SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books
From Where We Threw Dogs by Stephen Mellor
Transcending the boundaries of history, culture, and traditional narration, From Where We Threw Dogs by Stephen Mellor is a visceral and haunting new novel about family, destiny, and the cycles of fate from which we can never escape.
Ben and Sara are celebrating their anniversary with a rambling journey across Spain, but his exhausting and disturbing dreams threaten to derail their perfect trip. In another corner of time and space, a patchwork tribe of bandits ruling over a gorge of the gods seeks to expand their kingdom, but may be torn asunder by division within their leaders. A ghost from […]
A sprawling and original adventure in a familiar magical paradigm, The Burning Bandit by Lauren Louise Hazel is a richly imagined work of high fantasy.
Author Noah William Smith offers straightforward and sage advice for finding greater happiness in his new book, 2024… Your Year of More, a personal yet universal work of self-help.
An engrossing work of dark fantasy, Queens of Moirai by Rhiannon Hargadon is a wildly imaginative novel marked by the strong presence of gods, fate, and magic, drawn in part from Greek mythology.
A psychological and paranormal crime thriller, Simon’s Dream by Jeremy Howe is a gripping hunt for long-overdue justice. Surreal, spiritual, and undeniably creative, this slow-burning novel digs into powerful themes of unfulfilled purpose, vengeful justice, and the casual violence of our modern world.
A haunting and heavy anthology of emotionally driven poems, Marching with a Broken Shadow by Dyson Russell is a wide-ranging collection that tackles romantic ironies, universal agonies, and the simple pleasures of existence.