in A Month of Rain & Reads, and we've got you something to read.
In today's Guest Post, B.S.H. Garcia @bshgarcia.bsky.social talks about the power of ideas and how they can be explored through fiction.
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-posts-...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
In today's Guest Post, B.S.H. Garcia @bshgarcia.bsky.social talks about the power of ideas and how they can be explored through fiction.
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-posts-...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's A Month of Rain & Reads
Today, we have an interview with Jane Gilheaney, author of literary speculative fiction, who shares her thoughts on Irish folklore and how its appearance in modern culture differs from what she grew up with.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
Today, we have an interview with Jane Gilheaney, author of literary speculative fiction, who shares her thoughts on Irish folklore and how its appearance in modern culture differs from what she grew up with.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It's A Month of Rain & Reads
Today, we have an interview with Jane Gilheaney, author of literary speculative fiction, who shares her thoughts on Irish folklore and how its appearance in modern culture differs from what she grew up with.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
Today, we have an interview with Jane Gilheaney, author of literary speculative fiction, who shares her thoughts on Irish folklore and how its appearance in modern culture differs from what she grew up with.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
It's a Month of Rain & Reads, and we do take a little time for reading ourselves, too.
Today, we have a review of The Drowned Heir, by @authorizedmusings.bsky.social, which is also a contender in the SFINCS novella competition.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-book-...
#BookSky #AMoRaR #SFINCS
Today, we have a review of The Drowned Heir, by @authorizedmusings.bsky.social, which is also a contender in the SFINCS novella competition.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-book-...
#BookSky #AMoRaR #SFINCS
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It's a Month of Rain & Reads, and we do take a little time for reading ourselves, too.
Today, we have a review of The Drowned Heir, by @authorizedmusings.bsky.social, which is also a contender in the SFINCS novella competition.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-book-...
#BookSky #AMoRaR #SFINCS
Today, we have a review of The Drowned Heir, by @authorizedmusings.bsky.social, which is also a contender in the SFINCS novella competition.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-book-...
#BookSky #AMoRaR #SFINCS
Daily Challenge 8: History Uncovered - Which period in history would you like to visit? Feel free to recommend indie books that fit a historical theme!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Make sure to check the rules below, this must be an indie book!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Make sure to check the rules below, this must be an indie book!
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Daily Challenge 8: History Uncovered - Which period in history would you like to visit? Feel free to recommend indie books that fit a historical theme!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Make sure to check the rules below, this must be an indie book!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Make sure to check the rules below, this must be an indie book!
The winner for yesterday's challenge is @jamreads.com who recommended The Waystations Trilogy by N.C. Scrimgeour. Congrats!
Daily Challenge 8: Out Of This World - Share a science fiction book you loved!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The winner for yesterday's challenge is @jamreads.com who recommended The Waystations Trilogy by N.C. Scrimgeour. Congrats!
It's a Sunday morning in A Month of Rain & Reads, and we've got you something to read.
In today's Guest Post, B.S.H. Garcia @bshgarcia.bsky.social talks about the power of ideas and how they can be explored through fiction.
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-posts-...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
In today's Guest Post, B.S.H. Garcia @bshgarcia.bsky.social talks about the power of ideas and how they can be explored through fiction.
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-posts-...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It's a Sunday morning in A Month of Rain & Reads, and we've got you something to read.
In today's Guest Post, B.S.H. Garcia @bshgarcia.bsky.social talks about the power of ideas and how they can be explored through fiction.
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-posts-...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
In today's Guest Post, B.S.H. Garcia @bshgarcia.bsky.social talks about the power of ideas and how they can be explored through fiction.
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-posts-...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and somehow it's not actually raining.
To tide you over until the weather cooperates, we'll share an interview with Millie Abecassis (@millieabecassis.com ecassis.com), author of A Legacy of Blood and Bone.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
To tide you over until the weather cooperates, we'll share an interview with Millie Abecassis (@millieabecassis.com ecassis.com), author of A Legacy of Blood and Bone.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and somehow it's not actually raining.
To tide you over until the weather cooperates, we'll share an interview with Millie Abecassis (@millieabecassis.com ecassis.com), author of A Legacy of Blood and Bone.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
To tide you over until the weather cooperates, we'll share an interview with Millie Abecassis (@millieabecassis.com ecassis.com), author of A Legacy of Blood and Bone.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
It can't rain all the time...
:D
:D
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
It can't rain all the time...
:D
:D
We're kicking off the weekend with a spotlight for Memories of Sorcery and Sand by @authorjmac.bsky.social, a standalone portal fantasy with an intriguing character-driven plot where everyone has secrets or tell lies, or both!
www.readindiefantasy.com/a-spotlight-...
www.readindiefantasy.com/a-spotlight-...
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We're kicking off the weekend with a spotlight for Memories of Sorcery and Sand by @authorjmac.bsky.social, a standalone portal fantasy with an intriguing character-driven plot where everyone has secrets or tell lies, or both!
www.readindiefantasy.com/a-spotlight-...
www.readindiefantasy.com/a-spotlight-...
Daily Challenge 8: Out Of This World - Share a science fiction book you loved!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Daily Challenge 8: Out Of This World - Share a science fiction book you loved!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
The winner of yesterday's challenge, as chosen by the wheel, is @benschenkman.bsky.social, who chose the Debt Collection series by Andrew Sigils.
Congrats! You've won The Souls' Abyss series by SC Gowland!
Congrats! You've won The Souls' Abyss series by SC Gowland!
Daily Challenge 7: The Long Haul - Share a series you enjoyed.
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The winner of yesterday's challenge, as chosen by the wheel, is @benschenkman.bsky.social, who chose the Debt Collection series by Andrew Sigils.
Congrats! You've won The Souls' Abyss series by SC Gowland!
Congrats! You've won The Souls' Abyss series by SC Gowland!
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Pet Adventurers!
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Pet Adventurers!