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 moreField Notes from Lit Fest: Speculative Writing in Denver
Our editors share their thoughts on Lit Fest 2018 in Denver.
Read more"49 Buddhas": An Unlikely Detective, Searching for Enlightenment
A reincarnated Buddhist monk, armed with the wisdom of many lifetimes (and a little black magic), tries to solve a murder mystery and bring enlightenment to all beings.
Read more2018 Summer Reading Recommendations
Who doesn't like snow cones in summertime?
Grab a frosty beverage and head to the hammock or the beach with one of these great speculative summer reads!
Read moreSouthern Gothic: Interviewing "The Past is Never" Author Tiffany Quay Tyson
An interview with Tiffany Quay Tyson.
Read more"Scythe": Why Die? The Problems with Immortality
It’s a perfect world. Just a little bit too full of people.
Read moreCloud Orca Land: "Blackfish City" and the Struggle for Utopia
Sam J. Miller’s new novel wrestles with catastrophes to come, and what kind of power might form out of the struggle.
Read more"The Queen of Sorrow"
The final tale in the Queens of Renthia saga is here. More queens, more lands, more spirits, and answers to questions as large as the universe.
Read moreNebula Finalist Novellas 2017: Twisty Plots, Humor, Gender Fluidity and Big Questions
Nebula Award finalist novellas are plot-twisty, gender-bending, humorous, and pithy with Big Questions in a smaller, digestible format.
Read moreNebula-Nominated Short Stories/Novelettes
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's 52nd Annual Nebula Awards will be held in Pittsburgh this May
It’s Nebula Awards season! Our editors share their thoughts on a selection of nominees for Best Shorty Story and Best Novelette.
Read moreSouthern Gothic: Wrestling With Our Demons -- Part 2, Novels
Zora Neale Hurston, pear blossoms, William Gay, Everglades gator
Head into the swamps with some fallen families and wild grotesques in Part 2 of our Southern Gothic extravaganza.
Read more"Children of Blood and Bone": Tomi Adeyemi's Blockbuster Debut
Adeyemi's breakout debut features a richly drawn world inspired by West African traditions, compassionate social commentary, and a new take on magic.
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 more"The Atrocities": A Concentrated Gothic Pill
How much more Gothic could The Atrocities be? None. None more Gothic.
Read moreSouthern Gothic: The Present Haunted by the Past -- Part I, Short Stories
Eudora Welty, trees in the White River, Tania James, and a mural in Prescott, Arkansas (not-so-accidentally chosen because it's the hometown of Amanda's grandma)
An exploration of Southern Gothic speculative literature.
Read more"A Wrinkle in Time": Fiction Unbound Reviews the Film [Spoiler Warning]
Going from beloved classic book to blockbuster movie is a tricky proposition. The writers at Fiction Unbound weigh in on what worked, and what didn't.
Read moreTemporal Ecologies in Kelly Robson's "Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach"
Kelly Robson's new novella cannily links time travel escapism to our ecological crisis.
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.
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