The literary world of self-published fantasy is abuzz as the eleventh annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) competition progresses into its penultimate round of initial cuts. In what is being termed the "Sixth Fall," three more books have been removed from contention, bringing the contest closer to identifying its coveted semi-fi
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