Thank you so much Talli! We loved this issue so much 💜
05.08.2025 18:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
the cover of Indie Bites volume 18, Bards & Bargains.
This week I'm highlighting the most recent INDIE BITES issue: Bards & Bargains! Edited by @josiejaffrey.bsky.social and @adiehartauthor.bsky.social , these collections are always a bundle of fun, and this one might be my new favorite. I loved every single story in here!
05.08.2025 16:02 — 👍 15 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
A picture of a book fair with superimposed text reading:
The Oxford Indie Book Fair in association with the Oxford Festival of the Arts
Sunday 13th July 11am - 4:30pm
FREE ENTRY
Magdalen College School Oxford OX4 1DZ
www.oxfordindiebookfair.co.uk
Come say hi at Oxford Indie Book Fair this weekend! I’ll be there with my books and issues of Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social 📚
10.07.2025 11:26 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Yes please!!!
12.06.2025 21:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An illustration of a thieves’ den in a bosky forest, with the text in the post superimposed. Art by Khius, DepositPhotos
🎰Submissions are now open for our February issue on the themes of BANDITS & BOTANY!🪴
We are looking for fantasy short fiction up to 7.5k words and cover illustrations. Deadline 30 November 2025.
For details visit our website at www.silversunbooks.com
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DEADLINE EXTENSION!
Due to unforeseen personal circumstances for the team, we’re leaving submissions for Dragons & Darkness open for an extra week until 8th June. If you haven’t yet submitted, now’s your chance!
31.05.2025 14:30 — 👍 11 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 0
DEADLINE EXTENSION!
Due to unforeseen personal circumstances for the team, we’re leaving submissions for Dragons & Darkness open for an extra week until 8th June. If you haven’t yet submitted, now’s your chance!
31.05.2025 14:30 — 👍 11 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 0
A painted illustration of a red-headed flute player becoming part of a wave. Overlaid is the quote: “Don't mistake me for some half-rate swindler with a stolen lute, now. I can play. I got a voice that could make a duchess sigh and a dockhand weep. The kind that rolls over a crowd like honeyed whiskey, settling in slowly, warming them up from the inside.”
“Don't mistake me for some half-rate swindler with a stolen lute, now. I can play. I got a voice that could make a duchess sigh and a dockhand weep.”
💙📚
Fluid Fortune by K. Malady is available FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bards & Bargains) www.silversunbooks.com/post/bards-b...
23.05.2025 17:37 — 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
A painted illustration of a woman playing a flute with a swan flying behind her. Overlaid is the quote : “Have you ever sung a song so utterly magnificent that it kills you a little, inside?
There's something awful about staring art right in the face and knowing that nothing you ever make will be quite so perfect.”
“Have you ever sung a song so utterly magnificent that it kills you a little, inside?”
💙📚
Swansong by Zoe Shakes is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bards & Bargains)
www.silversunbooks.com/post/bards-b...
22.05.2025 09:03 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Author Interview with Josie Jaffrey
Introduce yourself!Hi, I’m Josie Jaffrey! I write novels in the dark fantasy and paranormal romance genres (mostly), I’m one of the editors of quarterly indie fantasy magazine Indie Bites (www.silv…
✨ (✿◠‿◠) | NEW AUTHOR INTERVIEW ✨
This is actually my second interview with one of my inspirations and favs in the indie world @josiejaffrey.bsky.social! I've looked up to her from the very beginning! Follow her and @indiebites.bsky.social! 📚💙
rebeccacrunden.com/2025/05/22/a...
22.05.2025 05:14 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
A painted illustration of a woman in somewhat historical dress holding a violin in front of a castle.
Overlaid on top is the quote: "So what if you play a few wrong notes? You've made mistakes before."
"It's different now. Bard queens can't make mistakes."
"So what if you play a few wrong notes? You've made mistakes before."
"It's different now. Bard queens can't make mistakes."
💙📚
In Concert by Allie Leigh @allieleighbooks is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Bards & Bargains) www.silversunbooks.com/post/bards-b...
19.05.2025 13:39 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
SUPPORT | Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective
Support the podcast and help us make more episodes!
Recording for part 1 of season 1 is almost finished, and should be done by the end of the month!
