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Eight more self-published speculative fiction books worth finishing (From SPSFC 2022)

Posted on November 1, 2022September 15, 2023 by erinampersand

A bit after the 2022 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition kicked off I made a post about five books from the competition I’d found good enough to finish. I’m back now with eight more! These aren’t selected from all the entrants. I was looking exclusively at books available on Kindle Unlimited and I only gave a book a […]

Five self-published speculative fiction books worth finishing (From SPSFC 2022)

Posted on September 14, 2022September 15, 2023 by erinampersand

The 2022 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition kicked off recently, and I’ve been reading my way through some of the entrants that both A) appealed to me on some level and B) were available on Kindle Unlimited. I have fairly eclectic tastes, and for your perusal today I present the first five books I liked enough […]

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