Sofie Tholin

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New 4 color riso print!

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Can I finish 12 SFF series in 2026? I set myself this challenge, but I may have bitten off more than I can chew. Let's see if I can plot a pathway to ace it though:
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Have you taken a look at @spotlightindie.bsky.social's new Patreon? We're dropping posts every day this week in the run up to the official launch this weekend. Today we've released the short story 'Little Claws' by our very own @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social!
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An artist's hand is visible. He is busy illustrating a cover on a drawing tablet. Only part of the cover is visible - the word MURDERER in white on a dramatic black, grey and yellow background.

Cover in progress!

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Peter McLean Talks Paved with Good Intentions Hello and welcome to this Track of Words author interview, where I’m joined by the brilliant Peter McLean to talk about his latest Fantasy novel, Paved with Good Intentions – which is out now…

PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS by @petemc666.bsky.social is out now in paperback from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social, and it's a brilliant read! For today's author interview I chatted to Peter to find out more about this standalone novel in the world of the Rose Throne.

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Aah! Thank you, Thomas! :)

The Primaterre and Primaterre Tales paperbacks, laid out on a wooden floor. The titles are: Iron Truth, Lonely Castles, Chaos Terrain, Summer Empress, Queen of the Corpsepickers, A Killer in Kirkclair, and Brightwork.

After years of Amazon exclusivity, Iron Truth (in paperback) is now available to order from retailers like Waterstones, B&N, AdLibris, bol, Bookshop, and many, many more. You can even ask your library to order it!

My other books will be available later this year, as soon as I can make it happen. :)

The Anatomy of Fear by various authors, the cover features a skull wearing a top hat Twelve unique fantasy horror short stories Audible Kindle Unlimited

📢 The Anatomy of Fear is currently available free on Amazon for a limited time 📢

It's hit #1 in the US Fantasy Anthology and Fiction Anthology charts as well 🔥

12 fantasy horror short stories by 12 talented indie authors, this is a chance to try something new!
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Ahh, that sounds great - can't wait to see your take on the red planet!

Congratulations! I haven't had a chance to read this one yet, but it's right near the top of my TBR pile :)

Grace pressed send on the message it had taken her forty-five minutes to compose and immediately lost all confidence. What was she thinking? Major Joy Somerset – the Earthborn – wasn't likely to respond to an information request regarding some old cold case. In fact, she wasn't likely ever to receive the message. A Tower administrator would filter any messages sent to her and pass relevant ones on, and as a rule, Tower never found anything Grace had to say relevant. Even if, against all odds, Major Somerset read the request, she would hit delete so fast– A reply appeared on her HUD. "Dear Detective Telluride,

Working on something new... about halfway through the first draft!

I may have watched it once or twice (or three times just to make sure, haha). So overjoyed and honoured :)

And such a great list, too - I was especially excited to see Sundered Souls because I just started reading Hall of Bones!

be at least a bit of a freak about what you're making

Wow, that deluxe edition asteroid cover is incredible!

A quick sketch of a Primaterre forward operating base and its surroundings. There's a marsh, jungle, an abandoned power station, and plenty of ruins.

My upcoming novel will have not one, but two maps. I just got to see this sketch of one of them and it looks so good already!

It's time to unleash my top ten favourite books of 2025:
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Check out these great SFF titles, and find out why they filled me with joy last year.
What were your favourites?

Reading List for 2026 — Tim Hardie As another year begins, these are the titles I’m keen to read during 2026!

At the start of another year, these are the books l'm planning to read in 2026. I'm a bit of a mood reader so I'm sure other titles will make an appearance throughout the year, but I'm going to make a special effort to pick up these.
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I've been writing so much about Mars and Phobos I don't know which of these three feels most like home!

A promo graphic for the 2025 Holiday Megasale. More than 300 authors, over 650 books free or .99. To benefit the Mary Cariola Center.

A black cat on an orange rug, and a paperback of Iron Truth. Shamelessly using my cat to promo my book. That works, right? :)

It's time for the r/Fantasy Charity MegaSale!

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Iron Truth is .99 worldwide, along with 600+ other books.

I grabbed Oksy, Come Home by @fantasticphil.bsky.social - and highly recommend the books by @akmbeach.bsky.social, @helynalc.bsky.social, and @stevewestenra.bsky.social!

A printed manuscript - it's a chonker!

Today is the first day in nearly two years that I've not worked on this novel - it's finally finished!

...well, okay, there's one more edit pass to go once I have a proof copy, but for now the next Grace Telluride book is in the hands of my cover artist/typesetter. It's pretty big!

Some of my fave reads of the year. I read a LOT this year, and it was awesome.

Ooh! I've plans to read The Star-Crossed Empire soon, and now I'm even more excited to!

And thank you so much for the mention :) and for reading Iron Truth - it really means a lot to me!

The cover of Savage Daughters of the Secret Isle by J Patricia Anderson. The cover shows an aerial view of an island that is mostly hidden in clouds. A tiny damaged ship can be seen in a cove of the island. A tiny village can be seen through the clouds at the top of the island mountain.

I have 8,734 lifetime KU page reads, which was 6 or 7 full huge DoT reads and some DNFs or taste testers, but my goal is to get to 10,000! SDotSI is doing a short stint in KU, and it will take 8 full reads of that to do it 📚💙

Hopeful feminist fantasy with witches? 🥰

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Have to say I'm a really big fan of your work. You have a talent for creating art that's profoundly unsettling yet strangely calming! Brilliant stuff :)

if any of my newer followers don't know, i do have a print shop with lots of art in it that i made.

there's probably still time to get something for the holidays, for those in your life who enjoy art that no one in the room should think about for too long

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Ahh, that makes sense then - I'm actually a GoT lore nerd :)

Ooh, I wonder why not? I do mainly play it with a Game of Thrones mod, to be fair, so a slightly different vibe!

But I have to regularly delete save files because they get so big there's no space for anything else, and if I start playing now it will be next week before I realise it, haha

Give me 5 games to get to know you:

- Resident Evil (all of them)
- Silent Hill 2/3/4
- Neverwinter Nights 2
- Suikoden
- Shadowgate

...although I'm wildly cheating, narrowing it down to five is ridiculous when there are so many (Dark Souls 2, Vandal Hearts, Vagrant Story, Crusader Kings... aahh)