If you’d like to support us to help us make more episodes sooner, you can do that here:
www.jackvalentinepod.com/support
19.05.2025 13:29 — 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
A picture of a sea dragon in a pastel-coloured sunset over the ocean. Superimposed text reads: ‘Submissions open for our August issue on the themes of Dragons & Darkness. Deadline 31 May 2025’
SUBMISSIONS CLOSING AT THE END OF THE MONTH!
A little nudge to get working on your submissions for the August issue of Indie Bites: Dragons & Darkness. We can’t wait to read your stories and see your cover illustrations!
www.silversunbooks.com
08.05.2025 10:49 — 👍 30 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 2
A black and white photograph of RK Ashwick and her cat.
The featured author in our latest issue, Bards & Bargains, is R.K. Ashwick. You can read the interview now! www.silversunbooks.com/post/bards-b...
17.05.2025 12:31 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
I just added up all the stories in all our issues so far and there are 125 free stories waiting for you in the @indiebites.bsky.social backlist!
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE FREE STORIES 😮
17.05.2025 11:01 — 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
My new queer fantasy romance short COURTSHIP & KULNING is out today, free to read! A bard is sent to the countryside to finish his university degree, where he is menaced by dairy cows and rural life - and where he attracts a mysterious suitor enamoured of his voice. 🌈📚 🌈💜 🤏📚
16.05.2025 13:36 — 👍 50 🔁 25 💬 3 📌 1
Hey Lou! This pack is for our previous contributors, but we’d love to see your future submissions if you want to join the crew!
16.05.2025 16:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I've already read the Adie Hart story in this issue, which is so much fun (as always!), and I'm looking forward to reading the whole thing. Reading any @indiebites.bsky.social issue is always such a good time!
16.05.2025 15:44 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Please come and give us a follow at @indiebites.bsky.social! We’re doing this out of love for the indie fantasy community so come and, er, commune? Communitise? 😂
16.05.2025 15:39 — 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Free short stories by excellent authors!
16.05.2025 09:39 — 👍 15 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
Indie Bites is a not-for-profit magazine run by a queer, chronically ill, and neurodivergent team of women and our success lives on reviews and word of mouth, so please do share this issue and your thoughts about it anywhere you can!!
16.05.2025 09:31 — 👍 21 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
A paperback copy of Bards & Bargains propped against an antique mandolin on a daisy-dotted lawn.
Indie Bites 18: Bards & Bargains is OUT NOW! This issue is absolutely stacked with stories that explore the musical, the magical, and more - grab your copy for free from www.silversunbooks.com/post/bards-b...
(paperbacks also available, and this baby is thick!) 🥰
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Yes, out Friday 16th!
08.05.2025 23:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A picture of a sea dragon in a pastel-coloured sunset over the ocean. Superimposed text reads: ‘Submissions open for our August issue on the themes of Dragons & Darkness. Deadline 31 May 2025’
SUBMISSIONS CLOSING AT THE END OF THE MONTH!
A little nudge to get working on your submissions for the August issue of Indie Bites: Dragons & Darkness. We can’t wait to read your stories and see your cover illustrations!
www.silversunbooks.com
08.05.2025 10:49 — 👍 30 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 2
The cover of Indie Bites issue 2, featuring a sunken statue with fish swimming around it.
This Mermay, can we interest you in issue 2 of Indie Bites: Mermaids & Mythology?
#mermay
www.silversunbooks.com/post/mermaid...
04.05.2025 10:54 — 👍 20 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1
An image showing all of Josie Jaffrey’s book covers on a black background. They are:
Quicksilver omnibus
Kill Me Quick
A Quick Study
Quick and the Dead
Broken Wings
May Day
Judgement Day
Winta’s Day
Valentine’s Day
The Gilded King
The Silver Queen
The Blood Prince
A Bargain in Silver
The Price of Silver
Bound in Silver
The Silver Bullet
The Wolf and the Water
Hi new followers!
I’m a UK indie author writing dark romantic fantasy novels about vampires, and YA novels about ancient civilisations.
I’m also one of the editors of Indie Bites magazine @indiebites.bsky.social and writer of the Jack Valentine podcast @jackvalentinepod.bsky.social
26.04.2025 08:39 — 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
24 indie book covers behind a banner reading “Indie Book Sale indiebook.sale; fantasy, sci-fi and horror, April 5-7”
We’re in the @endalia.bsky.social Indie Book Sale, along with over 200 other great indie books!
