Darby Harn
@darbyharn.bsky.social
Author of Dead Malls and Ever The Hero. | Comic Book Reviewer: FanFiAddict | www.darbyharn.com | https://darbyharn.com/links/
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Coming soon: Astra Idari: The Complete Trilogy Hardcover Box Set
An android bounty hunter must keep a living star alive in a galaxy lost to shadows in this epic space opera!
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Coming next year to your galaxy... the complete Stargun Messenger Trilogy in hardcover on #Kickstarter! 👀 It's going to be a special campaign. You can follow to be notified on launch! Click below! #booksky 💙📚🪐
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I like a little spice here and there. It has to mean something in the story, though. There is some wattage in the Astra Idari trilogy, specifically book two.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
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February 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I like a little spice here and there. It has to mean something in the story, though. There is some wattage in the Astra Idari trilogy, specifically book two.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
The weight of the universe is literally on Idari's shoulders in Taker of the Dawn. It's down to her to save existence from annihilation, but she might risk it all to save her friend. Idari is used to landing on her feet, so she thinks she can do both.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
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February 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The weight of the universe is literally on Idari's shoulders in Taker of the Dawn. It's down to her to save existence from annihilation, but she might risk it all to save her friend. Idari is used to landing on her feet, so she thinks she can do both.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
Love song recs:
The Lakes of Canada The Innocence Mission
After the Storm Mumford and Sons
There She Goes Sixpence None The Richer
I listened to a lot of The Innocence Mission the last year or so writing Taker of the Dawn. Love and grace. Sorrow and gratitude.
The Lakes of Canada The Innocence Mission
After the Storm Mumford and Sons
There She Goes Sixpence None The Richer
I listened to a lot of The Innocence Mission the last year or so writing Taker of the Dawn. Love and grace. Sorrow and gratitude.
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Love song recs:
The Lakes of Canada The Innocence Mission
After the Storm Mumford and Sons
There She Goes Sixpence None The Richer
I listened to a lot of The Innocence Mission the last year or so writing Taker of the Dawn. Love and grace. Sorrow and gratitude.
The Lakes of Canada The Innocence Mission
After the Storm Mumford and Sons
There She Goes Sixpence None The Richer
I listened to a lot of The Innocence Mission the last year or so writing Taker of the Dawn. Love and grace. Sorrow and gratitude.
Comfort reads:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Pastel City by M. John Harrison
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Poems of Seamus Heaney
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Pastel City by M. John Harrison
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Poems of Seamus Heaney
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
February 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Comfort reads:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Pastel City by M. John Harrison
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Poems of Seamus Heaney
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Pastel City by M. John Harrison
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Poems of Seamus Heaney
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
I think there's some heartbreak in Taker of the Dawn. Not everybody gets what they want, or at least not in the way they expect. There are some unexpected developments though. I wonder what people will make of the ending.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I think there's some heartbreak in Taker of the Dawn. Not everybody gets what they want, or at least not in the way they expect. There are some unexpected developments though. I wonder what people will make of the ending.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
I'd love for Idari to known for being open and optimistic. She has a determination that borders on irrational, but it's guided by love and hope. She carries a lot of people with her.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I'd love for Idari to known for being open and optimistic. She has a determination that borders on irrational, but it's guided by love and hope. She carries a lot of people with her.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
I have a secret. I never think of books in terms of tropes. There are kinds of stories I like (they usually involve spaceships and the like), but I don't get as granular as some. I have to admit I really enjoy friends to lovers though. A lot.
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#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
February 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I have a secret. I never think of books in terms of tropes. There are kinds of stories I like (they usually involve spaceships and the like), but I don't get as granular as some. I have to admit I really enjoy friends to lovers though. A lot.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
Thoughts on the NYT AI article today, over at my Substack. Check it out. #booksky 💙📚🪐
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Darby (@darbyharnauthor)
There’s a NYT article today about romance authors and a publisher not just advocating AI, but planting their flag on it. Authenticity matters to readers, I’m here to tell you. The instant they work ou...
