Welcome to A Month of Rain and Reads, a celebration of self-published and indie SFF throughout the entire month of November. To find out how you can take part and view the whole list of content, visit our introduction post.
The Book Bazaar 2025 is a collaborative crowdfunding event on Backerkit where multiple indie authors have come together to raise funds for their campaign. There are over twenty campaigns taking part in a variety of genres including fantasy, sci-fi, horror, queer, and romance, as well as a variety of formats such as novels, novellas, series, anthologies, and audiobooks. There’s something for everyone!
While each campaign runs individually, those who back multiple campaigns can earn extra bonuses as part of The Book Bazaar! Find out more on The Book Bazaar Backerkit page.
The Book Bazaar, and all of these wonderful campaigns, launches on November 12 – December 3.
As part of the launch, The Book Bazaar will also be streaming readings and Q&A sessions by authors throughout the month on Twitch, so take a look at the schedule and don’t miss out!
Here at Read Indie Fantasy, we’ll also be hosting interviews with some of these authors to promote their campaign, so keep checking back!
To celebrate the launch, here’s a list of all the campaigns you can pledge to. The Book Bazaar is now LIVE, so check them out and consider offering your pledge to these fantastic indie authors!
Blood Ties: A Collection of Three CoB Shorts Audiobook
The voices of Jynelle Brown, Prince Bolton, and Carlos Kasse come together for the audiobook production of Blood Ties: A Collection of Three Covenant of Blood Shorts. Your new fave Urban Fantasy X Historical Fiction book.
Find out more and back Blood Ties!
BOOM goes the Bride
A pulpy lesbian romance between an elven thief from another world and a corporate princess whose company is built on her clones. 300,000 and counting, and the woman they’re made from wishes they didn’t exist. Danger, spice, and everything not-nice.
Find out more and back BOOM goes the Bride!
Chains Of Deceit Special Edition
If you like forbidden romance between a broody MMC and a compassionate yet strong FMC, hot morally gray antagonist who must be redeemed, multiple couples falling in love, hostile take-overs, soulmates, bound by love and by magic romance.
Find out more and back Chains of Deceit!
Children of the Dragon Hardcover Edition
Two best friends set out to carry out a foolproof heist. Foolproof, that is, until it fails spectacularly.
Find out more and back Children of the Dragon!
Darkhaven, Book 1 of The Lightless Prophecy: Chocolate Overload Edition
YA urban science fantasy meets queer magical space opera in this sassy epic adventure, with the first book in a new hardcover edition featuring extra bonus scenes, bonus material and custom interior formatting.
Find out more and back Darkhaven!
Dragon Regime: Reckoning
In a post-dragon-apocalypse world, Samantha, the last known female royal, must flee forced bonding, survive political betrayal, and seek refuge in a tower with a mysterious stranger. Danger, desire, and dragons collide in this MMF dystopian fantasy.
Find out more and back Dragon Regime: Reckoning!
Fairy Seasons
Fairy Seasons is an anthology of light and darkness, exploring the fickle nature of fairy kind. The stories span from delightful tales of fairy encounters to nightmarish situations within the darkest parts of the magical realm.
Find out more and back Fairy Seasons!
Gems and Star Flowers Audiobook Campaign
Gems and Star Flowers is an upcoming sci-fi romance novel by Amara Lynn and their best friend Primrose Song.
Find out more and back Gems and Star Flowers!
GULA
In this spiritual successor and response to “The Wasteland”, GULA explores the apocalyptic wasteland of capitalism, greed and environmental collapse in a searing epic poem.
Honeycomb Heart
Becoming an adult is already hard. Add in involuntary wanderlust, young love, a swarm of bees, and one extremely sassy octopus — Vivian and Frieda will have their hands full as they start new lives with their new familiars!
Find out more and back Honeycomb Heart!
Jaya! The Complete Series
The omnibus edition of all four books of Jaya!, a series of books reimagining the Indian Epic of Mahabharata with a brand new Collector’s Edition cover. Book One, Pradyutita was an SPFBO semi finalist in 2020 and an Indie Ink Awards Finalist in 2024.
Monitored Activity
The Backroom meets Willy’s Wonderland in this queer horror novella where two security guards—one of them a serial killer and the other a potential victim—must escape the Mall before it digests them whole.
Find out more and back Monitored Activity!
Nezbrael’s Legacy
All-new graphic novel with D&D style shenanigans where the vibe is a fantastic blending of Indiana Jones and Greek myth.
Find out more and back Nezbrael’s Legacy!
Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2!
We’re releasing 7 new queer science fiction and fantasy books from December 2025 to June 2026! We’re changing formats just a little this year so you get your rewards earlier.
Find out more and back Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2!
Shuttered Stanzas Volume II: Looking out the Window
Shuttered Stanzas, where lens and sonnet intertwine, Pacific Northwest’s beauty in poetic design. A Pacific Northwest nature photographer and a contemporary sonneteer unite to present one stunning collection of art and verse. Volume Two!
Find out more and back Shuttered Stanzas Volume II!
Tales From The Alley
Join Seven as they venture down into the darkest turns of the world of the Alleyman through this anthology. A selection of edited short stories from their patreon, plus some new stories, to give you a deeper spin into the tales of the Alleyman’s world.
Find out more and back Tales from The Alley!
The Chosen One Con
The Chosen One Con is the first book in the Lost in the Aether duology—a queer gaslamp fantasy of industrial magic in a world of designer enchantments and celebrity-branded potions from the author of The Cruel Gods.
Find out more and back The Chosen One Con!
The Dark Side of Super Audio Book
The Dark Side of Super is an interconnected collection of super-powered shorts. Each features a dark, gritty, realistic take on powers, and adding another layer to the larger story arc being told. Looking to bring it to life as an audio book.
Find out more and back The Dark Side of Super!
The Five Furies Trilogy
Early release of the final chapter in a magical quest. Found family, lost dragons & harrowing adventure! Perfect for fans of D&D!
Find out more and back The Five Furies Trilogy!
The Hero Rebellion 10th Anniversary Special Edition
The Hero Rebellion is an action-packed YA sci-fi series, featuring psychic mutant animal companions, illegal street races and a kick-ass heroine who won’t take no for an answer.
Find out more and back The Hero Rebellion!
The Lucky Machine
A sci-fi story from the POV of a plucky robot who escapes her life of servitude to help a down-on-his-luck cyborg with his dream of becoming a fashion designer.
Find out more and back The Lucky Machine!
The Primal Rift
Dungeons and Dragons meets young adult fantasy. The third installment of an expanding series of dark magic and blossoming friendship.
Find out more and back The Primal Rift!
Are you excited for any of these campaigns? Let us know which one’s you’ll be backing!
