Queen’s Book Asylum’s main SPFBO Champions’ League page, where you’ll find a short heads up about the contest, info about our process, the 10 champions – including GR and universal links -, our process, and updates throughout the competition.
New in the Asylum
I went to World Fantasycon 2025 in Brighton, and here I am, pouring my heart out in this post, recounting my experiences and feelings through self-reflections.
Bjørn’s pick this week for Music Monday is I’ve Been to a Marvellous Party by The Divine Comedy.
Jen reviews A WINTER’S MERCY, the third book in Phil Williams’ military fantasy series, The Blood Scouts.
Timy’s pick this week for Music Monday is Lonely Bones by The Honest Heart Collective.
Team Asylum reviews our seventh SPFBO Champion, THE THIEF WHO PULLED ON TROUBLE’S BRAIDS by Michael McClung. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Filip, Rari, Timy, and Tru.
Timy reviews JACK OF THORNS, the first book in the Inheritance urban fantasy series by A.K. Faulkner.
SPFBO Champions' League
MORE SPFBO 10 CONTENT Team Asylum reviews our seventh SPFBO Champion, THE THIEF WHO PULLED ON TROUBLE’S BRAIDS by Michael McClung. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Filip, Rari, Timy, and Tru.
Team Asylum reviews our sixth SPFBO Champion, THE SWORD OF KAIGEN by M.L. Wang. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Filip, Rari, Timy, and Tru.
Team Asylum reviews our fifth SPFBO Champion, QBA’s own finalist, SMALL MIRACLES by Olivia Atwater. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Rari, Timy, and Tru.
Team Asylum reviews our fourth SPFBO Champion, WHERE LOYALTIES LIE by Rob J. Hayes. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Filip, and Timy.
Latest Reviews
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Timy reviews LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO, a standalone fiction novel by Lisa Borders.
Arina reviews RINGLANDER: FALLEN SHARDS, the second book in the Ringlander series by Michael S. Jackson as part of a blog tour.
Team Asylum reviews our sixth SPFBO Champion, THE SWORD OF KAIGEN by M.L. Wang. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Filip, Rari, Timy, and Tru.
Jen reviews THE RAVEN SCHOLAR, the first book in Antonia Hodgson’s Eternal Path trilogy.
Timy reviews CASTAWAYS, the first book in the Castaways urban fantasy series by Craig Schaefer.
Team Asylum reviews our fifth SPFBO Champion, QBA’s own finalist, SMALL MIRACLES by Olivia Atwater. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Rari, Timy, and Tru.
All Things Bookish
MORE BOOKISH ARTICLES I went to World Fantasycon 2025 in Brighton, and here I am, pouring my heart out in this post, recounting my experiences and feelings through self-reflections.
A quick recap of the reading I did in 2025 Q3, pick 5 of my favorite reads, and also report on how I progressed with my different reading challenges.
A bingo-type readathon for Spooktastic Reads 2025? Sign me up! Check out the post for more details!
The epic sale of beloved SFF books 2025 is here! What is this, you ask? Well, I’m glad you asked. Between August 7th and 11th, you can get over 100 indie SFF titles for a mere $0.99 or even free! That sounds like a good deal to me. You’d be crazy to miss out!
Author Spotlight
MORE AUTHOR SPOTLIGHTS
We at the Asylum are excited to host the cover reveal for Jennings Zabrinsky’s upcoming new adventure/dark fantasy novel, THEATER OF BLADES, the second book in the Strange Frontier series! The expected publication is November 2025.
We at the Asylum are excited to host the cover reveal for Phil Williams’ upcoming new military fantasy novel, A WINTER’S MERCY, the third book in The Blood Scouts series! The expected publication is October 28, 2025.
We at the Asylum are excited to host the cover reveal for Adam Holcombe’s upcoming new sci-fi novel, BOUNTY INC.., the first in the Bounty Inc. universe! The expected publication is October 15, 2025.
We at the Asylum are excited to host the cover reveal for Karen McCompostine’s upcoming new novel, CUTE CNUT, the first book in The Hardening Cycle (comedy) urban fantasy romance series! The expected publication is September 26, 2025.
Features
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Sharon Rivest, the author of DECEIT, chose Tales from the Asylum as her SPFBO 9 spotlight, so let’s see how she imagines our home!
Brendan Noble, author of A Dagger in the Winds chose the challenge of What the Hungarian?! for his SPFBO 9 spotlight. Let’s see how he did with it!
Part 4 of the second SPFBO 9 To Be Continued… story, The Illusionist’s Nightmare is written by Mike Rousseau. Time to find out how Ezri’s story ends!
Part 3 of the second SPFBO 9 To Be Continued… story, The Illusionist’s Nightmare is written by Ryan Kirk. Her plan being made, it’s time for Ezri to get to work.