@swords-andsapphics.bsky.social
A podcast about all things representation hosted by queer book lovers, designed to spotlight marginalised authors & creators. Hosted by Rachel Bowdler & Ivy Marikova ๐ https://linktr.ee/swordsandsapphicspodcast
Celebrate all things mythical with historical fantasy novel Binding the Cuckoo by Gabriela Houston! In this interview, we learn all about Gabrielaโs indie debut, including her interest in the Victorian period and the impact of Slavic folklore on her work.๐ง
www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/binding...
Today weโre joined by indie fantasy author Jess Skultety to chat all about her debut, The Great Tree of Iris, including how she balanced seven(!) POV characters, why bisexual and plus-size rep is so important, and what sheโs learned on her journey so far.
www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/the-gre...
Celebrate all things mythical with historical fantasy novel Binding the Cuckoo by Gabriela Houston! In this interview, we learn all about Gabrielaโs indie debut, including her interest in the Victorian period and the impact of Slavic folklore on her work.๐ง
www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/binding...
Today weโre joined by indie fantasy author Jess Skultety to chat all about her debut, The Great Tree of Iris, including how she balanced seven(!) POV characters, why bisexual and plus-size rep is so important, and what sheโs learned on her journey so far.
www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/the-gre...
Background image of desert dunes at sunset. Foreground image of cover art for Hearts of Bark and Scale by Nicole Leland with the silhouette of a snake wrapping around it. Text reads: ARC sign-ups are officially open! Last Chance! Blurb: The world is blood and pain, but still thereโs love. All Kvisti has ever wanted is to protect her desert village in a way that would make the Mother Tree proud. Unfortunately, an old injury has left her once-potent dryad powers broken, and she canโt even stop the ruthless magic poachers that invade her village for the scraps of magic she still holds. Snake shifter Iason is bound to a criminal snake den for the sake of his rare healing magic. But the magic poachers want his magic, too. When the poachers throw Kvisti in the same magic-proof cell as Iason, the two are inexorably drawn together, bonding over past traumas. In their isolation, they begin to heal each other, finding a connection deeper than they imagined possible. But when disaster strikes the poachers, Kvisti and Iason are abandoned in their cell with no hope for freedom. In a world that thrives on cruelty and despair, love may be their only salvation. Can Kvisti and Iason break free of their prison and the pasts that haunt them before their connection is torn apart? Will the delicate new feelings taking root in their hearts bloom, or will the desert bury them? When blood and pain are a constant, love is a fragile thingโbut one worth fighting for.
๐จ This is not a drill! ๐จ
This week is your last chance to sign up as an ARC reader for Hearts of Bark and Scale. Final eARC copies will be sent out over the weekend! Blurb in alt text. Linktree in my bio, or ask me to DM you a link.
#BookSky #WriteSky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #ARCreader
Today, we bring you a lovely interview with @nicoledisneyauthor.bsky.social, author of new sapphic sport romance Tapout. We asked about Nicole's inspiration, the characters, but also about her interesting range of jobs and her experience with publishing.
www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/tapout-...
Large white text on a starry black background. The text says: ARC READERS WANTED! SCIFI HORROR ROMANCE
White text on a starry background says: SCIFI HORROR M/M SECOND-CHANCE ROMANCE STAR TREK X EVENT HORIZON BRAINS X BRAWN AUTISTIC X PTSD COSMIC AND SENSORY HORRORS FIRST IN A SERIES
I'm looking for ARC readers/reviewers for METROPOLIS DOWN!
Coming 03 March 2026, METROPOLIS DOWN is an adult space horror novel about grief and trauma.
ARCs will go out in two batches: November for eARCs, and January for physical ones (limited to 10).
Link below!!
Halloween sale. 99cents.
๐ฆโโฌ THE HORRORS: a collection of short horror stories ๐ฆโโฌ
๐ธ๏ธ small town horror
๐ธ๏ธ spiders
๐ธ๏ธ demons
๐ธ๏ธ a loyal basset hound
๐ธ๏ธ older protagonists
On Sale!! 99cents or FREE on itch!!
b2r: books2read.com/thehorrors
itch: beverlyannemichel.itch.io/the-horrors
#booksky #horrorsky ๐๐ ๐ฉธ๐
Cover for โEnlil and Aris: The Complete Collection by Rebecca Crundenโ. Cover is purple, yellow and orange with white font. Image shows two silhouettes of men with a crow above them, the sun behind.
๐ง wild witches
๐ฆโโฌ a crow (or two)
๐ฎ portal fantasy
๐โโฌ a cat who wanders in
๐จโโค๏ธโ๐จ true love
๐ก๏ธ revenge
๐ evil faeries
๐ universal link: mybook.to/rlEOgP
๐ itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/enlil-aris-t...