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February 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Thoughts on the NYT AI article today, over at my Substack. Check it out. #booksky 💙📚🪐
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Free Friday
From Taker of the Dawn:
Kiss: Idari
Marry: Emera
Unalive: Devor
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
From Taker of the Dawn:
Kiss: Idari
Marry: Emera
Unalive: Devor
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
February 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Free Friday
From Taker of the Dawn:
Kiss: Idari
Marry: Emera
Unalive: Devor
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
From Taker of the Dawn:
Kiss: Idari
Marry: Emera
Unalive: Devor
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
There's always a little of me in my characters. Idari and I are easily distracted, but also remarkably determined. Somewhere in that chaos is a person who manages to stumble toward grace.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
February 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
There's always a little of me in my characters. Idari and I are easily distracted, but also remarkably determined. Somewhere in that chaos is a person who manages to stumble toward grace.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
Just a month away now from the #Kickstarter for the complete Astra Idari Trilogy. If you love space opera, you'll like this. If you'd be so kind, hit the Notify Me on Launch button. It helps boost the signal! #booksky 💙📚🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...
Coming soon: Astra Idari: The Complete Trilogy Hardcover Box Set
Escape into an epic space opera adventure where a bounty hunter must keep a living star alive in a galaxy lost to shadows!
www.kickstarter.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Just a month away now from the #Kickstarter for the complete Astra Idari Trilogy. If you love space opera, you'll like this. If you'd be so kind, hit the Notify Me on Launch button. It helps boost the signal! #booksky 💙📚🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...
Idari very much believes in soul mates. Her partner, Emera, can perceive time to some extent and had a notion that the two of them would matter to each other. Idari is also a hopeless romantic and is delirious with her luck.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
February 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Idari very much believes in soul mates. Her partner, Emera, can perceive time to some extent and had a notion that the two of them would matter to each other. Idari is also a hopeless romantic and is delirious with her luck.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
Reposted by Darby Harn
What do you mean I have too many sapphic books already? I don't have these!
Well, except my own, but that doesn't count.
You should all grab this bundle too!
📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️
#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Well, except my own, but that doesn't count.
You should all grab this bundle too!
📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️
#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Sapphic Stories by enoli lee and 19 others
Sapphic Stories: 22 items for $22.00
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February 2, 2026 at 3:40 PM
What do you mean I have too many sapphic books already? I don't have these!
Well, except my own, but that doesn't count.
You should all grab this bundle too!
📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️
#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Well, except my own, but that doesn't count.
You should all grab this bundle too!
📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️
#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
A major focus of Taker of the Dawn remains the romance between Idari, an android, and Emera, a living star. They both see each other for who they truly are, making the trilogy a journey of self-discovery.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM
A major focus of Taker of the Dawn remains the romance between Idari, an android, and Emera, a living star. They both see each other for who they truly are, making the trilogy a journey of self-discovery.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
Continuing to talk about Astra Idari Taker of the Dawn this month, the final book in my epic space opera trilogy. It's sort of if Star Wars and LOTR had a baby. Who was Murderbot.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Continuing to talk about Astra Idari Taker of the Dawn this month, the final book in my epic space opera trilogy. It's sort of if Star Wars and LOTR had a baby. Who was Murderbot.
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 #booksky 💙📚🪐
Monthly wrapup:
The Astra Idari #Kickstarter is progressing nicely towards launch. Some big milestones in January.
I got a good start on Eververse Book Six, but ran into some headwinds this last week.
Went to my first live event of 2026, and it was a smash!
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
The Astra Idari #Kickstarter is progressing nicely towards launch. Some big milestones in January.
I got a good start on Eververse Book Six, but ran into some headwinds this last week.
Went to my first live event of 2026, and it was a smash!
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
January 31, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Monthly wrapup:
The Astra Idari #Kickstarter is progressing nicely towards launch. Some big milestones in January.
I got a good start on Eververse Book Six, but ran into some headwinds this last week.
