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Mel Reynard
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SFF author #FutureWorldsPrize SL 2023 | #RevPit SL 2025 | @writementor LL 2025 | 📚 hoarder 🌱 enthusiast 🤓 social media dabbler 💫 she/her
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And it’s always about the ending:
4/4
“When you know the ending but your book bestie doesn’t” Tom Daley looking very knowing stood next to Kate Garraway who looks confused. “When the book ends on a cliffhanger & the next book isn’t out yet” Celia Imrie wailing like a banshee, looking like she’s in agony.
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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When you’re just too addicted to books: 3/4
“My reaction when I’m told I have too many books” Alan Carr looking very offended. “One does not simply buy only one copy of a book” Celia Imrie gestures towards Cat Burns as though she’s explaining something.
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Relatable reader problems: 2/4
“Me when I accidentally preorder the same book 3 times” Alan Carr looking sheepish holding a hand near is mouth as if to say “oops”. “Seeing a book-box you want but you’re not subscribed” Nick Mohammed with his mouth agape in shock.
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Making Celebrity Traitors my whole personality 😂
For the romantasy fans 1/4 🧵
“When the enemies become lovers” Alan Carr grinning in an evil way. “When the enemies become lovers & go back to enemies again” Alan Carr with his hands clamped to his mouth in evil-glee as if he’s cackling.
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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🙌🏽 This is the fantasy series I’m recommending to everyone! THE IRON ROAD by @davewragg.com is 5 star - what a finale to Tales of the Plain! 🤩
Perfect for fans who love rebellion, Pratchett style banter & action adventure. I laughed, I cried, I hid behind my hands 🫣
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Here’s my adult epic fantasy #AgentGuide for #QuestPit

Ingredients:
🥷 1 stabby shifter
⚔️ 1 brooding smuggler
❤️‍🔥 2 for 1 on slow burn romances
✨ 3 kinds of forbidden magic
🚩 everybody lies
🐉 more twists than twisted dragon horns!

#A #F #OWN
A photo of a dark haired woman in the jungle. Title: An Agent/Reader Guide to The Breath of SIlence - A fantasy novel by M J Reynard A photo of a rainforest with the Title "Comps": A Feather so Black - magical FMC in a non-magical world The Last Vigilant - A broken MMC with a life debt The Jasad Heir - Forbidden magic The Raven Scholar - Intrigue & deadly agendas One Dark Window - slow burn sub plots A rainforest photo with the following text: The Pitch In a world where magic is forbidden, an outcast shifter & a broken soldier form a fragile alliance to smuggle a relic, but as betrayal leads to murder, they must stop a vengeful sorceress or lose all magic – forever! The Breath of SIlence by M J Reynard Illustrations of a POC woman in leather armour and a Caucasian man in a Regency style shirt and coat with brown hair. The following quotes: "He's a liar!" "She's hiding something." City in the sky!
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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I finally finished ‘The Iron Road’ by @davewragg.com ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I recommended the series & photographed it every chance I got at World Fantasycon! Even went to the panel on Writing for Laughs & spoke briefly to Dave, but then avoided him so as not to inadvertently get spoilers to the ending 🤣 very cool 👌🏽
The Tale of the Plains series by David Wragg on the Broken Binding stall including: The Hunters The Company of the Wolf The Iron Road The Tale of the Plains series by David Wragg including: The Hunters The Company of the Wolf The Iron Road plus other books! David Wragg (centre right) on a panel with (left to right) Heide Goode, France’s White and Iain Grant.
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN/ONE DARK WINDOW

There’s a reason magic has been silenced. An outcast shifter and a heartbroken soldier must trust each other to smuggle a cursed relic, before a vengeful sorceress uses it to destroy all magic forever.

#GhostPit #A #F #Q
A graphic titled 'Anti Tropes' with my Poster Pit graphic for The Breath of Silence in the centre against a dramatic red and teal, stormy sky. Arrows come out from the book giving the following anti-tropes: - enemies who don't become lovers -3 kinds of forbidden magic - an antag you'll hate to love
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Very proud to be helping Courtney & Clarke Collins with the cover reveal for book 2 in the Vows & Valour series 🤩 If you love LoTR inspired fantasy with a half-elven princess MC - then this series is for you! Can't wait to show you very soon!
#CoverReveal #FantasyBookRecs
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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My copy of The Iron Road by @davewragg.com arrived today from @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social 🤩
I’m nearly 80% finished on the arc but I can finish it off in style 👌🏽
I’ve really enjoyed it! I don’t want it to end, particularly as I am fearing greatly for the longevity of my fave characters atm!
The Iron Road by David Wragg stood in front of other books.
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Niche POV: me talking to my TBR pile on the eve before the Book of Dust Part 3 - ‘The Rose Field’ arrives in the post tomorrow 😆
Sean Bean as Ned Stark in Game of Thrones. He has his fingers and thumb pinched together and he says “One does not simply wait 30 years to find out what happens to Lyra only to finish reading 3 other books first.”
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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JASAD HEIR/ONE DARK WINDOW
There's a reason magic was silenced. Who will bring it back? The sorceress who will tear down empires, the smuggler with split loyalties who doesn't believe it exists, or the warrior who would die to keep it secret?
#SFPit #A #Q #F
A moodboard with 9 images. Top row: a blood moon; a woman head bowed in thought, silhouette framed in fire glow; someone presents a simple black mask, there are bright orange lights behind. Middle row is the same sunrise from the first image. Bottom row: Amita Suman as Inej Ghafa in Shadow and Bone, bathed in a blue green light, looking over her shoulder for danger, hair awry; middle image is of a sinister dark green forest; final image is Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark, half his face cast in shadow.
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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POLDARK/SHOGUN/WHEEL OF TIME

