Category: SPFBO

Peaceful student life.

Good decisions here. Thank you.

Cat’s gonna get weird.

Prophecy to start

Wedding lottery picks mate

Culture needs grrrl rights

Deathly pub patron

gets heave ho; heaver balks; fired.

Who’s the poisoned man?

Shocking opening

Surgeon forced to do grim task

Culls superbabies?

Nerd street thief flees guards

Busted by bae! Lost in crowds

Monsters siege city

Impostor is king

Intrigue, murder, succession

A well-tangled plot

Girl rues mom’s changes

Ill? Possessed? Or something else?

Doctor, priest both called.

French ghost whisperer

sees dead; others can’t. Awkward!

To the crypts she goes…

Girl is fists, power

Post-fight chat with friend at fair

Barter for lizard

Konan? Bold name choice.

Mute miner mourns his mentor

Work ordeal endures

Man wearing cat rests

Dad’s mad, mom worried. Rough tiffs

Leave him hurt but proud

Inked by magic force

Man mulls mission of murder

Shade walks beside him

Fisherman’s daughter

Mom sick, dad gone, hard work calls

Weaving simple lives

Horrific start here

Trauma begets monster hunts

Brothers roam ruins

Elite magic squad,

initially named. Group guards

unwitting target

Dream calls, girl awakes

Gritty Norse feel is fun here

Tiny dragons! Cool!

Jurassic humans?

Girl and dad face allosaur

Carnage! Let us prey.

Cyberpunk rogue schemes

Italian alt-Florida

Action, mayhem, style

Manga vibe strong here

Trevor ported to game world

Humor as stats build

Sylvan girls seek herbs

Attuned to forest music

Tranquil ’til men come

Angry elf enslaved.

She plots deaths. Elves in space? Cool!

So much sucks for her.

Princess faces woes

Farm loss, attacks, plus self-doubt

Royal blood sets fate

Lovecraft! Tentacles!

Girl snaps as students tour school

Ellen’s a psychic

Creation myth start

Low-born boy’s dad assaulted

Protector appears

Old prophet meets fate

Now modern world – portal soon?

Pals face two futures

Strangers come aboard

Offer refused; won’t help war

Jump to drunk tank cell

High school but with elves

Fencing match, heal spell – only

she can see magic

Tough guy hassles guards

Ten rings? Blinged up Sauron style.

Lots of history here.

Tree baby? Tell more.

Three kings are four druids here

Go, fish! Now, she learns.

Delicious humor

Mom’s map leads to backwater

Podcast seeks closure?

Royal sisters prep

Goofus, Gallant princesses

Bro is unruly

Idyllic farm life

Dragon visits, invaders

Tragedy sets scene

Granny and dog find

death blast crater. G-men need

arcane P.I. team

Office faerie? Cool!

Journo stuck in weak sauce job

Only she sees fae

She must place ashes

deep in O.G. angry wood

Rogue mage answers call

Gamer has sick sis

Shy, sad, small life; wakes to world

of game-style mayhem

Man cast down; no gift

No magic means servitude

Love waits but betrays

Hellhound chase – great start

Memory of sacrifice wiped

Ghouls threaten, mom gripes

Enby lord ascends

Blood magic grants power, but

friend may turn enemy?

Maligned princess hides

She has fae friend, magic sword

World’s enchantment fades

Searing fatal glimpse

Soldier kills, finds death inside

Gives it all up? Wow.

Woman seeks arrow

She’s human Miracle-Gro?

She needs freedom, bad

Immortals bicker

NYC sex, 10th c. sex

Demon reaps frailty

Glorious cover!

Man dropped off at pier, exiled

Seeks champion role

Cloistered woman rides

towards sacrifice; remembers

sexy rite of death (!)

Captain’s orders blare

Woman looks daggers at foe

Someone wants her dead

Harrowing open

Demons hop on pop. Jump to

sword practice with friends.

Hunky cover dude

is fire (magic,hotness – both)

Protects from demons?

Tarot in titles

Magic-poor chef can’t find work

Dinner guest intrigues

Flying feline beast

Holds her like cat toy in flight

Their goal: House of Scribes

Dragon riders? Cool!

