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"Black Panther": Society as Superhero
The Unbound Writers review and revel in the newest Marvel super hero film: Black Panther
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 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 more"The Last Jedi" — Where We Stand
The Last Jedi turns expectations upside down and fans inside out.
Read moreThe Heroine’s Journey: Beyond the Bindings of the Western Tradition
S.A. Chakraborty's debut novel sweeps readers away on a flying carpet to the magical city of Daevabad, where Cairo orphan Nahri will learn the truth - both the incredible and the ugly - about her family's history.
Read more"Dark Matter" [Spoiler] Review: Blake Crouch’s Science Fiction Thriller Delves into the Multiverse
Blake Crouch's Dark Matter is a light science fiction adventure about the road not traveled. Let's dive in!
Read more"The Half-Drowned King": Sailing the Viking Seas
Need an epic fix while you wait for the Game of Thrones finale? Look no further than the beauty and bluntly rendered brutality of Linnea Hartsuyker's adrenaline-fueled historical novel set in ninth-century Norway.
Read moreBundle Up for Joe Hill's "Strange Weather"
Read Strange Weather with a nice warm blanket you can hide under.
Read more"Tool of War": Blood Is Not Destiny
Paolo Bacigalupi's Tool of War examines questions of biological determinism, free will and the unforeseen consequences of genetic engineering.
Read moreCarmen Maria Machado's New Gothic: "Her Body and Other Parties"
Carmen Maria Machado's astonishing short story collection queers reality itself.
Read moreInvite The Twilight Pariah Into Your Imagination
The Twilight Pariah, part ghost story, part murder mystery, swings from the craftily conventional to the truly inventive.
Read moreFiction Unbound Reviews: Best Online Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines
Whether reading online or listening to podcasts during your commute, some of the best writing in speculative fiction is debuting in online venues.
Read more“Borne”: A Biotech-Apocalypse Love Story
Jeff VanderMeer's new novel is a rare science fiction treasure.
Read more"The Reluctant Queen": Durst's Woodland World Comes of Age
In the second book of Sarah Beth Durst's The Queens of Renthia fantasy series, an ordinary woman finds that to save her family she may first have to save the world.
Read moreIn "Mapping the Interior," Native Fathers and Sons, Haunted by the Past
Native American ghost story? Psychological thriller? Portrait of a young mind struggling to cope with unspeakable grief and existential rage? Stephen Graham Jones's haunting novella is all of the above, and more.
Read more"Death's End": Cixin Liu's Masterpiece Trilogy, Concluded
Death's End brings Chinese science fiction luminary Cixin Liu's mind-blowing trilogy to its inevitable and spectacular end.
Read moreIn “The Refrigerator Monologues,” Valente Lets the Fridged Girlfriends Scream
Catherynne M. Valente's salty collection of comic-book women in refrigerators, reviewed.
Read more"Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman and Viking Relics
Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology pairs perfectly with a visit to “Vikings: Beyond the Legend” at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Read more"The Book of Joan": Burning Is an Art
Lidia Yuknavitch's dystopian fever dream, reviewed.
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