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Review: The Shadow Dancers of Brixton Hill by Nicole Willson

April 10, 2025 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Summary: In 1937, American circuses are trying to recoup the losses they incurred during the Great Depression while competing with newer forms of entertainment like movie theaters. Kate Montgomery travels to the small town of Brixton Hill to scout a new act for her father’s struggling circus. Lewis Oswald, a trainer and friend of Kate’s […]

Filed Under: Historical Horror, Novella, Reviews, Self Published, Supernatural Tagged With: #SFINCS, Book Review, Books, Historical horror, Horror, Nicole Willson, Self Published, SFINCS, The Shadow Dancers of Brixton Hill

Review: Once We Flew by Nikky Lee

April 10, 2025 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Summary: Four generations ago a generation ship crashed into the sands of Savene. Since then, its survivors have eked out an existence in the planet’s hostile desert. Yet, the tech is failing, the sands are encroaching, and people are dying. Rescue is still generations away—if it comes at all. But Marsa is a survivor. And […]

Filed Under: Novella, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self Published Tagged With: #SFINCS, Book Review, Books, Nikky Lee, Once We Flew, Science Fiction, Self Published, SFINCS

Review: Silence is Silver (Shadowbinders #0.5) by Andrew Watson

January 24, 2025 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis: The Urdahl believe pain is inevitable. But if one can lean into that suffering they can achieve anything. Beneath the desert sands, Bas has spent his entire life training to become a fully-fledged Urdahl. And now his time has come to prove his worth. First, he must drink from the Seeing Bowl to clear […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews, Self Published Tagged With: #SFINCS, Andrew Watson, Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published, SFINCS, Silence is Silver

Review: Curiouser And… by Jillian Maria

January 21, 2025 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis: For sixteen years, Ashlyn Jones has heeded her parents’ warnings and followed their rules. But after taking a tumble in the forest, she awakens in a strange land where there are no rules—where signs lack direction, the sky hovers on the edge of night, and all paths lead to the glittering red palace of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Magical Realism, Reviews, Self Published, Young Adult Tagged With: #SFINCS, Book Review, Curiouser And..., Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Jillian Maria, Self Published, SFINCS

Review: Oksy, Come Home by Phil Williams

November 22, 2024 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis: She came to make a difference, if only they’d let her… Sniper Oksy hasn’t found her place in the army yet. She knows she’s good – maybe even the best – but Command won’t even give her a gun. In fact, they mostly want to blame her for everything that goes wrong. After the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Military Fantasy, Novella, Reviews, Self Published Tagged With: #SFINCS, Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Military Fantasy, Oksy, Phil Williams, Self Published, SFINCS

Review: Thrill Kings: Madre Diem by Rik Ty

November 21, 2024 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Cynthia Rhodes is part of a team that shuts down interdimensional emergencies. A normal day for her would be pretty unusual for us, and this mission is unusual even for her. Every “Bleed Zone” is different. Every mission is a leap into the unknown. This one is all that and then some, because not […]

Filed Under: Aliens, Novella, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self Published Tagged With: #SFINCS, Book Review, Rik Ty, Science Fiction, Self Published, SFINCS, Thrill Kings

Book Review: The Darkness Below by Gareth Lewis

October 21, 2024 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Dr. Harriet Marks has advised the British security services on science for too long, when even gathering forensic evidence at a remote science-terrorist safehouse arouses little professional excitement. But as a snowstorm closes in, her team realise they’re not alone. While some dangers might have once been human, there’s also a darkness below that’s […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Novella, Psychological, Reviews, Self Published, Supernatural Tagged With: #SFINCS, Book Review, Gareth Lewis, Horror, Novella, Self Published, SFINCS, The Darkness Below

Book Review: The Land Herself (A Tale of Cirilliarc) by Ainy Cormac

October 11, 2024 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis: This faith is a double-edged sword, indeed. In the deserts of Utter Ung, there lies a great stone dagger, buried in the heart of the dead goddess. Sahul. The mother. The land herself. For hundreds of millennia, the artefact has drawn broken people to it; those in search of answers, and those in search […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Novella, Reviews, Self Published Tagged With: #SFINCS, Ainy Cormac, Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published, SFINCS, The Land Herself

Book Review: As Born to Rule the Storm by Cate Baumer

October 7, 2024 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Cadet Charlotte Amsel will trade her life to win a war- but not all at once. As part of an elite group of experimental soldiers, she can move through time, with each jump taking months from her own fated lifespan as she struggles to prevent the cold war from boiling over into an apocalypse. […]

Filed Under: Genetic Engineering, Military SF, Novella, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self Published, Time Travel Tagged With: #SFINCS, As Born to Rule the Storm, Cate Baumer, Novella, Science Fiction, Self Published, SFINCS, Time Travel

Book Review: The Path of Pain and Ruin (The Gods Path) by Joel Glover

October 4, 2024 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis: In the wastes beyond the Last City, all is quiet. Everyone has heard of the Hundred Blessed. Of the Final War between the Empire of Blue and Green and the Empire of Red and Ivory. Of what they did. But the war is never over. You can’t outrun your past. And you can’t hide […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, LGBTQ+, Novella, Reviews, Self Published Tagged With: #SFINCS, Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Joel Glover, Novella, Self Published, SFINCS, The Path of Pain and Ruin

Review: From the Depths (The Heart of Quinaria #0.6) by B.S.H. Garcia

October 1, 2024 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis: The world can sustain the needs of many, but the greed of a few can destroy it for all. In a life steeped in peril, the Brune family has thrived on the knife’s edge. Renowned for their smuggling and bounty exploits, Konar and Karliah’s parents command both respect and fear. Comfortable yet haunted, the […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Nautical fantasy, Novella, Reviews, Self Published Tagged With: #SFINCS, B.S.H. Garcia, Book Review, Fantasy, Novella, Self Published, SFINCS, The Heart of Quinaria

Everything I read for SFINCS inaugural year!

April 1, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Now that the first ever year of SFINCS is drawing to a close, I wanted to put together my own post collecting all of the novellas I read throughout the competition. I will re-share each read’s full review, with links to the originals (linked on the actual word ‘review‘ if I shared one to the […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, List, Middle Grade, Middle-Grade Books, Mystery, Novella, Read-A-Long, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #AgeofRekindling, #AlexValdiers, #AMirageintheMemory, #AmyMarsden, #AndrMos, #ASorrowNamedJoy, #BadGrains, #BenjaminAeveryn, #Blackcap, #BladesoftheIce, #BSHGarcia, #CalBlack, #CaraNDelaney, #CrownandTide, #CthulhusCarPark, #DarkFantasy, #DarkHeartofIlmoure, #DouglasLumsden, #DSRitter, #Envoy, #Fantasy, #FromtheAshes, #Horror, #ItHastoStartSomewhere, #JeffWalker, #JoãoFSilva, #JPatriciaAnderson, #LegendsofElessia, #LuisFalcaoDeMagalhaes, #LukeTarzian, #MichaelRoberti, #Misadventurous, #NoelleNichols, #OccultHorror, #Rainfallen, #RaokeGang, #RuinsofSmoke, #SarahChorn, #Sciencefiction, #Scifi, #SFINCS, #ShatteredSpirits, #ShatteredSpiritsTheFallofIshcairn, #ShawnDrew, #SimonTull, #SpeculativeFiction, #SpeculativeFictionIndieNovellaChampiondhip, #StaffofJustice, #SusanneSchmidt, #TheChoiceofWeapons, #TheDemonsDagger, #TheHeartofQuinaria, #TheLongLostWar, #TheOrderoftheStrawberryCircle, #TheRevengeofThousands, #TheShadowsCreedSaga, #TheSlipSaga, #TheSmokesmiths, #TheWorldMakerParable, #WereAllMonstersHere, #YourBloodandBones

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