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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁 PREORDER THE HOWLING DARK
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🇨🇦 Bi+ace • lvl 31 • she/her • Comic colorist/publishing assistant. Digital artist, anime trash, gamer. SFF Author of THE CALYSPIS PROJECT, BLOODY SPADE, THE HOWLING DARK (NOV.9.26) 🐺🌓

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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁 PREORDER THE HOWLING DARK @bmwillows.bsky.social · Oct 27
Oh shit, hi everybody!! I'm Bri, a self-published author/digital artist. I've published two duologies (space opera and anime-inspired urban fantasy), and am currently working on a standalone post-apoc SFF about fugitive werewolf brothers!

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A promotional graphic featuring THE HOWLING DARK's concept cover against a blurry photo of mountains, surrounded by a list of some tropes/themes that appear in the book. Text reads: Eclipse-born werewolf (i.e, special in fucked-up and beautiful ways); post-nuclear Earth-like setting; were-caracal bounty hunter; fugitive werewolf brother; a dash of M/M spice and romance; messy, messy relationships; corrupt space government; Brother Bear x Wolf's Rain; doomed siblings; ragtag rebels; elements of botanical horror. Cover depicts a young man with soft features in a fur-lined hooded jacket holding a spear, peering through leafless tree branches. He has long slightly wavy hair, white on one side and black on the other. His right eye is blue, left is brown. He has a scar over his left eye. A promotional graphic featuring 3D mock-ups of Bloody Spade and Bleeding Heart's, surrounded by a list of tropes/themes that appear in the Cardplay Duology. Text reads: Abundant hurt/comfort, inky body horror, hot-tempered fire wielder, bird girl with plant magic, a celestial deity with a penchant for murder, a budding QPR, returned magic, slow-burn romantic subplot, asexual panic, monsters born from malice, softhearted scythe-wielding girl, snarky cat-eared thief. Bloody Spade's cover depicts a black silhouette of a short-haired cat-eared boy with a glowing purple spade in front of him. Bleeding Heart's depicts a white silhouette of a girl with deer antlers and long flowing hair with a glowing heart in front of her.
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I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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mmm yes...wolps 🐺
Rough sketches of two werewolves. Both are tall and lanky, but the one on the left is taller with a curlier coat and slumps in a heavy way while the other appears ready to pounce.
February 10, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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9 months until my werewolf brothers Sylvain & Illia yeet themselves off a space station 👀

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Countdown graphic that reads "9 months until release, The Howling Dark, November 9th, 2026." Background image is of a planet viewed from orbit.
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Introducing the “AI-BOROS”: the few companies at the ‘top’ of the economy handing each other billions of (debt-ridden) dollars for a product that both doesn’t exist AND doesn’t make any money.

and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!

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The Entire Tech Industry is Screwed
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February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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9 months until my werewolf brothers Sylvain & Illia yeet themselves off a space station 👀

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Countdown graphic that reads "9 months until release, The Howling Dark, November 9th, 2026." Background image is of a planet viewed from orbit.
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Need something swoony to read this week? I gotchu!
Check out this bundle of 29 romance books ranging from cozy to spicy and contemporary to SFF - just $25 for all of them!

My book SILVER BLOOD is included for all you vampire lovers :]

https://itch.io/b/3515/valentines-day-romance-bundle
A graphic showing 29 book covers that are included in a Valentine's Day bundle. 29 books for $25, February 9-14, only on itchio.
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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♠️Iori: Acrobatic lil bastard, uses acoustic magic for forceful sound bursts & to control Void ink
♥️Ellen: Wields a magical scythe against Void entities
♦️Alex: Skilled all around (swords/firearms/hand-to-hand/freestyle fire magic)
♣️Kyani: Novice archer, uses botanical magic to call on plants for aid
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social ❄️Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta ☃️ @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Let's talk fighting styles!

How does your character fight? Do they wield weapons? Magic? Are they a brawler? Or do they have a more sophisticated fighting style?

Or are they a pacifist who would never fight?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Does anyone know if I can make changes to the description of an #Itchio bundle after publishing it for participant review/acceptance? I'm just waiting for 2 participants to send me shorter blurbs but otherwise it's ready to go. Can I set it up now and just change those two tiny bits later or no? 📦📚
February 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
bmwillows.bsky.social
more like Hornvalley the Midfreak am I right
February 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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1 more week, nerds!

Inarora: Sent into the past, meets their great-grandpas, and gets a chance to explore themself.
Kaedan: Missing his child, has to figure out where she is, and bring her home.

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[🌃📚] [🌈📚] [♿️♾️📚] #YA #WritingCommunity [📚🌎]
A graphic featuring a mockup of Inarora's Excursion and it says 1 week!
February 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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It's National Werewolf Day! If you're the author of a werewolf book/WIP or have one you’d recommend, I implore you to share it 🐺

And if a post-apoc SFF story about fugitive werewolf brothers trying to find their way home interests you, check out THE HOWLING DARK (Nov 2026)!