Enemies to friends 🤜🏼🤛🏾
Betrayal & vengence 🗡️
Slow burn 🔥
Shifter vs soldier 🦊
Power-mad sorceress 🥷
Flintlocks & uprising  ⚔️
Dragons & tigers 🐉
Sinister magical devices 💣
Immortality vs reincarnation
City in the Sky 🌩️

#DVPit #A #F #POC #WOC
A moodboard with 9 images. Top row: a blood moon; a woman head bowed in thought, silhouette framed in fire glow; someone presents a simple black mask, there are bright orange lights behind. Middle row is the same sunrise from the first image. Bottom row: Amita Suman as Inej Ghafa in Shadow and Bone, bathed in a blue green light, looking over her shoulder for danger, hair awry; middle image is of a sinister dark green forest; final image is Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark, half his face cast in shadow.
October 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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I did some for my agent guide recently but I didn’t have enough time to finish layering for depth. I didn’t study art & my skills are rusty but I’m also learning to use Procreate:
Illustrations of a POC woman in leather armour and a Caucasian man in a Regency style shirt and coat with brown hair. The following quotes: "He's a liar!" "She's hiding something." City in the sky! Changelings & sorcerors Magical Prejudice Fish out of water Two slow burn romances! Immortals & Reincarnates Dragons vs Tigers The Breath of SIlence by M J Reynard
August 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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JASAD HEIR/THE LAST VIGILANT
If anyone finds out she’s a changeling they'll 💀 her. Finding a powerful relic could free her people from oppression & she’ll do everything to keep it. But failure to unearth its secrets will mean her death & the loss of all magic forever. #PosterPit #F #Q #A
Movie poster with a dramatic stormy sky, in black, purple and cornflower blue tones. A photo of James Cosmo in Shogun, holding a pistol, and a photo of Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie in Thor Ragnorok, are overlaid, side by side but back to back. the logline "There's a reason magic was silenced." Underneath there are three short sentences of text: "His last smuggling job." "Her last chance for freedom." "Magic must survive." The title appears in the centre: "The Breath of Silence - an adult epic fantasy." On either side of the title, like billed names are the following tropes: - magical prejudice - revolution and revenge - romantic subplots - action and atmosphere At the bottom there are three sets of laurel brackets with "Shortlisted Future Worlds Prize 2023", "Shortlisted RevPit 2025" and "Longlisted Write Mentor 2025".
August 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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JASAD HEIR/ONE DARK WINDOW
There's a reason magic was silenced. Who will bring it back? The sorceress who will tear down empires, the smuggler with split loyalties who doesn't believe it exists, or the warrior who would die to keep it secret? #PosterPit #Q #F #A
A movie poster for 'The Breath of Silence'. The title is printed over the top of a watery sun which puts a mountain, a floating sky city and a dragon in silhouette. Below there is a dark green forest. The sky is a sunset but stormy and red. At the top there are three sets of laurel brackets with "Shortlisted Future Worlds Prize 2023", "Shortlisted RevPit 2025" and "Longlisted Write Mentor 2025". Next there are two billing lines saying 'A secretive warrior' and 'a damaged smuggler'. The tropes are listed like supporting cast: Found family Repressed magic Tigers & dragons Slow burn Sorcerors & shapeshifters Enemies to friends Next, beneath the main imagery, at the bottom, it says "An Epic Fantasy". In the review section with 5 gold stars it says "worldbuilding is rich... wanted more" - Judges Feedback. The final line says "Coming to an inbox soon."
August 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A pitch card with the title: The Breath of Silence A political, adventure fantasy for adults - There is a reason magic has been silenced... -An outcast shifter and a heartbroken soldier must trust each other to smuggle a cursed relic, before a vengeful sorceress uses it to destroy all magic forever. Underneath in a different font: The lost magic of THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER meets the politics of THE FINAL STRIFE but with the epic romance of POLDARK. An illustration of a man wearing a military style 1700s coat, holding a flintlock pistol in his right hand. His left hand rests on the hilt of a sword in Imi’s belt. The picture is black and white. The man looks determined but he’s waiting for something. It’s not certain whether he will fire the weapon. The background is sky and mountains.
August 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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JASAD HEIR/GODKILLER
If anyone finds out she’s a changeling they'll 💀 her. Finding a powerful relic could free her people from oppression & she’ll do everything to keep it. But failure to unearth its secrets will mean her death & the loss of all magic forever. #QuestPit #F #Q #A
A photo of a dark haired woman in the jungle. Title: An Agent/Reader Guide to The Breath of SIlence - A fantasy novel by M J Reynard A rainforest photo with the following text: The Pitch In a world where magic is forbidden, an outcast shifter & a broken soldier form a fragile alliance to smuggle a relic, but as betrayal leads to murder, they must stop a vengeful sorceress or lose all magic – forever! The Breath of SIlence by M J Reynard Illustrations of a POC woman in leather armour and a Caucasian man in a Regency style shirt and coat with brown hair. The following quotes: "He's a liar!" "She's hiding something." City in the sky! Changelings & sorcerors Magical Prejudice Fish out of water Two slow burn romances! Immortals & Reincarnates Dragons vs Tigers The Breath of SIlence by M J Reynard A photo of a rainforest with the Title "Comps": A Feather so Black - magical woman in a non-magical world The Last Vigilant - A broken man with a life debt The Jasad Heir - Forbidden magic The Bone Shard War - life & death battles & creatures One Dark Window - slow burn sub plots & immersive
August 6, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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First time getting a book box from @dryadbookshop.bsky.social 🤩 what a treat! Can you guess what the book is? Answer 👇🏽
August 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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OMG my book mail today 🤩✨
Thank you @venetiaconstantine.bsky.social & @headofzeus.bsky.social 💙 I cannot wait to read The Last Starborn Seer!
July 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Obsessed with K-Pop Demon Hunters and want some fantasy book inspiration?

