There is so much out there to read, and until you get your turn in a time loop, you don’t have time to read it all to find the highlights.
Read more"Every Bone a Prayer" by Ashley Blooms: A Review
Every Bone a Prayer, the impressive debut novel by Ashley Blooms, is an expressionistic To Kill a Mockingbird of personal trauma.
Read more"How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?": The Book Born Great
If three consecutive novel Hugos have not convinced you N. K. Jemisin is a modern master, this collection will bridge the gap.
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 more"The Atrocities": A Concentrated Gothic Pill
How much more Gothic could The Atrocities be? None. None more Gothic.
Read moreBundle Up for Joe Hill's "Strange Weather"
Read Strange Weather with a nice warm blanket you can hide under.
Read moreInvite The Twilight Pariah Into Your Imagination
The Twilight Pariah, part ghost story, part murder mystery, swings from the craftily conventional to the truly inventive.
Read moreEllen Datlow Is Virgil in Your Journey to the Underworld
No one is reading more dark fiction than Ellen Datlow. Her knowledge of the horror genre is deeper than mine or yours.
Read moreThe Haunting Resonance of "The Seven Autopsies of Nora Hanneman"
The Seven Autopsies of Nora Hanneman is a haunting collection of surreal turns and beautiful emotional honesty.
Read moreSpeculative Worlds at Gaming’s E3
The interactive nature of video games may not make for the purest, strongest story telling, but this year's E3 proves again games are creating some of the most ambitious speculative universes you can find.
Read moreDon’t You (Forget About Jack Finney)
It broke my heart, but I did it anyway. I bought an anthology of 72 time travel stories even though not a single one of them was by Jack Finney.
Read moreMorning Star Deserves Several Stars
Morning Star is everything a final book in a series should be: compelling, surprising, heartbreaking, hopeful and ultimately pretty damn satisfying.
Read moreSpeculative Fiction Podcasts That Will Make You Wish Your Commute Was Longer
How do we insert the wonder of short stories into the crowd of things there’s no time for as easily as we watch our favorite Netflix shows? Speculative fiction podcasts!
Read moreSarah Pinborough in America
Who knows what kind of story Sarah Pinborough is going to share next, but you can bet it will be packed tight with ideas and it will probably have some darkness lurking in the heart of it.
Read moreGOLDEN SON Swings Hard – and Then It Swings Hard Again
This solid sequel to Red Rising never slows down, but the turns are pretty hard.
Read moreRED RISING: Stick With It – Give It a Chance
Red Rising's start is almost as rocky as Mars, but give this sojourner an opportunity and you'll find its spirit is worth your curiosity.
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