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Celebrating Black Speculative Fiction: Some Favorites

February 15, 2019 The Unbound Writers
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For Black History Month, some favorite short stories by new and classic black SF/F writers.

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In Appreciations Tags N.K. Jemisin, W.E.B. Du Bois, Charles W. Chesnutt, Nisi Shawl, Rivers Solomon, Cadwell Turnbull, Phenderson Djeli Clark, Black History Month, African-American speculative fiction, Southern Gothic, Victor LaValle, Lisa Mahoney, Danyelle C. Overbo, Amanda Baldeneaux, Theodore McCombs, Jon Horwitz-White, CH Lips
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Averting Literary Extinction Events: An Appreciation of Undertow Publications

February 1, 2019 Gemma Webster
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Year’s Best Weird Fiction Volume Five Edited by Robert Shearman and Michael Kelly

Undertow Publications is a small press that has won the Shirley Jackson award for best edited anthology. Their lauded anthology, Year’s Best Weird Fiction went from endangered to extinct with Volume 5. Come celebrate this beautiful volume and learn about this press, which despite this set back, has amazing books on offer this year.

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In Appreciations Tags Weird Fiction, Undertow Publications, Michael Kelly, Robert Shearman, Horror, Simon Strantzas, Priya Sharma, Gemma Webster, Kathleen Kayembe, Kurt Fawver
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"The Hazel Wood": Interrogating the European Fairy Tale

August 24, 2018 CS Peterson
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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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In Appreciations Tags Fairy Tales, female protagonist, The Hero's Journey, Young Adult Fantasy
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"The Strange Bird"

July 27, 2018 Mark Springer
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Jeff VanderMeer’s spare, heartbreaking novella soars through the world of Borne.

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In Appreciations Tags Biotech, Jeff VanderMeer, Mark Springer
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Binti is back! Celebrating the new hardcover editions

July 20, 2018 Amanda Baldeneaux
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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.

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In Appreciations Tags Binti, Binti: Home, Binti: The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor, Amanda Baldeneaux, Science Fiction
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A Celebration of Carmen Maria Machado

July 14, 2018 Theodore McCombs

Celebrating Carmen Maria Machado with a summer re-post of our review of Her Body and Other Parties

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In Appreciations Tags Theodore McCombs, Carmen Maria Machado, Short Stories, horror
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What's so Different About "The Expanse," Anyway?

July 6, 2018 The Unbound Writers
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A thoughtful vision of humanity’s future among the stars is well translated from book to screen in The Expanse.

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In Appreciations Tags CS Peterson, Lisa Mahoney, The Expanse, James S. A. Corey, Mark Springer
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Southern Gothic: Interviewing "The Past is Never" Author Tiffany Quay Tyson

June 8, 2018 The Unbound Writers
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An interview with Tiffany Quay Tyson.

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In Appreciations Tags Southern Gothic, Tiffany Quay Tyson, Lisa Mahoney, Amanda Baldeneaux, The Past is Never, Gothic Fiction
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The Creative Destruction of "Annihilation"

April 13, 2018 Mark Springer
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On the page or on screen, Annihilation will test the limits of what you know about the world and yourself. 

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In Appreciations Tags Science Fiction, Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer, Mark Springer, Books to Movies
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Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" A Fantasy Novel for All Ages

March 9, 2018 Fiction Unbound
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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.

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In Appreciations, Reviews Tags Danyelle C. Overbo, Amanda Baldeneaux, Sean Cassity, CS Peterson, Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet
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"Strange the Dreamer": Tired of Killing

February 23, 2018 CS Peterson
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In Liani Taylor's lyrical and dark fantasy, killing your enemies doesn't solve anything and there are no easy answers. 

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In Appreciations, Reviews Tags CS Peterson, Lani Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
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Ursula K. Le Guin: A Retrospective

February 16, 2018 The Unbound Writers
Ursula K. Le Guin. 21 October 1929 – 22 January 2018. Photo by Eileen Gunn.

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.

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In Appreciations Tags The Left Hand of Darkness, Theodore McCombs, CS Peterson, Amanda Baldeneaux, Sean Cassity, Ursula K. Le Guin, Science Fiction, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Dispossessed, Fantasy, The Lathe of Heaven, The Real and the Unreal
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There’s Always Time for Time Travel

February 2, 2018 The Unbound Writers

From recent takes to enduring classics, we love time travel stories.

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In Appreciations Tags Time Travel, Science Fiction, The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, Travelers, Future Man, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Richard Matheson, Bid Time Return, Somewhere In Time, Lisa Mahoney, Amanda Baldeneaux, Danyelle C. Overbo, Sean Cassity
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Odd Couples: "The Shape of Water," "Selkie Stories Are for Losers"

January 26, 2018 Theodore McCombs

Pairing Guillermo del Toro's water monster romance with Sofia Samatar's celebrated 2013 selkie story.

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In Appreciations, Reviews Tags Guillermo del Toro, Sofia Samatar, Selkies, Water Monsters, The Shape of Water, Selkie Stories Are for Losers, Theodore McCombs
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2017 Best of Fiction Unbound

December 29, 2017 The Unbound Writers

The Unbound Writers look back on the wild ride that was 2017 and gear up for what comes next.

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In Appreciations Tags Sean Cassity, Theodore McCombs, Mark Springer, Amanda Boldenow, Lisa Mahoney, CS Peterson, Space Jesuits, recommendations
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Cold-Weather Classics

December 15, 2017 The Unbound Writers
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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. 

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In Appreciations Tags The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe, The Shining, The Left Hand of Darkness, CS Lewis, At The Mountains of Madness, Ursula K. Le Guin, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Amanda Baldeneaux, CS Peterson, Sean Cassity, winter, cold weather, classics
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Halloween Horror Reading Recommendations: Tricks and Treats

October 27, 2017 The Unbound Writers
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The Unbound Writers go trick-or-treating down Memory Lane for Halloween horror recommendations.

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In Appreciations Tags halloween, Lisa Mahoney, Mark Springer, CS Peterson, Danyelle C. Overbo, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, David Bowie, Anne Rice, Stanley Kubrick
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“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" - Fiction Unbound Reviews Our Childhood Nightmares

October 13, 2017 The Unbound Writers
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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.

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In Appreciations Tags horror, halloween, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Allen Schwartz, Stephen Gammell, Danyelle C. Overbo, Sean Cassity, Amanda Baldeneaux
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Best High Fantasy Literature: An Ode to Patricia A. McKillip

September 29, 2017 Danyelle Overbo
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If you have a craving for lush, high-fantasy there is no one better than Patricia A. McKillip

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In Appreciations Tags Danyelle C. Overbo, Patricia A. McKillip, High Fantasy, Awards
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Hugo Award Winners 2017

August 25, 2017 Lisa Mahoney
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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.

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In Appreciations Tags Lisa Mahoney, Lois, Miles Vorkosigan, Space operas, Hugo Awards, Amanda Baldeneaux
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