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suebavey.bsky.social
Here’s my review of #SFINCS semifinalist The Butcher’s Lot by @catebaumer.bsky.social

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Cover of The Butcher’s Lot by Cate Baumer
January 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
helynalc.bsky.social
We continue with #SFINCS Round 2 where my first read was Selkie Moon by Kelly Jarvis.

On a stormy island in Orkney, a young girl has to grapple with the turbulent dynamics of her family life and her own possible fantastical origins... #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs #BookSky

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January 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
My latest #SFINCS review, this time for Jennifer R. Donohue's Gothic maritime fantasy, The Drowned Heir!

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#SFINCS3
SFINCS Review: The Drowned Heir – Jennifer Donahue
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”)a is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the
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January 9, 2026 at 8:59 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
New #SFINCS review!

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January 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
And here's the first of my Round Two semi-finalist reviews! A warning that this one includes marked spoilers & non-detailed discussion of sexual assault:

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SFINCS Review: The Knight of the Moon – Gregory Kontaxis
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”)a is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the
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January 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
New #SFINCS3 review!

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stevewestenra.bsky.social Steve Hugh Westenra @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 4d
My last "technically Round One" review! This time for Jessica A. McMinn's darkly fun fantasy mystery, Parasitic Omens!

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Parasitic Omens is one of our semi-finalists & has already racked up a ton of Round Two reviews! 🔥

#SFINCS #SFINCS3
SFINCS Review: Parasitic Omens – Jessica A. McMinn
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”)a is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the
beforewegoblog.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
My last "technically Round One" review! This time for Jessica A. McMinn's darkly fun fantasy mystery, Parasitic Omens!

beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie...

Parasitic Omens is one of our semi-finalists & has already racked up a ton of Round Two reviews! 🔥

#SFINCS #SFINCS3
SFINCS Review: Parasitic Omens – Jessica A. McMinn
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”)a is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the
beforewegoblog.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:03 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
My review for Cate Baumer's atmospheric, moody Sapphic vampire fantasy, The Butcher's Lot, is up on Before We Go Blog!

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#SFINCS #SFINCS3
SFINCS Review: The Butcher’s Lot – Cate Baumer
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”)a is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the
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January 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
Belated #SFINCS Round 1 review for The Devil Owns Primetime by Sirius .: beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie...

Devil wasn't one of my initial books, but I picked it up on recommendation from a teammate. I'm so glad I did (it had been on my TBR before the contest, but this gave me the nudge)! #SFINCS3
SFINCS Review: The Devil Owns Primetime – Sirius .
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”)a is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the
beforewegoblog.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
suebavey.bsky.social
My first semifinalist review for the SFINCS3 contest is Sunbathers by Lindz McLeod an erotic horror novella:

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#booksky #sfincs #horror #novella
Book cover shows three women sunbathing with blood smears on the bodies and faces
January 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
krismadigan.bsky.social
I'm still on the single novella train BUT you can use it for the Sapphic Book Bingo this year & it's currently a semifinalist in #SFINCS3

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(I also have a short smutty piece if you're into that, and I hope to write more of those in the future)

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January 3, 2026 at 1:56 AM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
I ended up reading four more Round One #SFINCS books from my team's allotment, and here's the first of those reviews! This one's for Dave Lawson's The Pawns of Havoc--an epic fantasy that's likely to be a crowd-pleaser!

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#SFINCS3 #novella #indiefantasy
SFINCS Review: The Pawns of Havoc – Dave Lawson
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”)a is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the
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December 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
gjterralwrites.bsky.social
It has been a busy few days. With new releases on the horizon it’s easy to forget to mention the existing ones.

Well, T.N.S.M.M.O.N.M. has officially made it to the semi-finals of SFINCs3

Commiserations to my friends cut, and congrats to my competitors moving forward.

#SFINCs3
December 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
blog.readindiefantasy.com
The second round of SFINCS3 has begun, and the teams have been assigned their books.
These are the books assigned to Team TBR: www.readindiefantasy.com/sfincs-team-...

We're excited to get started! :D

#SFINCS #BookSky
Banner image showing the books assigned to Team TBR. The books are: - From These Dark Abodes, by Lyndsie Manusos - The Butcher's Lot, by Cate Baumer - Sunbathers, by Lindz McLeod - Sunchaser, by Emily Barlow - The Not So Mundane Mysteries of Norman Melamourne
December 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
bengalley.bsky.social
I am very proud to announce my Emaneska novella The Weaver & The Wyrm is a semi-finalist in this year's #SFINCS competition!🤞 for the next round

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December 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
IT'S TIME FOR THE TEAM WIPs #SFINCS3 ROUND 2 ALLOCATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT!

Come one, come all! Get your tickets ready and step right up! There are novellas to be TBR'ed!

#SFINCS

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SFINCS 3 Team WIPs – Round 2 Announcement
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and
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December 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
krismadigan.bsky.social
help out a dear friend and get my SFINCS3 semifinalist book free! perfect for end of the year reading with a cup of tea.
krismadigan.bsky.social Kris Madigan @krismadigan.bsky.social · Dec 11
Another dear friend of mine could use help! We survived the 2010s Avengers fandom together & stayed besties. She finally got her knee fixed but can't work just yet.

Email krismadiganwrites (@) gmail.com w/ proof of donation & I'll send you free copies of my books!

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Two ebook covers for a novella and short story by Kris Madigan frame a Go Fund Me square, to support Cailin's recovery and living expenses.
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
wyrdwitedits.bsky.social
#SFINCS3 semi-finalists have been announced! 💙📚🪐🩸

Thanks to all authors who submitted, and congratulations to those moving forward to the next round 🎉

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SFINCS3 Semi-Finalists!
So without further ado, here are the 25 books that are moving forward in SFINCS3!
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December 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
Ghost Apparent is a SFINCS3 semi-finalist!
A huge thanks to the readers and good luck to my fellow authors!
🥳
December 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
For anyone who missed it, here's the full list of #SFINCS3 semi-finalists!

Definitely check them out, along with the full roster of entrants.

We had so many brilliant books allocated to our team this year, and there were some hard cuts to see!
December 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
It's time! Here are the 25 novellas that are now semi-finalists in SFINCS3! #booksky💙📚📚
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SFINCS3 Semi-Finalists!
So without further ado, here are the 25 books that are moving forward in SFINCS3!
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December 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
helynalc.bsky.social
Official announcement of #SFINCS about the 25 novellas moving forward from Round 1! #BookSky

What a tight competition for our judge team so far! I can't wait to read more of the semi-finalists! 😊

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SFINCS3 Semi-Finalists!
Click to find out the SFINCS2 semi-finalists!
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December 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
suebavey.bsky.social
My review of Blue by Niranjan, reviewed as part of the #SFINCS3 novella contest:
My review on goodreads of Blue by Niranjan
December 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
jaycroberts.bsky.social
I read this one about a year ago. An excellent choice by the #SFINCS3 judges!
teffeau.bsky.social Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · 22d
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!
stevewestenra.bsky.social Steve Hugh Westenra @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 22d
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
December 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
helynalc.bsky.social
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!
stevewestenra.bsky.social Steve Hugh Westenra @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 22d
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
SFINCS 3: Teams WIPs Semi-Finalist Announcement
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the t
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December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM