Biomimicry abounds in this themed collection of new and classic science fiction “at the crux of creatures and tech,” from Hex Publishers.
Read moreThe Fiction Unbound Speculative Holiday Gift Guide for 2018
The holidays are here again. The days are short and the nights are long. Best stock up on stories that will see you through the long dark.
Read moreGhosts in the House & the Machine: A Love Story, Hill House, & Two-Tongued Jeremy
Parenting is risky business, more so when ghosts take an uninvited co-parenting role.
Read moreA Human Being Is Only Breath and Shadow: "The Book of M"
Peng Shepherd’s thrilling debut novel explodes post-apocalyptic fantasies of independence.
Read moreYou Don't Just Lose Your Life: An Interview With Gabino Iglesias
Writer Gabino Iglesias’ new book Coyote Songs hit book stores this week. Check out this interview for ideas about writing, the horror of murder and living interstitially.
Read moreThe Science Fiction and Fantasy Scene in Colorado: Find your Tribe
"Finding Baba Yaga": The Perfect Book for the Season of the Witch
Jane Yolen’s novel-in-verse, Finding Baba Yaga, arrives just in time for the season of the witch.
Read more"New Fears 2": Nightmares Are the Price We Pay for Dreaming
In the second New Fears anthology, horror knows no boundaries.
Read moreWhat Feels Like Fate: Daisy Johnson’s "Everything Under"
A watery, Gothic update of Greek myth by an exciting new voice in dark fiction.
Read more"Exit Strategy": Beware the Wrath of Murderbot
In volume 4 of The Murderbot Diaries, Murderbot’s climactic showdown with an evil corporation pushes the rogue SecUnit to its limits, and beyond.
Read more"Circe": A Thousand Ways to Deal with Lovers
Yes, you can turn them into pigs, but there are so many other situations women find themselves in and such a variety of possible responses. Gods and Heroes, trigger warning: not all of them act like gentlemen.
Read moreThe Magic at Our Elbow: Anime and the Fantastical Woven into the Everyday
In the world of Japanese anime you can slip from the ordinary to the magical at any moment.
Read moreGreat Graphic Novels — Teens Struggling to Fit In
Being different is hugely consequential for teens who populate graphic novels, as well as for teens who read them.
Read moreWe Can't Outrun Pain: Interview with Priya Sharma
Fiction Unbound’s Gemma Webster chats with UK writer Priya Sharma.
Read more"The Hazel Wood": Interrogating the European Fairy Tale
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.
Read moreThe Black God's Drums: Steampunk of the African Diaspora
The Black God’s Drums beats a hammer of imagination against the anvil of history and forges a dense alternate history.
Read moreMid-Summer Speculative Short Story Round Up
To mark summer’s midpoint, here are a few of the best speculative short stories Amanda has read since summer’s inauguration back in June.
Read more"Rogue Protocol": This Heartless Killing Machine Is All Heart
Murderbot is back. Its mission: help to bring down GrayCris, the evil corporation that has made thievery and killing a business model.
Read more“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.
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