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A moodboard for Sylvain composed of nine images. From top to bottom, left to right: a drawing of a white and black wolf's face with wide glowing eyes and blood smeared around its mouth; a red eclipsed moon, a close-up photo of a pale blue eye with strands of white hair in front of it; ice in the shape of a flower with a light glowing in the middle of it; an original quote that reads "You're my brother. I would follow you anywhere."; pine forest with mountains in the distance; wolf paw prints in moss; a cloudy planet seen from space; bare feet walking in the snow A moodboard for Illia composed of nine images. From top to bottom, left to right: snow falling out of an upturned hand; a photograph of a creek in the woods; wolf paw prints in the snow; birch trees; an original quote that reads "Bite the hand that feeds you lies"; broken rusty chains; a gray wolf's eyes; the full moon in the night sky seen amidst the tops of pine trees; the snarling jaws of a black and gray wolf
February 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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"Haunted"
#IceOut #IceOutComics
A comic in black/white/blue. Lucy rolls her bike through an alley, by a crew building a fence. Narration: My neighbors hired a crew to rebuild their fence. Crew member: "Do you need us to move our stuff out of the way?" Lucy: "Oh! No, you're all good, thanks!" Lucy: "Have a good one!" Crew member: "You, too!" Narration: I was teaching when my phone started lighting up with alerts from the rapid response network and neighbor chat. Lucy's back is to us as she shows a group of enthusiastic children something on a notebook. Behind her, her phone in her bag is buzzing. Narration: By the time the lesson was over, they were already gone. Lucy is reading messages on her phone. Messages: Alert: black SUV Sighting: be on alert for... Confirmed abductionL alley between ----- and ----. SUV plates... We tried to get them inside, but it was too... ...Contacting an I.R. lawyer. Heading to Broadview later today. Lucy is riding her bike home. Narration: On the ride home, I kept thinking "If I'd been there, could I have warned them? Would my ICIRR* training have helped?" *Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Get trained and know your rights at ICIRR.org. Narration: I'd taken the training after Halloween, when the violent ICE raids had locked down our schools and driven our neighbors indoors. (Image of a halloween bucket in the shape of a jack-o-lantern) Narration: Halloween is fun here-- The community filling the streets and opening our doors to one another. But this year's was tense, frightened and subdued. Haunted. Lucy is standing in the alley, staring at the newly built fence. Narration: When I got home, it was all done. The other two guys who had gotten inside in time stayed and finished the build. The new fence is superimposed with the brief exchange from earlier in the comic ("Have a good one" You, too") Narration: I see it every day and think about how those guys built this in the spot where strangers in masks took their friend. Narration: How many other places in our communities are similarly haunted? (Drawings of sidewalks, buildings, streets and windows)
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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🌸✨GIVEAWAY✨🌸

Name Her Holy's 1st anniversary is coming up on the 13th??

So I thought I'd do a signed hardcover giveaway (with a little front page sketch for fun). I will literally ship this anywhere so international friends feel free to join!

Like, repost, and comment to enter!
Graphic for Name Her Holy signed hardcover giveway with a photo of the hardcover book and artwork of Kye and Jude. Winner will be picked 2/13. The signed book comes with a little sketch by the author inside.
February 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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Reminder that street team sign-ups for CANDY APPLES are open! Are you planning to support the book by reblogging posts on here anyway? Do you want access to cool perks like early access to the book and possibly an exclusive sticker? Sign up for the street team! It would make me really happy 🥰
shadowfaerieammy.bsky.social Alek 🍎 CANDYAPPLES March2026 @shadowfaerieammy.bsky.social · 13d
🍎ANNOUNCEMENTS TIME!🍎
Candy Apples now has a Goodreads page, add it to your shelves ❤️ www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

AND I'm setting up a street team! Do you wanna help hype up my upcoming novella and get cool perks for it? Join the team! More info in the form forms.gle/xqPS7UDwXCS7...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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🚨UPCOMING RELEASE ALERT🚨
I'm finally coming back to writing with a fun little emotionally devastating novella with a deceptively cute name! CANDY APPLES will be releasing MARCH 20th 2026 so keep an eye out for more posts about it in the coming weeks!
A trope map for my upcoming novella CANDY APPLES. It includes naurodivergent representation, less apples than you would expect, Halloween, grief, a trans-masc art teaecher main character, a nonbinary drama teacher love interest, and a menace of a student.
January 12, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT TO JOIN! 🍁🇨🇦 Are you a Canadian author selling on Itchio? Team up with 15 of your amazing colleagues in this Hidden Gems all-Canadian bundle! #BookSky #CanLit #CanKidLit #WritingCommunity 📦📚
February 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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If you fancy short stories from me, I collected some of my early writings into one fun collection. Includes...

⛸️ An ace sci-fi retelling of Quebec's Alexis le trotteur's folk legend
🧡 Buff sapphic fairy saving everyone
🌱 Solarpunk rooted in Quebec City

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A promotional post with a wintry background and the Snowstorm & Overgrowth cover (a big white title on greenery above a winter solarpunk cityscape). The information says: Solarpunk and Fantasy, Aromanticism and asexuality, Québec legends and history. Discover Claudie’s unique storyscape through eight short stories.
February 4, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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hey! it's my face! and not really new info unless you've somehow missed the post I've shared a thousand times about it, but

link: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Ohohoho ARCS have landed!

BEING ARO, my next book co edited with Madeline Dyer, releases in May from Page Street! I’m so hyped to share this collection with y’all and celebrate aromantic stories!
A stack of paperback advance reader copies of Being Aro sit on a black stool with small painted cherries. On the cover, the title is written in big black letters against a green gradient background. Interwoven with the letters is a person with green skin, short black hair, white clothes and platform boots. They kneeling on the ground and are aiming a bow and arrow to the upper right. They are wearing the aromantic flag around their neck and it is trailing out behind them like a cape.
February 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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Today marks 5 years since I published THE ORACLE STONE and jumped into the realm of indie publishing. To celebrate, I compiled an omnibus of the complete series!

It's huge! It's chonky! Need a doorstopper? Need a brick? Use this book!

Find it here: https://books2read.com/windermere-omnibus
The Windermere Tales omnibus: available now. Includes the complete duology and companion novella. (Graphic also shows a paperback and ebook mockup of the book.)
February 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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another day another woowooooo
October 28, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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The pre-launch page for EXQUISITE UNDEAD is live!! 🦇

The Kickstarter launches April 1. Hit that "notify me on launch" button to follow along!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tallimorgan/exquisite-undead-an-anthology-of-vampires

Learn more about the anthology: https://exquisite-undead.carrd.co
Exquisite Undead: An Anthology of Vampires, curated by T.L. Morgan. Follow the project on Kickstarter - pre-save now to be notified on launch! Launching April 1. A screenshot of the project page shows its title and placeholder cover, with a big red circle around the "notify me on launch" button. "Notify me on launch" to receive a reminder when the campaign goes live.
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Any day I get to reshare art @bmwillows.bsky.social made for me of Erika and Abby is a good day
A drawing of two women sitting on a bench. The one on the left (Abby) has very straight brunette hair. She's wearing red and black flannel with her sleeves rolled up to her elbows. She has a black shirt underneath the open flannel and black leggings. The one on the right (Erika) has light brown hair that is mostly hidden under a grey beanie hat. She's wearing an orange hoodie and blue jeans. Erika is resting her head on Abby's shoulder and looking at her lovingly.
February 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Fine. I'll commit to the bit.

Go vote in the Locus Awards

poll.voting.locusmag.com

For Best Novella, write in as your top choice:
Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina, S. Morgan Burbank, Self

There is no way in fuck my trans selfdiscovery story will get close to winning. But we'll try
February 1, 2026 at 5:26 PM
bmwillows.bsky.social
BLOODY SPADE & BLEEDING HEART are available on Itchio again, and both are 80% off for the week as well. If upper YA urban fantasy is your jam, consider checking it out! ♠️♥️✨

brittanymwillows.itch.io | #WritingCommunity #BookSky
A promotional graphic featuring 3D mock-ups of Bloody Spade and Bleeding Heart's, surrounded by a list of tropes/themes that appear in the Cardplay Duology. Text reads: Abundant hurt/comfort, inky body horror, hot-tempered fire wielder, bird girl with plant magic, a celestial deity with a penchant for murder, a budding QPR, returned magic, slow-burn romantic subplot, asexual panic, monsters born from malice, softhearted scythe-wielding girl, snarky cat-eared thief. Bloody Spade's cover depicts a black silhouette of a short-haired cat-eared boy with a glowing purple spade in front of him. Bleeding Heart's depicts a white silhouette of a girl with deer antlers and long flowing hair with a glowing heart in front of her. A poster featuring multiple characters against a sky backdrop split by a gleaming tower. Black tendrils of ink reach for one side of the tower, threads of light sweep from the other. On the lighter dawn-colored side we have the stoic-looking headmasters Hikaru & Elizabeth in the background, and a concerned Ellen and ferocious pistol-wielding Alexander in front. On the darker, ominous side, also dotted by bulging blue eyeballs, we have a smug Wiseman and a widely-grinning Kane in the background, and vaguely conflicted Cardan clutching a handful of forget-me-not flowers and forlorn winged Kyani in front. Centered in the middle-ground is Iori wearing a distant expression, ink pouring from his purple-glowing right eye and out from under the hand on his chest. A light cuts diagonally across the image, painting the characters in varying degrees of light and shadow.
February 2, 2026 at 6:14 PM