Went to my first live event of 2026, and it was a smash!
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
The Astra Idari #Kickstarter is progressing nicely towards launch. Some big milestones in January.
I got a good start on Eververse Book Six, but ran into some headwinds this last week.
Went to my first live event of 2026, and it was a smash!
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
Reposted by Darby Harn
The cover for WHAT ELEGANT STARS was illustrated by @lyssmenold.bsky.social who also did the rad cover for EMBODIED EXEGESIS: TRANSFEMININE CYBERPUNK FUTURES (edited by AnnLeBlanc).
Please hire Lyss, they are great.
Please hire Lyss, they are great.
January 31, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The cover for WHAT ELEGANT STARS was illustrated by @lyssmenold.bsky.social who also did the rad cover for EMBODIED EXEGESIS: TRANSFEMININE CYBERPUNK FUTURES (edited by AnnLeBlanc).
Please hire Lyss, they are great.
Please hire Lyss, they are great.
Coming next year to your galaxy... the complete Stargun Messenger Trilogy in hardcover on #Kickstarter! 👀 It's going to be a special campaign. You can follow to be notified on launch! Click below! #booksky 💙📚🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...
Coming soon: Astra Idari: The Complete Trilogy Hardcover Box Set
An android bounty hunter must keep a living star alive in a galaxy lost to shadows in this epic space opera!
www.kickstarter.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Coming next year to your galaxy... the complete Stargun Messenger Trilogy in hardcover on #Kickstarter! 👀 It's going to be a special campaign. You can follow to be notified on launch! Click below! #booksky 💙📚🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...
Reposted by Darby Harn
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Idari has a few bad habits, including drinking too much and overestimating her chances. She also reliably never lets anything go. She fidgets a lot with the zipper on her jumpsuit and always with her hair, which ,like her, is a mess.
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
January 28, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Idari has a few bad habits, including drinking too much and overestimating her chances. She also reliably never lets anything go. She fidgets a lot with the zipper on her jumpsuit and always with her hair, which ,like her, is a mess.
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
Thank you so much to David and the amazing crew @fanfiaddict.bsky.social for hosting the cover reveal for the third book in my Astra Idari space opera trilogy... TAKER OF THE DAWN!
Art by the one and only Al Hess!
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
Art by the one and only Al Hess!
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
COVER REVEAL
Astra Idari: Taker of the Dawn (Stargun Messenger #3) by
@darbyharn.bsky.social
Art by Al Hess
Check the thread for more deets, including an upcoming
@kickstarter.com coming 3/3/26!
Astra Idari: Taker of the Dawn (Stargun Messenger #3) by
@darbyharn.bsky.social
Art by Al Hess
Check the thread for more deets, including an upcoming
@kickstarter.com coming 3/3/26!
January 27, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Thank you so much to David and the amazing crew @fanfiaddict.bsky.social for hosting the cover reveal for the third book in my Astra Idari space opera trilogy... TAKER OF THE DAWN!
Art by the one and only Al Hess!
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
Art by the one and only Al Hess!
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
Taker of the Dawn changed a lot through drafts, as the early ones weren't good due to stress, and very little. I knew the ending from years ago - the final clash between light and darkness goes back decades in my imagination.
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Taker of the Dawn changed a lot through drafts, as the early ones weren't good due to stress, and very little. I knew the ending from years ago - the final clash between light and darkness goes back decades in my imagination.
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
Idari looks up to CR-UX, her ship's navigational AI. CR-UX is Idari's world, as she's linked to the ship as its android proxy. CR-UX has an honesty and authenticity Idari fears she lacks, though as she finds in the story, nothing is what it seems.
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Idari looks up to CR-UX, her ship's navigational AI. CR-UX is Idari's world, as she's linked to the ship as its android proxy. CR-UX has an honesty and authenticity Idari fears she lacks, though as she finds in the story, nothing is what it seems.
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐
#fantasyindiesjanuary #booksky 💙📚🪐