Author A.J. Torres

"two pretty best friends" promo post featuring the pocket gothic edition of gothic fantasy novel RENDER TO SILVER by Catherine & cottagecore romantasy standalone A SONG FOR THE ROAD by Catherine Labadie. The former will be out Sept. 30, the latter on the 23rd.

I have two new editions out soon for the fall, & I'd say they fit any autumnal mood a reader might have. Both will be available the end of September!

📣 ARCs are open! docs.google.com/forms/d/1dco...

🚨 MAP REVEAL 🚨
The day has come, I can finally show you all the amazing map of Oru!
The kingdom of Oru is made up of six concentric circles. Each ring of Oru is special & different and as L'ọrẹ travels through all six rings she learns more about herself.

Thanks so much to @myths.and.maps for this😍

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Be sure to check the TW for this book on the author's website before jumping into this, kay 😊👍🏼

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All Loki wanted was to truly love and be loved in return, not to be used for Odin's schemes and games and belittled and demeaned by the other gods for what he is, or really, what he could bring. Finally finding that love with someone, it was soon taken away by the swift movement of a knife.

QotD: Would you like to have a snake, a wolf, or a raven as a companion?
Hola readers!
I'm still keeping to this week's theme, so here's another Norse mythology inspired book rec. Truth and Other Lies by @lyrawolfauthor.bsky.social was both beautiful and heartbreaking.
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An image of a brick wall split into two halves. The left is dark red brick and the right is white brick. On the left side is the R.A.D. logo and the month/emoji hints as noted above. On the right side is the Rainbow Crate logo and the month/emoji hints as noted above. Text beneath the logos reads "Upcoming Book Emoji Hints" in two lines, the left half is in white font while the right half of letters are in black font.

If you can figure out these emoji, you’ll know a bunch of our upcoming Rainbow Crate AND R.A.D. books!

RC:
October: 🏳️‍⚧️🛋️👩🏻‍❤️‍👩🏽🫖 | 🏳️‍⚧️✍🏻👨🏼‍❤️‍👨🏻💌
November: 🚀🫖🫲🐕 | 🍄🏡🧝🏻‍♂️🚞
December: 🐉🫖🪴📚 | 🤖💭👨🏻‍💻⛺️

R.A.D.:
November: ⚙️🛻🌸🔧 | 🫙🔥🪰🌪️

Let the guessing begin! 😘

A graphic of a wooden park bench underneath blooming cherry blossoms. The top box has the RC logo and “Soulmates photo/video challenge”. Soulmates is in pink script font, while the rest is in white bold font. The middle box has the schedule transcribed above. The bottom box has the last two paragraphs of text in the caption. All text is in white font except for the dates in the middle and the hashtags at the bottom which are green.

🌈 Hey, Reading Rainbows! It’s almost time for our May Soulmates photo challenge, which starts on August 11th! This is your reminder to get your photos and/or videos ready! 🧵

An image showing three chapter header graphics stacked on top of each other. Titles are: "Chapter One: The Wolf and the Moon," "Chapter Two: the Lamb and the Wolf," and "Chapter Three: Chained and Muzzled." Text is sent against a backdrop of starry sky and a red, eclipsed moon.

A moodboard with nine images. From top to bottom, left to right: an rusty abandoned car covered in moss; snow-covered evergreens with mountains in the distance; a close-up shot of a bright blue wolf eye; arid grasslands with mountains in the distance; a red eclipsed moon; a wood cabin in the middle of a snowy evergreen forest; snarling wolf jaws; northern lights over a wintry landscape; an overgrown road clogged with abandoned, rusted-out cars

Hey, guess what? The first three chapters of my post-apocalyptic SFF werewolf book "THE HOWLING DARK" (coming 2026) are now available on Patreon for an exclusive sneak preview! 🐺🌓

patreon.com/posts/97194005 | #BookSky #WritingCommunity

A quartet of illustrations arranged in quadrants of the graphic. Surrounding the illustrations is a color coordinating border. In the center it reads “Artist Spotlight: @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social”.

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the September Where the Magic Happens crate! Next up is Amy @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social who illustrated the endpapers & wrote the book: To Hive & to Hold by Amy Crook! 🧵

Oh man, I can't remember, I've been in a reading high all year, so I'll recommend one of my fave 5 star reads this year, When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley 😊

Two friends. One massive inheritance. All they have to do is get married. Hearts in Hartsville book 1 is Conveniently Hers by Ivy L. James

Looking for a sapphic friends-to-lovers marriage-of-convenience romance? 👀

books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers (ebook and paperback options, plus free on KU)

#indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚

A drawing made to look like a fake screenshot from a show, featuring my character Illia from my book "The Howling Dark" standing backlit in front of a snowy forest, saying, "Trust me, you don't want to be out here after nightfall." Illia is a 29-year-old white man with steely eyes, untamed chin-length black hair, and a scar over his nose. He wears a woolen indigo blazer over a blue turtleneck sweater and is holding a birch spear in a fingerless-gloved hand.

Older drawing of the same character and concept.

2025 // 2020 🐺❄️

Redrew this on a whim today and just learned the original is from August 6th five years ago. Talk about perfect timing! 😂

HEY this is your aggressively friendly reminder to go check out my friend's Kickstarter campaign!! Indie bookstores and inclusive spaces are incredibly important and it'd be super cool to see this one come to life 😤😊🌸

The dust jacket laid out above the full naked hard case. Peach flowers sit at the top corners, while pink flowers sit at the bottom corners of the dust jacket. Dark blue flowers sit at each corner of the hardcase. Everything lies on a white brick background.

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for the April On My Way to the Castle photo challenge! Today we’re featuring book 1: Uncharted by Alli Temple @allisontemplebooks.bsky.social 🧵

Obligatory reminder I'm queer & I haven't been into anything at all related to Christian stuff for many years now + as said in the show, as far as believing/being forced to follow stupid parental beliefs when you're young, "how can you tell you're in a cult if it's the only thing you've ever known?"

BLOODY SPADE & BLEEDING HEART are in this! This is a great chance to pick them up if you haven't yet, and you get a whole collection of other fantastic stories to go along with them 😊✨

itch.io/b/3217/we-dont-need-an-excuse-to-celebrate-authors-with-a-bundle

Have you checked out the romantasy sale on Kobo yet? For the month of August, you can find Romantasy audiobooks for 12.99 or less! And a lot of them are in Kobo Plus too!

Rough sketch of my character Sylvain crying out and reaching for someone off-screen whilst restrained by an indistinguishable figure

Surprise! Found an old sketch that got buried in my sketch dump file, now you get to see Sylvie's anguished face too :)

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I also want to seriously thank hiddenhollowbooktours for helping spread news on VTVF cover. Seriously, you and all your hosts are amazing and those pictures are GORGEOUS 😍🙌🏼😍
Cover was done by the super awesome @nicoledeal.bsky.social

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Ebook preorders are available right now you know where along with eARCs! Everything is set up also you know where. Swipe for all the inside look and book info for VTVF.

QotD: COVER REVEAL DAY!
Hola readers!
Ok, I had a very busy morning, one of which includes posting book trailers and making sure this cover is plugged in everywhere I could, but here she is, the cover for Valhalla The Valkyries Fire, my NA epic fantasy and book 1 in the Valhalla Chronicles.
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I was hoping Alanah would cover this! Excellent video on the whole situation 👏

Update: Instead of PEAK we're gonna play Frog Detective 2 because a friend is having tech issues with the game, prepare for a silly mystery!
(We might also still play a lil PEAK though, tune in tomorrow and find out)

Infamous portrait of Duke Maximilian Philipp of Bavaria by Sebastiano Bombelli, 1666, in an elaborate golden Baroque frame. This mustachioed nobleman has very long curly brown hair (possibly a periwig), an open doublet with dozens of tiny silver buttons, massive petticoat breeches, voluminous sleeves and lacy cannons, and a truly terrifying quantity of blue and pink ribbon hanging from every part of his body. He wears shoes with high red heels. 17th century handwriting over the image reads: This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

1. Be born tranſexual Anno 1645
2. Don 1000 yards of ribbon
3. ???
4. Manhood

In the case that further detail be required, pray consult:
THE DUEL IN 1660, a swashbuckling farce
#W #YA(?) #LGBT #histfic for #QuestPit

Sorceress Glenna failed in her first life: failed her queendom, lost in love.
Now a magical university student, Gwendoline lives happily with her friends...until her spellbook begins writing back to her, asking for help to free the soul trapped with in. Maybe even more than one.
#questpit #p #a #df

Fount Marzanna has unwillingly served Silver's decadent church for most of her life. When her accidental Miracle draws the attention of the High Priest & his complex vassals, she will stop at nothing to manipulate a path to freedom with her devoted Fiammetta by her side.

#questpit #p #a #df

So disappointed to see our newest release is tagged as a synthesized voice on @hoopladigital . Someone has more faith in AI if they think it can do that good performing @ashleymichelelx 's eco-horror, but okay. Go off, I guess.