SPFBO XI - The First Update
Speculative fiction book reviews.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:49 AM
The Sea Prince is one of the SPFBO11 books! Let's see how far we go!
February 2, 2026 at 1:44 AM
The Sea Prince is one of the SPFBO11 books! Let's see how far we go!
I enjoyed this book a lot! I don't seem to have a ton of SFF book folks on here compared to the amount of people here for the cats, but what the heck, here's a review for your timeline :)
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#SPFBO11
#SFF
#indie
#selfpublished
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#SPFBO11
#SFF
#indie
#selfpublished
February 28, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I enjoyed this book a lot! I don't seem to have a ton of SFF book folks on here compared to the amount of people here for the cats, but what the heck, here's a review for your timeline :)
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#SPFBO11
#SFF
#indie
#selfpublished
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#SPFBO11
#SFF
#indie
#selfpublished
SPFBO11 has begun and Physical Magic is one of the lucky 300! There's two books in the series already and I'm busy writing the third, so it's a great time to start reading!
#SPFBO #SPFBO11 #SFF #selfpub #indie #queerbooks #lgbtfantasy
#SPFBO #SPFBO11 #SFF #selfpub #indie #queerbooks #lgbtfantasy
January 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
SPFBO11 has begun and Physical Magic is one of the lucky 300! There's two books in the series already and I'm busy writing the third, so it's a great time to start reading!
#SPFBO #SPFBO11 #SFF #selfpub #indie #queerbooks #lgbtfantasy
#SPFBO #SPFBO11 #SFF #selfpub #indie #queerbooks #lgbtfantasy
And here it is!
Our #SPFBO #Finalist
Congratulations to the winner, and all the luck in round two!
#spfboFinalist #SPFBO11
Our #SPFBO #Finalist
Congratulations to the winner, and all the luck in round two!
#spfboFinalist #SPFBO11
Today our judges reveal the scores for our semi-finalists AND our finalist pick for this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO)! Congrats to our winner and good luck in Round Two!
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#booksky 💙🪐📚 #spfbo
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#booksky 💙🪐📚 #spfbo
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June 26, 2026 at 3:13 PM
And here it is!
Our #SPFBO #Finalist
Congratulations to the winner, and all the luck in round two!
#spfboFinalist #SPFBO11
Our #SPFBO #Finalist
Congratulations to the winner, and all the luck in round two!
#spfboFinalist #SPFBO11
Holy crappp!!!! Jester is an #SPFBO11 finalist. I’m in shock. Thank you so so much to all the awesome judges at Beforewegoblog. I’m deeply flattered and grateful. Also excited you guys brought a tear to my eye this morning.
So excited for this announcement. Big congratulations to all our authors, and special congrats to our finalist!
🧵1/3
Thank you to all the entrants, and most especially to our 30 authors, for your patience while we reviewed all the books!
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#SPFBO #SPFBOXI #SPFBOReviews @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social
Thank you to all the entrants, and most especially to our 30 authors, for your patience while we reviewed all the books!
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#SPFBO #SPFBOXI #SPFBOReviews @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social
June 21, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Holy crappp!!!! Jester is an #SPFBO11 finalist. I’m in shock. Thank you so so much to all the awesome judges at Beforewegoblog. I’m deeply flattered and grateful. Also excited you guys brought a tear to my eye this morning.
Shoot. For better or worse, I got in.
#spfbo #spfbo11
I just added all the books in my group to my Goodreads to-read list.
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I probably won't read them all, but I'll give each one a shot. I'm looking forward to some #goodreads.
Good luck to all!
#spfbo #spfbo11
I just added all the books in my group to my Goodreads to-read list.
www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
I probably won't read them all, but I'll give each one a shot. I'm looking forward to some #goodreads.
Good luck to all!
January 4, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Shoot. For better or worse, I got in.
#spfbo #spfbo11
I just added all the books in my group to my Goodreads to-read list.
www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
I probably won't read them all, but I'll give each one a shot. I'm looking forward to some #goodreads.
Good luck to all!
#spfbo #spfbo11
I just added all the books in my group to my Goodreads to-read list.
www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
I probably won't read them all, but I'll give each one a shot. I'm looking forward to some #goodreads.
Good luck to all!
I'm a twitter refugee!
My account on twitter was created to share reviews for indie SFF books!
We are starting a new #SPFBO season soon in a month or so, and I'm looking to build the #booksky audience on my page in prep for #SPFBO11 :D
follow me for #books, #bookrevies, #SFF and #cats!
My account on twitter was created to share reviews for indie SFF books!
We are starting a new #SPFBO season soon in a month or so, and I'm looking to build the #booksky audience on my page in prep for #SPFBO11 :D
follow me for #books, #bookrevies, #SFF and #cats!
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April 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
January 4, 2026 at 8:53 PM
As promised, we return for our SPFBO 11 team's Finalist Reviews! To kick us off, Theo, Cat and Vinay review JESTER by Tim Carter
Reaad more: bit.ly/4cwrPeB
#SPFBO11
Reaad more: bit.ly/4cwrPeB
#SPFBO11
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September 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
As promised, we return for our SPFBO 11 team's Finalist Reviews! To kick us off, Theo, Cat and Vinay review JESTER by Tim Carter
Reaad more: bit.ly/4cwrPeB
#SPFBO11
Reaad more: bit.ly/4cwrPeB
#SPFBO11
Tomorrow evening - 9pm BST/4pm EST - Jump over to the Four Beardsmen channel for our final Big Indie Weekend live panel of the day featuring a chat with some of the SPFBO11 finalists! www.youtube.com/live/-nC-kcK...
The Big Indie Weekend _SPFBO 11 - Finalist Chat and Q&A
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September 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Tomorrow evening - 9pm BST/4pm EST - Jump over to the Four Beardsmen channel for our final Big Indie Weekend live panel of the day featuring a chat with some of the SPFBO11 finalists! www.youtube.com/live/-nC-kcK...
Do I have authors on my timeline submitting to SPFBO11?
Watcha submitting?
Watcha submitting?
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December 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Do I have authors on my timeline submitting to SPFBO11?
Watcha submitting?
Watcha submitting?
hey #BluePit📖 pals, there's an assload (300) of fantasy books you can check out through this comp! follow #SPFBO11 and the reviewers and find some new indie reads! #P #F
heck yeah! there's no voting or anything with this one, just showing off my stellar graphic desing skills 🤣 but if you're looking for new indie reads, this is a great source, especially once the reviews start coming in ✨ #IndieAuthors #booksky #SPFBO11
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January 13, 2026 at 5:24 AM
So I made it through the lottery and Let Sleeping Gods Lie is an entrant in the Self Published Fantasy Blog Off (SPFBO) 11! I also have a brand new cover, so let's celebrate making it through the random generator by revealing it! #indieauthor #SPFBO11
January 5, 2026 at 2:31 AM
So I made it through the lottery and Let Sleeping Gods Lie is an entrant in the Self Published Fantasy Blog Off (SPFBO) 11! I also have a brand new cover, so let's celebrate making it through the random generator by revealing it! #indieauthor #SPFBO11
Congratulations to one of our favourite beardy friends @DavidTList as Violence and Vigilance becomes an SPFBO11 finalist! 🤘🎉
June 27, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Congratulations to one of our favourite beardy friends @DavidTList as Violence and Vigilance becomes an SPFBO11 finalist! 🤘🎉
❄️ #FantasyIndiesJanuary ❄️
Jan 15: Last, Current, & Next Read
- Last Read: Godkiller by Kaner
- Current Read: Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Jones
- Next Read: Not sure. Either a reread of Watership Down or something off the #SPFBO11 list.
#readersky #amreading
Jan 15: Last, Current, & Next Read
- Last Read: Godkiller by Kaner
- Current Read: Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Jones
- Next Read: Not sure. Either a reread of Watership Down or something off the #SPFBO11 list.
#readersky #amreading
January 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
❄️ #FantasyIndiesJanuary ❄️
Jan 15: Last, Current, & Next Read
- Last Read: Godkiller by Kaner
- Current Read: Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Jones
- Next Read: Not sure. Either a reread of Watership Down or something off the #SPFBO11 list.
#readersky #amreading
Jan 15: Last, Current, & Next Read
- Last Read: Godkiller by Kaner
- Current Read: Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Jones
- Next Read: Not sure. Either a reread of Watership Down or something off the #SPFBO11 list.
#readersky #amreading
Lmao so. A booktuber decided to look at all the SPFBO11 entries and baselessly accuse 67 whole authors of using AI for their covers... by feeding them into AI art "checkers" that just funnel them into AI databases anyway. Fucking incredible.
April 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Lmao so. A booktuber decided to look at all the SPFBO11 entries and baselessly accuse 67 whole authors of using AI for their covers... by feeding them into AI art "checkers" that just funnel them into AI databases anyway. Fucking incredible.
Absolutely over the moon that The Hallows has been selected as The Fantasy Hive's SPFBO11 finalist. Massive congrats to all the semi finalists as well. No mean feat! Now to celebrate with 5000 ice pops!
June 24, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Absolutely over the moon that The Hallows has been selected as The Fantasy Hive's SPFBO11 finalist. Massive congrats to all the semi finalists as well. No mean feat! Now to celebrate with 5000 ice pops!
hello! i'm ness, she/they, nebula award-winning trashbag and author of queer fantasy with dragons! my WIP is my own damn life. my writing week is not going because i'm taking the winter off to see if this is something i even want to keep doing. tho i am in SPFBO11, so that's cool! #WeeknightWriters
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going (or not going, that's valid too)
January 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
hello! i'm ness, she/they, nebula award-winning trashbag and author of queer fantasy with dragons! my WIP is my own damn life. my writing week is not going because i'm taking the winter off to see if this is something i even want to keep doing. tho i am in SPFBO11, so that's cool! #WeeknightWriters
📋 I’ve created a #SPFBO11 Finalists Reading Challenge over on The #StoryGraph, to go with a set from the past few years (search for “SPFBO”)
Get your #SPFBO reading on at:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/00ae7966-aefa-4d47-899f-c8e43fa09c4f
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
Get your #SPFBO reading on at:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/00ae7966-aefa-4d47-899f-c8e43fa09c4f
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
June 28, 2026 at 9:18 AM
📋 I’ve created a #SPFBO11 Finalists Reading Challenge over on The #StoryGraph, to go with a set from the past few years (search for “SPFBO”)
Get your #SPFBO reading on at:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/00ae7966-aefa-4d47-899f-c8e43fa09c4f
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
Get your #SPFBO reading on at:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/00ae7966-aefa-4d47-899f-c8e43fa09c4f
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
I've already found some intriguing stories among #SPFBO11 colleagues to check out, including Tethered to Darkness by Matt Falcon, Remnant by KR Solberg, & The Butterfly Koi by A Sherman Karlsson.
@mattfalcon.bsky.social @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social
#BookSky💙📚 #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
@mattfalcon.bsky.social @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social
#BookSky💙📚 #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
January 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I've already found some intriguing stories among #SPFBO11 colleagues to check out, including Tethered to Darkness by Matt Falcon, Remnant by KR Solberg, & The Butterfly Koi by A Sherman Karlsson.
@mattfalcon.bsky.social @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social
#BookSky💙📚 #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
@mattfalcon.bsky.social @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social
#BookSky💙📚 #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
Just for fun, we ran an SPFBO11 cover contest in my Book Club Discord recently, with members nominating and then voting on their favourites. The Forgotten Dawn (art: An-Nhien Nguyen) just beat Immortal Dark (art: MiblArt) and The Sapphire Heart (art: Jeff Brown) for the win!
January 24, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Just for fun, we ran an SPFBO11 cover contest in my Book Club Discord recently, with members nominating and then voting on their favourites. The Forgotten Dawn (art: An-Nhien Nguyen) just beat Immortal Dark (art: MiblArt) and The Sapphire Heart (art: Jeff Brown) for the win!