A chase! Dragonbollts! This rocks.

Dragonmage betrays?

An end to dragons?

Drought remains – the reign ended.

A journey begins.

Caravan dangers

Ghosts watch from the desert sands

Man waits, but for whom?

Kids clean barn – weird smell?

Red flag – always on my mine.

Who’s coming? We’ll see.

Kid hides in his mind

Invited to secret school

Snap to brutal scene

Woman hides in crowd.

Risks priests, temple. These guys suck!

What is her mission?

Brief history prologue

Woman runs through storm, finds corpse

Sorceror felon?

Sleeping girl guarded

Weird-eye lady heals the sick

Tired, she rests and chats.

Level 1,000,000

lady fighter slays spirits.

What can stop her strength?

Brit takes on old house

Dog attack! Yikes. AAAH! Two now.

Hey, handsome stranger!

Opens with torture

Memory dump fails. Jump to

tranquil noble dude.

Jaded cop finds corpse.

Whoa, it’s a shroom child? Cool twist.

Murder al funghi.

Steerage trip to space

Live to play and play to live

Game awaits brain gear

Stunning cover here

Ink beast leaves vile bloat corpses

No help for priest’s town

She ponders freedom

Crowded city oppresses

Her grace marvelous

Asylum inmate

resists. Dread comes unbidden.

Fake doc! Great stuff here.

Wanted man flees war

Wife, kids threatened, bounty calls

Wait, it’s all a dream?

Mythic beast people

tormented by human crowds

Hate lives in faux France

Shadow octopus

A brother’s dire wound threatens

Dark pillars frame town

Cat man battles dreams.

What is real here? Lots of shifts.

He wins cat lady!

Man reads complex texts

Jump to would-be warrior

dogged by fractured world

Shepherd of Dreams? Cool!

No sheep counted, but dreams seen.

She edits our minds.

Norse gods spar, one charged.

Spears, then fire, but now reborn.

Odin not coping.

Rave girl joins mad duel

Farun Clan holds Burning Man

sans weed and celebs

Beauty’s Beast undead?

Is that male as old as time?

Proud prince vampyrized.

Sorrowful parting

Sirens and treasure both call

Iris writes and waits.

Girl flirts, or tries to

Romance novels as game plan?

Heard worse ideas.

Dead (?) guy lives nightmare.

Will fight. Fisherman lad makes

light conversation.

Titan WWE?

Tartarus has folding chairs?

Bonkers, but it works.

Stormy Scottish ride

Lady treacherously killed

Now fae war is joined

Ancient scroll baffles

Red and black pose deep riddles

Sassy aide mocks, helps

There is so much lore!

Pages sought, traps pose dangers

Jump to training scene

soldier of low birth

mean kid, holiday of blood

city bathes in hate

Scary things outside

Mom’s rage cooks? Don’t burn dinner

Untenable life

Jen practices spells

Dad hates magic (jerk!). Rescue’s

not the same as love.

Kids with weird powers

experiment in secret

Closet monster’s mad?

Abused woman seethes

Jailer promises freedom

Sincere, or hateful?

Homecoming to a

neglected house. Odd cat waits.

Hold on, it can talk?

Bringer of the Scourge:

worst potluck guest? Lady waits;

Freedom, fire come soon

Mobs burn city while

man races to save lady

Cool steampunk feel here

Urchin is entranced

Mage tale-spinner walks and thinks

The boy won’t give up

Giant vet (fo fum)

Pet store, clinic, huge hole house

Countless fun details.

Woman traded for

plague cure. Indentured, she goes

as baron’s trophy

Woman tends wounds from

noble lost cause. Broke, hurt, mad.

Grim city struggle.

Gritty urban feel

Barber breathes in her city

At margins, all ways

Such cute art! YA?

Scribe follows headstrong hero

Very fun vibe here.

Mage sends magic mail

Demon portals in; should’ve set

to Do Not Disturb

Ruin holds wry shade

Tales of immortals; girl shops

Seems cozy so far

Mystery wagon

leads to self-analysis

am I dead inside?

