Indie Ink Awards 2025 / Best setting

13 County Road 666 by CL McCollum
A Captured Cauldron by R.K. Ashwick
A Crow Named Torment by Silas A. Bischoff
A Draught for a Dragon by R.K. Ashwick
A Dream of Waking Life by E. S. Fein
A Fate Unwoven by Rachael A. Edwards
A Footstep Echo: The Complete Collection by J.D. Sanderson
A Gaze So Longing by River Flynn
A Haunt for Jackals (Land of Exile Book 2) by J. L. Odom
A Killer and A King by Tom Dumbrell
A Legacy of Blood and Bone by Millie Abecassis
A Legion of Bane and Embers by KL Hill
A Madness Unmade by E.K. Larson-Burnett
A Man for Mrs. Claus by Rebekah Weatherspoon
A Mirage in the Memory by Simon Tull
A Princess of Oldir by Bryan Wilson
A Promise Of Sirens by V.L. Barycz
A Sky So Hollow by Craig Montgomery
A Thousand Burning Ravens by Kier Smelcer
Above Dark Waters by Eric Kay
Africa's Ashiest Warrior by Dr. Joel Anthony Hamilton
Against an Alpine Sky by Nicole Leland
All For The Blood of The Lamb by A.L. Davidson
An Exile of Water & Gold by Joshua Walker
An Uncommon Betrothal by Johannes T. Evans
Angels & Man by rafael nicolás
Animus Paradox by Adam Bassett
Ask Grace by S.E. Reed
Aurethia Rising by Atlas Laika
Behind Closed Eyes: A Tragic Tale by Jalen Tellis
Between Stars and Salvation by Jeannin Counts
Beyond the Border Forest by Molly Haniszewski
Beyond The Dead by Veronica Talliss
Bite Marks and Broken Hearts by TJ Rose
Black Brilliance by Dr. Joel Anthony Hamilton
Black Rose by Arlo Z. Graves
Blackblood by Kree Sullivan
Blade Broken by Niranjan
Blade of Broken Scales by Makayla Marie
Blade of the Wanderer by Steven Raaymakers
Blades Reforged by Liz Sauco
Blood of the Kami by Baptiste Pinson Wu
Blood on the Boardwalk by Donna Taylor
Bloody Aubade by Larkin Bryne
Blue Ridge Calling by Olivia Neal
Bonds of Blood & Silver by Sandy Butchers
Books and Bone by Veo Corva
Bounty Inc. by Adam Holcombe
Breath, Warmth, Dream by Zig Zag Claybourne
Bright City, Shattered by Millie Abecassis
Broken Blades by Liz Sauco
By Blood, By Salt by J L Odom
Call Forth the Moonlight by Z.M. Celestaire
Castoff by Brandon Crilly
Casual by Koji A. Dae
Chalupacabra Y2K by V.S. Lawrence
Chapel at Ender’s Ridge by Beckett Krane
Child of Shivay by JR Cathers
Child of the Moon by Audrey Simmons
Circus of Dreams by B. Green
City in the Dragon's Eye by Jordan Loyal Short
Clipped by KQ Watson
CodeSkull by Chloe Spencer
Control My Night by Sarah L Richhelm
Cosmic Husband by Mars Quinn
Cream & Sugar by S.T. Gillard
Crown of Olympus by Kate Asher
Crying Out for Magic by P.S.C. Willis
Dad Magic: The Monarch Children Saga Book One by Benjamin Twigg
Dance With Me by Livia J. Elliot
Darker Than the Starless Night by Rebecca Brodkey
Daughters of the Blue Moon by Millie Abecassis
Dawn of Silence by Heiner de Wendt
Debts of Fire by Intisar Khanani
Deceit and Darkness by Jeannin Counts
Demon Engine by Marten Norr
Demon Eyes by Julie Krohn
Devil to Pay by R. M. Olson
Dial One For Revenge by Emma Brand
Diminished by Erica Rose Eberhart
Dissolution Protocol by H.J. Barner
Dissonance of Bird Song by Alexandra Beaumont
Doll Girl Meets Dead Guy by Lidiya Foxglove
Dove's Eyes by Kienn Nguyen
Echoes of the EtherStone by Lucy A. McLaren
Enamoured: A Triptych by Shelley Lavigne
Ensnared by Tiffany Roberts
Escape from Null by Rennae Kletzel-Gilham
Even If We're Broken: a novel by A.M. Weald
Fae Tithe : Book 1 of Chronicles of the Cursed Courts by Alicia Dingley
Faithfully Yours Mozart: the courtship by Faith Jacobs
Fallen's First by Kassidy Coursey
Family Demons by A.L. Sestier
