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SFF Addicts Ep. 174: How to Write Battle Scenes with Anna Smith Spark (Writing Masterclass)

September 30, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson, M.J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on How to Write Battle Scenes with author Anna Smith Spark. During the episode, Anna arms herself for war (and writing), exploring why we love battle scenes, how to study and analyze historical battles, the immersion/cinematography of a battle, laying the seeds of conflict, approaches to warfare across cultures, setting and styles of battle, scale and shifting perspectives, realism and the aftermath of battle, heightening emotional resonance, war councils, expectations, foreshadowing and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: A Sword of Gold and Ruin, Adrian M. Gibson, Anderson Versus Death, Anna Smith Spark, Flame Tree Press, Greta Kelly, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, Rebellion Publishing, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast

Cover Reveal: Kingdom of Lies (Sunborn #2) by Isaac Hill

September 30, 2025 by Adam Bassett Leave a Comment

Cover Reveal thumbnail for Kingdom of Lies by Isaac Hill.

The cover reveal for Issac Hill’s latest novel.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Cover Reveal Tagged With: arc, Cover Reveal, Fantasy, Fantasy Books

Review: Children of the Gods (Age of Fire #1) by S.A. Klopfenstein

September 30, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Children of the Gods by S.A. Klopfenstein

Synopsis: May the world be brighter for our burning. At the edge of a war-torn world ruled by the Attican Empire and their fearsome Dragonmounts, the fate of nations falls upon a few individual destinies. A shaman. A huntress. A soldier. And a rebel spy. The Faltari people are special, gifted by the gods with […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Dragons, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Dragons, Fantasy, Klopfenstein, Self Published

Book Review: The Scour (An Empire of the Wolf Novella) by Richard Swan

September 29, 2025 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: Things are far darker than they appear, but justice must be done. A story as utterly Vonvalt as I could have asked for! Synopsis: A HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE A JUSTICE ACCUSED OF MURDER AND A SINGLE QUESTION What is The Scour? In the dying port town of Gdansburg, Sir Konrad Vonvalt finds the unthinkable: […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Horror Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Grimdark Magazine, Horror

Review: The Ascenditure (Daughter of Summit and Sea #1) by Robyn Dabney

September 29, 2025 by Adam Bassett Leave a Comment

The Ascenditure by Robyn Dabney

The Ascenditure might be one of the most fun books I’ve read this year—a fresh breath of mountain air.

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Adventure Fantasy, Coming of Age, Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Mystery, Reviews, Young Adult Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Low Fantasy, Young Adult, Young Adult Fantasy

Shadows Upon Time (Sun Eater #7) by Christopher Ruocchio

September 28, 2025 by Caitlin Lloyd Leave a Comment

Synopsis The seventh and final novel of the galaxy-spanning series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe at last lights the greatest fire humanity has ever seen. The trumpet sounds.  The end has come at last. After his victory at Vorgossos, Hadrian Marlowe finds himself a fugitive, on the run […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Book Review, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction, Space Opera

Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes, #2) by Travis Baldree

September 27, 2025 by Caitlin Lloyd Leave a Comment

Synopsis Return to the cosy fantasy world of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, a freshly baked adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern. Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to […]

Filed Under: Cozy Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Audiobook, Book Review, Cosy Fantasy, Cozy Fantasy, Fantasy

Review: Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer

September 27, 2025 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Ruth is trapped. She’s stuck in her small, religious hometown of Kill Devil, Kentucky, stuck in the closet, and stuck living paycheck to paycheck. After her manager finds out that she lives with her girlfriend, Ruth is fired from her job at New Creations—a craft store owned by the church that dominates life in […]

Filed Under: Body Horror, Demons, Fear For All, Religious Horror, Reviews, Survivalist Tagged With: Crafting for Sinners, Jenny Kiefer, Quirk, Quirk Books

Cover Reveal: The Sunrise Dagger (Memories of Kenjir #2) by Abel Montero

September 27, 2025 by David W Leave a Comment

Blurb “The empire is splintering, the gods’ dominion falters, and rebellion spreads like fire.In the shadows of war, loyalties fracture and dangerous secrets rise to the surface. From Napur’s cutthroat court to cities on the edge of chaos, six lives collide in a storm of betrayal, survival, and revelation. As old bonds are tested and […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Cover Reveal

Into the Storms: A Hell Divers Prequel by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

September 27, 2025 by Michael Hicks Leave a Comment

Synopsis In the shadow of extinction, legends are forged. From The New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith comes Into the Storms, the untold origin story of humanity’s darkest day. Two and a half centuries before the Hell Divers, the Machine War erupted—autonomous killer robots turning Korea into a battlefield that threatened to consume civilization. As the […]

Filed Under: Artificial Intelligence, Cloning, Dystopian, Genetic Engineering, Mechs/Robots, Military SF, Post-Apocalyptic, Reviews, Science Fiction, Technothriller Tagged With: Blackstone Publishing, Book Review, Hell Divers, Science Fiction

Medusa by Rosie Hewlett  

September 26, 2025 by Caitlin Lloyd Leave a Comment

Synopsis You know her name, you know her story. Just not the right one… Within the depths of the Underworld the formidable snake-haired Gorgon has finally had enough. Tired of being eternally and unjustly brandished a villain, Medusa has found the courage to face her tragic past and speak out. Determined to expose the centuries […]

Filed Under: Mythology, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Retellings

Review: Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day by Emma E. Murray

September 26, 2025 by Ed Crocker Leave a Comment

The return of horror’s new transgressive star Synopsis Birdie lost everything when her son died. Now, on track to rebuild her life, she has to evade her abusive partner Russ’s rage and manipulations while also worrying about a home-invading serial killer that has descended on her community. Told through multiple POVs, from a decomposing murder […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Reviews, Serial Killers Tagged With: Book Review, Horror, Indie Horror, transgressive

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