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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Book review: The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan


Book links: Amazon, Goodreads

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Cameron Sullivan was born in Perth, Western Australia. He grew up with the dark fantasy and horror icons of the ’80s and went on to study classics and creative writing at the University of Western Australia.

After several years working and studying in Italy and the UK, he returned to Australia and settled in Melbourne. He will easily lose a weekend to a good book, a new recipe or games of any kind.

Publisher: Tor Books (February 24, 2026) Page count: 544 (Hardback) Formats: all

Monday, April 6, 2026

COVER REVEAL: Death Has Joined the Party: A LitRPG Dungeon Crawl (Mana Runners Book #1) by Rachel Aaron & Travis Bach



Rachel Aaron and Travis Bach have announced a new series which is a whole new genre for both of them. Behold the fantasbulous cover of the MANA RUNNERS Book 1 titled Death Has Joined The Party which releases tomorrow (April 7th 2025)
Monday, March 30, 2026

Review: Platform Decay by Martha Wells



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FORMAT/INFO: Platform Decay will be published on May 5th, 2026 by Tor Books. It is 256 pages long and available in ebook, audiobook, and hardcover.
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Book review: Red Empire by Jonathan Maberry


Book links: Amazon, Goodreads

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

SPFBO 11 - The Fifth Update

 


Tuesday, March 24, 2026

The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer (Reviewed by Shazzie)

Book Review: The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer



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Book links: Goodreads

BLURB: Follow the Rites...

Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake.


From Marcus Kliewer, a new “titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater—and more dangerous—than she ever could have imagined.

Book review: Carrion Saints by Hiyodori


Book links: Amazon, Goodreads

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Hiyodori is not a bird. But she is dearly fond of her namesake, a plain-looking brown-gray bird that likes to perch near her Tokyo apartment and unleash the most incredible primal screams. Hiyodori (the human author) loves stories with fantastical settings and complicated, difficult-to-define relationships. All of her books—including Amity in the House of Her Enemy, her latest standalone novel—take place in the same shared fantasy universe.

Publisher: Hiyodori (January 4, 2025) Length: 587 pages Formats: ebook, hardback, paperback

Monday, March 23, 2026

Review: The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White


 
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FORMAT/INFO: The Fox and the Devil was published on March 10th, 2026. It is 368 pages long and available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

COVER REVEAL: A Murder Most Fungal: A Fungalverse Novel by Adrian M. Gibson

 


Official Author Website
Buy Mushroom Blues over HERE

Mushroom Blues was Adrian M. Gibson's debut and FBC's SPFBOX Finalist, it was also the joint highest scorer of SPFBO 10. But that's not what we are here to reveal.

Thanks to Adrian, we are super thrilled to reveal the cover for the next Fungalverse story in the Hofmann Report series titled A MURDER MOST FUNGAL (releasing on 16th June 2026)

The brilliant & bloody art is by Katerina Belikova & cover design is done by Adrian himself:
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Book review: Pendergast: The Beginning


Book links: Amazon, Goodreads

ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Douglas Preston is the author of forty books, both fiction and nonfiction, thirty-two of which have been New York Times bestsellers, with several reaching the number 1 position. He is the recipient of numerous writing awards in the US and Europe, including a shared Edgar Award and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Pomona College. From 2019 to 2023 he served as president of the Authors Guild, the nation's oldest and largest association of authors and journalists.

Lincoln Child is the co-author, with Douglas Preston, of such highly-acclaimed thrillers as CROOKED RIVER, OLD BONES, VERSES FOR THE DEAD, CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, and RELIC, the latter two of which were chosen by an NPR poll as among the 100 greatest thrillers ever written. He has also published seven thrillers of his own, most recently the Jeremy Logan books FULL WOLF MOON and THE FORGOTTEN ROOM. 26 of his joint and solo books have become bestsellers, 3 of which debuted at #1 on the New York Times list. He lives in Sarasota, Florida.

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (January 27, 2026Length: 384 p Formats: audiobook, ebook, paperback

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