@gabbrogirl.bsky.social
Author, sea spirit, lover of wild places
Welcome to A Flash of Strangeness: flash fiction and drabbles for your enjoyment.
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Is it? Now that is disappointing. Just looked and I can’t see any links to their review site which I would expect if they were real. So I think you’re right 🙁
28.09.2025 09:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you. And thank you for the repost 😁
28.09.2025 07:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A handy list of my books…
SFF (Kate Kelly):
Permafrost. amzn.eu/d/0utB8Fj
The Arid Lands. amzn.eu/d/iRIMCnK
Dragons of Dunmoray. amzn.eu/d/35JDCdo
Red Rock. amzn.eu/d/6dyNcGQ
Thrillers (KM Kelly):
The Sleepers. amzn.eu/d/j2XQimr%EF...
My September newsletter is now live and I have a question for my readers 😎
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If you fancy joining the judging team now is your chance!
20.09.2025 06:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0All you amazing people who picked up a copy of Permafrost last week, firstly I hope you enjoy it 😁 and second if you can spare a moment do leave a review 📚📚❤️❤️
13.09.2025 14:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How interesting and timely is this - geoengineering gone wrong is a theme of both my CliFi novels Permafrost and The Arid Lands but both present very different, in fact almost opposite, outcomes!
Protect Arctic from 'dangerous' climate engineering, scientists warn www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sale - for one week only The Arid Lands and Permafrost by Kate Kelly only 99p The image shows a snowy background with the r covers of both books overlain
There’s another book sale taking place this week and two of mine are in it! I’ve just been scrolling through the titles and oh so tempted to go a bit wild!!
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Keep an eye out for this one!
25.08.2025 16:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover image for The Arid Lands which shows silhouette of girl against desolate background. Accompanying text: A dried up ocean basin A people struggling to survive A deadly conspiracy Can one girl hold back the flood? The Arid Lands by Kate Kelly 99p/99 Indie book sale indiebook.sale Fantasy SF and horror Aug23-25
Final day of the Narratess sale and you can still find over 300 amazing books either free or at reduced prices!
If you like exploring possible futures and distant lands then The Arid Lands, a conspiracy thriller set 600 years from now, might be the book for you! Do check it out - indiebook.sale
Header text reads: “With great power comes your past incarnations and future self playing chess with your existence.” A 3d mockup of a paperback book with Riyati Rebirth’s cover is on the left. On the right, the following bullets are listed: First book in series Demi, ND fMC “I don’t like future me” Teenagers making bad decisions Found Family Contemporary & low fantasy Dark Fantasy 1st Person & Multi PoV Childhood Friends Slow Burn Generational Trauma Intricate Magic System Elemental Magic Reincarnations 67k words (~275 pages) Below this list and cover is the text “Retailers,” with the following retailer logos: itch.io, ko-fi, Campfire, Payhip, Apple Books, Smashwords, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Kindle. A plus sign with “more @ riyati.ink/rebirth” is at the bottom
The cover for Riyati Rebirth is on the left side. On the right side is the text, “Riyati Rebirth - The first book in a contemporary, low dark fantasy series that seeks to explore themes of identity, legacy, generational trauma, and finding your own path in life.” A the bottom is the Narratess banner, with skulls, planets, and a dragon. The text says, “Indie Book Sale - indiebook.sale Fantasy, SciFi & Horror - August 23-25”
If you're looking for more Narratess #IndieSale books, check out Riyati Rebirth-- persona 4 x buffy-vibed, complete with generational trauma, examining the effects of classism, and a bunch of snark (and angst, and more trauma)
Direct 🔗 riyati.ink/store
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Image of a book cover, several strands of pearls on wet sand. The book is called How to Soothe a Fallen Hero by Jeremy Rayne, The Throneless King book 2. "He wants to turn over a new leaf. Learn to be a boyfriend and a businessman. But figures from his past won't make it easy on the elven king." The Narratess banner with dragon, skulls, and planets. Indie Book Sale, Fantasy Scifi & Horror, August 23-25. indiebook.sale
Who doesn't want to watch a pristine, elegant man get in his first ever bar fight?! Trying to figure out how to be a normal person is a work in progress for this ancient hero....
spice + romance + MM + fantasy
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Narratess Indie Book Sale, August 23-25. Banner shows several ebooks around a graphic of a dragon reading.
Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.
quick!! go grab my fantasy novel in the big indie sale!! 🎉
it's 400+ pages and features protective siblings and an unexpectedly caring vampire and demon. 🥹
universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
itchio: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
book sale general link: indiebook.sale
"The Warm Machine" - "Two bots fall in love and start a journey of self-discovery on their way to the fabled robot utopia Root." "Indie book sale; indiebook.sale, fantasy, sci fi, & horror, Aug 23-25"
Multiple book covers spread across a landscape orientation composition with the text in the middle "indie book sale; indiebook.sale, fantasy, sci-fi, & horror, Aug 23-25"
The Narratess indie book sale continues! SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME. You can get The Warm Machine ebook for JUST $1.99 *right now*! Order here at your retailer of choice: www.thewarmmachine.com#order
#BookSky 💙📚🪐 #Scifi #Narratess2025 #Robots
Banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text. Text: Indie Book Sale indiebook.sale Fantasy, Sci FI & Horror August 23 - 25 Banner designed by Arden Powell
Kotov Syndrome is part of the #Narratess indie sale. You can find over 300 books on indiebook.sale, all ranging from free to $1.99. Plus there are tons of bundles on Itch you can grab like the two below.
Mid length novels: itch.io/b/3245/narra...
Scifi books: itch.io/b/3241/narra...
More links ⬇️
Day 2 of the Narratess sale is well underway. I often think SciFi gets a bit overlooked in these events which tend to be quite fantasy heavy. But there are some great SF books to choose from over at indiebook.sale including The Arid Lands if you like a future set conspiracy 😎
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Indie Book Sale indiebook.sale Fantasy, SciFi & Horror August 23-25 A Path of Endless Crossroads - MC Burnell $4.99 is crossed out, .99 has arrows pointing at it.
Want to know what it's like to feel lies and hear feelings? Start your adventure in THE TIPPING WORLD for just .99
A Path of Endless Crossroads and 300+ SFFH books at indiebook.sale
Or find it with friends in a fantasy bundle at mcburnell.itch.io/a-path-of-en...
#fantasy #sale #ebook
I've had a difficult week health wise, so no spoons for writing lots of social media stuff. Tales of Yamato is currently on sale for $1.99 everywhere until Monday as part of the Narratess Sale (will repost stuff about it)
I'd love it if you checked it out and/or passed along the info!
Graphic with a book cover and short text at the top. the book is "Dirt-Stained Hands, Thorn-Pierced Skin" by Tabitha O'Connell. It has a border of leaves and red roses, with the title text in a decorative font taking up most of the space. The title is overlaid on a castle with a blue sky behind it. in the foreground is the back of a person with short hair in a plain shirt standing facing the castle. text beside it reads: A queer Beauty and the Beast retelling starring a snarky nonbinary farmer struggling to end a bad relationship and a shy, sweet man stuck in a magical castle. 99 cents. below, a banner reads "Indie Book Sale. indiebook.sale. Fantasy, sci-fi-, and horror. August 23-25."
My novella DIRT-STAINED HANDS, THORN-PIERCED SKIN is on sale through the 25th as part of the #NarratessIndieSale!
Full synopsis and purchase links at tabithaoconnell.com/dshtps.
Check out the 300+ other books currently on sale at indiebook.sale!
Top left: the book cover of Prince Ewald the Brave, which shows the titular character in the middle wearing a vest, cravat, and ruby pin, and high waisted white pants, holding up a sword with a jeweled hilt. Behind him are two empty wooden thrones and a stained glass window, and the title text Prince Ewald the Brave above him, and above that, author name Dylan Madeley. Top right text reads: Prince Ewald the Brave - An heir must execute a careful plan to save his family and kingdom from a terrible enemy: his own father, the king. Bottom middle banner: purple with gems, skulls, planets, and a dragon, and text reading Indie Book Sale indiebook.sale Fantasy Sci Fi & Horror August 23 - 25.
Now Live: The Narratess Sale with 325 #fantasy, #scifi & #horror books on sale - including my series opener Prince Ewald the Brave. You can also find mine in #Itch bundles, under Fantasy 2 or Short Novels.
