SPFBO Finalist Review: Jester by Tim Carter
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
You’d think an army of zombie trolls and undead ogres would catch the nobility’s attention. You’d be wrong. The rulers of Halfsock are deeply in denial. Besides, they have taxes…
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Purge of Ashes by Joel Minty – ARC Review
Stuart Cripps-Schnoor
Zealots of the Scalion Legion arrive in a maelstrom of fire and blood, their ambitions as mystifying as their body count is explicit. They rush at Orenzo Madleej, once eager…
Fall Red Empire Book Release – Guest Blog from Kerstin Espinosa Rosero
It starts with a rift that burns a thousand scars into the sky. It makes the winds stop. It makes the stars go dark. It awakens an ancient beast. And…
A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan – Review
Summer Hanford
Stubborn, plainspoken, and from an unimpressive family, Lydia Polk never expected to be accepted into the Royal Academy of Witches. Now, with Hitler’s army rampaging across Europe, the witches of…
The Dagger and the Coin by Daniel Abraham – Series Review
Christopher Keene
There are few epic fantasy series that have risen as high on my list of favorites on a reread as The Dagger and the Coin by Daniel Abraham. Along with…
Is Trope Marketing Ruining Literature?
Angela Boord
“Trope marketing is ruining literature.” I saw a post on Instagram recently that used this as a hook. As a hook, it worked pretty well; I stopped scrolling to read…
SPFBO Finalist Review: No More Levels by Benjamin Barreth
Life sucks when you’re a potato farmer. That’s why Rin can’t wait to turn sixteen and conquer the nearest beginner dungeon. Only then can he acquire a powerful class in…
Ironbound by Andrew Givler – Review
Tom Joyce
As long as he can remember, Castor has wanted nothing more than to fuse with a Cor Heart. Made from an otherworldly metal, it would give him the ability to…