Hogwarts for ginormous magical bug assassins!

Who would've thought I'd ever be made to care about a bug? While also contemplating social hierarchies, class relations and racism through the many-faceted eyes. This coming-of-age novel about young magical bug assassins is great.

Checkout FBC’s approach to #SPFBO X in our introduction post. We will be a team of 5 judges with Esmay Rosalyne, Chels🐉🚀, Lukas P, Shazzie (Check Mark) & me

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Plus even though there’s no #SPFBO cover contest, we nominated top 3 covers from our batch

Smoking Mirror spoke in smoke and stone.

It’s the Heroic Fantasy podcast (formerly known as the Dripping Bucket) where I (Mihir Wanchoo) chat w/ former hosts FletchGod Apocalypse & K Matar is drafting everything about David Gemmell & their new HF collaboration.

Plus all the glorious heroic fantasy books you need to read youtu.be/m12u0Wd9hZE?si…

So it turns out I might be writing a romantic tragedy and if that's the case, I definitely blame K Matar is drafting everything.

And so, MATAR, I suggest the next time we have a recording spot and no guest, we do an episode where you explain to me how to write a romantic tragedy.

Tonight at 7:30 pm Central, The Author’s Outpost welcomes the talented indie fantasy authors who didn’t make the #SPFBOX coin toss.
Affectionally titled #SPFNO , but I prefer Renegades
JCM Berne, author of Wistful Ascending
Alex Valdiers - Fantasy Author
David T List
Brendan Noble 🇺🇦
Corey Ratliff

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IMPORTANT WRITERY QUESTION!

How would a dog swear at or insult someone?

So far I have, 'Your butt smells like you eat vegetables.'

*best lines will be pillaged and used in the next Obsidian Path novel.

Due to the fact the local Dripping Bucket franchise was destroyed in an earlier novel, I have been forced to steal tavern names from the titles of other books.

I've decided Rob J. Hayes (Author of dark epic fantasy)' The Lesson Never Learned makes for an excellent pub.

The awesome folks at Fantasy Book Critic review THE STORM BENEATH THE WORLD!

'Wildly imaginative, and in turns playful and brutal, it's a must read for fans of dark fantasy.'

Indie authors, help me out here. I'm seeing some crazy stuff when doing ad research. What do you spend on ads per month?

If people could RT so I can get a broader sample size, that would be swell. I am a man of science, n=4 will not suffice.

Here are 8 books that sadly didn't get into #SPFBOX , but which all got the Esmay Seal of Approval 🔥
Go show them some love! 🫶

Karl Forshaw (Author of Renia) FletchGod Apocalypse Brendan Noble 🇺🇦 Tori Tecken 🤘🏻 Luke Schulz Author Christina K. Glover Baptiste Pinson Wu JCM Berne, author of Wistful Ascending

BeforeWeGoBlog
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Voting for the World Fantasy award is on till May 21st, & I have eligible works for you to consider:
Locus shortlisted Year's Best African SF volume 2 for best anthology
BSFA Longlisted Between Dystopias: The Road To Afropantheology for best collection
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Since today is #SPFBO X submission day, while you are waiting. You can catch my chat with the amazing K Matar is drafting everything & FletchGod Apocalypse as we talk about #SPFBO , which years were my favourites (and why). Plus shoutouts to Becky 📚🐱🐱☕, MD Presley, Zamil Akhtar & more youtube.com/watch?si=-bpbj…

Wooo!

So, what flavour of dark fantasy are you looking for?

Oh my word, THE STORM BENEATH THE WORLD was only like the best possible indie fantasy book this year. If you haven’t read it yet, give it a shot.

Incredibly unique & utterly engaging, TSBTW has possibly the most unique world settings I’ve read in the last 3 decades!

Whuuuuuu?

Fuck, yes.

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The SPFBOX gates will open on Friday the 10th of May 2024 at 1pm GMT!

You should definitely enter your fantasy novel into this amazing competition.

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One third into THE RIVER OF DAYS, the sequel to THE STORM BENEATH THE WORLD, and remembering that insects can't blink in surprise.

What month is it? May?

Gonna try and have this out by the end of the year.

Mihir Wanchoo, reviewer for Fantasy Book Critic & ongoing SPFBO Judge with Team FBC, stops by to chat about his history as a reviewer as well as his love of SFF. Bloggers and reviewers are a huge part of the book community as Mihir proves!

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