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Speculative Fiction & Indie Reviews from Canadian SFF author Ian Barr.
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Indie Review ~ Better to Beg (opens the original)
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“Do this or don’t. No one gives a single fuck if you do this but you.”If you would all kindly turn your amps up to 11, we can indulge in my review of an indie book that isn’t getting nearly enough buzz here on the stack.I am speaking, of course, about Better to Beg by .Strap in, babies. This one is a ride.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ixy_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubs
BROKEN SPINES ~ REBRAND ALERT! (opens the original)
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Ian Barr here. Yes, that Ian Barr.Don’t worry, I haven’t subscribed you to a different newsletter without your consent. I’ve simply upgraded.As I was once upon a time DumpBearington, so I was once the owner and operator at The Word Dump. But as life changes, slipping by like the grains through an hourglass, blowing along like dust in the wind, shifting like the endless tides, so too do we adapt.The rebrand is here. The Wor
Broken Spines Quarterly (opens the original)
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Welcome, one and all, to the Special September Edition of everyone’s favourite newsletter: Broken Spines Quarterly.Let’s make some dreams come true.Are you ready for CARNAGE!?Have you been lost out on the wasteland? Delirious and hallucinating a timeline where you haven’t heard about the recent release of my novel ‘CARNAGE!’? No? Then it’s time for the gospel!<div class="pu
Seventh Daughter ~ Chapter Five (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Gwen passed only a single scullery maid the rest of the way, toting a tray of dishes down from the wizard’s tower with remnants of more food than either of the slight wizards could possibly have eaten. She climbed the final staircase and approached the only door on this wing of the castle, rapping once upon it before throwing it open.On entrance, her heart leapt. Then it abruptly sank.Galahad was sitting up on the small exam table, his colour better than it had been days before and looking thoro
CARNAGE! (opens the original)
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Today’s the day! August 8th, 2026! Release day! ‘Carnage!’ is now available for purchase! Just click the link below and it’s all yours!Join the CARNAGE!Still gun shy? Check out what the ARC readers have been saying about Carnage!‘Carnage is a story that revs its engines on page one and does not
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