Beat the Backlist 2026—April

Prompts I finished in April

I don’t think that’s a dog—A character has an unusual pet

The main character has a hellhound (a demon dog), a demon/horse hybrid and a juvenile dragon as a pet

Acronyms—there are a lot of acronyms in the story of the title is one

The title is an acronym

Beat the Backlist 2026—March

Prompts I finished in March

Truly Uncanny—There’s something not quite right about this character/place

Beat the Backlist 2026—February

Prompts I finished in February

Fave Author Rec

Let the games begin—about or featuring gaming, a specific game, or a competition

The main character competes in the creative Olympics

Title starts with “L“—book title starts with the letter “L“

BFF’s—features 2+ best friends as main or important side characters

Agnes and Eleanor are the BFF’s

Novella Sweet Spot—between 150-200 pages

Book is 191 pages

I like ’em chonky—more than 542 pages

Book is 546 pages

Beat the Backlist 2026—January

Prompts I finished in January

Genre Bender—combines 2+ genres together

Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy

End of an era—last book in a series

10s, 10s, 10s across the board—title has 10+ words

Spooky scary skeletons—the book fits any part of the prompt

Spooky and scary

Locked Away—Someone/Something is under lock and key

The main female character was locked in a hospital for the criminally insane.

A game of cat or mouse—Cover features a cat or a mouse, or the story is like a cat and mouse game

The storyline is a cat-and-mouse game

Faking It—at least 1 character is pretending in some way

The main female character changed her identity

All the Colors—rainbow cover (has at least 4 rainbow colors)

I reject your reality—a speculative fiction book