Get ready for summer! The Book Bazaar is back with their Summer Bonanza! This is a collaborative crowdfunding event on Backerkit where multiple indie authors have come together to raise funds for their campaign. These are eleven 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, and anthologies. There’s something for everyone!
While each campaign runs individually, those who back multiple campaigns can earn a bonus sticker sheet! Find out more on The Book Bazaar Summer Bonanza Backerkit page.
The Book Bazaar Summer Bonanza, and all of these wonderful campaigns, launches on May 28 – June 30.
To celebrate the launch, here’s a list of all the campaigns you can pledge to, so check them out and consider offering your pledge to these fantastic indie authors!
Aloe
Aloe is Book 2 in the Tales From The Night Garden series, an LGBTQIA+ contemporary dark fantasy following two ace-spectrum, nonbinary leads. Acanthus and Cypress are back, and they’re fighting Nekane with everything they’ve got.
Black Hole Guns for Hire
Reload. Lock in. Lube up. A queer military sci fi novel that follows three perspectives aboard the privateer vessel The Galley on the frontier of contested space as they attempt to survive pirates, cyborg xenos, and a black hole.
Find out more and back Black Hole Guns for Hire!
Common Bonds 3
Common Bonds 3 is an anthology of 18 SFFH short stories and poetry with aromantic main characters and a central platonic bond.
Find out more and back Common Bonds 3!
Cosmic Consequences
Prepare for take off! This short story anthology will contain science fiction, dark content, and lots of whumperflies. Authors will be answering the question, “What if there was whump … but in space?”
Find out more and back Cosmic Consequences!
Court of Snakes
Court of Snakes is a complete YA Political Dystopian duology packed into one special edition omnibus. For lovers of tarot cards, The Hunger Games, and Fullmetal Alchemist looking for LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC representation.
Find out more and back Court of Snakes!
Prometheus
PROMETHEUS is Snakeskin Press’ debut. This queer futuristic horror anthology features the work of 16 authors and is steeped in queerness, with diverse rep, all the subgenres of horror you can think of, and writing that will chill you to the bone.
Find out more and back Prometheus!
Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 5, part 1!
It’s Space Wizard’s fifth anniversary, and we have some great titles for you! From reincarnated wizards to post-apocalyptic Florida, rocket racing, martial arts, space rabbits, and giant crabs, we’ve got a bit of everything!
Find out more and back Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 5, part 1!
Spider Island
Inspired by the show Survivor, a fast-paced fantasy thriller in paperback, hardback, hand-bound and special edition. What happens to a reality show when the island–and all its contestants–disappears?
Find out more and back Spider Island!
The Elite
This engaging and entertaining queer, dystopian, sci-fi series is being remade with new covers that better reflects the genre and content. Book 1, The Elitist Supremacy is an Indie Ink Awards finalist.
Find out more and back The Elite!
The Merger
Alex Priest is back again with an all-new novel and short story collection. Follow vampire hunter, Alex, and demon slayer, Janelle, on new adventures taking place after the events of Volume One!
Find out more and back The Merger!
Time Paradox: Preludes
The first three books of the Time Paradox series by J D Bath – self publishing through author owned Brat Cat Press – are coming to you from July 2026. Set in Melbourne, Australia in the late 2000s, follow the urban adventures of Dean, Stephan, Maddy, Brent and Pete as they try and figure out who they are in the world. Told over three concurrent books, the Preludes form the prologue to the entire Time Paradox series.
Find out more and back Time Paradox: Preludes!
Are you excited for any of these campaigns? Let us know which one’s you’ll be backing!
