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Kristy Gardner - Queer Sci-Fi & Horror Author

@kristygardner.bsky.social

My books as houseplants. 🌱

If you like queer sci-fi, dystopian survival stories, emotional damage, and a little cosmic chaos, hi.

🌈📚 🌎📚 💙🪐📚 💙📚 🌈🚀💫

#sapphicbooks #booksky #sff

February 13, 2026 at 3:26 PM

hollykins.bsky.social

@hollykins.bsky.social

Just finished #Jitterbug by Gareth Powell. Coming out March 4th, this is a #spaceopera that moves at breakneck speed! No #slowburn here. #SFF 📚🪐 #booksky #reading #newbooks hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2026/02/book...

Book Review: Jitterbug by Gareth L Powell

hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com

February 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM

Mike B | EiEPublishing

@mikeb-eoepublishin.bsky.social

An Immortal's wish♾️
Alien worlds👽
Life reshaped🧬
A Queen's gift👑
Crusade against entropy⚔️

eiepublishing.com
books2read.com/u/bMMlJa

Get #TheQueeninTime E-book today and walk in her majesty's light✨

🪐📚 💙 📚🪐

#booksky #SFF #nerdlings #indieauthor #ebook #scifi #newnovel #promo #writingcommunity

The Queen in Time, Michael Bandru, indie books, indie author, book, cover, book cover, scifi, science fiction, philosophical, new series, e-book, pink crystal pod falling through the clouds into a volcanic crater holding a strange parasitic growth of living stone under a sky of extremely dense clouds

February 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM

C.M. Rosens

@cmrosens.com

If you're celebrating Palentines/Galentines consider grabbing this friendship centred bundle of SFF books! Offer ends 15 Feb.

#SFF #ReaderSky #ReadSky #BookSky
🌈📚💙🪐📚

itch.io/b/3486/frien...

Friendship Centred SFF Book Bundle
37 Books
Feb 1st-15th
Background photo: four friends standing with arms around each other.
Photo by Helena Lones, Itchio

Covers:
The Unidentified
Champagne Charlie and the Amazing Gladys
Walking the Knife's Edge
Bonkpocalypse
Bad Grains
A Spark in Space
The Damsel
AN UNCOMMON CURSE
Courage Is the Price
Puppetry
Duckett & Dyer, Dicks For Hire
The Old Goat and the Alien
Spirits of the Relentless
Without Wings
Clipped
Sing In Me, Holy One, and Through Me
The Lucky Machine
The Lost Star Chart
Werecockroach
Rescue from the Orc Fortress
Riyati Ripple
Wherever the Stars Call
The Crows
Woodspell
Common Accord
Awakenings
River of Crows
A Study on Magic and Crystals
Once Upon A Wave of Witches
Fortitude Waters
Dust & Lightning
The Re-Emergence

February 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM

Mike B | EiEPublishing

@mikeb-eoepublishin.bsky.social

An Immortal's wish♾️
Alien worlds👽
Life reshaped🧬
A Queen's gift👑
Crusade against entropy⚔️

Eiepublishing.com
books2read.com/u/bMMlJa

Get #TheQueeninTime E-book today and walk in her majesty's light✨

🪐📚 💙 📚🪐

#booksky #SFF #nerdlings #indieauthor #ebook #scifi #newnovel #promo #writingcommunity

February 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM

Jon Adcock

@jonadcock.bsky.social

If you missed it the first time, MetaStellar has reprinted my short story, "Siren's Song." In it, a man's life changes when he follows the sound of distant singing. A free read.

#SciFi-Fantasy-SpecFic 🪐📚
#SFF
#SFFWriting/Writers 🔱
#writingcommunity
#cozyfantasy

www.metastellar.com/fiction/sire...

Siren’s Song

Ian’s life changes after he follows the sound of distant singing.

www.metastellar.com

February 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM

Alan K. Dell

@alankdell.bsky.social

Last call for the Friendship bundle!

Just 15 hours to get these 37 friendship-centred #SFF books for only $35.

itch.io/b/3486/frien...
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February 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM

Alan K. Dell

@alankdell.bsky.social

As of this post we are only two sales away from reaching our goal on the Friendship bundle!

If you like #SFF that centres friendship rather than romance, this bundle of 37 books for $35 is for you.

Help us reach our goal!
itch.io/b/3486/frien...

💙📚🪐

February 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM

Mike B | EiEPublishing

@mikeb-eoepublishin.bsky.social

An Immortal's wish♾️
Alien worlds👽
Life reshaped🧬
A Queen's gift👑
Crusade against entropy⚔️

Eiepublishing.com
books2read.com/u/bMMlJa

Get #TheQueeninTime E-book today and walk in her majesty's light✨

🪐📚 💙 📚🪐

#booksky #SFF #nerdlings #indieauthor #ebook #scifi #newnovel #promo #writingcommunity

February 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM

Mike B | EiEPublishing

@mikeb-eoepublishin.bsky.social

An Immortal's wish♾️
Alien worlds👽
Life reshaped🧬
A Queen's gift👑
Crusade against entropy⚔️

Eiepublishing.com
books2read.com/u/bMMlJa

Get #TheQueeninTime E-book today and walk in her majesty's light✨

🪐📚 💙 📚🪐

#booksky #SFF #nerdlings #indieauthor #ebook #scifi #newnovel #promo #writingcommunity

February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM

Alan K. Dell

@alankdell.bsky.social

February may be the month of romance but friendship and found family are just as valid an expression of love. If you like books that centre friendship, we've got the bundle for you.

37 books for $35 until the 15th
itch.io/b/3486/frien...

💙📚🪐 #SFF 📦📚

February 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM

Delilah Waan | Epic fantasy author

@delilahwaan.bsky.social

Want to stop supporting Amazon but not ready to buy direct? Try @bookshop.org! Every purchase helps an #indiebookstore

📙 PETITION
Ebook: bookshop.org/p/books/0/0?...
Print: bookshop.org/p/books/peti...

📘 SUPPLICANT
Ebook: bookshop.org/p/books/0/0?...
Print: bookshop.org/p/books/supp...

💙📚🌎📚🪐

Image of 3d mock up of the hardcover edition of Petition by Delilah Waan, with the following words over a background image of flames.

"Atmospheric, gripping, & utterly unputdownable"
—Pages of Prose by Hu

Image of 3d mock up of the hardcover edition of Supplicant by Delilah Waan, with the following words over a background image of the ocean at night.

"This is how you write a sequel!"
—Under the Radar SFF Books

February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM

Mike B | EiEPublishing

@mikeb-eoepublishin.bsky.social

An Immortal's wish♾️
Alien worlds👽
Life reshaped🧬
A Queen's gift👑
Crusade against entropy⚔️

eiepublishing.com
books2read.com/u/bMMlJa

Get #TheQueeninTime E-book today and walk in her majesty's light✨

🪐📚 💙 📚🪐

#booksky #SFF #nerdlings #indieauthor #ebook #scifi #newnovel #promo #writingcommunity

February 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM

Alan K. Dell

@alankdell.bsky.social

My dad 3D printed me this awesome new model of Seventeen from The Re-Emergence, based on my more recent Blender model (see 2nd pic), after my original one broke.

There's a bigger one, too, but this one fits the shelf better.

💙📚🪐 #SFF

3D printed model of a satellite with a red light eye and blue+gold solar panels stretching out in a cruciform style, on a bookshelf in front of my books.

February 8, 2026 at 10:48 PM

hollykins.bsky.social

@hollykins.bsky.social

I feel like I slept on NK Jemisin’s series even though I knew about it. This one demands a readers attention and rewards it with a true epic #adventure. #Sff #booksky 📚🪐 #hugoaward

hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2026/02/book...

Book Review NK Jemison's The Fifth Season

hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com

February 7, 2026 at 7:52 PM

Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️

@eliseswritings.bsky.social

If you like stories about;
-friendships in space/ between automatons/ angels & humans

-friendship groups tackling a kingdom in crisis/ corporate control/ conspiracy/ crime/ their own trauma

-friends rescuing an elf/ a vampire/ solving cold cases via reincarnation

See👇😉
🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...

February 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM

Mike B | EiEPublishing

@mikeb-eoepublishin.bsky.social

An Immortal's wish♾️
Alien worlds👽
Life reshaped🧬
A Queen's gift👑
Crusade against entropy⚔️

Eiepublishing.com
books2read.com/u/bMMlJa

Get #TheQueeninTime E-book today and walk in her majesty's light✨

🪐📚 💙 📚🪐

#booksky #SFF #nerdlings #indieauthor #ebook #scifi #newnovel #promo #writingcommunity

February 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM

Gabrielle Steele ⚔️ Author ⚔️

@eldris.thellian.com

⚔ Dual-wielding thief whose revenge goes wrong
💎 Gem-based elemental magic
👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic romance subplot
💀 Brutal deaths
👑 An empire doing empire things

If you like any of those, give Reborn in Ash a try! Rated 4.5 on GoodReads.

books.thellian.com/reborn-in-ash

💙📚🪐 #BookSky #Fantasy #SFF

A square graphic showing a book cover and text, with a darkened, zoomed-in version of the cover in the background. The cover is on the left top two thirds, Reborn in Ash by Gabrielle Steele. On the right top two thirds is white text reading: Rated <a graphic of four and a half yellow stars> on Goodreads. What reviewers say: “A tale beautifully told” “The magic system was incredible” “A fast-paced epic fantasy” “Immersive, emotional, and truly enchanting”. Centred in the bottom thirds is a bullet point list reading: Dark epic fantasy, A thief whose revenge goes wrong, Gem-based elemental magic, Sapphic romance subplot, Found family. Cover description: Autumnal hills lead to a mountain range in the distance. In the foreground is a ledge where two women stand wielding magic. The left wields fire in her left hand. The right raises her right hand which is engulfed in bright green light. Hovering nearby are 3 stones. The women look down over the hills at a large chasm that stretches across the cover. A waterfall drops into the chasm on the far side.

February 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM

Alan K. Dell

@alankdell.bsky.social

New #BookReview!

It's been a while, but here I am bringing you my first review of 2026 with the remarkable Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky Cannot wait for the next one 🤩

www.alankdell.co.uk/...
💙📚🪐 #SFF

Book Review banner featuring the cover for Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky front and centre on a starry background.

February 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM

Alan K. Dell

@alankdell.bsky.social

While I wait for D2D's response about The God Sun, I thought I should probably let you all know that the four ebooks of The Augment Saga are all now available on Bookshop.org US, joining the paperbacks.

I've added the store link to each book's universal link:
books2read.com/alank...
💙📚🪐 #SFF

Four paperback mockups of the books of the augment saga on a Mars background with the words "The Augment Saga ebooks now available on Bookshop.org"

February 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM

Paris Vivian

@parisvivian.bsky.social

Taryn’s investigation into a wilting batch of radio-lilies gives her a whole lot more than she bargained for.

Kobo: kobo.com/ebook/a-summer-with-the-immortal
Itch: parisvivian.itch.io/a-summer-with-the-immortal

#BookSky #SFF #IndieAuthor #sapphic

💙📚🪐
🌈📚⚔️
🧡🦄📚
♿️♾️📚

A graphic featuring the cover of A Summer with the Immortal with labeled arrows around it. The cover is mostly light green. In the centre is a red lily with a long stamen shaped like a three-pronged radio antenna. Labels read:
Mutagenic phenomenon.
F/F with a meet-cute.
Autistic MC and LI.
Fantastical biotech.
Environmental politics.
Ancient ruins with strange secrets.
Library love.

February 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM

Gabrielle Steele ⚔️ Author ⚔️

@eldris.thellian.com

⚔ Dual-wielding thief whose revenge goes wrong
💎 Gem-based elemental magic
👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic romance subplot
💀 Brutal deaths
👑 An empire doing empire things

If you like any of those, give Reborn in Ash a try! Rated 4.5 on GoodReads.

books.thellian.com/reborn-in-ash

💙📚🪐 #BookSky #Fantasy #SFF

February 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM

Mike B | EiEPublishing

@mikeb-eoepublishin.bsky.social

An Immortal's wish♾️
Alien worlds👽
Life reshaped🧬
A Queen's gift👑
Crusade against entropy⚔️

Eiepublishing.com
books2read.com/u/bMMlJa

Get #TheQueeninTime E-book today and walk in her majesty's light✨

🪐📚 💙 📚🪐

#booksky #SFF #nerdlings #indieauthor #ebook #scifi #newnovel #promo #writingcommunity

February 5, 2026 at 12:09 PM

N.P. Thompson 🍁

@nptwrites.bsky.social

Hey! If you haven't read any of my books yet but have been thinking about it, River of Crows is in this very cool friendship-centred bundle! #BookSky 🪐📚 ⏰📚 📦📚

➡️ itch.io/b/3486/frien...

February 3, 2026 at 9:09 PM

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author

@thoughtsstained.bsky.social

Curious what you'll get this month as a Patreon member? Wonder no further!

Sound like your cup of tea? I'd love to have you join! I am 16 paid patrons away from my goal for 2026.

www.patreon.com/c/thoughtsst...

#WriteSky #BookSky #QueerAdultSFF 📚🌈📚💙📚🪐🌎📚

Photo (taken by Nicole) of yellow flowers of green vines as the background, before a yellow box with is overlaid by black text detailing Patreon posts coming in February from SFF and romance author Nicole Evans.

February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM

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