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Kel E Fox
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Author, artist, possibly a witch ♦ gritty and whimsical genrebending fantasy ♦ no AI
books: kelefox.com
operation chocolate overload: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/969f7590-7a53-49bf-920e-c637adfc677a/landing
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Kel E Fox @kelefox.bsky.social · 6d
When 17-year-old chocolate fiend Gabby Whitehall stumbles upon a conspiracy to hide magic and the superhuman potential it offers, she has no idea she's become tangled in a plot to change the universe… 🌩️
Exclusive to BackerKit! Back now to get this special edition 📖

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Darkhaven – Operation: Chocolate Overload Hardcover Edition
YA urban science fantasy meets queer magical space opera in this sassy epic adventure, with the first book in a new hardcover edition featuring extra scenes, bonus material and custom interior formatt...
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kelefox.bsky.social
Go on, vote. It's for science. 🍫🍫

And by science, I mean I have to know if I'm all alone in my weird corner of Malteser-eating land.

HELP A FOX OUT HERE 🦊

The Poll: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

@the-book-bazaar.com on @backerkit.com

#sff #readingcommunity #yafantasy #sciencefantasy 💙📚🪐
Screenshot of a BackerKit poll. How do you eat a Malteser? This could get interesting. Comment if you have alternatives! Chew it. Savour the crunch. Mmmm. Suck it. Feel the chocolatey goodness coating your tongue. Nibble all the chocolate off, then eat the malt bit. Yes, really. Put it in your damn mouth and eat it. Wtf is wrong with you people. None of the above. See comments.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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amaralynn.bsky.social
First art update!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

#booksky #tbb25 #thebookbazaar25 #crowdfunding #scifi #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #indieauthor #alienromance #romance #aliens #audiobooks
Gems and Star Flowers Audiobook Campaign Project Update: Art update!!
First art update! Did I start the spicy one first because I was excited..  yes. You'll have to back if you want to see it 😜  Get those pledges in! There's still a lot of f...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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blog.readindiefantasy.com
We've got a bunch of interviews today, starting with @spookyxpickle.bsky.social, who is raising funds for Fairy Seasons, an anthology of light and darkness, exploring the fickle nature of fairy kind, and part of @the-book-bazaar.com:

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
A blue dragon in the background with the logo to The Book Bazaar and a promo image for Fairy Seasons. The text says An Interview with Machelle Berglund.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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valwrites.ca
Who wants to beta-watch the "live read" of Boombride chapter one? It'll be up on Twitch in a few days where your can hang out with me while we watch myself put on some voices.

My wife said "you read the book better than i did to myself" and she's never wrong

Maybe 2, 3 of you?
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
kelefox.bsky.social
A list of free and discounted fantasy books for anyone looking to top up their TBR... (go on, you know you want to)

#booksky #sff #readingcommunity #fantasy
All Fantasy | IASFA
The IASFA All Fantasy promotion runs from November 23-27. Please click on a cover to learn more and access the download link.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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jbensonink.bsky.social
Know someone who loves my books? We've got signed copies of everything in stock in my store, and they make for nifty holiday gifts. We can personalize everything and ship it out directly to whomever you like. Hit it up at jacquelynbenson.com.
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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blog.readindiefantasy.com
It's a Month of Rain & Reads, and I just secured a batch of leftover pastries from the cafe on the corner.

That'll go fine with this interview with Nicole Evans ( @thoughtsstained.bsky.social ) while the rain is coming down hard outside.

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...

#AMoRaR #BookSky
Banner image for our review with Nicole Evans. The banner includes the book dragon, the ghost cat, and a photo of Nicole.
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
kelefox.bsky.social
🍫CHOCOLATE POLL ALERT!🍫

How do you eat Maltesers? (Do you also nibble all the chocolate off, then eat the centre?)

Please vote. Inquiring minds want to know.

