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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Book review: The Night That Finds Us All by John Hornor Jacobs

 


Book links: Amazon, Goodreads

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Hornor Jacobs' first novel, Southern Gods, was published by Night Shade Books and shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award for First Novel. His second novel, This Dark Earth, was published in J2012 by Simon & Schuster. His young adult series, The Incarcerado Trilogy comprised of The Twelve-Fingered Boy, The Shibboleth, and The Conformity, was described by Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing as "amazing" and received a starred Booklist review. His Fisk & Shoe fantasy series composed of The Incorruptibles, Foreign Devils, and Infernal Machines has thrice been shortlisted for the David Gemmell Award and was described by Patrick Rothfuss like this: "One part ancient Rome, two parts wild west, one part Faust. A pinch of Tolkien, of Lovecraft, of Dante. This is strange alchemy, a recipe I’ve never seen before. I wish more books were as fresh and brave as this."

His fiction has appeared in Playboy Magazine, Cemetery Dance, Apex Magazine and his essays have been featured on CBS Weekly and Huffington Post. Jacobs resides in the American South and spends his free time when not working on his next book thinking about his next book.Visit him at www.johnhornorjacobs.com.

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons (October 7, 2025) Length: 304 pages Formats: audiobook, ebook, hc

Monday, November 10, 2025

Review: Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree

 


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FORMAT/INFO: Brigands and Breadknives was published November 11th, 2025. It is 336 pages long and available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.
Thursday, November 6, 2025

Book review: King Sorrow by Joe Hill

 King Sorrow by Joe Hill Review


Book links: Amazon, Goodreads

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joe Hill's debut, Heart-Shaped Box, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His second, Horns, was made into a film freakfest starring Daniel Radcliffe. His other novels include NOS4A2, and his #1 New York Times Best-Seller, The Fireman... which was also the winner of a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror Novel.

He writes short stories too. Some of them were gathered together in his prize-winning collection, 20th Century Ghosts.

He won the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long running comic book series, Locke & Key, co-created with illustrator and art wizard Gabriel Rodriguez.

He lives in New Hampshire with a corgi named McMurtry after a certain beloved writer of cowboy tales. His next book, Strange Weather, a collection of novellas, storms into bookstores in October of 2017

Publisher: William Morrow (October 21, 2025) Length: 896 pages Formats: all

Monday, November 3, 2025

Greedy by Callie Kazumi

 Book review: Greedy by Callie Kazumi




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Publisher: Bantam (February 2026) Formats: Hardcover and kindle


Synopsis: Ed is in trouble with the yakuza. He's gambled away all his money and his family is at risk.

But just as he’s about to lose everything, he receives an offer he can’t refuse.


A reclusive billionaire is looking for a private chef. The only she has some. . . unusual tastes.

As he prepares delicious dishes – fresh crab salad with a panko crumb, lamb shank dripping in red wine juice, sweet, fluffy soufflé pancakes – he realizes that each meal is a test, a challenge to satisfy an insatiable appetite.

Caught up in a world more sinister than he could ever have imagined, Ed finds himself entangled in another debt.

As the stakes grow, he must make a choice.
Will he stay hungry? Or will he be greedy?


Dinner is served.
Eat Up.
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Book review: The Feeding by Anthony Ryan


Book links: Amazon, Goodreads

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Anthony Ryan is the New York Times best selling author of the Raven's Shadow epic fantasy novels as well as the Slab City Blues science fiction series. He was born in Scotland in 1970 but spent much of his adult life living and working in London. After a long career in the British Civil Service he took up writing full time after the success of his first novel Blood Song, Book One of the Raven's Shadow trilogy. He has a degree in history, and his interests include art, science and the unending quest for the perfect pint of real ale. For news and general wittering about stuff he likes, check out Anthony's blog at: anthonyryan.net.

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing, Inc (August 12, 2025) Page count: 288 pages, Paperback

Monday, October 27, 2025

SPFBO Champions' League: Murder at Spindle Manor by Morgan Stang

 


ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Morgan Stang lives in the humid part of Texas. He graduated from the University of Houston with a BBA. By day he works in accounting and by night he sleeps, and sometime in between he writes in a wide variety of fantasy genres, ranging from dark fantasy (The Bartram's Maw series) to gaslamp murder mystery (The Lamplight Murder Mysteries) to cozy fantasy (The Bookshop and the Barbarian). He is a fan of all things nerdy, and lives with an immortal ball python.

Murder at Spindle Manor links: AmazonGoodreads

Thursday, October 23, 2025

COVER REVEAL: The Book Of Spores Anthology (edited by Frasier Armitage, Eleni Argyró, Adrian M. Gibson & Ed Crocker)

 

Today we are thrilled to be able to present the cover for The Book Of Spores anthology edited by Frasier Armitage, Eleni Argyró, Adrian M. Gibson & Ed Crocker
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Book review: Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell


Book links: Amazon, Goodreads

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Mark grew up on the cold, windswept Prairies of western Canada. Fleeing southward, he earned a Ph.D. in the history of science, medicine, and technology from the Johns Hopkins University and then enjoyed fifteen years of non-stop excitement as a humanities professor. Finally yearning for greener pastures, he persuaded his amazing husband to move to Vancouver Island, where they now live.

When not writing stories about murderous Canadians, he plays the viola in a local orchestra, walks his dogs along the seashore, and thinks up interesting ways to kill people.

Publisher: Ace (October 7, 2025) Page count: 384 Formats: audiobook, ebook, paperback

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Review: The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raach

 


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FORMAT/INFO: The Entanglement of Rival Wizards was published on August 26th, 2025 by Bramble Romance. It is 336 pages long and available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats. 
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Review: The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely

 


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FORMAT/INFO: The Lost Reliquary will be published by Saga Press on October 21st, 2025. It is 464 pages long and available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats

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