Drunk elf guard bickers

Much fantasy racism

Goblin mage seems cool

Fairy slams through trees

One squirrel, please, extra raw

Meets man, scared as she

Three beings morph to

fearful forms. All flee their strength.

They seek magic sword.

Elite crew finds crime

Fight, loot, bicker, but friendly

Strong D&D vibe

War ends; home calls loud

Man plays with dragon power

Catches case of scales

Teen would-be dandy

leads complex life; spirit friend

makes school far simpler

Flex-fuel princess elf

Invaders come seeking spells

Dad won’t let her fight

Prologue has music!

Elf climbs mountain as sun sets

caught by lad, cowers

Flaming eyeball chain

heart beholder, says cover.

Deathless man was sloshed.

Crit fail on heal check

Then awkward convo, god stone,

and weird wind lady

Mage de-hearts monster

Flash to carriage ride and then

simpler life of booze

Sudden death haunts town.

Kids know the answer: Sweet House.

Barely there, but foul.

Animal-tinged kids

talk love, have class, try to pass.

Strange normalcy here.

Brit girl sees spirits.

Mine tragedy, vividly

described. Sorrow reigns.

Thought zygote? OK.

Vaelin visits crappy town

Elven relics wait

Snowy wagon ride

Coarse philosophy ensues

Sharing gets them dumped

Plague ward meet cute? Sure!

Church medics face dire disease.

Conspiracy? Cool!

Fertility crone

gives baby, asks a high price

New Rapunzel tale

Rose Thorn’s a great name

Nursery (plants, not babies)

Home of mysteries

Town falls; demon steals

Seeking books and dark knowledge

Finds wanted woman

Musician thrall flees

Sheep and girl provide cover

She’s a mystery

Man flees cult, old life

FBI knows him. What’s up?

Shootout, chaos, bounce.

Girl visits, has tales

Town under seige, man chooses

baby over death

Exile withers, drained

Fights, wins, seizes magic sword.

Feels like kung-fu flick

Kate risks visit to

enchanted house, fearing sale

Where has the aunt gone?

Whoa! Great maps. Fox flees.

Boy brawls. Quirky teacher helps.

Walkabout ensues.

Tragic wasteland birth

Sterile harsh future – two friends

may yet survive it

Such fun! Hamlet gets

real-world home. Vivid history,

Bard’s drama. Bravo!

Clock flies past lady

studying what, I wonder?

Genteel mages chat.

Nordic Canada?

Cool alt-history. Bjorn battles

college, not draugr.

Bacchus meets Chandler

(not Bing). Cap’n thinks, could this BE

any more shady?

Damedes, cynic,

helps mediocre hero

Oh crap! Beasts attack!

Girl struggles post curse

Disability makes her

intriguing MC

Rapunzel’s sad plight

but it’s vampires, not princes

who want to embrace

A sylvan dream fades

Zealots have lycan captive

Monsters hold monsters

Rage mage tortures man

He has jealousy issues

Now girl does school prep

Mechanical guard

has free will dawn. Is starfall

kind of ransomware?

Foster kid empath

Typical teen, but magic

Fight triggers blast! Oooh.

Clockwork owls? Baller!

Engineer lost in work, love

Beware human threat

Human roast? Escape.

Beaucoup hazing; this school sucks

but she beats meanies.

A plea deal offered

Tense battlefield; death looms large

Broke king taunts foe knight

Tortured swamp husk roams

Foulness defeated, she lives

Will it re-emerge?

Huckster governess

holds fake séance; gets real ghost

Yeah, that’s the spirit!

Ash Sisters throw curse

Young widow gets gross black hand

How screwed is she now?

She’s a vampire who

takes out other draculae

The stakes are quite high

Bad dream all too real

Throuple next? Lady guard preps.

Street fight yields problems

Drunken scrying calls

Visitors come, Green and Black

Friends or enemies?

Star fall prophecy

The world shrouded in darkness

Wrong girl caught it – oops!

Sapphic love nightmares

Dressmaker rails at sexists

Her dream love appears?

Abusive father,

homophobes at home. Money

cannot fill that hole.

Creepy train boxes

Scrabbling tortured souls, and then

Ada’s loveless sex

Woman seeks banned book

Odd stranger, then to tavern

Templars ride ill wind

Dirigible heist

above toxic steampunk world

Kinda loving this

Death finds auditor

Roles swapped like Freaky Friday

But so much weirder

Troubled teen takes test

Dad says Necro or nothing

Awful parenting

Violent storm strikes

Beasts emerge – I think they’re cats

’cause the cast’s all mice

Hunter watches fight

Witch has penis necklace? Huh.

Will he be unchained?

7K reviews!

Mike falls through void, enters game

Dungeon crawl awaits

Demon hunter Fed

Joins reality TV

Kill hellspawn, find love

Awkward teen called up

Must teach. Why is it so hot?

Psychic dragon swims.

Creepy opening –

Soul bottle, ghostly houndsman

Neat. No clue what’s up.

Lady seeks death spot

Fascinating character

Magic trap house? Stuck.

Lady seeks death spot

Fascinating character

Magic trap house? Stuck.

Necrokid’s life’s tough.

Ghosts are everywhere she looks

YA vibes galore

20K dead? Yikes.

Who counts them? Why in stacks? Hmm.

Regret makes dark path.

Evil halts; man dies

Ellie’s Alaskan return!

Fam’s fun, but Bad waits.

Man arrives on train

Demon resides in skull? Whoa.

Customs not impressed

Shifters live hidden

Chatty start, then friend turns wolf

Things getting hairy

Werewolf mechanic

can’t fix life’s wreckage. Magic

parents leave problems.

Blood and kisses? Eww.

Old vampire, young girl. Age gap!

May/Dec? More May/Dead.

Spectral dude raids graves

Zombies: cheaper than peasants,

And they complain less

Blind princess bristles

Wants role to have more meaning

Blade lessons beckon

Soldier rides wolf beast

awaits another man, late

Something wicked comes

Chess-like games collide

Tourney feeds press, politics

Prompt sex scene sets tone

It’s got dinosaurs!

Continent’s an enigma

Mother’s oppressive

Why’s the guy so green?

Oh, he’s an orc. They lost, bad.

Elves are kinda dicks.

Insides melting? Eww.

Baby elf has destiny

Rae hunts everything

Would-be Slayer deals

to get her jacket warded

Which witch’s witchraft works?

Bitter student joins

deckbuilding LitRPG

Jumanji with cards

Failed apprentice mage

Seeks redemption with giant

Don’t torch your mentor

Vivid storm at sea

Nautical tale feels quite real

Author knows sailing

Perilous voyage

Nautical drama is neat

Lore comes at you fast

Windswept tower holds

mysterious prisoner

Climbing lady helps

Servant gets busted

Abused; crimes were to survive

Throlanis suck hard

Past hurts for Innah

Her boss brings tidings of old

partner’s mysteries

Midnight swim calms Madge

Absent friends pose mystery

Merfolk not yet here

Wearing other skin

Changeling dupes king, but not long

Should do more homework

Husband barbecued

Past holds jealousy and rage

Queen dreads the future

Scout watches, antsy.

Desperate ride ends in puncture.

Needed faster horse.

Haunted lad arrives

warning of bleak abductions

Isaree resists

This guy is a bear.

Preparing by forging stuff.

Fight will be grizzly.

Vulgar jailer spars

Magic prison holds questions

And foul-mouthed inmates

Ninja dude fights wolves

Rabies shot indicated

Teens come at bad time

Flying islands? Score.

Complex gentleman remains

pitiful seaman.

Axe in side equals

very bad day. But foes turn

paramedics. Cool.

Monk has boils (bad case)

the kind that people speak of

In hushed tones after.

Homage to coffee

Homage to New Haven, too

Barista feels blah

Stormlords are asshats

El’s life sucks so hard. Help, help!

He’s being repressed.

Is grandad barmy

or about to reach his goal?

Foggy march will tell.

Crime scene in NOLA

Wait, the victim’s Matt LeBlanc?

Someone killed Joey!

Lizzy seeks mother

but Fey Court won’t allow it

Friend means not alone

That cover’s baller

Horse race for warrior trainees

Dad is wicked pissed

Orphans scrounge for food

Get that hope out of here now

Battle, heist, duel, death

Treasure lies buried

In baby’s grave. Slave master

shouldn’t get to know.

Ten years with no land?

Wicked long time aboard ship

Homesick pirate mourns

Child learns from master.

Elementals, like Nietzche,

want gods to be dead.

Monster asylum?

Silver threads for magic folks

The poor girl suffers

Lots of weird eye hues.

Transmasc MC? Not sure yet.

Outfences bullies!

Consultants offer

Supernatural advice

Vampire visitor

Sneaky pair betrays

With WonderTwins lich handhake

Jump to restless class

Oaf ruins man’s deer hunt

But then hot MM romance

Matthias would leave

Buddies seek conquest

of a crumbling old ruin.

Their lives await change.

Doula witch fights gosts

The Three come; shadow’s orphaned

Pair sprints to the flames

Woeful general

rots, desolate. Bucket wisp

taunts yet saves? We’ll see.

Shaman tutor grouches

in portal world far from Earth

Late exit? Scary!

Banger cover, dude.

Dad trades self for sleepy kids.

Infinite Storm calls.

Bar convo reveals

distant quest. POV switch!

Now other side gabs.

Bros ponder wisdom

of death elf woods invasion.

Trepidation. Spells?

Runaway bride – neat!

Then tulerpetons attack.

Whoa, demon pygmys?

Gun-toting pastor!

Ghoul has died, ghoul is risen;

Ghoul will die again.

At world’s edge, a sad

guardian hews to duty.

Flat earther fanfic?

Blackfish but mermen

They’re all named for elements

Their reaction suits

City stands vacant

Where’d the bad guys go off to?

Warhammer vibes here.

Mom saves baby, then

she’s attacked by beast. Yow! Twist!

Dinner toxin fun?

Calculus! My heart

smiles. Teens are mean. What is a

Spork Room? Mystery.

Blood rite yields power

Talisman of bleak control

This is quite funny

Apprentice aids a

cantankerous magician

Also blood donor

That’s a long-ass time

to have an ocean serpent

Jonah is reborn

Obstetric journey

Someone cast Lamaze, will you?

He’s in a Bind now

Wizard want-ad calls

A bleak return to past woe

Sample leaves plot dim

Much-described lady

ditches baby with nobles

No tracking number

Dramatic battle

Gory spectacle excites

Butcher’s a grim name

Direwolf comforts him

Vengeful hunter ails in woods

Purpose spent – what next?

Mean girls and drama

familiar – but then we

find some Wonderland

Dude plays mazerunner

then teen brews potions, longs to

flee her monstrous fate

Brother torments his

barista sister. Magic

swirls about them both.

Blood scout commandos

All women, badass as hell

Breakneck bloody war

Mean kid takedown with

light spells. Flash forward to war!

So many breathers.

Prologue ’til respawn

Minmaxers take on World Boss

Janitor. Hero?

Austen plus dragons

Smaug and Sensibility?

Visions disquiet

Caravan heist start!

Kidnaps non-binary kid

Unbroken will rage

Studious maiden

Mom: Go dance! But Dad gets her.

Holy cow! Tragic.

Village aflame, sacked

by cult. Freakin’ druids, man.

Worked for Conan, though.

Mad Max with zombies!

Captured dude is screwed. Next is

unlife? Sample ends.

Nightmares portend doom

Royal intrigue, secrets kept

Time to hit the bar

Skald tells tales while witch

works wiles. Viking non-toxic

masculinity?

Emotion dragons!

Mysterious challenges!

Roll out the barrel!

Divine seizure means

gods in your DMs. Hey, a

talking skull? Neato.

Seeks noblewoman

for questionable ship deal.

This guy exudes sleaze.

Dire hedgehogs are cute

Badass half-orc faces beast god.

More than he can chew.

City of learning

still needs mechanics. Geez!

What TF ate him?

Loner vampire nerd.

Victorian gals talk love.

Dad’s mean. Who’s Addie?

Egotist peaces out

Milla’s not down for retail

Cold hands hint at strength

Sassy witch returns

rental cars and swipes contents.

Fiends and snark galore.

Haiku about my

own book reeks of puffery.

I hope you read it.

Elf hunts in forest.

No dice. Finds frapped goblin bits.

Something weird’s afoot.

Empathic justice

has thorny legal issues

Psychics get raw deal

A vet has visions.

Brain damage or enchantment?

Herpetology!

Plans for burglary

overheard. Worms? A life of

freedom’s poverty.

Mages await signs

from Miss Cleo psychic dude

Then urchins fight cops

Fated Pairs joined with

magical ceremony

but then Kai swipes left.

Prophecy dwells in

a macabre Spencer’s Gifts.

This drips with portent.

Bloody opening. Two worlds here,

and that means portal’s coming

Corvid pandemic?

Trial by combat! Cool!

Wait, I’m a prince? Whoa. Time shift!

Present juxtaposed.

Bean Bro gets beat down

Wish he got more tenderized

I am with the Brutes.

Starts off with hate sex.

Oh, that’s her thing, I get it.

Hero’s journey launched.

Attending meetings

zonked on speed. Complex intrigue,

everyone sweating.

Even fantasy

capitalists suck. We can’t

afford zombie bill.

A ghost in the rain

Ghosts everywhere actually

Oh crap! An arrest!

Assassination

then a fort heist. Shifters, guns.

Connected? We’ll see.

Career woman faces

nasty colleagues. She should mind

the elves on the roof.

Anime given

textual life. So much weird.

Just needs laser shrimp.

Anachronism

adds to the fun. Delightful.

She’s pure dead brilliant.

Besties long for flight

Teen crushes among the potions

Something will go wrong

Do not read before

eating. Grimm and unflinching.

Full throated gore fest.

Berserker versus

twelfth-level fire mage lady.

Fight! Oops, she’s smitten.

Uncontrolled witch does

Mission Impossible heist

Ssshh! Library time.

Steeped with small details.

Medical fantasy? Neat.

Such strong sense of place.

High body count here

No idea what’s up yet

Jailbreak is cool though

Present tense – urgent.

Is she both naked AND dead?

Corpse scholar seeks bone.

We are in for some

academy fantasy

Racist mailman sucks

Wrecked things – a glider

and a life. Lots of flashbacks.

Don’t chase the woods babe!

Two dudes find baby

gargoyle to raise. Is this a

book or a sitcom?

Spells summoned by cards

Monsters both help and eat us

Don’t forget teen angst

Clumsy girl preps for

rite of passage. Something bad

is coming, I bet

A baffling dragon’s

psychedelic waiting room

Were those shrooms I ate?

Hey! Falling sky dude!

Arrives undocumented

Dwelling here it seems

Genocide, terror

That Savant guy is a dick

He needs to die soon

A runaway bride

Plus Cat-5 magic river

As good as divorced

She’s losing patients

Evil stirs beneath it all

That cover rocks hard

Eww, there’s a crow dude

sick and sleeping in my bed.

He really smells fowl.

Rite of passage starts

A literal wild goose chase

Cheaters never win

A bucolic ride

Shows parents can’t be trusted

Worst birthday ever

A shop for witches! Neat.

Oh crap, now there’s a body.

Or not? Yelp will choose.

To start: Theology

No, not those Misty Mountains

Replete with sly wit

Rustic prospecting

Interrupted by tree, bear,

crone. What’s mine is yours?

Longing and intrigue

And hurt. But tangy too

Is stuff rated R.

Her loyal service

is what makes a Subaru

as the king demands

A pair of heroes

seek training but only find

dire geology

This hero bought tons

from some magical Costco

Dragon’s unimpressed

Dark stranger visits

Circle of life spins fast

Tantalizing start

Does living inside

a sentient moon make one

a parasite? Hmm.

Metal detectors

don’t help when mages attack

Leave no child behind