#sff #readingcommunity #fantasy #yafantasy #sciencefantasy 💙📚🪐

Part of @the-book-bazaar.com on @backerkit.com
Question: How do you eat a Malteser?
Vote now for Darkhaven – Operation: Chocolate Overload Hardcover Edition on @BackerKit!
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November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
kelefox.bsky.social
Me: *writes Elvire into WIP as side character so she can be the love interest in a sequel*
Me: *forgets about Elvire*
Later, in revisions: Aww Elvire's cool. I should write a book for her HEA. Oh, wait…

It's fine I know what I'm doing I promise

#Author #AmWriting 💙📚🪐 ✍️
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
kelefox.bsky.social
"We stand at the edge of the party, somehow more awkward than we’d been before shifting to a first-name basis." (Cinderella retelling WIP)

Finally written one of those scenes where it's like shit, now if I say something horribly absurd you'll have a name to go with it. The Stakes are High.
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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astramachina.bsky.social
First stretch goal unlocked!

We're getting those sticker sheets that will absolutely make people go "dude, this is fucked up" once they've read the book. 🤘🏽 Consider them out-of-context spoilers. I also drew 'em myself.

NEXT STRETCH GOAL WHEN?

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Monitored Activity
The Backrooms meets Willy's Wonderland in this queer horror novella where two security guards—one of them a serial killer and the other a potential victim—must escape the Mall before it digests them w...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
kelefox.bsky.social
Keraun, now nineteen (or 24, depending how you counted the years at the Vi Pilot Academy), still had a knack for finding trouble. – The Trouble With Magic, a bonus story included in Operation: Chocolate Overload!

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part of @the-book-bazaar.com on @backerkit.com 💙📚🪐
The Trouble With Magic Operation: Chocolate Overload Bonus Story Image - rough sketch of a young man conjuring liquid into a vial Quote - The frustrating thing about magic was how it made everything look easy.
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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astramachina.bsky.social
i wish i could remember how the conversation came about, but a few weeks before The Book Bazaar went live, a Friend of mine went "do you know what would be cool as fuck?" (i'm paraphrasing here), and i responded with "i'm all ears."

a thread behind the making of the Prime Plaza keychains: (1/?)
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
kelefox.bsky.social
Donovan. She's mean, she's commandeering, she's got a grudge (or ten).

But with magic comes heightened senses, and no one has sensory control like Donovan, so Gabby endures her lessons… at least until Donovan suggests jogging.

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

@the-book-bazaar.com 💙📚🪐
Old stained paper looking like a page from a classified file, laid over a thunderstorm background. Silhouette of a woman with bobbed hair wearing a tight shirt or singlet, military-type pants and work boots. Text on the file excerpt reads: Name: Esmerelda Donovan, Classification: rogue Eventer, Known Associates: Stephen May, Catherine Whittaker, Liam Croft, Notes: Dangerous. Do not approach. Text alongside the file excerpt reads: Esmerelda Bischoff Donovan is a 120-year-old (but looks mid-40s) superhuman ex-assassin with all the emotional fluidity of a glacier. She’s tough, blunt to the point of meanness and moves around like a tornado – noisy, menacing and ruthless. Proficient with blades, firearms and martial arts. Enjoys motorcyles, sports cars and ballroom dancing. But don’t be fooled – she has a kernel of care somewhere under all that ice.Probably you won’t get to see it until, oh, book five. Or six.
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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spookyxpickle.bsky.social
Come on over! I'll brew some tea, Pindle will bring the muffins, and Weepy will bring the screaming sorrows of all those they've devoured.

It'll be a great time!

#BookBazaar25 #BookSky #CrowdFunding #Fairies #IndieAuthors

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A piece of art that looks like watercolor, perhaps. There is a large tree by a stream. There are flowers and fairies everywhere. It's an idyllic, pretty scene.
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
kelefox.bsky.social
Vote in the Chocolate Polls!

Question: How do you eat Nutella?

This is a good one because there are no wrong answers. Although Gabby would say there should be an option for 'ALL THE WAYS', including inhalation

#yafantasy #sciencefantasy 💙📚🪐

Part of @the-book-bazaar.com on @backerkit.com
Question: What's the best way to eat Nutella?
Vote now for Darkhaven – Operation: Chocolate Overload Hardcover Edition on @BackerKit!
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November 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
kelefox.bsky.social
FOOD FIGHT UNLOCKED! 🖐️🎂😳

Stretch goal #2: Love interest POV 💕⚡

Keraun is Gabby's enigmatic 'god of lightning' love interest (not that she knows this), and he offers Gabby a (v. dodgy) way out of her magical dilemma as they bond over a jar of Nutella.

Pledge now! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...
picture of a chocolate swirl next to the text 'Objective: $850 Unlock Alternative POV Scene - Keraun (romance)
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Looking for the next great read? Check out what we've got for you in The Book Bazaar and back your favorites now: www.backerkit.com/c/collection...

#Booksky #Books #IndieAuthor #ShopSmall
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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spookyxpickle.bsky.social
The first fairy and their bits have been selected! Now, we must make an animal companion.

Check out this update on Fairy Seasons and vote on the 5 new polls to make our new friend!

Y'all like voting and fairies, right?

#fairies #BookBazaar25 #Art #Crafting #poll

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Fairy Seasons Project Update: Our First Fairy and Our First Week
Fairy friends, we did it! We configured our first fairy. I'm going to put it in the kiln to cure. It takes about a week for the pieces to set. For review, here's what we used...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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tansyrr.bsky.social
Ten years ago, I sent Musketeers into space with my epic, gender-swapped space opera retelling of the Dumas novel. Now the Musketeers are back in 3 snazzy paperback editions featuring glorious art by @ravven.bsky.social

books2read.com/Valiant-Stars
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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valwrites.ca
I wish i could have done the widescreen trailer because i think this still captures pretty much everything really nicely. Stupid instagram and its squares. At least do 5x4.

Anyways i remain happy with this. This is basically the book. I wish i could use this image as a pitch lol
A cyberpunk cityscape built in Dystopika. Four large buildings rise from the lesser skyscrapers, and a massive starship floats in the background. Three are in front, with a gap between the 2nd and 3rd allowing sight of a tall arcology in the back. From right to left, words appear on the front buildings in red. On the right building is a meme version of Nil by ephiesuna doing the "guess i'll die" meme. On the left building is a chibi illustration by Pumpkin of her taking a shit on the toilet while scrolling on her phone. KILL HER IT'S JUST ONE FUCKING ELF HOW HARD CAN IT BE? On the back building the word's "you'd be suprised" appear in blue, next to a very sultry illustration of Nil's head, by Britxh.
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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amaralynn.bsky.social
TWO WEEKS REMAIN!

Get your pledges in! We're so close to $400!

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#booksky #tbb25 #thebookbazaar25 #crowdfunding #scifi #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #indieauthor #alienromance #romance #aliens #audiobooks
Background: a space scene with a planet taking up the right half and a space ship along the body. In the center over top of the image is the cover of Gems and Star Flowers by Amara Lynn and Primrose Song, which has an illustration of two people. The one on the left has brown hair, white skin with pearls scattered on his arms, and wears goggles, a dark blue shirt, brown pants, and dark brown shoes. The person the the left has purple floral skin, light blue hair with purple streaks, a pink shirt, and purple pants. Text at top reads: Two weeks left! Purple arrows with blue stars point at the characters, with the text: Clueless MC has to be taught the kissing, pretty sparkly aliens, on the run, sweet florist, tragic past, for fans of classic sci-fi anime. Text at bottom reads: link in bio, Nov 12 - Dec 3.
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Well... Backers get to be their own Miranda Priestly, because they'll get their copies before ANYONE else! Back it now: TheLuckyMachine.com

#TLM #Writing #Scifi #Booksky
Screenshots from The Devil Wears Prada. The first is Miranda Priestly at her desk saying "I need the new The Machines book for the twins." The second is Andrea saying "You want the unpublished manuscript?"
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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belindacrawford.bsky.social
🐰 General Fluffington appears in a puff of iridescent cosmic dust, looking a little harried as he rips another report labeled "Foresight Command: Urgent" from his forehead.

"Foresight says: Yes, but only if you stand still long enough to talk about your feelings."

#bookbazaar25 #tarot #booksky
A tarot card. The Page of Cups. A black and white etching of a man in medieval courtly garb holding an ornate goblet.
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
kelefox.bsky.social
Robin Hobb
Tansy Rayner Roberts
Terry Pratchett
Isobelle Carmody

They are all formative for my love of fantasy, serving either to introduce me to the genre or draw me deeper in to places I had no idea it could go.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books
woodenvelt.bsky.social Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 4d
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 19!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and explore the many genres readers love.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Bookvember, a book share prompt game for writers and readers by @woodenvelt.bsky.social Day 19: Which 4 authors would you enshrine on your favorite genre’s Mt. Rushmore? Why do they stand above the rest? #Bookvember. Use alt text for images. Have fun and interact with others!
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM