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Tanweer Dar
@tanweerdar.com
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Indie author & artist (No AI). Teacher. Muslim. Loves nature, walking, gardening, house plants, history, art, poetry, books & films of all kinds (especially horror, fantasy & sci-fi).

Love for all, hatred for none.

Website: tanweerdar.com

Birmingham, UK
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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · Nov 25
Nikki is trying to get away from it all on a camping trip with her partner and his friends.

But they are not alone.

Events soon take an unexpected, and bloody, turn...

Will any of them survive what's out there?

➡️ mybook.to/Apex

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A great read!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Couldn't put it down!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Wowser!

#Horror
Front cover of my novella, 'Apex', featuring my digital painting of a snarling black panther on a black background.
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Just passed ten thousand words on my #WIP.

#Milestone #AmWriting #Fiction #Fantasy #IndieAuthor
December 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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New digital painting:

The Fazl Mosque

© 2025 Tanweer Dar

Also known as Masjid Fazl, London & The London Mosque (the oldest mosque in London, built in 1924).

Longest art project thus far - spent 10+ hours on this.

#Art #DigitalArt #Krita #NoAI #London #Mosque #Building #ArtSky
My digital painting of The Fazl Mosque (London), a 1920s mosque with a green dome flanked by trees and lit by an evening sky.
December 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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“Since the ceasefire & hostage deal came into effect on 10 October, at least 401 Palestinians have been killed & 1,108 injured. At least 1,500 structures have been destroyed. Over 11,000 people remain unaccounted for.”
—Israeli Human Rights Org Breaking the Silence

It was Never about the hostages.
December 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Share a great male villain!
December 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Open a book
And #travel to lands
Fantastic and alien
Without leaving
The comfort
Of your chair
Or the warmth
Of your fire
Such is
The magic of reading
Authors weave their spells
And take you on journeys
You dared not have imagined

#vss365 #poetry
December 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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The same row of oaks near Sheepstor from winter through to Autumn, #Dartmoor #Devon #oaks #photography #landscape
A collage of four photos of the same row of oaks in different seasons
December 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Worn #soles of old boots
From wandering for so long
Now at journey's end

#vss365 #haiku #poetry
December 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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What actor's facial expression in a movie/TV show will stay with you for the rest of your life?
December 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The hard truth of it is, that to write a novel, you have to sit in front of that keyboard and work, day after day, until it's done.
December 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Am 1/4 way through this. It's brilliant!

#Fantasy #Fiction #BookSky
bookspotlight.bsky.social Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 3d
🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

[ 💙📚🪐 ]
Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded b y red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.
December 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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#Winter #Walk #Photograph
Photograph of a swamp amidst green and yellow grass, with bare trees in the background and a grey, cloudy sky.
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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New pencil drawing:

Geralt of Rivia

© 2025, Tanweer Dar

#PencilArt #Drawing #Sketch #Portrait #Geralt #TheWitcher #Fantasy #Art #ArtSky
My pencil portrait of the fantasy character, Geralt of Rivia, from The Witcher. Mam with long messy white/grey hair tied back, stubble and a long scar running down/across left eye.
December 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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My next read is 'A Light for the Dead to Follow' by Rebecca Crunden @bookspotlight.bsky.social

#Books #Reading #Fiction #Fantasy #QuickReads #BookSky
Kindle ebook cover of 'A Light for the Dead to Follow' by Rebecca Crunden - featuring a skull amidst roses.
December 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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🎆FREE this month🎇

a musician🎸
a girl with a secret🤫
a romance between tortured souls❤️‍🩹

5⭐️
The way it’s written is excellent

5⭐️
Loved the London setting, that London itself becomes a key character

5⭐️
Main characters are cleverly crafted, impeccable

5⭐️
A journey that you want to do all over again
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Reminder that if you’re looking for indie books to check out, I’ve got a handy masterlist of my book reviews with genres included!

Indie book reviews: rebeccacrunden.com/indie-book-r...

All blog reviews: rebeccacrunden.com/book-reviews/

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Book Reviews
Below is a list of the book reviews I’ve posted to this blog, broken up by the year the book was published, rather than by the year I published my review (and then further broken up alphabeti…
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December 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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#GoodReads #BookSky #Books #Reading
Screenshot of my '2025 Year in Books' on GoodReads, with 7,694 pages read and 30 books read, my profile picture and my name in the middle.
December 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Kindle edition sale on my first book: Wendall’s Lullaby.

Just 99 cents for a limited time: a.co/d/0dK0qmw

#KindleBookDeals #sciencethriller #technothriller #dolphins #USNavy #ecothriller #specialops
December 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

[ 💙📚🪐 ]
Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded b y red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.
December 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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All help for Waseem and these lovely boys deeply appreciated. They were badly affected by Storm Byron.

gofund.me/35fdca7d

❤️❤️‍🩹🙏
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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For those in-between, post-holiday days… ❄️

Looking for a world to sink into—unforgettable characters, lush landscapes, and high-stakes magic?

✨ The Chrysillium Tree is on sale through the weekend.
Join the 600+ readers who’ve already picked it up this week.

🔗 a.co/d/aqoaCOw
#BookSky #FantasyBooks
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of 'Children of Time' by Adrian Tchaikovsky - @aptshadow.bsky.social

#Books #Reading #SciFi #Fiction #BookSky

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Tanweer Dar's review of Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
5/5: Absolutely outstanding sci-fi, with impressive originality, scale and world-building second to none. This is the first book by Adrian Tchaikovsky which I've had the pleasure of reading, but it ce...
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December 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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And they feed, for love of Him, the poor, the orphan, and the prisoner

Qur'an 76:9

#Islam #Poor #Orphan #Prisoner
December 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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To help counter the anti-Muslim and Islamophobic disinformation from Trump and his acolytes, I started a newsletter titled "Islam Today."

And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
islamtoday.substack.com/p/jesus-in-i...
Jesus in Islam
What Muslims Believe About the Son of Mary
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December 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate.

Peace and goodwill to all.
December 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Managed to snap a couple of shots of the moon. 🌒

#Photography #Moon #Crescent #Sky
Photograph of the crescent moon visible through clouds during late afternoon. Photograph of the crescent moon visible through clouds during the evening.
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM