The Hunger of Those Who Built It, Wendy Waring (Stelliform Press, 978-1-99846-605-4, $21.99, 376pp, tp) September 2026. Cover by Juliane Van Huizen. From a near future that tends towards the abstract ...

Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats, Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America, 978-1-59853-829-8, $16.95, 95pp, hc) October 2025. Any new publication from Ursula K. Le Guin's estate demands attention, and this new bijou-sized volume celebrating the writer's deep engagement with cats throughout her life is a delight that should interest readers, even if you only like dogs. A special publication from the Library of America measuring 7 3/4 …Read More

“My father forbid me to come to you, either with mushrooms or with the dog's collar,” Vanya told the dog witch. It had been early in spring when his father killed Mishka the three-legged dog. For sava...

Crimson in Quietus, Eugen Bacon (Meerkat Press 978-1-96574-007-1, $18.95, 270pp, tp) September 2026. Cover by Tricia Reeks. Eugen Bacon's third novel, Crimson in Quietus, is set in the Sauútiverse, a shared science fiction / fantasy universe created by a collective of African and African diaspora writers. Crimson in Quietus is the first thing I've ever read in this setting. It won't be my last. First off – what a wonderful, …Read More

Illustration by jorahh , 2025 'What do you know of these horsemen, Aragorn?' [Gimli] said. 'Do we sit here waiting for sudden death?' 'I hav...

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A Trade of Blood, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey 978-0-59372-385-2, $32.00, 400pp, hc) August 2026. A Trade of Blood is the third volume in Robert Jackson Bennett's Hugo-winning series of fantasy-world detective novels, starring the impishly grinning, cheerfully inappropriate genius detective Ana, and her earnest and somewhat emo assistant Din. Previous volumes in the series have taken this Holmes-and-Watson duo to the outer reaches of the Khanum empire, setting them …Read More

At 4:48 on Monday, March 12, Theodosia touched the stove for the fifteenth time. Fifteenth time in Carly’s tenure. How many times before that she couldn’t guess. Hundreds . Or maybe the…

A 150-metre-long island appeared from nowhere on Williston Lake, British Columbia; vanished, then reappeared 20 miles away

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I wasn’t even two blocks into the Tumbledown when the walker’s nav crystal started fuzzing out. She veered left like a scavver drunk on coolant, and I knew I was in trouble. I tried sweet-talking her ...

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Publisher – Titan Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £7.99 ebook Kitt Carver is one of the best diviners in the business at finding destinies for the rich and powerful. When she’s ne...

Fifteen big-name genre writers draw inspiration from Le Guin to create stories of “humanity and urgency and clarity,” as editor ...

There are tropes that have been around for so long, and become so codified within pop culture, that they hardly feel like science fiction an...

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Pre-Order. Shipping October 2026. Cover art by Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis PRAISE FOR THE BEST WEIRD FICTION OF THE YEAR “Momentous... an indispensable guide to the state of the weird in ...