Small Spec Book Awards (SSBA)

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BALLAD OF RIVER BONES by Alexandra Beaumont (Brigids Gate Press)

BARED MAGIC by Sara R. Cleveland (Owl Talyn Press)

BEYOND THE BORDER FOREST by Molly Haniszewski (Quills and Cosmos Press)

CASTOFF by Brandon Crilly (Atthis Arts)

CREATURES FROM THE CALDERA by A.E. Pillow (The Whumpy Printing Press)

DEEPEST CANYON by Kras Nebula (The Whumpy Printing Press)

ECHOES OF THE ETHERSTONE by Lucy A. McLaren (Owl Talyn Press)

FALLEN DESTINY by Yolanda Sfetsos (Brigids Gate Press)

HUNTING STATIC by Jayde Layne (The Whumpy Printing Press)

MELINDA WEST AND THE GREMLIN QUEEN by KC Grifant (Brigids Gate Press)

NO LOVE LOST by Jane Glatt (Tyche Books)

SMALL MAGICS FOR THE TRAVELING WIZARD by S.A. McKenzie (Cloaked Press)

TAVERN TALE by Kristina W. Kelly (Space Wizard Science Fantasy)

THE BROKEN LUTE by Ruth Berman (FTL Publications)

THE DARK SIDE OF THE SUN by Harper M. Tremblay (The Whumpy Printing Press)

THE DRAGONSCALE COMB by J.S.Fields (Space Wizard Science Fantasy)

THE FOREST GODS by Jamie Lackey (Air and Nothingness Press)

THE ICE MOVES FOR NO ONE by Arlo Z. Graves (Quills and Cosmos Press)

THE SOMNIA by Alethea Lyons (Brigids Gate Press)

THE WINDOWS TO A SHAPESHIFTER'S SOUL by Booker G.A. Feniks (The Whumpy Printing Press)

THE WITCH'S JOURNEY by Keith Miller (Elsewhen Press)

TRICKSTER TALES by Leanbh Pearson (Brigids Gate Press)

WAVES TAKE YOUR BONES by Athena Giles (Space Wizard Science Fantasy)

DARK CLOUD ON NAKED CREEK by Cindy O'Quinn (Brigids Gate Press)

HOUSE OF GOD by Eric David Ami (Anuci Press)

JK-LOL by Patrick Barb (Mad Axe Media)

LUX IN TENEBRIS: POENA ET SALUS by Isaac Ryals (The Whumpy Printing Press)

MY LIPS, HER VOICE by L.L. Madrid (Creature Publishing)

NEVER, NEVER by Callie Taylor (The Whumpy Printing Press)

PREY UPON THE LAMBS by Jack Finn (Anuci Press)

PUPPET'S BANQUET by Valkyrie Loughcrewe (Tenebrous Press)

REEF MIND by Hazel Zorn (Tenebrous Press)

RUNNING DRY by M.Christian (Queen of Swords Press)

SATANIC STATIC by Bryan Holmbry (Anuci Press)

SONG DOGS by Brennan LaFaro (Brigids Gate Press)

THE BIG ONE by Patrick Barb (Anuci Press)

THE BREATHING HOUSE by Stacey L. Pierson (Anuci Press)

THE CURSE OF SIX by Mark T. Bates (RDG Books Press)

THE FILM YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE by Haley Newlin (Mad Axe Media)

THE RESTLESS FEW by James M. Watjen (Anuci Press)

THE VAMPIRE'S DENTIST by Laurence Klinger (Cloaked Press)

WE LIKE IT CHERRY by Jacy Morris (Tenebrous Press)

UNHOLY by J.V. Gachs (Mad Axe Media)

A NEW BEGINNING by E.J. Isaacs (Space Wizard Science Fantasy)

AS A KANG SHOULD BE by Dale Smith (Obverse Books)

BODY AND SOUL by Andrew Hook (Elsewhen Press)

BONNIE AND GUY by Nox Spacey (The Whumpy Printing Press)

CASUAL by Koji A. Dae (Tenebrous Press)

CERULEAN SKY by David Corse (Polymath Press)

CHIPPED by Lux Thorn (The Whumpy Printing Press)

DEAR STUPID PENPAL by Rascal Hartley (Tenebrous Press)

ISAAC by Allee Mead (Space Wizard Science Fantasy)

IT'S YOU, ISN'T IT by Antony Paschos (Space Wizard Science Fantasy)

ROSE-COLOURED CROSSHAIRS by Blair Bidmead (Obverse Books)

SILENCE by Zi Trone (The Whumpy Printing Press)

SOMETHING IN THE WATER by Sandy Stuckless (Cloaked Press)

STATION IN THE SKY by Caye Marsh (Space Wizard Science Fantasy)

TERMINAL SOLSTICE by Sean Minogue (Turnstone Press)

THE MOON THE SUN FORGOT by B.J. Wagner (Mythic Roads Press)

TOMORROW WAS BEAUTIFUL ONCE by Amy Orrell (Elsewhen Press)

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