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 moreBeginning the New Year with Beginnings
As we crack the cover on 2019 and dig into the books on our resolution reading lists, Christie and Meghan take a look at what makes a great opening.
Read moreBest of Fiction Unbound 2018
The new year - fresh and crisp as an ancient glacier. Lake Fryxel, in the Transantarctic Mountains. Photo credit: National Science Foundation.
It’s been a year. Our contributors look back on the Fiction Unbound highlights of 2018.
Read more"Mechanical Animals": An Anthology of Animal Automata, Old and New
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
Photo credit: Winter dawn by Carmel Mawle
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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