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Kel E Fox

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Author, artist, possibly a witch ♦ gritty and absurd genrebending fantasy ♦ no AI books: kelefox.com

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Free Romantasy Books M/F romantasy books with queer main characters

Queer MF stories are near and dear to me, and IMO there aren't enough of them, so I am delighted to be part of this little collection of free books and excerpts! Go get 'em, folks 🥰

#sff #readingcommunity #fantasy #romantasy #queermf 💙📚🪐

26.02.2026 16:30 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks! 😊

25.02.2026 16:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Sorrow for Thorns by Kel E Fox, Solstice War Fairy Tales. Tropes include beauty and the beast retelling, vast library, ex-assassin, secret identities, castle trying to keep everyone alive, sapphic endgame, let me help you, curse hunting witch

Sorrow for Thorns by Kel E Fox, Solstice War Fairy Tales. Tropes include beauty and the beast retelling, vast library, ex-assassin, secret identities, castle trying to keep everyone alive, sapphic endgame, let me help you, curse hunting witch

Beat the Zon and preorder Sorrow for Thorns direct from me!
kelefox.com/product/sorr...

A low spice queer mf/sapphic romantasy Beauty and the Beast novella with witches, assassins, secret identities and deadly curses.

#sff #readingcommunity #fantasy #romantasy 💙📚🪐

25.02.2026 15:53 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Gah I've resolved the romance before the minor issue of the realm about to be invaded. You'd think imminent invasion would be tension enough but nooooo we want the kissy kissy

#wip #writing #author

21.02.2026 17:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A tale of queer discovery Who wants a queer MF book fair? Me, I do, so here we go

I don’t care what else my books do, I will always write stories with queer characters. Queer MF especially.

Turns out there's a reason. And a free book fair!

#readingcommunity #fantasy #romantasy #queermf 💙📚🪐

16.02.2026 16:27 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Sunday Snippets | Kel E Fox Get more from Kel E Fox on Patreon

It's just not a Fox book if there isn't some trauma buried in it somewhere. Or, y'know, floating on the surface like an iceberg. Elvire attemps to talk to Gabriel about the ominous chunk of ice looming in front of them.

Read snippets for free on my Patreon!

#fantasy #romantasy #queermf 💙📚🪐

16.02.2026 07:26 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Resisting the urge to stick a random romcom in the middle of my angsty romantasy fairy tale series.

But arranged marriage is so ripe for comedy. Sigh.

#amwriting #stayinonefuckinggenrefox

14.02.2026 16:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Against a background of dark violets and green leaves is shown the illustrated cover of Enchanting the Fae Queen, in which a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sits perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger.
Above that cover image is this snippet of text:
For seven years, this woman had haunted his life and his dreams with her incorrigible teasing and their circling, joint obsession.

Against a background of dark violets and green leaves is shown the illustrated cover of Enchanting the Fae Queen, in which a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sits perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Above that cover image is this snippet of text: For seven years, this woman had haunted his life and his dreams with her incorrigible teasing and their circling, joint obsession.

This week's Thursday snippet comes from Enchanting the Fae Queen, which is out now in ebook, paper, and audiobook: stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen

#romancelandia

12.02.2026 17:54 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
‘Everyone prays for a miracle on the battlefield. No one notices when one happens.’ Too overwhelmed by the far greater atrocities, I think, but I keep the morose thought to myself. What is a little accelerated healing in the face of a battalion cut down? May as well raze a forest and wonder that no one notices a lone surviving dandelion.

‘Everyone prays for a miracle on the battlefield. No one notices when one happens.’ Too overwhelmed by the far greater atrocities, I think, but I keep the morose thought to myself. What is a little accelerated healing in the face of a battalion cut down? May as well raze a forest and wonder that no one notices a lone surviving dandelion.

Gabriel finally starting to make some sense.

(Solstice War Fairy Tales #5)

#wip #amwriting

12.02.2026 18:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Romantasy Rebels, a FaRo Society anthology - 26 Fantasy Romances, proceeds donated to fight book bans. https://geni.us/romantasyrebels

Romantasy Rebels, a FaRo Society anthology - 26 Fantasy Romances, proceeds donated to fight book bans. https://geni.us/romantasyrebels

Read romantasy. Fight book bans. With 26 stories of resistance and defiance, the Romantasy Rebels charity anthology delivers your daily dose of feminine rage – and every purchase helps us keep books on shelves.

geni.us/romantasyreb...

