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 moreHappy Holidays!
Enjoy a well-deserved rest with the Fiction Unbound Writers and enjoy this five-hour Darth Vader Yule Log.
Read moreA Good Discussion: Fiction Unbound Editors Talk Connections Between "The Good Place" and "Good Omens"
The Fiction Unbound editors discuss connections and similarities between The Good Place and Good Omens. Meta observations about storytelling and what makes us human ensue.
Read moreYou Can't Bury the Past
Watchmen and Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant have more in common than you might think.
Read more2019 Fiction Unbound Speculative Holiday Gift Guide
Books are the perfect gift and we’ve got suggestions for everyone on your list.
Read more"Wonderland": Inspired by Alice's Adventures
Cover Art for Wonderland edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane from Titan Books. Image features a white rabbit wearing a ruffled collar his jacket is patterned with dripping blood-red hearts. He is holding a Mad Hatter hat and a flamingo. At his feet are a little Jabberwocky and roses, a deck of cards cascades down the left side.
If you love Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland you won’t want to miss this anthology, a collection of seventeen original works that will make you reexamine your own relationship to Wonderland.
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 moreThe Written Word as Superpower in "The Ten Thousand Doors of January"
In Hugo Award-winner Alix E. Harrow’s debut novel, ordinary doors open to ordinary spaces and capital D Doors open to other worlds.
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 more"Made Things": Puppets and Puppetmasters, Seeking the Spark of Life
The world of Fountains Parish is a delightfully dark steampunk fantasy, where making friends takes on every shade of meaning. Homunculi, golem, AI, human—the difference between the spark of life that comes by way of magic and the one that comes from nature might not be as big as you think.
Read more"Homesick" by Nino Cipri: The Thing With Feathers
Nino Cipri’s short story collection, Homesick, explores the impact of the things that haunt us and how, most often, that thing is the true self we most wish to deny.
Read more"The Dragon Republic" - An Atypical Heroine's Journey in War-Torn China
The difficult details about real traumas China suffered in the early 20th century make this widely-praised trilogy uniquely interesting. The unusual fantasy elements and atypical heroine’s journey are bonuses.
Read morePryia Sharma's "Ormeshadow": A Review
Ormeshadow book cover. Image description: a golden “O” floats above the a photograph of seaside cliffs. Cover Design by Henry Sene Yee. Photo from Shutterstock.com.
You won’t want to miss the latest from Priya Sharma. Ormeshadow is a quick read that packs an emotional punch.
Read moreBook Review: Catherynne M. Valente's "Space Opera" is Manic Fun for Sci-Fi Lovers
Finalist for 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel, Catherynne M. Valente’s Space Opera is well worth checking out. Fiction Unbound dives into this science fiction story about an intergalactic Eurovision contest that will determine the fate of humanity.
Read moreTomorrow's Old News: Adventures in Speculative Journalism
Fake news gets super real.
Read morePunk for a New Day
Sarah Pinsker’s debut novel sings the joys of connection and the discontent of sticking it to the Man.
Read more"All The Things We Never See" by Michael Kelly: A Review
Cover art for All The Things We Never See. Art by David Álvarez Design by Vince Haig. Description: black and white drawing of three men huddled in one large jacket, only their eyes and noses are visible, they look like they are up to something. Book title printed on the jacket in yellow dots.
Don’t miss this latest release from Undertow Publications: All The Things We Never See by Michael Kelly. It will have you itching to create, which will be a good use of the time you used to spend sleeping.
Read moreAdventures in Alternate Realities: The 2019 Philip K. Dick Fest and Dreaming Androids
Portrait of Philip K. Dick by New Orleans artist, Brent Houzenga. Exhibited on August 9, 2019 along with many of his other works for the 2nd International Philip K. Dick Festival at the Center for the Arts and Community Enrichment, Fort Morgan, CO.
Two ways to appreciate the prolific, Hugo-award winning Philip K. Dick: attend the 2nd International Philip K. Dick Festival and revisit one of his most popular novels.
Read moreDestroying Books ... Without a Grand Plan to Repress Knowledge
Rulers have been trying to repress knowledge since at least 213 BC. “Killing the Scholars and Burning the Books,” Anonymous, 18th century Chinese painted album leaf; Bibliothèque nationale Paris [Public domain]
Big corporations are destroying your books without explanation, probably because hosting the platform isn’t as profitable as expected.
Read moreA Clarion West Field Report
C.S. Peterson returns from the writer’s paradise of Clarion West and reflects on risk, roller coasters, and relationships.
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