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Indie Bites
@indiebites.bsky.social
A quarterly magazine featuring short fantasy fiction from indie authors.
Edited by @adiehartauthor.bsky.social and @josiejaffrey.bsky.social
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BANDITS & BOTANY deadline: 30 Nov 25
RUINS & RITUALS deadline: 28 Feb 26
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We’ve made an Indie Bites starter pack, featuring all the wonderful authors and illustrators who’ve contributed to Indie Bites.

Apologies to anyone we’ve missed - we’ve searched for you all but didn’t find you all, so please wave if you’re not in the pack and should be!

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Hi new followers!
I’m a UK indie author writing dark romantic fantasy novels about vampires, and YA novels about ancient civilisations.
I’m also one of the editors of Indie Bites magazine @indiebites.bsky.social and writer of the Jack Valentine podcast @jackvalentinepod.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Queen of Nerves by Claire Olivia Golden is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness)

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September 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
An Angel of the Lord by Ash Parker is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness)

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September 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A Beloved Once Bound by Ceril N. Domace @cerilndomace.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness)

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September 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Girl in Darkness by Riley E. Smith @rileyisyelling.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness)

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September 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Deadline is 28 February 2026!!!
Apologies. It’s been a long Monday 🤦‍♀️
🏛️Submissions are now open for our May issue on the themes of RUINS & RITUALS!🧙‍♂️
We are looking for fantasy short fiction up to 7.5k words and cover illustrations. Deadline 28 February 2025.
For details visit our website at www.silversunbooks.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Submissions are now closed for our POTIONS & PARAMOURS issue!

Your editors are now hard at work reading through everything - our editorial meeting is on the 15th and we’ll be in touch with all submitters shortly after that.

For details of our open issues, head to silversunbooks.com
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September 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🏛️Submissions are now open for our May issue on the themes of RUINS & RITUALS!🧙‍♂️
We are looking for fantasy short fiction up to 7.5k words and cover illustrations. Deadline 28 February 2025.
For details visit our website at www.silversunbooks.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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It’s (really very) true!
A Really Very True Story by Molly Daw is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness)

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August 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A Really Very True Story by Molly Daw is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness)

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August 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Job Interview or An Inconsequential Conglomeration of Goblins by Luke Tarassenko is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness)

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August 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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It's me! In another collection of indie fantasy stories! Mine has medieval dragons and agender angels and melancholic knights. Free to read, or a few dollars for a paperback with my dragon on the cover.
Sir Percivale Is Swallowed by a Dragon and Learns the Truth of God by Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness), and they illustrated the amazing cover too!

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August 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Sir Percivale Is Swallowed by a Dragon and Learns the Truth of God by Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness), and they illustrated the amazing cover too!

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August 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dragon Ageless by Josie Jaffrey @josiejaffrey.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness)

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August 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
For the Love of Blood and Gold by Linked Soul is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness)

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August 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Smaugust is almost over, so let me post my dragons while I still can. Four book covers I drew!
August 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
October Girls by Jillian Maria is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness)

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August 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The Order of the Wyrm by Adie Hart @adiehartauthor.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Dragons & Darkness!

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August 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The featured author in our latest issue, Dragons & Darkness, is Heather K Carson. Read the interview on our website!

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August 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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The next Clarkfowler short(and a bunch more fantastic stories!) is finally here!

A Beloved Once Bound is out today!
Indie Bites 19: Dragons & Darkness is out TODAY!
Edited by @adiehartauthor.bsky.social and @josiejaffrey.bsky.social, with an incredible cover by @ardenpowell.bsky.social

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August 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Out today! ✨
Indie Bites 19: Dragons & Darkness is out TODAY!
Edited by @adiehartauthor.bsky.social and @josiejaffrey.bsky.social, with an incredible cover by @ardenpowell.bsky.social

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August 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Including my short story “The Order of the Wyrm”, which asks the important question, “what if Tom Hiddleston and Patrick Stewart were magical girls and had to fight a dragon in Buckingham Palace?” 😂
Indie Bites 19: Dragons & Darkness is out TODAY!
Edited by @adiehartauthor.bsky.social and @josiejaffrey.bsky.social, with an incredible cover by @ardenpowell.bsky.social

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August 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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SIR PERCIVALE IS SWALLOWED BY A DRAGON AND LEARNS THE TRUTH OF GOD is here! It's got all the good stuff: a medieval knight having a crisis of faith, an androgynous they/them angel with secrets, a queerplatonic relationship, and, of course, a dragon. Free to read, or get it in paperback!
Indie Bites 19: Dragons & Darkness is out TODAY!
Edited by @adiehartauthor.bsky.social and @josiejaffrey.bsky.social, with an incredible cover by @ardenpowell.bsky.social

www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...
August 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Indie Bites 19: Dragons & Darkness is out TODAY!
Edited by @adiehartauthor.bsky.social and @josiejaffrey.bsky.social, with an incredible cover by @ardenpowell.bsky.social

www.silversunbooks.com/post/dragons...
August 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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This is coming soon from Indie Bites Magazine (@indiebites.bsky.social) in their Dragons & Darkness issue, free to read. I also did the cover art for this one! There will be a paperback too for readers who like collecting dragon books for their shelves.
It's August! Already, somehow!! Which means my medieval fantasy angel/knight short story SIR PERCIVALE IS SWALLOWED BY A DRAGON AND LEARNS THE TRUTH OF GOD comes out in a couple of weeks.
August 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM