The Book Bazaar 2026 is an exciting collaborative crowdfunding event on Backerkit of 39 indie authors who have come together to raise funds for their campaigns. In celebration, and to help promote these authors, we’ll be featuring spotlights through the fundraising period for you to check and out and support! Within The Book Bazaar, you’ll find 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!
The fundraising period runs from October 29 – November 19. Back 3 or more projects to earn unique bookmarks, and 10 or more projects to receive an exclusive anthology. Want a taste of these projects? Check out the free sampler bundle on Itch.io!
Please welcome Queer Vampire Bonanza by Niranjan in the spotlight!
Queer Vampire Bonanza is a collection of four queer vampire books being given a makeover with new special edition covers, custom headers and breakers, a cover for an upcoming queer vampire book and editing for all five.
There’s Always a Morning has past lives, reincarnations, and twin timelines. Life Remains is a world ruled by vampires and the dilemma faced by a hunter who wants to do the right thing. Bleeding Gold is about a resurrected vampire who finds himself leading a civil rights movement for supernatural creatures.
Crimson Nights is still being written, and has two vampires investigating a serial killer and unearthing a far reaching conspiracy.
On a side note, both There’s Always a Morning and Whispers in the Dark, which isn’t part of this project, were written back in 2019 during Nanowrimo. I had already finished There’s Always when my son passed away. In the next few days, writing was my biggest distraction as I struggled to cope with my reality. I wrote 100k words that November in these two books, finishing two first drafts. They mean a lot to me because they were part of what kept me alive at the worst period of my life.
Life Remains started as a passion project, something I wrote just for myself, and Frederick, the vampire, is one of my favourites. But my alpha readers loved the book and insisted it needed to be published. Bleeding Gold was based on a dream I had, and it changed and evolved as I wrote it. The civil rights movement Alvin starts and the way he changes over the course of time from being obsessed with revenge to be able to let go were incredibly cathartic to write.
Crimson Nights is still being drafted, but Sean and Killian are both fun and I love discovering new things about them as I draft this book. I’ve always been a pantser, so even I don’t know where this story is going, but I’m sure it will be great.
The author is raising funds for special edition covers for all four books and other art, and has an impressive backlog of books as add-ons.
About the Author
An author and editor, Niranjan’s biggest ambition is to have a character named Garth in every book they write. Niranjan writes books rooted in mythical worlds, and their stories are often a combination of magic and futuristic technology.
When they are not writing or editing, Niranjan can be found cooking or just lying on their couch watching or rewatching C Dramas and writing fanfiction.
- Website: AuthorNiranjan.in
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