Far Removed by C.B. Lansdell
Fiery Magic by Niranjan
Fighting For You by Alise Monroe
Fimbulvinter’s Fires: a queer apocalyptic sci-fi horrormance by A.M. Weald
Fire & Flight by Brianna R. Shaffery
First Oaths by C.J. Tuma & Quinn Cameron
FIRST ROSE by Jake Vanguard
Flowers By the Wayside: A Story of Courage and Humanity by Faith Jacobs
Fly Stone, Fly by Dust Kunkel
Foresyth Conservatory by A. L. Sterling
Forged of Immortal Blood by V. M. Nelson
Forget Me Not by Alexandria Sharpe
Fortune's Fool (Eterean Empire #1) by Angela Boord
Fractured Magic by Emeric Rowene
From Grey by Lisa Arcona
From the Ashes by B. S. H. Garcia
From the Grave of the Gods by Alan K. Dell
FrostByte: A Desi Cyberpunk Novel by N.S Chaudhury
Good Boys Club by Jemma Croft
Gospel of the Cuckoo by Sirius
Growing Home by C.M. Howes
Hall of Bones by Tim Hardie
Hall of Shadows by Mariah Stillbrook
Haroun and the Study of Mischief by Lynn Strong
Hearts of Bark and Scale by Nicole Leland
Heir of Sun and Moon by Jenessa Ren
Hiss and Tell (Harmony Glen) by Alana Khan
Historic Brotherhood by Johannes T. Evans
Hive by Rowan Redfield
HOLIEST by Sancta Seraphina
Horned to be Wild: A Cozy Monster Romance (Harmony Glen) by Honey Phillips
How to Juggle Ballads & Blades by Jess Galaxie
How to Slay a Demon Lord and Get away with it by Devi Letalis
How to Survive This Fairytale by S. M. Hallow
Human Nature by Bonnibelle Angelica
Hunger In His Blood by Zoey Draven
Ice Born by Adam Fernandez
In the House of Root and Rot by Sam Weiss
In the Name of Honor by Courtney & Clarke Collins
In the Pines by Mariah Stillbrook
Incursion: A Novel by Jalen Tellis
Inferno's Silence by Rainer Meri
Insolence by Gwin Savage
Into the Fiery Woods by Riley Taylor
Island of the Dying Goddess by Ronit J
KARA by Peter Beard
Keepers of the Crossing: The Dark Friars by Ryan J Hamshaw
Keepers of the Crossing: The Handsel Witches by Ryan J Hamshaw
Kestrel by Adrienne Lothy
Kill this house by Deep Arya
Kiss for My Kraken: A Cozy Monster Romance (Fairhaven Falls #10) by Honey Phillips
Knave of Sands by Julia Greenshaw
Lamb, Stag & Wolf by Airic Fenn
Lavender & Gin: A Sapphic Historical Romance by Abigal Aaronson
Legacy of Brick & Bone by Krystle Matar
Let Sleeping Gods Lie by Ben Schenkman
Letters to Satan by G Eilsel
Lionheart by Melissa Fee Adkins
Little White Flowers by Amber Hathaway
Lizards Hold The Sun by Dani Trujillo
Lost Blades by Liz Sauco
Lost in the Light by JJ Kang
Lover, Thy Name Is Pestilence by A.L. Davidson
Magic, Maps and Mischief by David Green
Manticore Park by Quenby Olson
Manzakar by R. Laham
Matsdotter and Adrastus: When A Human Falls In Love With An Archdemon by Aelina Isaacs
May I Exist? Pending Review by Asium Hesidros & Erika Kukkar
Meet Me in the Woods by Courtney Reece
Mendel's Ladder (The Collected Histories of Neoevolution Earth, #1) by E. S. Fein
Merman's Delight by Skyler Nightshade
Middle-Aged Man in a Trashcan by William Brian Johnson
Miners of the Mystics by Penny Moss
Miners of the Tempest by Penny Moss
Misery House by David Duane Kummer
Motes of Inspiration by Claudie Arseneault
Mother of Exiles by Joel Flanagan-Grannemann
My Harimau King by Annie McCann
My Lips, Her Voice by L.L. Madrid
Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis
Neon Lullabies by H.J. Barner
Neuen by Sheri Singerling
Nights in New Eden: A Mystery at The Upshur Manor by A.L. Davidson
Nights of Noctis by Lauren M Clark
Non-Player Character by Veo Corva
Noxious by Ayrton Silva
Oathborn by Ann C. Orlandi
Oceansong by C.W. Rose
