Tom
I'm thrilled to reveal the cover for "Tom" - the second story in the Nightmares series!
"Tom" is best described as "The Thing" meets the Salem Witch trials. It's the story of a boy and a monster he encounters in a town paralyzed by fear and hysteria.
Cover illustration: Dominik Broniek.
Cool idea. I’d be down to chat books! I tend toward horror and the darker side of fantasy and sci-fi.
Death Sketch has 30 ratings on Goodreads!
Check it out. Book #2 is right around the corner and it will be twice as good (and twice as long).
The official SPFBO XI banner image showing an illustrated fiery phoenix as designed by Grandfailure. The text says The Unofficial SPFBO XI Cover Contest!
SPFBO XI is starting soon, and as is tradition (at least we did it last year) we're hosting our own Unofficial Cover Contest! Come look at the pretty book covers from this year's SPFBO and see which books were our favourites:
www.readindiefantasy.com/the-unoffici... #SPFBOXI
If nothing else, 2026 has brought one glorious thing into place - the slow death of “6 7”.
The Great Meme Reset in is effect.
Excited for #SPFBO 11 !
Thank you!
SPFBO XI
As an update. Grave Covenant has made it into #SPFBO 11 !
A big thank you to Mark Lawrence for putting on the competition each year for the indie community.
Grave Covenant is #28 in the kindle Free Store & #1 in 3 categories!
The book will be on sale through 1/6 (series complete).
Also, I just entered it into SPFBO 🤞
The r/Fantasy MegaSale is LIVE! Snag any of my books for $.99 for 2 days only 12/26 and 12/27!
A portion of the proceeds benefit the Mary Cariola Center.
My links:
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www.tobiasyoungblood.com
r/Fantasy MegaSale:
megasale.yrliu.com
Nice one! @scalzi.com
Grave Covenant cover
To celebrate the launch of False Idol, I’m running a free promo on Grave Covenant - book 1 in the series!
Check the link in the comments to snag a free copy of the ebook - 11/30 - 12/4.
False Idol is officially published! Series complete.
Available on Amazon (ebook / KU).
Print versions coming soon.
"False Idol" ARC available 11/23/25!
Click here to take the super short google survey and get on the ARC list:
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Key Elements > UF, Dark Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Horror. Neo-noir. Twisty and mysterious. Found Family. 3rd Person Perspective. Multi-POV. Character Focused.
I’ll be at the Stafford BookFest this Saturday. Come say hi if you’re in VA!
False Idol is at 50K words 🔥
What a lunatic 🫣
JA’s The Devils is arriving in the mail today! Plus extras 🔥🔥🔥
24% to goal of 125K word manuscript.
Time to build Morkanaut : )
1,200 words yesterday & today’s looking promising too.
I think I’ve located my long-lost mojo :)
1,936 words today. Best writing day in quite a while 😁
I’ve reached 16,000 words in False Idol - Projectionists #3
Current Read. Blindsight by Peter Watts.
The Netflix series is fantastic. You have to watch it.
Slingshot gnome didn’t go down without a fight.
