I'm excited to be a judge for #SFINCS3! For those who don't know, #SFINCS is the Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (the 's' at the end is just to make it sounds like 'sphinx' lol). It's like SPFBO, but specifically for novellas! Here are the books I'm reading for Team Grimoire Ink:

My third review for #SFINCS Round 1 is up! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs I read Watcher by J. P. Relph and Mathew Gostelow, a supernatural thriller about rebel angels and a man capable of walking in other people's skins... #BookSky helynalclove.com/2025/10/12/s...

My fourth review for #SFINCS Round 1 is up! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs I read The Devil Owns Primetime by Sirius, a queer, religious horror about a greedy preacher who gets his comeuppance. #BookSky helynalclove.com/2025/10/15/s...

My fifth review for #SFINCS Round 1 is up! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs I read The Incident at Peeling Head by E. L. Montague, a breakneck-speed sci-fi adventure about a motley crew of space pirates stumbling into a whole lot of trouble. #BookSky helynalclove.com/2025/10/23/s...

My sixth review for #SFINCS Round 1 is up! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs I read The Butcher's Lot by Cate Baumer, a dark, melancholy romance of two outcasts (one of them a vampire). #BookSky helynalclove.com/2025/10/24/s...

Still so tickled by this! Also having an absolute blast following along with the competition--you should, too! #sff #booksky #sfincs3

My fourth #SFINCS3 review, this time for J. D. Cadmon's sweet Sapphic romance, The Handyma'am and the Werewolves!: beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie... #SFINCS #indiefantasy #queerfantasy

My seventh review for #SFINCS Round 1 is up! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs I read Parasitic Omens by Jessica A. McMinn, a fantasy horror where a detective stumbles into a monstrous plot of greed and fanaticism on the gaslamp-lit streets of Copperton. #BookSky helynalclove.com/2025/11/23/s...

My eight review for #SFINCS Round 1 is up! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs I read The Dregs by Thomas J. Devens, a grimdark fantasy novella about a group of war survivors on one last, desperate mission. #BookSky helynalclove.com/2025/11/24/s...

My ninth review for #SFINCS Round 1 is up! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs I read The Bestowed: Champion of the Condemned by C. Ryan Crockett, an epic fantasy adventure about a grieving warrior finding a new cause. #BookSky helynalclove.com/2025/11/25/s...

My tenth review for #SFINCS Round 1 is up! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs I read Proxima Station by Mike Mollman, a whacky space adventure where a young anthropologist is sent to spy on humanity's alien allies on a distant space station. Shenanigans ensue. #BookSky helynalclove.com/2025/11/26/s...

Finally, the review for E. Rathke's Glossolalia, my fifth #SFINCS3 read!: beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie... I've already finished my next book, so I'll be reviewing that one this week. #SFINCS

New #SFINCS review! #SFINCS3

And here's my review for The Mystery of the Pale King! A fine addition to the cosmic horror library: beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie... #SFINCS #SFINCS3 #indiehorror #cosmichorror #indiebooks

My #SFINCS review for Song of the Dryads, Bailey Saxon's warm and affirming Sapphic fantasy about belonging and selfhood!: beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie... #SFINCS3 #Indiebooks #bookreview #indieauthor #sapphicfantasy #transauthor #readtransbooks

My review of D. B. Rook's Residuum--the second-to-last book in my official batch! This one's for fans of genre-blending science-fiction that combines the darkness of dystopian fiction with found family dynamics! #SFINCS #SFINCS3 beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie...

And here's my review of Millie Abecassis's tight fairytale retelling of Little Red Riding Hood! This was the last of my officially-assigned #SFINCS books for Round 1, but I have a few more I plan to read & score (I'll do my best to review). beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie... #SFINCS3

So happy to announce that my folkloric sapphic vampire romance The Butcher’s Lot made the semifinals in #SFINCS3! Huge thanks to the judges for all their hard work!

Oh wow! I had no idea what to expect when I threw my hat into the ring, but I'm honored to announced A Hunger with No Name is a #SFINCS3 semi-finalist! Thank you to the judges, the other authors in the Team WIP cohort, and my fellow semi-finalists!

Look upon the chosen! Our judge team, #TheWIPs has announced the semi-finalists for #SFINCS3! #BookSky There were so many awesome novellas I was so pleased to read! The choice was truly difficult!

I read this one about a year ago. An excellent choice by the #SFINCS3 judges!

My review of Blue by Niranjan, reviewed as part of the #SFINCS3 novella contest:

Thanks Gabino! My novella The Drowned Heir is a semi finalist in the SFINCS contest! It's available in hardcover and ebook (including free on HOOPLA) authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/the-drowne... jenniferrdonohue.itch.io/the-drowned-...