Of Feathers and Thorns by Kit Vincent
Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love by Rita A. Rubin
Of Withering Dreams by Rowyn Adelaide
On Impulse by Heather Texle
Once Upon a Wave of Witches by Eli Belt and Helen Whistberry
One For the Money by Holly Monroe
Our Bright Window by James Chance
Our Own Light by Logan Sage Adams
Ourselves and Immortality by Logan Sage Adams
Painted Flock by Claudie Arseneault
Pandion by J.B. Thwaite
Partial Function: A Wuxia-inspired Epic Fantasy by JCM Berne
PERMAFROST by Kate Kelly
Plagued Lands by Nikki Brooke
Rainsquall by Penny Moss
Ranger by Dietrich Stogner
Reality With You by L.E. McQuinn
Realm of Darkness by M. L. White
Redundancies and Potentials by Dominique Dickey
Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by Natalie Kelda
Reptile Dysfunction (Harmony Glen) by Alana Khan
Return of Eve (Emilia of the Solstice Realm #1) by Daphne Paige
Reverting Scales by The Illogic
Rise of the Dragonwitch by Timothy K Clark
Rise of the Phoenix by Brendan Arnold
Ronan by G Eilsel
Rowena’s Song by Ivy Charlotte Dally
Run Like Hell by Eira Brand
Sacred Valley: Obversion by Shaun M Jooste
Sacrificing Serenity by Holly Ash
Salt Magic, Skin Magic by Lee Welch
Savannah Royals by Lindsay Barrett
Secrets and Stardust by Jeannin Counts
Serpentus by A.J. Calvin
Shadow Sword by Kaila Desjardins
ShadowBane by Cal Logan
Shadows Dark and Deadly by Andrea Marie Johnson
Shiver Me by Vermillion
Silver Blood by T. L. Morgan
Skalterra By Nightmare by M.T. Zimny
Smoke and Glass Slippers: A Dystopian, Gender-Flipped Cinderella Retelling by Ashley Willingham
Smoke and Steel by Dax Murray
Solace of Dusk by K. V. Meadows
Son of the Thunder Goddess by Andrew LiVecchi
Song of the Hell Witch by Taylor Hartley
Specimen by C. Quince
Starlight Jewel by E.L. Lyons
Stellar Instinct (Agent Renault Adventures) by Jonathan Nevair
Stirring Spurs by MA Wardell
Stories from the Deep by Claudie Arseneault
Strange Liberty by Johannes T. Evans
Strangers in Our Heads by Bri Eberhart
Stuck On The Slopes by Jessica Salina
Superficial by Diane Billas
Sweet & Wild by Alex Larkspur
Swords & Stones by Kimberly Lynn Hanson
Tails of Battle: the Fox, the Jaguar, and the Mysterious Island by Timothy Robare
Tarnished by Erica Rose Eberhart
Tavern Tale by Kristina W. Kelly
That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story by Raven Belasco
The 13 Likenesses of Tennie by Tuesday Simon
The Acros Raiders: Down in Flames by Sara Tunder
The Acros Raiders: From the Ashes by Sara Tunder
The Baron by H. A, Ferdinand
The Bell Tolling by Amena Jamali
The Betrayal of the Guardians by Diana Calanguia
The Black Carnival by Harlequin Grim
The Blacksmith's Boy by Bruce Buchanan
The Book of Origins by Jean Swan
The Break of Dawn by Eule Grey
The Burden of Us by Alexandra Orchard
The Call of the Nightingale by Kathryn Barnett
The Construction of Shadows by Dakota Jackson
The Crack at the Heart of Everything by Fiona Fenn
The Cradle of Eternal Night by Ladz
The Cursed Daughter by E. O'Meagher
The Dark Flame of Chaos by TF Johnson
The Demon of Elderstay by I. Ribbon
The Descendants of Prontoth by Mark Raines
The Divines by Eden Sandoval
The Dragon Next Door by Vanessa Ricci-Thode
The Dravenhearst Brides by Lindsay Barrett
The Drowned Heir by Jennifer R. Donohue
The Drowning Daze of Astraea by Ashley Mathias Root
The Duke's Indecent Match by Golden Angel
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Hugh Westenra
The First Sin by Cheyenne Brammah
The Flight of the Aurora by Alan K. Dell
