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Cover of B. S. H. Garcia's From the Depths. The silhouette of a fish-headed, tentacled sea monster dominates the cover. Inside its silhouette can be seen a glowing blue cave and the silhouettes of two children.

Books fantasy

April 3, 2025

SFINCS Review: From the Depths

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

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Cover of Tim Carter's Majordomo. Features the text: "A scrappy underdog. A powerful necromancer. And the idiot heroes bent on murdering them. Cover image is of a door with "keep out" on it and an intricate yet striking design of a doorknocker or town bulletin board surrounding it.

Books fantasy

March 27, 2025

SFINCS Review: Majordomo

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Cover of Phil Williams's Oksy, Come Home. The cover is a moody dark blue with a greenish tint. A woman stands back-on to the viewer, obscured beneath a pale hood. She's holding a rifle. A destroyed cityscape that's all jagged edges stands before her.

Books fantasy

March 17, 2025

SFINCS Review: Oksy, Come Home

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

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Cover of Andrew Watson's Silence is Silver. A bald man sits on a bare mountain, crosslegged beneath a red stone with a round hole in it. The sky beyond is an ominous, clouded dark blue and the digital painting features rich colours that communicate a sense of the epic.

Books fantasy

February 26, 2025

SFINCS Review: Silence is Silver

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

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Cover of The Shadow Dancers of Brixton Hill by Nicole Willson. Three stylized ballet dancers do a pirouette, while their shadows mimic them. A fourth shadow dancers in a separate pose, but there is no ballerina to cast the shadow. The illustration is on a pale yellow background and gold stars backed by red create the border.

Books fantasy Horror Reviews

February 10, 2025

SFINCS Review: The Shadow Dancers of Brixton Hill

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

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Cover of Justin Greer's Leafdust and Deadwood, Prequel to The Garden Knight. The cover is an illustrated drawing of some plants,including what look like branches and tendrils. It's a nearly monochrome cover with a hint of blue or purple.

Books fantasy

January 19, 2025

SFINCS Review: Leafdust and Deadwood

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

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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.

Books fantasy

January 18, 2025

SFINCS Review: Call of the Huntress

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

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Cover of Cate Baumer's As Born to Rule the Storm. The silhouette of a female figure saluting stands in front of the grey silhouette of a plane with a speedometer (or whatever they're called when they're on planes) behind her. The main background is red and the figure is a very pale grey that's nearly white.

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December 29, 2024

SFINCS Review: As Born to Rule the Storm by Cate Baumer

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

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Cover of Renee Edward's A Puzzle of Poppies: A Sherwood and Jarvis Novella: Case No. 1. The cover is simple and eye-catching, with a red illustration of a poppy plant behind the black-lettered title. Two muted gold banners display the author name and subtitle and the background is styled like faded grey wallpaper patterned with ornate grey flowers.

Books fantasy sfincs

December 28, 2024

SFINCS Review: A Puzzle of Poppies by Renee Edwards

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

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Cover of W. R. Gingell's Gothel and the Maiden Prince. The cover shows a photorealistic model of an adult white woman with flowing black hair. Her hair has a white streak in it and she's wearing a red princess dress with bell sleeves. She resembles Gothel from Disney's Tangled. In the background you can see a brick tower in a grassy field. Long hair hangs from one of the upper windows. Trees and flowers frame Gothel, suggesting a woodland. Magic drifts around her.

Books fantasy sfincs

November 14, 2024

SFINCS Review: Gothel and the Maiden Prince

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

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SFINCS Review: From the Depths

SFINCS Review: Majordomo

SFINCS Review: Oksy, Come Home

SFINCS Review: Silence is Silver

SFINCS Review: The Shadow Dancers of Brixton Hill

SFINCS Review: Leafdust and Deadwood

SFINCS Review: Call of the Huntress

SFINCS Review: As Born to Rule the Storm by Cate Baumer

SFINCS Review: A Puzzle of Poppies by Renee Edwards

SFINCS Review: Gothel and the Maiden Prince

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