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Author of Historical Fantasy. The first in a trilogy is called The Gift of Flowers, where history and enchantment entwine.
Looking up into the cathedral tower
Durham Cathedral
01.11.2025 14:17 — 👍 45 🔁 2 💬 5 📌 0
An unwanted daughter who became England's greatest Queen...
Elizabeth #Tudor
The Bastard Princess
Just 99c!
#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #KU #Books #Kindle #ElizabethI #Tudor
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Two brown leather chairs sit before a wall of bookshelves lined with board games, card games, and puzzles. Two Halloween throw pillows rest on the chairs.
In the foreground, a wooden table displays a variety of Halloween books, cards, and puzzles. In the background is a wall of full, colorful bookshelves.
The booooookshop is stuffed with haunting—and hauntingly good—stories!
28.10.2025 15:07 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The Zhyrin could drink lightning from the sky.When it flew, the storm obeyed. A creature of fire and air, born from tempest and truth. Gift of Flowers, where magic breathes in storms
#FantasyWorldbuilding #HistoricalFantasy #MythicCreatures #GiftOfFlowers #AuthorOnBluesky #IndieAuthor #FantasyArt
Jack Belasis walks the line.
🌸 Qwytoria,where art and alchemy bloom.
⚔️ Urituria, where strength is law.
A Gift of Flowers where history and enchantment entwine
#AGiftOfFlowers #HistoricalFantasy #EpicFantasy #IndieAuthor #FantasyWorldbuilding #MythicFiction #SwashbucklingFantasy
In the centre of the image is the beautifully illustrated British cover image for Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis. It shows a green background with a frame of climbing roses and branches rising through a night sky full of stars. In the center of the image, just beneath the moon, stands a massive, ominous castle with a hedge maze before it. A blonde woman in a long gown scattters sparkles in her wake as she leads her tall. uniformed male companion through the moonlit hedge maze at a run, while giant butterflies flutter overhead. The tag line reads: “All’s fae in love and war” and a blurb from Sarah Beth Durst reads: “Full of charm, wit and magic.” Around the image, against a yellow background, are various pieces of text connected to it by arrows. They read: She's a scandalous seductress; he's famously moral, virtuous and chaste; “Yes, I may kill him, but I’ll kill anyone else who tries”; Enemies to lovers; 25% off at Waterstones code ORDER25 .
And a quick reminder for my British readers: you can preorder Enchanting the Fae Queen - today or tomorrow ONLY - for 25% off at Waterstones with the code ORDER25: www.waterstones.com/book/enchant...
#romancelandia
In 1587, the stews of London were not just brothels; they were lively centres of gossip and peril. Join my main character, Jack Belasis, as he navigates this intriguing world in 'A Gift of Flowers'.
#HistoricalFantasy #ElizabethanLondon
I enjoyed interviewing Katriona O’Sullivan at the Centre Culturel Irlandais. She confirmed my theory that Poor grew out of her Trinity Tales essay which went viral on publication in The Irish Times. A Trinity Tales edition that checked its privilege after Diarmaid Ferriter reviewed its predecessor
08.10.2025 05:54 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Cartoon "What You See at Sea" by Ethel Hays depicts, from the rear, eight girls standing at the beach in bathing gear, with a variety of heights, widths, shapes, and bathing suits. Text: "–and they say we're all alike!"
Women's bodies politics, 1925.
08.10.2025 05:18 — 👍 45 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 1
Cover for The Knight Saves the Dragon by Rebecca Crunden; background is a water colour type picture of a castle with trees and mountains behind, leaves surround the edges
✨ FANTASY SHORT STORY ✨
🐉 a dragon (with a princess)
🗡️ a knight (with a plan)
👑 a palace (with a cruel king)
🏰 second pov
🔖 universal link: mybook.to/eJsBfU
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-knight-s...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Chatto & Windus has signed Switzy, a new novel by bestselling author Emma Cline. Switzy will publish on 10th September 2026 👇 #BookSky
08.10.2025 12:37 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
WWW Wednesday | 8th October 2025 #WWWWednesday #bookblogger #amreading #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky via @damppebbles.bsky.social damppebbles.com/2025/10/08/w...
08.10.2025 12:45 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Looks wonderful. Where is it?
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#ElizabethanEngland #TudorHistory #HistoricalFantasy
#WritersOfBlueSky
In late 16th-century England,a 17-year-old was not a boy but a young man — expected to shoulder the burdens of work, war, and honour.But what can a young man do when his home and family are gone, and there’s nowhere left to go?
Yeah, almost.
Otter = show off, diffused attention
Bird of paradise = beauty found in isolation, introspection
Stag = focus, drive, leadership.
That's the quirky symbolism I've given them.
The synthesis is something new, an aetherion.
#fantasy I can't resist creating new mythological creatures when I want to embody a concept. This 'aetherion' harnesses my ADHD and reclusive tendencies into purposeful creativity.
My novel has a magical system that's filled with new mythological creatures.
#historicalfantasy #tudors
In 16th century London, brothels were taxed by the church authorities, but sex workers were refused burial on holy ground. They were buried in Crossbones, the resting place for outcasts and paupers. How would a persecuted 17-year-old man survive in that environment?