#readingcommunity #fantasy #romantasy 💙📚🪐

11.02.2026 06:42 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Fixed being stuck in WIP by having the MC get drunk and show up to his own engagement party half dressed.

Looking forward to writing the fallout tomorrow 😂

#amwriting

10.02.2026 18:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

In today's Land of Unfortunately Linear Time, I attempt to relaunch my patreon, create three ebooks using unfamiliar software, write a newsletter, post about a book sale and update my schedule in under three hours.

What do you mean, this is unrealistic TIME IS NOT THE BOSS OF ME

fuck

02.02.2026 17:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Today! 250 Books on Sale For 99¢! Fantasy & Paranormal Romance
Another World's Stars by Kel E Fox
A doomed dancer
A cursed prince
A love that traverses the universe…
And a random saxophonist.
www.FaRoSociety.com/BookBlast

Today! 250 Books on Sale For 99¢! Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Another World's Stars by Kel E Fox A doomed dancer A cursed prince A love that traverses the universe… And a random saxophonist. www.FaRoSociety.com/BookBlast

It's the FaRo Society book blast! Check out their website for a fabulous selection of fantasy romance all on sale. Perfect February reading.

Or any month, really. Love is for all time. ❤️❤️❤️

farosociety.com/bookblast/

#farobub #solsticewarfairytales #romantasy 💙📚🪐

02.02.2026 17:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Romance Book Blast - 775 free romance reads - 1 day only, Jan 27, 2026. Genres include contemporary, fantasy, historical, sci fi, small town, sports, erotica and more. Available on a range of retailers. romancebooklovers.com

Romance Book Blast - 775 free romance reads - 1 day only, Jan 27, 2026. Genres include contemporary, fantasy, historical, sci fi, small town, sports, erotica and more. Available on a range of retailers. romancebooklovers.com

Looking for love? Here you go! 💕

Stock up your TBR with this huge collection of romantic fantasy titles, including my enby/m Sleeping Beauty retelling, for FREE here: www.romancebooklovers.com/fantasy

#romantasy #readingcommunity 💙📚🪐

27.01.2026 16:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cued up an Aussie pub rock classics playlist for this scene. The things we do for art.

#author #amwriting

22.01.2026 15:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Indie Darlings — Stuff Your Kindle Day | Notion Grab your Kindle, darlings. Our NYE Indie Stuff Your Kindle Day is HERE! This is a small, community-focused event and run through @the.indiedarlings Instagram account, created by indie romance authors...

Happy New Year! 🎉 May it be full of books, and to help you along, there are a few hours left of this darling SYK event full of excellent indie titles!

💙📚

01.01.2026 04:56 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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State of the Fox & malamute selfie Merry everything and happy always

The State of the Fox! Raise an eyebrow at my ambitious plans, smile at the dorky Alaskan malamute and give the cats (currently shredding my carpet) a good hard stare.

#author #writing

20.12.2025 16:09 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Covers of Kel E Fox's Solstice War Fairy Tales series, with the text: Join the ARC Team - Ongoing series - Seeking Amazon reviewers. Romantasy Fairy Tale Retellings. All kinds of queer, dramatic AF, angst up to 11, a little bit absurd

Covers of Kel E Fox's Solstice War Fairy Tales series, with the text: Join the ARC Team - Ongoing series - Seeking Amazon reviewers. Romantasy Fairy Tale Retellings. All kinds of queer, dramatic AF, angst up to 11, a little bit absurd

Am I seeking ARC readers two days before a book launch?

Why yes.

Is it a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a fox (ha), or simply utter chaos?

Take a guess.

But they are short books. You could totally knock them over in a day.

Sign Up: kelefox.com/arc-team/

#romantasy 💙📚🪐

18.12.2025 16:38 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Cover of As I Command by Kel E Fox: An ambitious businesswoman, a pirate lord and an exiled prince walk into a ball… Shenanigans Ensue. A queer Cinderella retelling.