The Floating Castle by L. N. Holmes
The Frog Prince: An MM Romance Fairytale Retelling by A.M. Rose
The Gemini Games by Willa Hollis
The Girl Who Swam Between Worlds by CM Koch
The Godsblood Tragedy by Bill Adams
The Growing Darkness by Sean Gregory
The Hallows by HL Tinsley
The Heir of Ash and Thunder (The Shattered Veil #1) by Elijah Stepanovich
The Hiding by Alethea Lyons
The Huxian Fox by Nikki Brooke
The Ice by Ryan Cahill
The Ice Moves for No One by Arlo Z. Graves
The Illusion of Fear by Kel E Fox
The Light Of Kasaban by Thomas Howard Riley
The Light Within by Carliann Jean
The Lost Erwain by Mariah Stillbrook
The Lost Selkie by Eule Grey
The Magic Circle by Barry Ryerson
The Many Shades of Midnight by C M Debell
The Marriage Wars: Book One by Melissa Gowdy Baldwin
The Mimameid Solution by Katherine Kempf
The Missing Piece of History by Niranjana Siva and Archana Sujai
The Monsters Among Us by Kent Priore
The Monsters We Feed by Thomas Howard Riley
The Old Goat and the Alien by Veo Corva
The Orchid and the Lion by Gabriel Hargrave
The Paragon by Molly Collier
The Phoenix and the Sword (The Crane Moon Cycle Book 1) by J.C Snow
The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson
The Prince and His Stolen Groom by J.E. Ridge
The Re-Emergence by Alan K Dell
The Redstone Rescue by Ben Moxon
The Rest to the Gods by Joshua Walker
The Scion Conspiracy by Mike Cahoon
The Scorching: The World in My Hands by Nick Snape
The Secret Shape of Worship by A.K. Asher
The Secrets of Blackthorn House by Marie McWilliams
The Secrets That They Keep by T.M. Lore
The Shadow of Arcadia by Alan K. Dell
The Shadowbearer's Burden by Jasmyn Morning
The Shadowbearer's Promise by Jasmyn Morning
The shadows beyond by Tj rose
The Somnia by Alethea Lyons
The Song of Thyssia by S.J. Stiles
The Source of Strife by Alex Arch
The Spirit's Curse by R.K. Ashwick
The Sundered Stars by H.E. Bauman
The Thirteenth Daughter by E. O'Meagher
The Traitor & The Wretch by Jasmine Walls, Rowan MacColl
The Undoing by Aalis Blue
The Unwanted Alliance by Elizabeth Mowery
The Veil by Eamonn Bradley
The Warm Machine by Aimee Cozza
The Werewolf Who Loved Me by Mae Dexter
The Winds of War by Mosha Winter
The Wish of a Dragon by JD Rivers
The Wishing Stone by Adam Holcombe
The Witch who Chases the Sun by Dawn Chen
The Wolf's Wyrmling by M.V. Kerry
Thicker Than Water by Avery Timmons
This Is How Immortals Die by Nicole Hidalgo
This Too Shall Burn by Cat Rector
Thorns Among Shadows: A Rapunzel Retelling by Ally Kelly
Threadbound by M.E.Moirin
Tied to Hell (Monsters of Brimrey Island #2) by Vee Debras
Tied to the Waves (Monsters of Brimrey Island #1) by Vee Debras
To Poison a King by S.G. Prince
Too Like the Lightning by Travis Beaudoin
Tormented by V. M. Nelson
Turn Left at the Mooncrow Skeleton by Linda Raedisch
Undead Samurai by Baptiste Pinson Wu
Under Darkened Skies by H.E. Bauman
Under the Lupine Moon by A. Knightley
Unfortunate by Ayrton Silva
Us, Et Cetera by Kit Vincent
Usurper (Children of Lorcan Book 1) by J. M. Rose
Wedding for My Werewolf (Fairhaven Falls #9) by Honey Phillips
What Death Forgets by Thea Verdone
When I Come Back by Alise Monroe
Where Willows Weep by Luna Fiore
Whispers in the Forest by Elizabeth Mowery
Whispers of the Storm by Z.B. Steele
Wistful Ascending by JCM Berne
Witch in the Lighthouse by Azalea Forrest
Witchborne by Rachel Grosvenor
With Friends Like These by V.S. Lawrence
Wyrmrot (Wyrmrot #1) by Stephanie Saige
Yelen and Yelena by C. M. Rosens

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