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Cover of Jessica A. McMinn's Call of the Huntress: A Gardens of War and Wasteland Story. The title dominates the cover, and has an attractive gold sheen. A shimmering crown rests against the "C," while a sword with a red gem in its pommel pierces the word "Huntress." The background is a smokey burnt orange.

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January 18, 2025

SFINCS Review: Call of the Huntress

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January 15, 2025

Review: Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

"Pain is a god the body worships." Sometimes you love a book so much…

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November 27, 2024

Review – Too Many Beds: A Trope-Subversive Gay Romance Anthology

“Where love knows no limits...and certainly not the confines of a single bed” Look, I’ll…

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November 11, 2024

Cover (Re)veal: Shadows of Old Town

Gray is a snarky thief with a traumatic magical past. He cheats at dice, drinks…

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Background of a gently sloping, misty dale Image in the centre of The Somnia cover on a tablet, phone, and as a paperback Text: Cover Reveal The Somnia Coming March 4th 2025 Cover Description: Background: Light blue upper third with stars, darker, misty blues in lower two thirds with trees and the snowy hills of the Yorkshire Dales Foreground: A gnarly wych elm with no leaves and a large hole in most of the trunk Text: Book Two of The Seer of York The Somnia Alethea Lyons

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November 7, 2024

Cover Reveal: The Somnia by Alethea Lyons

Cover Reveal I was so excited when Alethea Lyons reached out about the cover reveal…

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Cover of Gareth Barsby's Rebecca and the Grinning Worm. A sinister cartoon face in the style of Earthworm Jim leers out at the reader from above the title, clawed hands splayed threateningly. The creature has a pale blue face with yellow teeth, yellow and red eyes, and grey-black hands. Beneath the title is an irate-looking cartoon, anthropomorphic crow in the same style. She's wearing an orange-yellow longsleeve shirt over a red undershirt. The background is an opaque black.

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October 22, 2024

SFINCS Review: Rebecca and the Grinning Worm by Gareth Barsby

"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize,…

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Cover of Sarah McKnight's Carousel. A circus ringmaster in a top hat and with white and black skull facepaint leans toward the viewer, his cane in hand. A brightly lit carousel glows with autumnal orange and yellow light behind him. He wears a sinister smile.

Books Horror Reviews

October 1, 2024

Review: Carousel by Sarah McKnight

"One of the Carnival Man's long legs extended onto the pathway from behind the booth,…

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Cover of Jillian Maria's Curiouser And . . . The cover features a smart black cat staring out at the reader from a silver hand mirror that's lying in a pile of miscellanea: teacups, playing cards, and a plant.

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September 30, 2024

SFINCS Review: Curiouser And . . . by Jillian Maria

"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize,…

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The cover for Elliott Gish's Grey Dog. The novel features a simple poppy red background with a block-print ink drawing of a wolf and a deer's upper bodies joined together (like a Push-me Pull-you if you've read or seen Dr. Dolittle). "Grey Dog" is written in a beautiful cursive font, while "elliott gish" is written in lower case above the image of the deer-dog.

Books Horror Reviews

September 2, 2024

Review: Grey Dog by Elliott Gish

"'Every town needs its witch, doesn't it? Someone to whisper about in the dark?'" …

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July 31, 2024

SPFBOX Interview with Elizabeth Schechter

Our SPFBOX interviews continue with Ben Schenkman, author of Counsel of the Wicked. SPFBO (the…

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SFINCS Review: Call of the Huntress

Review: Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

Review – Too Many Beds: A Trope-Subversive Gay Romance Anthology

Cover (Re)veal: Shadows of Old Town

Cover Reveal: The Somnia by Alethea Lyons

SFINCS Review: Rebecca and the Grinning Worm by Gareth Barsby

Review: Carousel by Sarah McKnight

SFINCS Review: Curiouser And . . . by Jillian Maria

Review: Grey Dog by Elliott Gish

SPFBOX Interview with Elizabeth Schechter

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