Cover of As I Command by Kel E Fox: An ambitious businesswoman, a pirate lord and an exiled prince walk into a ball… Shenanigans Ensue. A queer Cinderella retelling.

Angsty fun with a heroine who has to stop trying to balance the books and follow her heart…
And tell her dickhead dad to get stuffed.

Skip the Zon Pre-Order: kelefox.com/product/as-i...
Amazon: a.co/d/ddur7iV

#booksky #sff #readingcommunity #fantasy #romantasy #queerfantasy #polyromance 💙📚🪐

16.12.2025 14:44 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
Indie Ink Awards Nominations! 9 Categories: • Best book cover and cover artist
• Best friendship
• Best light read
• Best morally gray character
• Best setting
• Prettiest book interior
• Side Character MVP
• Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation
• Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation
Vote now: https://indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-awards-2025
With a cover of title "The Warm Machine" by Aimee Cozza

Indie Ink Awards Nominations! 9 Categories: • Best book cover and cover artist • Best friendship • Best light read • Best morally gray character • Best setting • Prettiest book interior • Side Character MVP • Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation • Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation Vote now: https://indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-awards-2025 With a cover of title "The Warm Machine" by Aimee Cozza

Hey all! I am THRILLED to announce The Warm Machine has been nominated for NINE categories. 😱 You folks are SO amazing. Voting has just opened if you'd like to see it advance to the reading round! ❤️💙🖤 You can vote here! indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

#Writing #Writer #IndieAuthor

15.12.2025 18:32 — 👍 70    🔁 36    💬 6    📌 3
Indie Ink Awards 2025 - Writing the Future We Need: Neurodivergent Representation by a Neurodivergent author - Indie Story Geek

Indie Ink Voting is open!

There are like, so many amazing people in the neurodivergent representation category so my little ol' my fair to middlin' West Virginia mothman book'll probably not get thru but I would be extremely grateful for any votes for Moth Woods!
#booksky #indieauthor #queerwriters

15.12.2025 21:47 — 👍 12    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1
A parchment paper like background with the cover of Blade Broken on the left, the logo of Indie Ink Awards on the right top corner, and words VOTE FOR BLADE BROKEN heading and bulleted list of categories

Best book cover and cover artist, 
Best friendship, 
Best morally gray character, 
Best setting, 
Prettiest book interior, 
Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation, 
Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation, 
Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation

A parchment paper like background with the cover of Blade Broken on the left, the logo of Indie Ink Awards on the right top corner, and words VOTE FOR BLADE BROKEN heading and bulleted list of categories Best book cover and cover artist, Best friendship, Best morally gray character, Best setting, Prettiest book interior, Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation, Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation, Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation

If anyone's interested, my book got a few nominations and I would appreciate any votes

indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

16.12.2025 06:52 — 👍 12    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 2
Indie Ink Awards. Vote now! Nominated categories: Best book cover and cover artist, Best friendship, Best light read, Best setting, Side Character MVP, This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty, Writing the Future We Need: Asexual or Aromantic Representation, Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation, Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation. indiestorygeek.com 
includes WriteHive indie ink award logo and the cover image of The Dragon Next Door.

Indie Ink Awards. Vote now! Nominated categories: Best book cover and cover artist, Best friendship, Best light read, Best setting, Side Character MVP, This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty, Writing the Future We Need: Asexual or Aromantic Representation, Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation, Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation. indiestorygeek.com includes WriteHive indie ink award logo and the cover image of The Dragon Next Door.

voting for the #IndieInkAwards is open! i'd be so grateful to y'all for showing this book more love and voting for it. i think it's especially deserving of ace rep, best cover, side character MVP #QueerAdultSFF #IndieAuthor #booksky #romancelandia 🌈📚
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15.12.2025 17:15 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 2
Writehive Indie Ink Awards nominee The Illusion of Fear by Kel E Fox. Vote now for Best use of tropes: bi disaster disavowed spy, irresistably charming and handsome detective, a twisty art crime turns kidnapping mystery

