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 moreCompletely Atrocious Speculative Valentine's Day Recommendations
Tremble before the Cyclopean obscenity of our Valentine's Day recommendations!
Read moreOur New Year's (Literary) Resolutions: We're Ready for 2018!
Here at Fiction Unbound, we're ready for 2018. Are you? Here are our literary New Year's resolutions and a look back at our personal moments and favorite books of 2017.
Read moreHappy Holidays 2017
Star Wars holiday art by Scott Park © 2011.
Some holiday traditions are better than others.
Read moreThe Fiction Unbound Speculative Holiday Gift Guide for 2017
The Unbound Writers picked their favorites to recommend books that will see you and your friends and families through the holiday season and beyond.
Read moreA Clarion Field Report
An Unbound writer comes back from the Clarion SF/F Writers Workshop and into a dystopian moment.
Read more2017 Summer Reading Recommendations in Speculative Fiction from Fiction Unbound
Fiction Unbound's 2017 summer reading recommendations. Look no further for great speculative fiction to dive into this summer.
Read more"Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman and Viking Relics
Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology pairs perfectly with a visit to “Vikings: Beyond the Legend” at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Read moreAbsolutely Terrible Speculative Valentine's Day Recommendations
Need some book recommendations for Valentine's Day? Well, frak, don't ask us.
Read moreHappy Holidays! →
Enjoy a well-deserved rest with the Unbound Writers and enjoy this five-hour Darth Vader Yule Log.
Read moreYour Speculative Holiday Gift Guide for 2016
The sun doesn't last long this time of year! Iw.F. Choultsé 1920
Magic and miracles on a long dark night. We recommend some great books to keep you and yours company until the sun returns.
Read more"Star Wars and the Power of Costume" at the Denver Art Museum
Queen Amidala, Throne Room Gown. Star WarsTM: The Phantom Menace. © & TM 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. Used under authorization.
"Luminous beings are we," says Yoda. Star Wars and the Power of Costume at the Denver Art Museum celebrates the creative process that brought to life a modern myth.
Read moreDown The Rabbit Hole: Reader's Edition
Now here's a bunny who knows how to relax.
Looking to lose a little time? The best links from around the web, according to us. This edition is dedicated to readers--our most favorite people!
Read moreDystopia, Cacotopia, or Cock-a-topia? The Experts Discuss.
Panelists left to right: Claire Vaye Watkins, Alexander Lumans, Thao Le and Mark Springer.
Panelists at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop's LitFest '16 debate “The Resurrection of Dystopian Lit,” and The Unbound Writers speculate.
Read moreThe Unbound Writers Attend LitFest 2016 in Denver
Clockwise: CS Peterson the Viking, Theodore McCombs in the black hat, Mark Springer in the cowboy hat, Christie Lips, fittingly, behind the lip-shaped glasses, Gemma Webster in the horse mask barely visible in the bottom right, and Lisa Mahoney behind rectangles. June 2016.
June is Lighthouse Writers Workshop LitFest time in Denver. The Unbound Writers went to parties, attended short courses, co-sponsored and moderated a panel called "The Resurrection of Dystopian Literature" and interviewed the fabulously talented Claire Vaye Waktins.
Much more about our thoughts on these events will follow in later blog posts, but until then, we hope you will enjoy some candids from our working vacation.
2016 Summer Speculative Reading From Fiction Unbound
There is some enchantment here, surely! Cirque de Gavarnie, Haute-Pyrénées, France. Photo by Benh LIEU SONG, 2009, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ah, summer! It stretches out before us with plenty of lazy afternoons to get lost in a book. But what to read? We have a few suggestions.
Read morePacked Perfectly for the Apocalypse
The road may be long and treacherous; proper packing is a must. Photo Credit: The Road (2009).
What would you pack for the end of the world?
Read moreMatrilineal Moon Cults & Creepy Orphans
Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle and Charles Lambert's The Children's Home both want to know, "Are you my mummy?" (and if you're not, then please tell me where you've stashed her and DON'T mention poison).
Read moreLiterature on an Alternate Plane: Audio Speculative Fiction
The Unbound Writers read a lot of speculative fiction, but listening to it sometimes adds another layer of satisfaction. Here are some of our faves.
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