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LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 7d

🎃 23 days to Hallowe'en 🎃
🖤 🐈‍⬛ 📖 Time to stock up on SFF/ horror poetry books!
Add yours!

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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 16d

My first two reviews for #SFINCS are up!

Full reviews on my blog⬇️
It's You, Isn't It? weirdereviews.blogspot.com/2025/09/its-...
The Drowned Heir
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Short review for It's You, Isn't It? by Antony Paschos
Genre: SciFi
I was really intrigued by the premise of this book, and I do still think it’s a unique spin on the space colonialism trope, but the prose made it quite difficult to read at some points. I often got lost in the prose, it was rather repetitive, the dialogue was stilted, and I found myself having a hard time caring about the characters. Twice when we were about to get some very interesting worldbuilding about the Platani and the Gardeners it was glossed over or completely shut down because Avra (the MC) was ‘bored’. But that kind of lore is exactly what I want in a book like this! That being said, I did enjoy the ending, the worldbuilding was interesting, and the back and forth of telling the story pre-revolt and during was an interesting framing device that worked well for this story.

Short review for The Drowned Heir by Jennifer R. Donohue
Genre: Fantasy
I was drawn in by the blurb and then even further drawn in by the first chapter. Donohue weaves together a unique story filled with worldbuilding that draws from folklore, rich descriptions, and a plot that pulls you along to the very end. I particularly loved the worldbuilding in this one. The nature of the charms, tattoos, and rituals of the world felt very in line with the lifestyle of the characters in the coastal village. The main character’s constant struggle with accepting her new responsibility as her uncle’s heir all while housing his restless spirit was such an interesting dynamic to watch unfurl. I’d recommend The Drowned Heir to anyone that loves low magic fantasies with a nautical feel and complicated family dynamics.

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Grimoire Ink Reviews @grimoireinkreviews.bsky.social · 15d

@kiraofthewind.com kicks off today's #SFINC3 reviews with Sunchaser by @emilybarlowauthor.bsky.social
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Sunchaser by Emily Barlow

Reviewed by Kira of the Wind ★★★★⯪ You ever feel like a book was written specifically for you? Like it has all the niche little elements that you thought nobody liked except for you? And you felt a…

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Dr. Olga Werby @olgawerby.bsky.social · 12d

somebody gets me!!!! Very grateful for such a comprehensive and compassionate review of my #scifi #novella beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie...

SFINCS Review: Good Girl by Olga Werby

"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the t

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 12d

Hello, #FantasyIndiesOctober! I'm Angela and I write soap opera epic fantasy 😁 My Eterean Empire series includes a #SPFBO Finalist and a #SFINCS finalist, but currently I'm cutting up Through Dreams So Dark, book 1 of the Cold War portal fantasy Rai Ascendant series, into 2 books for re-release📚.

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The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship @thesfincs.bsky.social · 9d

The current book reviews have been added to the SFINCS3 page. 👀👀 We'll update the page once a week and let you all know when it goes live with updates!
#booksky💙📚🪐
#writers
#SFINCS

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SFINCS3 | The Speculative Fict

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Steve Hugh Westenra @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 16d

I have things to write that are not reviews, so I'm procrastinating by writing reviews, because that's how I am (terrible): beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie...

Today, here's my #SFINCS review of Olga Werby's sci-fi puzzlebox Good Girl!

#SFINCS3

SFINCS Review: Good Girl by Olga Werby

"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the t

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Steve Hugh Westenra @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 18d

My #SFINCS review for J. P. Relph and Mathew Gostelow's Watcher is up on Before We Go Blog!

An excellent start to my reads. (: I'll thread my reviews here for ease of access.

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SFINCS Review: Watcher by J. P. Relph and Mathew Gostelow

"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the t

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Hel ✨ || Untwining... 🌀🪷 @helynalc.bsky.social · 15d

My second review for #SFINCS Round 1 is up! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs

I read Daughters of the Blue Moon by Millie Abecassis, a dark fantasy retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. #BookSky

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SFINCS3 Round 1 Review – Millie Abecassis: Daughters of the Blue Moon

I read this novella for the indie novella competition, SFINCS. The following review is my own personal opinion as a judge and does not reflect the views of the team as a whole. Find out more about …

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Hel ✨ || Untwining... 🌀🪷 @helynalc.bsky.social · 16d

My first review for #SFINCS Round 1 is up! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs

Also, stealing @stevewestenra.bsky.social's idea, and this will be a thread (if I don't forget lol) #BookSky

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SFINCS3 Round 1 Review – Olga Werby: Good Girl

This year I’m a judge for the yearly indie novella competition, SFINCS (The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship), and I thought I’d resurrect my blog for the purpose of posti…

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Tabitha | Behind the Pages @behindthepages.bsky.social · 10d

No new reviews this week as I work on updating the SFINCS site with all the wonderful reviews judges have been writing! But stay tuned cause I'll have a bunch of novella reviews soon as well for SFINCS. 😘
#booksky💙📚🪐
#bookreview

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 14d

Y'all, this weekend at a convention someone asked me to describe CHILDREN OF SOLITUDE (mean queen, his horrible dead mother, her haunted house, plus new romance) then cried as they told me how much they'd hated their parents & needed stories where that was okay. Sometimes horror is healing.

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 14d

2025 mini-reviews: The Thief by Megan Whelan Turner

A fun YA adventure/mystery jaunt with little emphasis on direct combat and lots of focus on characters' internal lives. Main character starts in prison, but... did he end up there on purpose?

#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff

Read if:
You want a YA story with fun twists that remains fun even if the twists are predictable

Avoid if:
You don’t like “mystery” elements to a plot

r/Fantasy Bingo squares: gods and pantheons, stranger in a strange land

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#BookSky moderator 💙📚 @booksky.club · Aug 22

Very exciting news, you can now follow the BookSky Patreon page for free! 🤩There will be polls and other updates posted there if you want to help decide what happens next for #BookSky 🪐📚🌶️📚🩸📚💬

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SZ Estavillo @szestavilloauthor.com · 14d

Calling all thriller book lover.

The Serpent’s Order (Book 4)

An assassin is forced into a black-ops task force to hunt a ruthless drug lord, while a detective uncovers a zombie drug deadlier than fentanyl—two fronts of the same deadly war.

Read it early. ARC signups open.

#AuthorSky #BookSky

ARC Signup for The Serpent Series

Thank you so much for considering my books. I'm looking for readers for The Serpent's Order. If you love action-thriller series with a feminist edge told from multiple POVs and in 3rd person, past ten...

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Bluemoonbebe @bluemoonbebe.bsky.social · 16d

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ dark, contemporary mystery/thriller set around Halloween Fast-paced, twisty, late 30's FMC, suspenseful, & CATS! The cover & description imply a supernatural story; it's not. Content warning for SA (in the past, not graphic), murder, violence, light gore. Thanks @netgalley.bsky.social ! 💙📚⚡

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Penguin Ponders @penguin-ponders.bsky.social · 16d

Empire of Exiles by Erin M Evans

Epic fantasy, with many races living together after fleeing from an evil race of shapeshifters. The magic users are attuned to some kind of material - ink or bronze or bone, and can spiral into magical obessions that take them over.

🪐📚💙 #specfic #sff 1/

Book cover for Empire of Exiles by Erin M Evans

A top down view of a wooden desk, covered with a large map, coins, ink well, quill, dagger and a pink crystal.

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Arreis Riara @arreisriara.bsky.social · 16d

📚Books I finished This Week📚

Only finished one book this week and it was a doozy! I waited on Fourth Wing for so long and now I'm obsessed with this series! I really enjoyed this one and felt ALL the feelings! I don’t want to wait until 2027 for the next book! 😭

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Kathryn Meyer Griffith @kmeyergriffith.bsky.social · 16d

📚💙 FREE !!! “When I came across Dinosaur Lake, I was instantly pulled in. What starts as a classic park ranger mystery explodes into a prehistoric horror ride that readers devour. PREVIEW: read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asi...

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Tabitha | Behind the Pages @behindthepages.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you for sharing!

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Tabitha | Behind the Pages @behindthepages.bsky.social · 16d

Resharing for the later crowd!!
#booksky💙📚🪐
#bookreview

Tabitha | Behind the Pages @behindthepages.bsky.social · 17d

Arc reviews return this week with Grave Cold by @shannonknight.bsky.social! The obsessive side of discovery and human advancement is captured in terrifying clarity within Grave Cold. I loved this novel!
www.behindthepages.org/post/grave-c...

#booksky💙📚🪐
#bookreview

Grave Cold by Shannon Knight Book Review

The obsessive side of discovery and human advancement is captured in terrifying clarity within Grave Cold.

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Tabitha | Behind the Pages @behindthepages.bsky.social · 16d

I might have also bought book two. 🙃

Tabitha | Behind the Pages @behindthepages.bsky.social · 17d

Arc reviews return this week with Grave Cold by @shannonknight.bsky.social! The obsessive side of discovery and human advancement is captured in terrifying clarity within Grave Cold. I loved this novel!
www.behindthepages.org/post/grave-c...

#booksky💙📚🪐
#bookreview

Grave Cold by Shannon Knight Book Review

The obsessive side of discovery and human advancement is captured in terrifying clarity within Grave Cold.

www.behindthepages.org

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Tabitha | Behind the Pages @behindthepages.bsky.social · 17d

I grabbed a copy of book two 😁

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Tabitha | Behind the Pages @behindthepages.bsky.social · 17d

Arc reviews return this week with Grave Cold by @shannonknight.bsky.social! The obsessive side of discovery and human advancement is captured in terrifying clarity within Grave Cold. I loved this novel!
www.behindthepages.org/post/grave-c...

#booksky💙📚🪐
#bookreview

Grave Cold by Shannon Knight Book Review

The obsessive side of discovery and human advancement is captured in terrifying clarity within Grave Cold.

www.behindthepages.org

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Tabitha | Behind the Pages @behindthepages.bsky.social · 17d

Grab a copy! I know I will 😁

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 18d

Grave Cold is currently $3.99 on Kobo (AU, CA, NZ, UK, US) as part of their September Thrillers sale! The sequel, Death Rights, is also in the sale!

Grave Cold www.kobo.com/en/ebook/gra...
Death Rights www.kobo.com/en/ebook/dea...

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