From debut author Emily Yu-Xuan Qin comes a snappy urban fantasy novel inspired by Chinese and First Nation mythology, brimming with wit, compelling characters, and LGBTQIA+ representation. We’re thrilled to unveil the cover of Aunt Tigress—available from March 18, 2025 at DAW Books Publisher Betsy Wollheim pulled this novel straight from the pile of unsolicited […]
The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) announced that it has received a $5,000 capacity-building grant from the National Book Foundation. The SLF is one of 49 nonprofit literary arts organizations in the United States that receive grants to support projects that build organizational capacity and increase sustainability. The Speculative Literature Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated […]
From debut author Emily Yu-Xuan Qin comes a snappy urban fantasy novel inspired by Chinese and First Nation mythology, brimming with wit, compelling characters, and LGBTQIA+ representation. We’re thrilled to unveil the cover of Aunt Tigress—available from March 18, 2025 at DAW Books Publisher Betsy Wollheim pulled this novel straight from the pile of unsolicited […]
We are pleased to present an excerpt from Oath of Firea new Sapphic fantasy by K. Arsenault Rivera – now available from Forever. Psyche has always wanted to help people, whether in her profession as a therapist or online as an influencer. So when she receives a mysterious invitation from the most fascinating man she’s […]
Asimov’s 5.-6./24. The May/June 2024 issue of Asimov’s contains three novellas, making it perfect for readers who want to delve into longer short stories. The first of the three novellas that opens the issue is “Barbarians” from Rich Larson. Yanna and his partner Hilly have been hired to take a pair of creepy rich twins […]
Voting has been announced for the World Fantasy Awards for works published in 2023. Awards will be presented during the 2024 World Fantasy Convention, to be held October 17-20, 2024, in Niagara Falls, NY. The Life Achievement Awards, given annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to fantasy, go to Ginjer Buchanan and Jo […]
Sharon Kennedy Wynne | Tampa Bay Times Universal Orlando is conjuring up another wizarding land for its new Epic Universe theme park, currently under construction. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic will include both the magical London offices and the streets of 1920s Paris from the more recent Fantastic Beasts films, […]
The collapsing borderJonathan Lethem (PM Press 978-1-62963-488-3, $16.00, 160 pp., tp) March 2024. With all the well-deserved tributes to the late Terry Bisson and his work (including a long-running and very funny column for this magazine), it is easy to overlook the brilliant series of writers’ books he edited for PM Press over the past […]
The Malachi Covenant, Dee Kelly Jr. (Forefront Books 978-1-63763-255-0, $26.00, 432 pp., hc) April 2024. Cover by Mary Susan Oleson. The international success of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code unleashed a flood of novels that sought to work in this area, mixing elements of thrillers and historical novels with elements of various religious faiths. […]
Growing up in the Appalachian region of Virginia, I was surrounded by magic. My great-grandmother had an amazing memory with a fourth-grade education. My little brother could see ghosts. My mother had the lithe beauty of the 90s and the supernatural abilities of the modern witches my brother and I saw in movies like Magical […]
