The Breakup, Kurt Andersen (Random House 978-1-98480-137-1, $30.00, 553pp, hc) August 2026. The fall of the United States, a triptych, part three. The early 2030s again, a civil war again, but a di…

Hidden Companions, Ahmad Nabil (The Fiction Council and Radix Coop 979-8-989-49022-6, $29.95, 136pp, pb) May 2026. Cover by Ahmad Nabil. In 2022, The Fiction Council in Jerusalem pub­lished a small…

Red X, David Demchuk (Hell’s Hundred 978-1-64129-847-6, $19.95, 224pp, tp) June 2026. Cover by Matthew Flute. As a book nerd, I read everything; prologues, intro­ductions, author’s notes, acknowled…

COVER REVEAL!  Check out this beautiful cover for The Cookout, edited by Erin Brown, Emmalia Harrington, Tonya R. Moore, and P.C. Verrone, coming out from Android Press! Cover art illustrated by Zi…

Mrs. Jekyll, Emma Glass (Union Square & Co, 978-1-45496-590-9, $17.99, 176, tp) April 2026. The journalist, editor, and author Deborah Orr died in October 2019 at the age of fifty-seven, after …

Escape Pod 6/25/26, 6/18/26 PodCastle 6/30/26, 6/23/26, 6/16/2026, 6/9/26 Cast of Wonders 5/23/26, 5/17/26 Diabolical Plots 6/1/26, 6/25/26 At Escape Pod, “You Have Arrived at Your Des­tination” by…

The Boatman, Alex Grecian (Bad Hand Books 978-0-06339-846-7, $30.00, 336pp, hc) June 2026. Cover by Eileen Kai Hing Kwan. Short. Punchy. Twisty. Smart. I could keep going, but I won’t. You get the …

Ready to see what’s new on the shelves this week? Our September 29, 2026 new releases video explores the latest arrivals in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult fiction. This week’s li…

Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection, David M. Brinley & Amanda T. Zehnder, eds. (University of Delaware Press, 978-16-445-34052, $44.95, …

Carry Me to My Grave, Christopher Golden (St. Martin’s Press 978-1-25040-452-7, $29.00, 336pp, hc) July 2026. More than being late to the Christopher Golden party, I simply didn’t get a chance to r…