Check out indiebook.sale
06.04.2025 09:53 — 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Highly recommend Indie Bites. These stories have teeth!
05.04.2025 09:31 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The cover of EX MARKS THE SPOT by Josie Jaffrey, surrounded by arrows reading “vampire pirates; QuickSilver prequel; sunken Port Royal; buried secrets; included in QuickSilver omnibus edition”
The third is EX MARKS THE SPOT, which gives some background for a handful of the new characters who appear in the QuickSilver series. You can read it free in the TRICKSTERS & TREASURE issue of @indiebites.bsky.social
05.04.2025 09:19 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Devil's Deal // Tales of Lunis Aquaria // Creator of worlds // Book reviewer and blogger // Writer // Dog mom // Owner of @Narratess 🇳🇱/🇮🇩
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Queer fantasy indie author (they/he)
📖 FIRST ROSE 🌹 OUT NOW
📖 FIRST SNOW 🌿
📖 HIGANBANA 🪽
📖 Short stories (Itchio)
https://jakevanguard.carrd.co/
British author of foul-mouthed fantasy series The Cruel Gods and upcoming The Chosen One Con 📚 They/Them Enby 💛🤍💜🖤 Trans rights! 🏳️⚧️
Anti-Gen AI
Visit my website at TrudieSkies.com
The Cruel Gods Series: https://mybook.to/TheCruelGods
Irish author based in Glasgow, writing horror and fantasy fiction inspired by the history and mythology of places I have called home. “The Wreck of Our Lady” is available now in Pirates and Prophecies by Indie Bites
22. She/He/They. Fan of environmental science, local journalism, and genre fiction.
sapphic fantasy author | https://linktr.ee/lilagwynn
SWANA ☪️ Illustrator, MTG. email: zara.h.art223@gmail.com Private commissions through patreon ONLY. (Commercial commissions always open, send email for inquiries). Patreon: http://patreon.com/za_ra_h
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/za_ra_h_
Indie author & academic librarian. 🇵🇷. Disabled and neurodivergent.
A 🏳️⚧️ nonbinary, agender ✨DELIGHT✨
Publishing under A.E. Bross
AO3 fanfic under SkepticalCybrarian
https://linktr.ee/aebrossbooks
📚 Defend Libraries | 🚫 NoAI | 🇵🇸 Free Palestine
L.L. Stephens, author of epic fantasy Triempery Revelations series and other SF&F fiction. SFWA member. Player of board games and painter of minis!
Author / repped by Kesia Lupo. 1/2 of paranormal bestie writing duo Caedis Knight 🌶️ 🩸 I would describe my stuff as Bubblegum Trauma 🌸 big announcement soon 📚
Author. Out now: WHILE MY BABY SLEEPS, MY DAUGHTER'S REVENGE, GOOD GIRLS DIE LAST (TV adaptation in the works), THE BLOOD WEB series as Caedis Knight. Agents: @amandapreston.bsky.social & @keslupo.bsky.social
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Author of the urban fantasy series Wilde Investigations. Writer, dog trainer, always in need of more sleep and snacks.
Author, musician, doer of occasional stuff.
It’s all about the stories 📚 She/her
Also used to be @omnibothersome, over on the site formerly known as.
Hayley 🌙 Fighter of the Nightman 🌙
Author, artist & Doctor of Genetics ☀️ She/her ☀️
Order Once Upon an Autumn: https://shorturl.at/Jv3lV
Fiction editor and author. Annoyingly optimistic!
The weirder the fiction, the happier the heart!
Currently writing a book about 💃 PARADES 💃, as one does.
Québécoise, indie author of platonic queer SFF and Indie Ink Award winner. Creator of the Aroace Database; member of the Kraken Collective. she/elle
Direct shop: https://claudiearseneault.itch.io/
All Links: https://claudiearseneault.com/welcome
Author, photographer, dreamer.
Writer & editor, animal lover, local history & architecture nerd, queer fiction fan | Ace & agender (ey/em or they/them) | Books at https://tabithaoconnell.com | Interactive fiction at https://alyshkalia.itch.io | 🚫 genAI
Writer and scientist who cuddles dogs, builds worlds. Rep: Lauren Bieker. www.ajvanbelle.com. Rhysling & Best of the Net nominee.
Junior literary agent at The Booker Albert Agency. Closed to queries; stay tuned!
Nonbinary/transmasc 🏳️⚧️