๐ goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
#booksky
Hey girl! Quick question:
Whenโs the last time you sharpened your knife?
Stars & Soil by Dax Murray, Dawn Weaver & Soul Flames by Issy Waldrom, Jagged Shard by Dani Finn, Beyond Bringers by Visceral Hit, & Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray.
The authors below were also unfairly affected by this weekโs events & still deserve love on their books! Support if you can.
After much consideration, we will not be creating a new bundle as we donโt feel it would be safe for us or the authors involved.
Full post on IG, inc. stabby quotes โ๏ธ
A celebratory image featuring balloons, candy confetti, and a cupcake. Over top is "Release-iversary Giveaway celebrating one year of ASMLP's release!" And an arrow. To the right is an image of a book cover for A SHARPER, MORE LASTING PAIN wearing a Clipart party hat. The cover is read and features two shadowed hands circled around the title.
A celebratory image featuring balloons, candy confetti, and a cupcake. Over top is "Rules" followed by a list reading as follows: -Must be a US resident -Follow this account -Comment which school of magic you would choose to study at Voterique (see next slide) -Bonus entry: share to stories or tag a friend!
A celebratory image featuring balloons, candy confetti, and a cupcake. Over top is "Schools of magic" followed by a list reading as follows: -Abjuration -Conjugation -Corpomation -Divination -Enchantment -Evocation -Illusion -Transmutation
HEY YOU! Do you like free paperbacks? Do you like chronically ill baddies? Do you like magic schools that weren't invented by a TERF? I'm hosting a giveaway for my sapphic fantasy dark academia novel RIGHT NOW!
2 winners announced October 10th!
Today, we bring you a lovely interview with @nicoledisneyauthor.bsky.social, author of new sapphic sport romance Tapout. We asked about Nicole's inspiration, the characters, but also about her interesting range of jobs and her experience with publishing.
www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/tapout-...
Where the Moon Keeps Her Heart is now available wherever books are sold online!
A fantasy adventure for gentle spirits.
๐ Strong friendships
๐ต Engaging conversation
๐ฎ Wise-women healers
๐ก๏ธ Girls with swords
๐ Mythic creatures
๐ท First love
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Sapphic love
๐ Moon magic
โจ Epic quest
#lesficfri and the theme is TEMPT. Riley may indeed be a little tempted ^^
(Who wouldn't be, after all)
[Heart's Claim, a #sapphic shifter romance]
books2read.com/u/4AABOo
Double-sided image with a woman with red hair and a man with black hair in the top image, and an eldritch plant woman with bark skin and flower hair and a giant black snake in the bottom (upside down) image.
New character art reveal! ๐ And it's double sided!!! ๐ฑ
Kvisti and Iason from Hearts of Bark and Scale in their human forms (top) and shifted forms (bottom). Aren't they gorgeous? Warickaart (on IG) did an amazing job bringing my babies to life ๐
#BookSky #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CharacterArt
This week, we were joined by Maddie Martinez to chat about her debut sapphic novel, The Maiden and Her Monster. We talked about the Golem of Prague legend that inspired the story, how Maddie created the fantasy languages, and so much more!
Listen now: linktr.ee/swordsandsap...
I just finished and loved this book! It's so profoundly Jewish, not only bc of the mythology and traditions, but because it's a book about storytelling, perspective, and faith. Not just faith in the religious sense, but faith in other people and, through the main character, in ourselves.
02.10.2025 15:32 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0thatโs certainly a take
01.10.2025 15:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0Coming back to say it's DOUBLE weird how much some of yall want to ignore years and a patterned history of harassment and dogpiling because YOU don't like how some people label themselves.
Get a fucking life.
where did I say we were talking about lesbians? lesbian โ sapphic
01.10.2025 15:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0wonderful enjoy
01.10.2025 15:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0you meanโฆ.. like everyone has been doing to us for the past three days?
01.10.2025 15:24 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0there is no world where we look shittier than the person who started this mess. I can understand why you would jump on any excuse to whittle us down to racists for discussing relayed information if itโs truly all you can say about us.
01.10.2025 15:23 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0seems that way when sheโs influencing a large amount of people
01.10.2025 15:21 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0said โpeople have questionedโ because this author has a lot of not nice things attached to them and played different identities in the past. sorry to relay information that is in many forums already
01.10.2025 15:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0okay, thatโs fine! go read a book you feel is labelled to your tastes!
01.10.2025 15:17 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0clearly not since theyโve been twisted constantly
01.10.2025 15:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0all focuses are on the sapphic relationships - regardless, sapphic representation can exist in any amount in a book, and our bundle never promised otherwise. this bundle was curated for readers who enjoy diverse sapphic rep!
01.10.2025 15:15 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I was referring to the group at large and have referred to the specific person repeatedly with her correct pronouns but nice try i guess
01.10.2025 15:12 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