Throughout the week, we announced Team TBR's semi-finalists for the SFINCS novella competition. To round things off, we're sharing one last post listing all five books: www.readindiefantasy.com/sfincs-semi-... These are all excellent, and you should read them. #SFINCS #BookSky

Congratulations to all the new #SFINCS semi-finalists from Team TBR!🥳 💙🪐📚 #BookSky #indiebooks

The SFINCS goes on! Here's our review of semi-finalist A Second Life Worth Living, by @karenlucia.bsky.social A tale that's not at all the story the name implies it might be. You should read it. www.readindiefantasy.com/book-review-... #SFINCS #BookSky

this is extremely exciting! I'm pleased and honored that The Drowned Heir is a #SFINCS semi-finalist! Thank you, Team TBR!

IT'S HERE! Team WIPs have announced our #SFINCS3 semi-finalists: beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-3-tea... This was a really hard choice, & there were several judge favourites that didn't make the cut, so if you're not moving forward, please take heart that it was a difficult call. #SFINCS

For the second day of the week, we want to present Team TBR's second semi-finalist for the SFINCS novella competition. www.readindiefantasy.com/sfincs-semi-... This one's a gripping little horror story, and we wish the author the best of luck in the next round. #SFINCS #BookSky

It's time to reveal Team TBR's third semi-finalist. For today, we've got a solid piece of space opera that we're delighted to forward to the next round (not that we're not delighted with any of our other picks). Check it out! www.readindiefantasy.com/sfincs-semi-... #SFINCS #BookSky

Round 1 of #SFINCS is nearly over, and so this is my last review post where I wrote a couple of words about 5 more novellas I read outside of my original allocations! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs helynalclove.com/2025/12/17/s... And in case you're curious, below you'll find the thread of my first 10 reads!

The first round of SFINCS is drawing to a close, so this week, we'll be announcing the semi-finalists of Team TBR. www.readindiefantasy.com/sfincs-semi-... It's been tight, and we've got some stellar books to put forward. :D #SFINCS #BookSky

HEY I SHARED THIS BEFORE I READ THE POST AND YOU SHOULD READ THE POST 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Here’s my advanced review of Learning to Bleed by Cat Rector www.pagechewing.com/arc-review-l...

Here’s my review of mild horror novella Strowg: A Bledbrooke Tale by @johnfleonard.bsky.social suelbavey.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/s...

#3 for #SFINC3 is The Moribund Monarch’s Masterpiece By @paulgzareith.ink, reviewed by Vivian! grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/t...

Performances of a Death Metal Bard by Rob Leigh, reviewed by @andresstein.bsky.social Expect this #SFINC3 review to be METAL! grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/p...

Let's roll out the #SFINC3 reviews! First up: A Twist in the Rift by @megradiant.bsky.social, reviewed by Lesely! grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/a...

We are so excited to be part of #SFINC3 this year. Our team has 20 novellas between us and each novella has at least two readers to score and review each title. So what are the titles and who is reading them???

It's been a few weeks but we're still going! Welcoming our #SFINC3 reviews today is @kiraofthewind.com and A Goddess Trapped in Glass by @jaketheriault.bsky.social grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/a...

Next up Avni shares her #SFINC3 read of A Twist in the Rift by Meg Radiance grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/a...

Next up for today's #SFINC3 posts: What did @kiraofthewind.com think of Heroes of Ferth by @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org? grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/h...

The team is still turning the pages for #SFINC3. First up today is Red-Lacquered Sky by L.H. Yun, reviewed by @justairythings.bsky.social grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/r...

needs some easy-breezy* weekend reads?? try a novella today! *Run With the Hunted is really the only easy-breezy in my oeuvre

Another #SFINCS review from me today, this one for Dave Lawson's The Pawns of Havoc. I had fun with this one, a morally ambiguous sword and sorcery tale with a touch of light romance: www.angelaboord.com/post/sfincs-... 💙🪐📚 #SFF #indiebooks

Sue reviews the comic memoir More Manchester than Mongolia.

My review of comic memoir More Manchester than Mongolia by Jackie Lambert suelbavey.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/m... #memoir #welovememoirs

Sue reviews Murder at the Summer Cheese Festival by Jodie Morgan.

My review of a cozy mystery set in Vermont: Murder at the Summer Cheese Festival by Jodie Morgan for Rosie Ambers’s book review team: suelbavey.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/m...

Sounds like an amazing read! 🌟 I love prequels that dive deeper into a character's backstory. Can't wait to check out your review! 📚✨ #Fantasy #BookRecommendations