Writehive Indie Ink Awards nominee The Illusion of Fear by Kel E Fox. Vote now for Best use of tropes: bi disaster disavowed spy, irresistably charming and handsome detective, a twisty art crime turns kidnapping mystery

Best use of tropes for making things deliciously messy!
Spy: bi disaster, disavowed, broken-hearted
Detective: handsome, charming, makes him breakfast the morning after
Mystery: art crime turns kidnapping turns dangerous public manipulation stunt with heroic rescue

16.12.2025 06:28 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Writehive Indie Ink Awards nominee The Illusion of Fear by Kel E Fox. Vote now for Best setting: gaslamp, city of secrets, flowers everywhere, queernormative world, complex magic with mental health impact

Writehive Indie Ink Awards nominee The Illusion of Fear by Kel E Fox. Vote now for Best setting: gaslamp, city of secrets, flowers everywhere, queernormative world, complex magic with mental health impact

Writehive Indie Ink Awards nominee The Illusion of Fear by Kel E Fox. Vote now for Best use of tropes: bi disaster disavowed spy, irresistably charming and handsome detective, a twisty art crime turns kidnapping mystery

Writehive Indie Ink Awards nominee The Illusion of Fear by Kel E Fox. Vote now for Best use of tropes: bi disaster disavowed spy, irresistably charming and handsome detective, a twisty art crime turns kidnapping mystery

Thanks to all who nominated the Illusion of Fear for the Indie Ink Awards!

Vote here: indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

#sff #readingcommunity #fantasy #mmfantasy #queerbooks 💙📚🪐

16.12.2025 06:22 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 3
A graphic showcasing the DIGITAL EXTREMITIES cover and Indie Ink Awards nominations: Best Audio Narration, Best Friendship, Best Light Read, Best Use of Tropes, Prettiest Book Interior, Wittiest Character. Voting is open NOW (Dec 15 2025) at Indie Story Geek.

A graphic showcasing the DIGITAL EXTREMITIES cover and Indie Ink Awards nominations: Best Audio Narration, Best Friendship, Best Light Read, Best Use of Tropes, Prettiest Book Interior, Wittiest Character. Voting is open NOW (Dec 15 2025) at Indie Story Geek.

A graphic showcasing the ANIMUS PARADOX cover and Indie Ink Awards nominations: Best Audio Narration, Best Book Cover and Cover Artist, Best Friendship, Best Light Read, Best Setting, Best Use of Tropes, This Book Made Me Hungry / Thirsty, Wittiest Character. Voting is open NOW (Dec 15 2025) at Indie Story Geek.

A graphic showcasing the ANIMUS PARADOX cover and Indie Ink Awards nominations: Best Audio Narration, Best Book Cover and Cover Artist, Best Friendship, Best Light Read, Best Setting, Best Use of Tropes, This Book Made Me Hungry / Thirsty, Wittiest Character. Voting is open NOW (Dec 15 2025) at Indie Story Geek.

THANK YOU so much to everyone who nominated my books for the Indie Ink Awards! This is *far* more love than I was expecting for these too books and it's all because of you. 📚💙

Voting I open NOW, and lasts 2 weeks. Finalists confirmed in Jan.

Vote here: www.indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

15.12.2025 16:34 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 1
Draupadi wearing a red sari, lounging on a throne

Draupadi wearing a red sari, lounging on a throne

My artist has created MAGIC yet again! @janjanartsss.bsky.social, you're awesome!

Check out this gorgeous art of Draupadi, y'all!

#booksky #artsky

All my backers who ordered physical copies Jaya! will be getting this as character cards and those who ordered ebooks will get it as part of the book!

11.12.2025 06:52 — 👍 46    🔁 18    💬 5    📌 2

From my WIP "Sorrow for Thorns":

I don’t remember there being any letters in my coat pockets, but it has been a long time since I cleaned them out. Emptying pockets is always a bit of a risk. Last time I found a piece of string with only one end and a tiny purple #frog.

#whistpr

10.12.2025 16:13 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Can someone please tell me how I ended up with a romance that is both FF and queer MF at the same time with the same couple (I should not be allowed to play with illusion magic*) and more to the point, how am I going to explain this in marketing?

*OR SHOULD I?!

#amwriting

10.12.2025 16:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0