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Tonight, I'm welcoming Lily Luchesi for a Conversation & a Cocktail! Come join us as we schmooze, talking writing, publishing, and general nerdiness!
https://zurl.co/11F2p
#indiepub #selfpub #indieauthors #indieauthor #selfpublished #selfpublishedauthor #IARTG

The 31st novelette, " – marble sends regards – ", continues:

https://thecityofroses.com/story/MarbleSendsRegardsActII

#FantasyLit #FreeBooks #SelfPublished #Jumptown

I've learned today is #WorldBookDay! Treat yourself to some #QueerFiction - my self published books are all free from https://books2read.com/ap/R5ojKB/Liz-Boysha or from my website https://ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks

I write queer and disabled characters with themes about environmentalism because I'm a disabled non-binary ecologist. Some of my books are weird, like roach (about a cockroach who turns into a human) and Apis (about a woman with honeybees living in her chest). Many of them are set in a dystopian future (Wild Things and Echoes Through the Mountains). Some of them deal with violence and suicide (Where There's Smoke and The Rooftops Are Lined With Greenhouses). All of them carry a message of hope: that life will always find a way, and we will face whatever challenge is handed to us to overcome evil in the world.

#bookstodon #fiction #SelfPublished

Are you in the mood for a solarpunk western? Well then you're in luck, because I've just published a new novel! Best of all, it's free!
https://books2read.com/b/bOgDKW
or from my website
https://ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks

Echoes Through The Mountains

Cut off from civilization by landslides, Moffat County isn't exactly a beacon of thriving futurity. There's no Internet, no functioning power grid, and almost no people, following a mass exodus of anyone and everyone with the means to leave. Even the drones don't bother to land in this forgotten little corner of Colorado anymore.

The isolation suits Raine Bartlett just fine; all she wants is to be left alone. Alone with her thoughts, with her books, with her chickens and goats and a mule named Pauly... not to mention her hoard of goods stolen from the massive e-commerce and technology company DataLess, Inc. As the best shot on the Western Slope, if there's anyone left to keep track of such things, Raine has put her skills to good use, knocking down transcontinental shipping drones with her muzzle-loading flintlock and a handful of buckshot so she can steal their contents and run. It's not a hard life, nor is it an honest one, but it gets her through the days, and that's all she needs.

Until one day, while out hunting, Raine is interrupted by something strange: a child named Sparrow. Tiny and androgynous and of indeterminate age, with a dark past they're reluctant to share and the impressively irritating ability to mimic any sound they hear, Sparrow has been walking for 30 miles, more or less, just to get here. They are on a mission: find Radio Echo, the mysterious voice from the sky who broadcasts music 24/7 at 1320 kHz, and help save what's left of the nearby town from an impending DataLess invasion.

And maybe watch a couple movies when they're done. They've never seen one before, but rumor has it that Echo, a solar-powered techno guru hidden away on top of a mountain, owns every movie ever made.

#solarpunk #western #fiction #bookstodon #selfPublished #colorado

Cover of the book "Echoes Through The Mountains" by someone named Liz Boysha. It features a mountain under blue skies with a crudely drawn clip-art radio tower broadcasting from the peak.

We enjoy all sorts of #SFFH content, & create videos about just about anything, but did you know we have a whole playlist specifically focused on indie/self-published novels? It's true! If that's your interest, you may want to peruse! #Indie #selfpublished https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUnOQ0TOYEIo6Lj8bIBiu0L651wl8_b0b

Review: Alien Instinct by Cara Bristol

https://twimom227.com/2026/02/review-alien-instinct-by-cara-bristol.html

#RatingA #Reviews #Romance #SciFiOrFantasyFiction #ApocalypseSeries #CaraBristol #selfpublished #SophiaRoseReview

And with this, the 29th novelette, " – shiver & headache – ", is almost done—a bit of urban pastoral, here for your Wednesday:

https://thecityofroses.com/story/ShiverAndHeadacheActIV

#FreeBooks #SelfPublished #FantasyLit #WillyNil

My books are now on bookshop.org! Support your local bookstore today!

Here's roach: a love story

A cockroach awakes one morning to find themselves transformed into a monstrous human. This is only the first in a series of increasingly disconcerting events for the now human teenager. It will not be long before Roach has firsthand knowledge of many aspects of the human experience, including: broken bones, broken hearts, bigotry and sadness; but also: Love, which in humans comes in many forms. So, that's nice, but will love be enough to make it all worth it?

https://bookshop.org/p/books/roach-liz-boysha/95cd771dd3ce0e4a?ean=9798224675418

(you can also get it free elsewhere, including on my website (https://ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks), it's all the same to me)

#selfPublished #bookstodon

And with this, we're halfway through the 29th novelette, " – shiver & headache – ", and starting to realize how we arrived at where it began:

https://thecityofroses.com/story/ShiverAndHeadacheActII

#IndieBooks #SelfPublished #FantasyLit #HandInHand

No. 29, “ – shiver & headache – ”. Rough pavement stretches away, ruddy with old mud and a bit of dried grass growing there at the verge, and scattered across it dozens if not hundreds of oblong greenish kernels of shattered safety glass, the detritus of a broken car window like so many forgotten gems.

The 29th novelette, " – shiver & headache – ", continues, but like I said—watch carefully for the changes:

https://thecityofroses.com/story/ShiverAndHeadacheActI

#FantasyLit #IndieAuthors #SelfPublished #FiendishLittleBasketBox

After a short delay, my next monthly story, "Interface" is now out, with some awesome artwork by Zumad. I cannot believe I wrote such a novelette in a month, come and have a read.

#sciencefiction #selfpublished #mecha #shortstory #giantrobotsfighting

http://jaydeholmes.com/2026/02/03/monthly-writing-prompts-challenge-2-interface/

Returned Part Two is now on sale at ReturnedComic.com! Grab a PDF, Print, or Artist's Edition to day before Part Three launches soon! Check out the first three pages here! #Comics #horror #selfpublished #zombies