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#IndieAugust #BookSky #sale
The cover for Riyati Rebirth is on the left side. On the right side is the text, “Riyati Rebirth - The first book in a contemporary, low dark fantasy series that seeks to explore themes of identity, legacy, generational trauma, and finding your own path in life.” A the bottom is the Narratess banner, with skulls, planets, and a dragon. The text says, “Indie Book Sale - indiebook.sale Fantasy, SciFi & Horror - August 23-25”
A graphic with 23 covers with text "Narratess Indie Book Sale August 2025. Fantasy Bundle #2” Masks: Legacy Edition by Amara Lynn Shadow of a Dead God by Patrick Samphire Office Maxi by Aaron Frale Like a Bullet to the Head by Claude Hamesh Journey Home by May Barros Running with the Wolf by Bryony Rosehurst Obsidian Island by Arden Powell Child of the Sun by Audrey Simmons Riyati Rebirth by Kai Zeal Non-Player Character by Veo Corva Chai and Cat-tales by Lynn Strong Prince Ewald the Brave by Dylan Madeley No Land for Heroes by Cal Black A Bitter Drink by Azalea Forrest Over the Dragon’s Gate by Juliana Jones Lost Blades by Liz Sauco Sidetracked Part 1x by S.K. Kelley Once Upon A Wave of Witches by Helen Whisberry (and Eli Belt) Lantern by Burgundy Athena Pendragon Shadows Dark and Deadly by Andrea Marie Johnson Og-Grim-Dog: The Three-Headed Ogre by Jamie Edmundson Imbued by Helyna L. Clove How to Soothe a Fallen Hero by Jeremy Rayne
A graphic with 23 covers with text "Narratess Indie Book Sale August 2025. Short Novels Bundle” Witch Test by Katie L. Carroll Whispers in the Dark by Niranjan The Dream Haunters: A Metaphysical Mystery of Magick by Megan Mary Carp in the Pond, Crane on the River by Ruth Miranda Thief, Acolyte, Consort by James Robert Paige The Devil in the Woods by S. Jean Over the Dragon’s Gate by Juliana Jones The Whisperer in White by Y. R. Liu Soultaming the Serpent by Tar Atore Once Upon A Wave of Witches by Helen Whisberry (and Eli Belt) The Warm Machine by Aimee Cozza Skin Deep by Marie Blanchet Mechanical Heart by Beverly Anne Michel The Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon’s Memoir by Laura Huie Riyati Rebirth by Kai Zeal Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson The Moss Dragon of Brittlekeep by Ashley Capes Prophecy Trilogy: New Moon by Liz Bullard Higanbana by Jake Vanguard The Lion by Lee Burton Prince Ewald the Brave by Dylan Madeley Ghosts of the Catabombs by Janna Ruth Blood by D.C. Hart
Riyati Rebirth's in the #NarratessIndieSale @ $0.99 & in 2 itch bundles-- grab the buffy x persona 4-vibed book now! (Traumatized, angsting teens provided free of charge 🫡)
Retailers 🔗 riyati.ink/rebirth
Bundles 🔗 riyati.ink/narrafan2 & riyati.ink/narrashort
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As part of the Indie Book Sale, STORMBRINGER is $0.99 on all retailers through Aug 25! 👀✨
Links: inkandincense.carrd.co#dreamwalker
Be sure to check out indiebook.sale for a full list of participating books, all $2 and under!
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Banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text. Text: Indie Book Sale indiebook.sale Fantasy, Sci FI & Horror August 23 - 25 Banner designed by Arden Powell
Hey fam, it's time for the August indiebook.sale run by @narratess.com! There are more than 300 books in this one (including Dungeons & Dragon Dating by yours truly)! You should definitely check out all the books if you have the time, but for those who want help here's a thread of recommendations:
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Another fantastic sale, the Narratess Indie Sale is August 23-25! Get hundreds of free and discounted titles. indiebook.sale
My Boss is the Devil is free and the remaining eBooks are $0.99. If you haven't picked up the whole series, it's a great time to do it.
There are SO MANY GREAT BOOKS!
Promotional graphic for the indie book sale featuring fantasy, science fiction, and horror titles. At the center is a blue dragon reading a book against a starry background with planets and rockets, with text that says Indie Book Sale indiesale.book Fantasy Sci Fi and Horror August 23 to 25. Surrounding the central design are 14 book covers including The Dream Haunters, Virelais Hoard, Shadows of Cathedral Lane, Create My Own Perfection, Strength, Ocean’s Blood, Reverie of Roses, Haima, In the Name of Honor, Beware the Rosemond Ripper, Cat Mouse, Legacy Keeper of the Sphere, The Dragon Next Door, and A Necromancer Called Gam Gam. A red sticker advertises Ocean's Blood at 0.99 dollars.
Digital painting of two male characters against a dark red background. On the left, Asche has long black hair, pale skin, and sharp fangs visible as he leans in with a predatory smile, his hands resting on the shoulders of the other man. On the right, Vindt has light skin, a short blond beard, and long blond hair tied back. He gazes outward with a defiant expression. The image conveys tension and intimacy, with strong lighting emphasizing their contrasting appearances. capri
The @narratess.com #indiebooksale is starting today with 300+ fantastic SFF books on sale!
OCEAN'S BLOOD is one of them! Grab the ebook from Aug, 23-25 for 0.99 USD (or respective amount in your country) here: mybook.to/TM-OB!
All books can be found here: indiebook.sale
#indieaugust #booksky
me this weekend:
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The @narratess.com biannual sale is on! 300+ books by indie authors for $1.99 or less. This year there are various @itch.io bundles as well! Grab a story for the day, a week or a bundle that’ll last you months!
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Moral Laundry is available for only $1.99.
Collage banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale with dozens of covers surrounding a blue banner. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text. Text: Indie Book Sale indiebook.sale Fantasy, Sci FI & Horror August 23 - 25 Banner designed by Arden Powell
#booksky I have a great deal for you! I'm hosting a big indie sale with 320+ fantasy, science-fiction, and horror books. All of them are less than $2, some even free!
Will you come check it out?
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