Melissa Albert’s debut novel cuts to the bone of European fairy tales to find the essence of nightmares: horrors that are both seductive and disturbing.
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"The Strange Bird"
Jeff VanderMeer’s spare, heartbreaking novella soars through the world of Borne.
Read MoreBinti is back! Celebrating the new hardcover editions
We love Binti! We’re celebrating the re-release of Okorafor’s Hugo and Nebula award-winning trilogy in beautiful hardcover editions with an appreciation of the difficulties involved in coming of age, intergalactic exploration, and saving the world, all at the same time.
Read MoreA Celebration of Carmen Maria Machado
Celebrating Carmen Maria Machado with a summer re-post of our review of Her Body and Other Parties
Read MoreWhat's so Different About "The Expanse," Anyway?
A thoughtful vision of humanity’s future among the stars is well translated from book to screen in The Expanse.
Read MoreSouthern Gothic: Interviewing "The Past is Never" Author Tiffany Quay Tyson
An interview with Tiffany Quay Tyson.
Read MoreThe Creative Destruction of "Annihilation"
On the page or on screen, Annihilation will test the limits of what you know about the world and yourself.
Read MoreMadeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" A Fantasy Novel for All Ages
With the exciting film release of A Wrinkle in Time, the Fiction Unbounders went back to the source material and re-lived some childhood magic.
Read More"Strange the Dreamer": Tired of Killing
In Liani Taylor's lyrical and dark fantasy, killing your enemies doesn't solve anything and there are no easy answers.
Read MoreUrsula K. Le Guin: A Retrospective
Ursula K. Le Guin. 21 October 1929 – 22 January 2018. Photo by Eileen Gunn.
Le Guin dreamed whole realities that forced us to reexamine assumptions we took for granted, and to see new ways forward.
Read MoreThere’s Always Time for Time Travel
From recent takes to enduring classics, we love time travel stories.
Read MoreOdd Couples: "The Shape of Water," "Selkie Stories Are for Losers"
Pairing Guillermo del Toro's water monster romance with Sofia Samatar's celebrated 2013 selkie story.
Read More2017 Best of Fiction Unbound
The Unbound Writers look back on the wild ride that was 2017 and gear up for what comes next.
Read MoreCold-Weather Classics
When the weather outside gets frightful, make the most of the atmosphere by treating yourself to one of these cold-weather classics of speculative fiction.
Read MoreHalloween Horror Reading Recommendations: Tricks and Treats
The Unbound Writers go trick-or-treating down Memory Lane for Halloween horror recommendations.
Read More“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" - Fiction Unbound Reviews Our Childhood Nightmares
This Friday the 13th the Fiction Unbounders discuss their favorite Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and how these tales became the source material for favorite childhood nightmares.
Read MoreBest High Fantasy Literature: An Ode to Patricia A. McKillip
If you have a craving for lush, high-fantasy there is no one better than Patricia A. McKillip
Read MoreHugo Award Winners 2017
Rounding out our coverage of the 2017 Hugo winners, with special congratulations to Lois McMaster Bujold for winning the first-ever "Best Series" Hugo Award.
Read More"The Art of Starving": Speculative Fiction and the Unreliable Narrator
In Miller's poignant debut novel the power to control and the power to discover truth are superhuman abilities in a world where everything is in doubt.
Read MoreHugo Awards Coverage Part II: Short Story Nominees
The Unbound Writers appreciate Hugo Award nominee short stories.
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