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Author C B Lansdell
@cblansdell.bsky.social
Author of Far Removed, Book 1 in the Apidecca Duology 🌓. Illustrator and world-building enthusiast. South African 🇿🇦. No genAI used. No DMs offering services please. She / her.
https://cblansdell.com
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🔹Biopunk Dark Fantasy
🔹Political intrigue
🔹Character driven
🔹A distinctive world of non-human characters

Far Removed, Book 1 in the Apidecca Duology.
Book 2 coming in 2026.
Available wide in all formats (including audio).
Website, Ko-fi and more: cblansdell.com/links/
books2read.com/farremoved
#FantasyIndiesNovember
Day 11: What genre do you write in?

Let's go with speculative fiction – that covers all my bases. Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, literary fiction.
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books.
Feel free to ask the hosts questions!

Love,
Faeries at Fantasy Indies
@lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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🚀 spaceships
🌡️ dark conspiracies
🎭 brotherhood
❌ no romance
🐛 strange creatures
🤖 futuristic
🪐 other worlds
🐈 a rescue cat

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...
November 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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#AMoRaR my time has come 👀 #BookSky

Astrophobia, space horror shorts curated by @vesperdoom.com
Far Removed by @cblansdell.bsky.social, imaginative, quiet sci-fi & dark fantasy mix
The Triangle Age by David Aumelas, mind-boggling & mythological
The Empyrean by @franklywrites.com, epic & emotional
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
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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It feels strange to ask, but this book means everything to me 🙏🏻

DANCE WITH ME is eligible for a nomination for #IndieInkAwards and your vote could help it find its way in. I would be endlessly grateful for your support.

Details in the reply 🙌🏻
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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This week's blog was a fun one for me, and something I haven't done before. But since we're headed into the holiday season, I thought I'd share some book/series picks to consider buying for the bookworm(s) in your life.

Check it out here: ajcalvin.net/my-2025-holi...
My 2025 Holiday Gift Guide (Books to Consider Buying for the Bookworm in your Life) - A.J. Calvin
My 2025 Holiday Gift Guide (Books to consider buying for the bookworm in your life. Or yourself. I’m not judging) As it’s now November, I know some of you are probably thinking about holiday gift opti...
ajcalvin.net
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember
Day 5: Last, current and next reads

Last: Austringer's Wrath – @lyonspen.bsky.social
Current: Serpentus – @ajcalvin.bsky.social
Next: Unlucky Evans, Cursed Odds – @williamjadams3.bsky.social
and I really want to get to Daughters of Tith by @jpatriciaanderson.bsky.social
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books.
Feel free to ask the hosts questions!

Love,
Faeries at Fantasy Indies
@lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Thank you for the shout out, Poppy 🩶
Since my debut is appearing as November's book club read, I've lowered the price to $0.99 (or equivalent) for this week. It's published wide so you can find it below:
books2read.com/farremoved
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
There is a lot of worldbuilding to cover in Far Removed, so I'm going to post some bite-sized guides to Knyadrea this month.

Let's start with timelines! 🌔🌓🌒
This is something I often think I should've put at the beginning of the book. I may include them in a revised version.
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Our latest Series Spotlight covers a thrilling sci-fi romance, The Drift by Casie Aufenthie
🧬💫💞
Read all about this trilogy on Willow Wraith Press 👇
willowwraithpress.com/2025/10/30/s...
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Happy Halloween from my 2 main villains!

Dranamir from The Relics of War (with a cameo in Serpentus)
🎨 by Galadriel Coffeeen

and Colin from The Caein Legacy
🎨by @cblansdell.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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The House of Starling by Ciara Hartford review is up at Willow Wraith Press. “Mrs. Hartford puts the book’s characters through a series of adventures & several small fight scenes that were pleasantly bloody and efficiently written and would belong in any great epic fantasy book.”
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Artists behind some of the most popular films of all time are also forging one of the most powerful organized resistances to AI.

With solidarity, class action lawsuits and strong legislation, they're fighting to protect their livelihoods, and pop culture, from big tech.

My latest:
How artists behind Marvel, Alien, and the Matrix movies are fighting AI
With solidarity, legislation, class action lawsuits, and a little help from Guillermo del Toro. Plus, the Luddite Renaissance continues, and I open the mailbag.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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PINNED POST

Info about me, links to my books, Discords, Patreon, etc.

Please like and repost if you see this🫶💕
July 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Help us choose next month's Willow Wraith book club title!

The poll is live over on GR, and the choices are:
Shadow Bane by Cal Logan
Far Removed by CB Lansdell (which I've read and loved)
and
Coward by Ayrton Silva (I've also read this one and loved it)

Poll Link www.goodreads.com/poll/list/12...
October 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is one of my all-time favourite novellas. Do yourself a favour and pick it up 🪶🦴
If you're looking for another spooky season read, late in the season, this can be read in one sitting! 😱📚💙

Check it out for a standalone dark fantasy novella with some body horror, about a girl turning into a monster and her search for a cure.
🩸🐦‍⬛☠️

books2read.com/u/bPLWBz
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Your Blood and Bones by J. Patricia Anderson
books2read.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Read a book’s blurb and label the story for what it is, not for who wrote it.
October 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Last day of the #Buzzfest event! Come and find some new ebooks at 99c or less 🐝
Mine is available wide
books2read.com/farremoved
Come for non-human characters, moons, and masks.
🌖🎭🌒
October 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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October 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Manifesting sales for October.
My books are an epic fantasy reimagining of Sleeping Beauty. What if Maleficent was Aurora's mother and what if she wasn't really evil?
The latest is Queen of Thorns.

www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D
October 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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The countdown is over, the infection is loose...

Behold: The Book of Spores

#booksky
October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I realized not so long ago that it has been a while (months) since I posted an update on my writing projects and what's coming up for me soon(ish).

So this week's blog does just that. You can read it here: ajcalvin.net/the-state-of...
The State of My Writing (an Update) - A.J. Calvin
The State of My Writing (an Update) It’s been a while since I made my last writing update post. I don’t actually know when the last one was, but I’m pretty sure it was before Wraith and the Revolution...
ajcalvin.net
October 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Excited to take a break from intensive edits and some drafting to chat about this delightful book.
Hey Indie Book Lovers! The Willow Wraith Press Indie Book Club is going to be wrapping up our October read with author Lily Greene (aka @poppyalexanders.bsky.social) on Sunday, October 26th at 2pm CST. Come join us!
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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It's coming...
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This month's book club read was both cosy and spooky. Perfect for autumn!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
October 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🔹Biopunk Dark Fantasy
🔹Political intrigue
🔹Character driven
🔹A distinctive world of non-human characters

Far Removed, Book 1 in the Apidecca Duology.
Book 2 coming in 2026.
Available wide in all formats (including audio).
Website, Ko-fi and more: cblansdell.com/links/
books2read.com/farremoved
October 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM