Craig Laurance Gidney’s Marsh-bell Queen is half muse, half greedy ghost, and all fascinating.
Read more2020 Summer Reading Suggestions from Fiction Unbound
Where the wild things are: a 14th-century artist’s vision of the end of the world.
Feeling a little overwhelmed? Our contributors have reading recommendations to get you through whatever crazy apocalypse comes next this summer.
Read moreCelebrating Black Speculative Fiction 2020
Mark Bradford, Realness, 2016. Mixed media on canvas; 108.25 x 168.5 in. Denver Art Museum Collection
For Black History Month, some favorite short stories and novels by new and classic black SF/F writers.
Read moreReally Raunchy Speculative Valentine's Day Recommendations
Grab your sweeties and give ‘em a gift of literature! Image — Boston : L. Prang & Co. [Public domain]
Considering ridding yourself of your semi-sweet? Give them a speculative test. Do they love these nuggets as much as you should? If so, consider keeping them around. In whatever form.
Read moreHappy New Decade 2020!
As we step into the third decade of the 21st century, the contributors at Fiction Unbound reflect on some of our favorite posts from the past.
Read more2019 Fiction Unbound Speculative Holiday Gift Guide
Books are the perfect gift and we’ve got suggestions for everyone on your list.
Read moreCelebrating Native American Speculative Fiction: Some Favorites
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we recommend a few of our favorite Native American speculative fiction writers and stories.
Read moreDream House as Rave Review
Carmen Maria Machado’s genre-bending memoir is a formally dazzling and emotionally acute testimony of an abusive queer relationship.
Read moreTomorrow's Old News: Adventures in Speculative Journalism
Fake news gets super real.
Read moreComputational Philosophy: Ted Chiang’s Stories as Engines of Inquiry
Ted Chiang’s second collection of award-winning stories, reviewed.
Read moreHot Stories for Hot Days
Cooking in Paris. (photo credit: Rob Potvin)
Yes, it’s hot. We say, embrace it! Our editors recommend four stories, out this summer, that sizzle with neurotech and mindships, gunslingers and tornadoes. As an added bonus you’ll have indisputable reason to participate in National Coffee Milkshake Day.
Read moreBody Parts in Transit: Sarah Rose Etter's "The Book of X"
Sarah Rose Etter’s The Book of X radically disassembles womanhood into its surreal parts.
Read moreHappy 4th of July!
Photo of fireworks behind tree, turquoise sky. Photo by Julie Tupas on Unsplash
Happy 4th of July! The Unbound Writers are taking the week off but have left you a little something fun: staff kudos and zombies loving fireworks!
Read moreNovella Finalists for the 2018 Nebula Award
Fiction Unbound explores the fresh voices and exciting ideas that are the novellas nominated by SWFA members for the Nebula Awards. No predictions.
Read moreNovelette Finalists for the 2018 Nebula Award
Fiction Unbound’s celebration of Nebula Award nominees continues. This week, a collection of slightly longer SF/F confections: novelettes. Come for the alternate histories, stay for the reincarnation and romance.
Read moreShort Story Finalists for the 2018 Nebula Award
“The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington.” Illustration by Odera Igbokwe from Fireside Magazine.
Fiction Unbound continues our annual tradition of admiring the unique voices and daring ideas that are the short stories nominated by SWFA member writers for the Nebula Awards. No predictions.
Read moreSooner or Later Sarah Pinsker Breaks Your Heart and Puts It Back Together All Weird
The award-winning Sarah Pinsker finally has a collection out, and it’s excellent.
Read moreCelebrating Black Speculative Fiction: Some Favorites
For Black History Month, some favorite short stories by new and classic black SF/F writers.
Read moreHorrifyingly Heinous Speculative Valentine's Day Recommendations
It’s time for the Fiction Unbound 3rd annual roundup of speculative fiction recommendations to gift your beloved. Sure to please.*
*Not a legally binding guarantee.
Read moreNo More Yielding but a Dream: Sandra Newman's "The Heavens" and the Progressive Vision
The Heavens by Sandra Newman from Grove Atlantic
Newman’s novel is an inspired time-travel story and a troubled look at progressive hopes.
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