Here’s my pick. What are yours? Answer in the comments 👩🏽‍🎤
July 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Want a book with slow burn, enemies to lovers that you can literally inhale? 🤩 I nominate The Cage of Starlight by @julesarbeaux.bsky.social
2 broken sad boys to fall in love with as they strive to fix their mistakes against a backdrop of war. Excellent story telling and bring tissues 😭
The cover for the Cage of Starlight by Jules Arbeaux annotated with the following tropes: - two broken sad boys - unique@magic system based on seeds - fantasy with spacey-tech - enemies to friends to ? - slow burn - magical prejudice - found family
July 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I’ve read the whole series so far: I’m invested to the end! 🙌🏽
Thank you @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social for the chance to read The Iron Road by @davewragg.com 🤩
July 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Would I like to read an ARC of The Iron Road, Book 3 in Tales of the Plain, by @davewragg.com – well yes – I absolutely would 🙌🏽🤩
A picture of The Iron Road by David Wragg on a patterned but subtle background. The cover shows Ree, Javani and other characters from The Company of the Wolf.
July 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Belatedly, I present to you my AI free, hand sketched #UnhingedPit schmoogent guide.
CW: this pitch may contain tongue-in-cheek depictions of an outcast shifter, Poldark-look-a-likey-guy & a psycho sorceress, on a vitally important epic fantasy quest. And there might be dragons. #A #Q #F
A hand sketched, annotated picture with the title “strange city in the sky”. The city in the sky has a ferris wheel and the Seattle Soace Needle. There is a stick figure falling from it and the note “don’t fall off”. There is a “forbidding jungle” to the right and “impassable mountains” to the left with the note “hidden kingdom.” There is a “mysterious cave” and a note that says “Disclaimer: there may not be a ferris wheel in the book.” There are storm clouds and a bolt of lightning in the sky and a badly drawn dragon. Another hand sketched and annotated picture with the title “he’s just not that into me.” There is a stick female figure who’s crying given the label “stabby shifter” and there are lots of daggers on the ground with the note “all the knives she loses while fighting for freedom!” There is a male stick figure with stars for eyes with the label “Chosen One vibes”. There are two female stick figures watching him with heart eyes and the note “everybody loves him because he’s to perfect.” Too is spelt wrong! There is a round thing on a piece of string in between then with the note “important relic crucial to plot.” Another annotated sketch with the quote “just one last job and I can turn over a new leaf!” It hovers above a male stick figure with a quiff. His label reads “morally grey smuggler”. He’s holding a pistol and there a label that says “guns and magic might be very ill advised.” The second stick figure is labelled “crazy immortal sorceress w/great hair!” She has horns and looks malevolent. Swirls come out from her stick fingers. There is something that looks like a dragon wing and the note “there might be dragons.” Sketch title is “magical creatures!” There is a larger subtitle in caps “dragons upstaging everyone!” There is a cartoon of a dragon with the label “ferocious but cute really!” A cartoon of a creature labelled “sabre tooth tiger” with big fangs looks at the dragon, only half in the drawing. There is a note that asks “what is it with these guys??”
July 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM