Reviewers' Spotlight Archive III

This archive displays all works that have been featured on the site’s front page as part of the Reviewers’ Spotlight, which acknowledges the time and effort spent by reviewers helping authors develop and edit their works for the mainsite.

Each month, community members are encouraged to nominate reviewers from the mainsite forums, official Discord, and IRC chatrooms who have been both particularly helpful and active. Members of the staff Critique Team will then discuss the nominations, and select four prominent reviewers to choose the month’s Reviewers’ Spotlight front-page features.

Nominations and recommendations should be sent via wikidot message to Zyn (team captain of the Critique Team).

« Reviewers' Spotlight Archive 2022 through 2024 | »

1 July 2026 - selected by Cookiesof

Featured page: SCP-563-J: evil and intimidating horse by stellyfins

9 July 2026 - selected by OnlineOpossum

Featured page: Cain's Proposal - Ethylene by Wynths

17 July 2026 - selected by DianaBerry

Featured page: Wait and see!

25 July 2026 - selected by Ekaterina Komisch

Featured page: Wait and see!

2025 REVIEWERS’ SPOTLIGHT JANUARY - APRIL

January 2025:

1 January 2025 - selected by Mr Panik

Featured page: SCP-8151: PATHOS by Gunpowdr
During Delphi events, SCP-8151 will materialize on a wall within the room, displaying vague, foggy patterns and shapes on the window for approximately five minutes.

9 January 2025 - selected by Old One Goaelat

Featured page: SCP-8049: CORPSEBALL: THE PANDORA TOURNAMENT ARC (EPISODE I: PILOT) by DoctorLilithSophia
SCP-8049 is a game played exclusively between alternate timeline or dimension versions of the SCP Foundation.

17 January 2025 - selected by Fish^12

Featured page: The Bowe Transition by Queerious
Parallel, nondescript furniture sat stagnant in an oppressive basement, each pillow perfectly aligned, everything in its place.

25 January 2025 - selected by Fireknight

Featured page: SCP-8986: Automatonophobia: False Positive by PeppersGhost
Experiments indicate that the likelihood of a given object being affected by SCP-8986 positively correlates to the object's resemblance to a living human person…

February 2025:

1 February 2025 - selected by zoempaws

Featured page: SCP-8172: The Heat Goes On by Tsercele
SCP-8172 is a persistent reality-altering effect which prevents the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from engaging in occult warfare.

9 February 2025 - selected by Yeraven

Featured page: SCP-8499: Echoes of the Barren and Broken by Miss Lapis and Strange Matter
my brothers broke me. these men broke me. perhaps i was meant to be broken.

17 February 2025 - selected by SocksesForFoxes

Featured page: SCP-8985: Glass Eyes by Jezixo
SCP-8985 is a progressive physical illness observed in certain sapient toys (see Addendum 2).

25 February 2025 - selected by radian628

Featured page: Critter Profile: Moonstone! by xexnoncores
Moonstone came to us after a panicked call from a jewelry store owner in Little Havana who lost much of her stock from her ravenous appetite.

March 2025:

1 March 2025 - selected by Fireknight

Featured page: SCP-7484: Joyride by V173
At least two of the ten AI-operated, unmanned vehicles designed as police cars from various states within the U.S. are to pursue SCP-7484 during daily playing sessions.

9 March 2025 - selected by Mr Panik

Featured page: SCP-8503: The Valkyrie Model by Kilerpoyo
Pain broke her prayer. Like the pain of her phantom limbs, it was born from an absence—a void that should not be empty.

17 March 2025 - selected by fairydoctor

Featured page: SCP-8725: Loss, Erasure, Finding Oneself by Uncle Nicolini
Everwood: But I am only helping you out of basic human decency. You would do the same for me, right?

25 March 2025 - selected by SocksesForFoxes

Featured page: Every Day, It Gets a Little Easier by OnlineOpossum
You don’t speak, just wait expectantly. Just because you picked up doesn’t mean you plan on dignifying the caller with a response.

April 2025:

1 April 2025 - selected by Captain_Wavzies

Featured page: SCP-8523: Thalassophobia: Diver Down by local lesbian commie
SCP-8523 is a gravitational phenomenon observed in the ocean of the terrestrial planet HD 50655 Ad, located 20 light-years away from Earth.

9 April 2025 - selected by adanaist

Featured page: Black Diamond Billions Hub by xexnoncores
Some say Marshall, Carter and Dark Ltd. view the rich as unto ants—but what does that make them then, so high up in their ivory towers?

17 April 2025 - selected by Jezixo

Featured page: for Brandon by TheChunk
I skipped work today, Brandon. Can you believe it?

25 April 2025 - selected by Myraelli

Featured page: Her Future in Bloom by Mr Panik
She watched him on the security cameras for a while as he tended the beehives that surrounded their garden. How many had died because of him? Because of her.

2025 REVIEWERS’ SPOTLIGHT MAY - AUGUST

May 2025:

1 May 2025 - selected by Minaru

Featured page: A Wolf at the Door by mxsinister
As the entryway cracked open, the fluorescent lights of Site-90 glared in from the hall.

9 May 2025 - selected by yorp

Featured page: Hanson Perry and the Crabmeat Loss by Jezixo
Friday was the wretched end of everybody’s week, but Hanson Perry liked it fine.

17 May 2025 - selected by Fish^12

Featured page: SCP-8307: The Arthurian Cycle by sailorenoch, rottingraisins, and Rosyfox2002
Any and all attempts to disrupt the cycle once activated will result in immediate dismissal from the research team.

25 May 2025 - selected by battlecruiser12

Featured page: The Rainbow Pebble by Jezixo
Hanson Perry knew best where to scavenge for surprises. He’d found a catch down here before, but this was something special.

June 2025:

1 June 2025 - selected by Tsercele

Featured page: SCP-8043: On and On and On and On by Tanhony
SCP-8043 is a phenomenon in which a short, simple task is perceived by the victim as taking place over an exorbitant amount of time.

9 June 2025 - selected by Mister_Toasty

Featured page: Chairs by choccoMan
I counted last night—just in the break room alone, we have 86 chairs. For reference, there are four tables and six employees on this floor.

17 June 2025 - selected by Dr Blackbox

Featured page: SCP-3698: Fresh Pine by _Utich_
Air contaminated with SCP-3698 shares this hume level.

25 June 2025 - selected by TheChunk

Featured page: SCP-8627: Infernal Bonds by Dr Angell
SCP-8627 is a clay vessel of alchemical salts imprinted with a red, dimly glowing sigil of Seere.

July 2025:

1 July 2025 - selected by stellyfins

Featured page: SCP-8767: Something At The Bottom by atypica
This document is susceptible to being altered via anomalous means. Proceed at your discretion.

9 July 2025 - selected by EventideParadox

Featured page: There was a stranger in the park by Heck_Tech
It was toward the end of September that I saw him for the first time.

17 July 2025 - selected by Anyar

Featured page: SCP-8646: Cowherd Must Be Protected by MonsieurIguana
The rate of appearance within local herds of dairy cattle is estimated to be approximately one aurochs per 100 head of cattle; as such, there are five identified and contained living aurochs within the radius.

25 July 2025 - selected by Jezixo

Featured page: SCP-8704: Sir Frederick and the Mighty Morphin' Power Sword by GravelEnthusiast
SCP-8704-2 appears to be afraid of SCP-8704-1 and will immediately evacuate the area when SCP-8704-1 makes its presence known.

August 2025:

1 August 2025 - selected by Dr Angell

Featured page: SCP-8575: Adhesion by TheChunk
SCP-8575 is a large muscular adhesion located beneath the left pectoralis major of Dr. John Davidson.

9 August 2025 - selected by GeminidStrix

Featured page: SCP-8406: The Director of Site-152 by Anyar
SCP-8406 possessed latent reality bending capabilities which were not known to the Foundation prior to her disappearance, and which are believed to have been activated by severe emotional distress.

17 August 2025 - selected by Fireknight

Featured page: SCP-8391: Teaching Animals To Count And Spell by Animal Hospital
SCP-8391 manifests as a spontaneously forming hole in the ground; for 6 meters down, all dirt and other matter will be displaced into an unknown location.

25 August 2025 - selected by Zoobeeny

Featured page: SCP-8905: One must imagine Sisyphus getting a promotion by PinkHatPinkJeans and Crow-Cat
The room had several whiteboards detailing increasingly elaborate plans to open the box.

2025 REVIEWERS’ SPOTLIGHT SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER

September 2025:

1 September 2025 - selected by xexnoncores

Featured page: 'Best-Rest Villa' (MYK7X/BR05F/V9902) by mxsinister
However, once someone who has slept on the premises departs, they are rendered physically incapable of falling asleep again.

9 September 2025 - selected by Kilerpoyo

Featured page: SCP-8562: Nuestro Señor Desollado by Din-Bidor
As of the year 2025, it has a population of 98,382 persons, of which approximately 71% are known to be instances of SCP-8562-1: individuals who possess the innate ability of fleshcrafting.

17 September 2025 - selected by AstralNavigator

Featured page: SCP-8754: Inside the Belt by GeminidStrix
All travel to the Proxima Centauri system is strictly prohibited. Any vessels deviating toward SCP-8754 are to be remotely disabled.

25 September 2025 - selected by Intercedent

Featured page: Swords unto Scramjets by Pedantique
Shades wearing night-vision goggles trek across Cherinmark through the footprints of giants.

October 2025:

1 October 2025 - selected by HaydenSaintPascal

Featured page: SCP-8605: The Steel Soul by HarryBlank
Can a thing die which has never lived?

9 October 2025 - selected by OminousEgg

Featured page: ‘Opalescent Silver’ (AL781/CF6ZD/LO7UN) by xexnoncores
A three-floor business lounge located within the Threeports Androidmeda District, stocked with non-combat androids as staff.

17 October 2025 - selected by cacbbi

Featured page: SCP-8229: Learned Helplessness by flembus does not match any existing user name
Hanson McGillivray, hereafter referred to as SCP-8229-A, is a non-anomalous 23-year-old male and the primary victim of Incident 8229.

25 October 2025 - selected by SeekGull

Featured page: SCP-8577: Channel 0 by wackdog
SCP-8577 is an unlisted hotel television service (“Channel 0”) that plays a continuous promotional loop for the host property.

November 2025:

1 November 2025 - selected by Miss Lovecraft

Featured page: SCP-9153: The Missing Infinity by badooga
If you're reading this, this file is in the process of being quarantined, and you're one of the ones quarantining it…

9 November 2025 - selected by Fermentating

Featured page: SCP-8845: They Who Cross the Bridge by TheTravllr
Due to the nature of SCP-8845, research staff are required to possess documented mental disorders associated with elevated suicide risk as a prerequisite for assignment, and all researchers accessing SCP-8845 must be accompanied by no less than two security personnel.

17 November 2025 - selected by TheChunk

Featured page: The Ghost of Molly Roger by DS al Coda
NOTICE: As of recent policy changes regulating the use of psychic abilities in the classroom, teachers are disallowed from encouraging students to project without express permission from parents.

25 November 2025 - selected by LeraviTheXatu

Featured page: SCP-9343: Whispers on the Wind by AWhiteBoy
Due to the scale and acceptance of SCP-9343-3 throughout mundane society, the decision has been made for it to be left uncontained.

December 2025:

1 December 2025 - selected by Kingspade

Featured page: Hartliss Detective Agency by The Great Hippo
One of the only men with the moxie to stand up to the Outfit is Hymie Weiss — 'The Perfumed Burglar'. But moxie only gets you so far.

9 December 2025 - selected by P4TR1CK07

Featured page: SCP-9980: Acrotomophilia: Sanguis Ex Tempore by KatyaStrangelove
Under no circumstances are either of the two parties involved to be informed of any aspect of SCP-9980.

17 December 2025 - selected by tacticalnecromancy

Featured page: SCP-9084: And If I Did, You Deserved It by popsioak
SCP-9084 is the designation for a fact that does not exist, is not true, and concerns an event that did not happen.

25 December 2025 - selected by Dr Blackbox

Featured page: SCP-8146: Twitch Subs For The Master! by IAmTheOoga
The channel itself is largely non-anomalous, however all attempts at preventing and/or tracking uploads to the channel or blocking web traffic from reaching it have been met with failure.

2026 REVIEWERS’ SPOTLIGHT JANUARY - APRIL

January 2026:

1 January 2026 - selected by Doctor Lovelace

Featured page: Target Audience by Doctor Lovelace
I realized that I was far more afraid of being alone than I was of the creature.

9 January 2026 - selected by Wynths

Featured page: SCP-1484: Lie Group SITE(17) by PandoraNuker
Usual access restrictions will be suspended in a containment breach for the purpose of recontainment.

17 January 2026 - selected by Anyar

Featured page: SCP-9292: Innset, Finnmark by Maplestrip
Staff should not touch any human-made objects within SCP-9292 outside of testing or approved exploration.

25 January 2026 - selected by Zyn

Featured page: Can You Show Me The Way To Alagadda? by Oboebandgeek99
There are impossible tasks, and then there's finding a Way to Alagadda. It's been done before, so we know it's possible. But we're not sure how exactly it was done.

February 2026:

1 February 2026 - selected by BAD_DATA

Featured page: SCP-8397: Spinesketball by Anyar
Site-97's basketball court is to be vacated and locked after hours.

9 February 2026 - selected by Heck_Tech

Featured page: SCP-9811: If You Need Me, I'll Be In Montanna by tacticalnecromancy
SCP-9811 is the Foundation designation for the "Montanna [sic] Natural and Cultural History Museum." The building has three entrances: Visitors, Guests, and Staff. Only the Staff entrance appears to be inaccessible.

17 February 2026 - selected by AWhiteBoy

Featured page: SCP-9616: The Department of Foolishness by InanimateStudy
SCP-9616 is a sentient and sapient swarm of between 3500 and 4000 anomalous Culex quinquefasciatus, commonly known as the southern house mosquito.

25 February 2026 - selected by Kingspade

Featured page: Our Lady of Sorrows by DrGrimoire
Unearthly wailing, it turns out, is great for keeping property values down, and in Three Portlands, the moans of the damned was considered less of a deterrent and more of a minor annoyance, no worse than a neighbor who mows the lawn after five.

March 2026:

1 March 2026 - selected by Tsercele

Featured page: We're Worthy of Being Loved, Too by Tsercele
Below brown eyes, on stubbled cheeks, there glowed a brighter hue, like cotton candy in the sun. The hint of a smile, or something more — a moment shared and recognized.

9 March 2026 - selected by KatyaStrangelove

Featured page: SCP-9828: The Scarlet Ichor by Rez De Chaussee does not match any existing user name and Uncle Nicolini
It was quiet. Not silent, but there was an aural fog of whistling and clicking and gurgling, like someone was trying to scream underwater; like my dreams sound now, when my dreams let me leave.

17 March 2026 - selected by Jamz9245

Featured page: SCP-9983: Do Not Look Inside The Box by Lakaz
Following the deaths of multiple researchers and the loss of substantial equipment, no devices with radio receivers are to be brought within two miles of Site-17.

25 March 2026 - selected by Dr Blackbox

Featured page: SCP-598: Sentient Color by Sophia Light
Any color-accurate copy of SCP-598, reproduced by any means including computer, video recording or mirrors, will become SCP-598.

April 2026:

1 April 2026 - selected by QQuickSilver2

Featured page: With Mercy for the Greedy by AstersQuill
Her hooves and her cane knocked against the granite floor, quietly, unsure if their owner would be allowed into this holy place.

9 April 2026 - selected by Aspenq

Featured page: SCP-9345: The Incorrupt Head of Susana Méndez by Din-Bidor
One day I left home and never came back.

17 April 2026 - selected by LeraviTheXatu

Featured page: SCP-9299: The Salem Witch Time Trials by wackdog and Polydeer
Special Containment Procedures: The Golden Gourd Cup, if present, is to be observed in place and left to dematerialize; it will remanifest within the victor's residence shortly after SCP-9299 concludes.

25 April 2026 - selected by 8bitbreadbox

Featured page: SCP-8582: A pair of shoes that do not belong to you by GwenWinterheart
You are to stop thinking about SCP-8582.

2026 REVIEWERS’ SPOTLIGHT MAY - AUGUST

May 2026:

1 May 2026 - selected by MrSomeoneWHoExists

Featured page: SCP-9605: Blown away. by Nickthebrick1
Contain it. Trash it. Whatever floats your boat. IDC.

9 May 2026 - selected by Neatus

Featured page: SCP-8524 - The Illusion of The Past by Ekaterina Komisch
Personnel must not touch SCP-8524 with bare skin.

17 May 2026 - selected by Tallstar513

Featured page: SCP-9649: life changing pills by dado by AurimasAd
Orally taking a pill results in the subject expiring, with their consciousness transferring to and replacing another human being, hereby designated SCP-9649-1.

25 May 2026 - selected by wackdog

Featured page: SCP-9503: Triple Axel by Miss Lovecraft
SCP-9503's boots contain a thaumaturgically-sourced memetic agent.

June 2026:

1 June 2026 - selected by whenwerewe

Featured page: SCP-9512: Unsilent Death; or, Dukkhamaxxing by whenwerewe
Ambassadors to SCP-9512 are to be selected from the pool of unrighteous subjects.

9 June 2026 - selected by Dr Blackbox

Featured page: New Age - a Tale by SRegan
Tosui was the Zen master who left the formalism of temples to live under a bridge with beggars.

17 June 2026 - selected by DrBleep

Featured page: To Serve Deer by Prismal and AstersQuill
A warm breeze drifts across the quad as you walk down the grand steps of the library, canvas tote softly tapping at your side as you descend.

25 June 2026 - selected by Zoobeeny

Featured page: SCP-3682-JP: "'Ki' is for 'Sign'" by Karathh, translated by AlienSpaceBat and Maxyfran73
SCP-3682-JP was supposedly contained and researched at Site-814A, but most of the instances and related documentation were lost during a major site containment breach.

July 2026: