Synopsis: The Amityville Horror House is demolished, unleashing terror upon the unsuspecting suburban community of North Amityville and its neighboring Village. With the fabled house gone, the two towns begin experiencing an onslaught of unsettling phenomena. People go missing. A putrid, almost fungal spore-like mold begins festering across lawns. Shadows move and orbs glitter in […]
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SPFBO XI FINALIST REVIEW: CARRION SAINTS by HIYODORI
Today, Fanfiaddict is back with our second finalist review. This time we’re taking on Carrion Saints, a sapphic fantasy romance from Hiyodori. Let’s see what the judges had to say! Michael Vadney: Carrion Saints is built on a premise unlike anything I’ve encountered in fantasy. A sapphic enemies-to-lovers romance between an immortal saint and a […]
Review: Killswitch Protocol by M.J. Kuhn
Killswitch Protocol is a deeply character-driven story, with a quick pace, delivered through a fantastic cyberpunk setting.
Review: Arc Copy of Dust Of The Dead (Tales from the Listening World) by Michael R Fletcher.
Synopsis: DUST OF THE DEAD In the peaceful decades since the Qalil War, Aakifah has gained a few pounds and taken a job as shairf of Basrah. Days from retirement, her plans for a quiet life are shattered when a local family is murdered, their daughters taken by pyumah, a race of ravenous predators. Aakifah […]
Review: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
Synopsis: An instant No. 1 Sunday Times & New York Times Bestseller, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a twisting tale of power, immortality and the terrifying price of freedom from V. E. Schwab. Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them. 1532. León, Spain: María, wild and wily, knows beauty is her only […]
Cover Reveal: The Wolf in the Lantern (Book One of The Wolves of Bala) by Iseult Murphy
Blurb A buried past, a dangerous future, a fiery destiny. Orphaned at a young age, Simone has never felt she belonged to the Champion class of her parents, despite her ability to work fire that far surpasses her peers. When Simone’s best friend is killed by fearsome beasts, Pyra, a magical flame wolf, visits Simone […]
Review: The Minimalist by Kailee Pedersen
Synopsis: As the last and greatest student of famed minimalist composer Ryder Wakefield, Mia Voss has long been assured a rise to prominence in the insular world of classical music. When Ryder dies unexpectedly, she inherits everything–including the unfinished manuscript of his final composition, the mysterious Death Fugue: Music for Orchestra. Haunted by memories of her […]
Review: The Brides by Charlotte Cross
Synopsis Creepy, sumptuous and incredibly gripping, The Brides is a feminist gothic horror about the three women who became the brides of Dracula – and the fourth who managed to escape . . . “Come to me, and be mine for eternity.” 1884. When Mafalda journeys to Budapest to care for her grieving aunt, her secret love, […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 212: Self-Publishing in the Age of AI with Chris McGrath, Gregory Kontaxis & Michael Vadney (Indie Appreciation Month)
Join host M.J. Kuhn, guest artist Chris McGrath and guest authors Gregory Kontaxis and Michael Vadney for an Indie Appreciation Month panel on Self-Publishing in the Age of AI. During the panel, Chris, Gregory and Michael discuss the ethics of AI use, whether or not we can avoid it, the deluge of AI slop, risking your reputation, prejudices against self-publishing, filtering AI vs. human-made content, cover art and working with human artists, originality and the value of human-created art, audience (dis)trust and fan backlash to AI, the performative pressures of social media, losing the struggles (and romance) of art, how AI impacts marketing/marketplaces and more.
Review: Crimson in Quietus by Eugen Bacon
Synopsis: In a world where sound is a tangible force, Muso’mi is a maadiregi―an expert in the art of consuming it. At the prestigious Mahadum, she researches the language of silence, seeking to master the gift her mother calls theft. But academic intrigue turns to deadly peril when her friend vanishes after unearthing a hidden […]
Meet the Badly Behaved: Six Authors Rewriting History
Meet the Badly Behaved: Six Authors Rewriting History Written by Jillian Laine If you could go back in time to any era to right one of history’s wrongs, where would you go? Honestly, I wouldn’t last very long in the court of Henry VIII before my 16th-century counterparts declared me a witch and burned me […]
Review: The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1) by Carissa Broadbent
Synopsis: Human or vampire, the rules of survival are the same: never trust, never yield, and always – always – guard your heart. Vampires meet The Hunger Games in the first book of the New York Times bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent, a heart-wrenching, epic fantasy of dark magic, bloodthirsty intrigue and enemies-to-lovers romance. The adopted […]