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Maybe the Right Girl at the Right Time Can Save a Kingdom

@duanesimolke The Return of Innocence: Maybe the Right Girl #booktok #fantasy #fantasybookstok #fantasybookstagram #yafantasybooks #booktoker ♬ O Fortuna - Techno Remix - Karmaik The Return of Innocence: Maybe the Right Girl video. #booktok #fantasy #fantasybookstok #fantasybookstagram #yafantasybooks #booktoker

Discover unity, courage, and love as Taldra fights for humanity’s survival.

Discover unity, courage, and love as Taldra fights for humanity’s survival. https://t.co/42Pd7d05MR @duanesimolke#SciFiBooks #ScienceFiction #SciFiLit #SpeculativeFiction #Dystopian #IndieScifi #FuturisticWorlds pic.twitter.com/twVi0tPolc— PromoCorner - Find your next Book. (@PromoCornerX) April 10, 2025 PromoCorner created this video for Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure and

"In Acorn, Texas, every hidden story wrestles with humor and heart."

In Acorn, Texas, every hidden story wrestles with humour and heart.https://t.co/8K70gN75Oi@DuaneSimolke #booktwitter #bookstoread #booktwt #bookreader #booksbooksbooks #fortheloveofbooks #booklove #kindlebooks #kindle pic.twitter.com/9QrPKNgSR2— PromoCorner - Find your next Book. (@PromoCornerX) April 7, 2025

JP MacDougall's Indie Author Features

JP MacDougall, author of The Pangean Chronicles, has made the following announcement about free book promotion on his website. Authors looking for more exposure should visit now. Promoting books online can feel like shouting into the void. That’s why I’m offering FREE promotion on my website, https://t.co/5epWtkHCrr, to help you reach more readers. 📚✨📩 Send your book details, links, and

Growing Slowly Nowhere Book Review

In his memoir Growing Slowly Nowhere, Iwan Ross writes about growing up in apartheid-era South Africa. His life throws readers not only into a world of injustice but also into one with a manipulative mother and brother. Despite the troubling contents, which also include abuse and a local criminal hierarchy, the narrator manages a friendly, inviting tone. In fact, the narrative feels much

Gay Movie: Strapped (Repost)

Summary: A young hustler becomes trapped in an apartment building. The tenants there affect him in surprising ways. Text: Young hustler Adam (Ben Bonenfant) shares a surprisingly honest and gentle encounter with a man who longs for a gay experience. Adam tries to appear concerned while actually remaining detached, but his concern becomes real.After leaving the man’s apartment, Adam becomes

Gay Movie: At the End of the Day

Directed and co-written by Kevin O'Brien, At the End of the Day effectively uses humor and drama to challenge hateful attitudes. A religious professor with anti-gay views finds himself involved with the LGBT community in surprising ways.

For Poetry Lovers!

My eBook Selected Poems is part of the Indie Poetry Sale hosted by Author, Poet & Graphic Designer Despoina Kemeridou. Despoina wrote Pieces of my Heart, Of Darkness and Light, and Whispers of the Soul. Though many of the discounts there are temporary, please keep visiting Despoina’s site for more indie writing and resources.

Indie Film Review: Accidental Texan

Though mostly shot in or near Austin, Accidental Texan takes place in New Orleans and Abilene, Texas, but mostly in Buffalo Gap, Texas. I was born in New Orleans and spent a lot of time there, lived in Abilene for two years, and visited Buffalo Gap several times. All of that caught my interest in this indie film, which I came across on Hulu. It also didn’t hurt that the cast includes Rudy

For Your 2025 Dystopian Reading List

If you’re building a 2025 dystopian reading list, please download Degranon for free via B&N, Kobo, or many other online bookstores.In an alternate reality, the Iroquois scientist Taldra questions her world’s ban on space travel and free speech, but that world funds her research. One of her sons becomes trapped on the other side of a time portal while the other loses himself to the religious cult