In the second New Fears anthology, horror knows no boundaries.
Read moreWe Can't Outrun Pain: Interview with Priya Sharma
Fiction Unbound’s Gemma Webster chats with UK writer Priya Sharma.
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 more2017 Hugo Awards Coverage Part I: Nominees for Best Novella
This week we take a peek at the year’s best novellas. The Unbound Writers threw the titles of the Hugo Award nominations for Best Novella into a hat and passed it around. We found they're all worth a read.
Read moreThe Fairy Tales of Helen Oyeyemi: A Closer Look at "Is Your Blood as Red as This"
Helen Oyeyemi proving once again that she is a magical fairy tale spinner with her short story collection, What is Not Yours is Not Yours.
Read more"The Book of Joan": Burning Is an Art
Lidia Yuknavitch's dystopian fever dream, reviewed.
Read more"American Gods": The Mythology of an Accepting America
Neil Gaiman photo credit: BBC
Fiction Unbound staff close the books for a night of adaptation television with Neil Gaiman's American Gods' premiere on Starz
Read moreAbsolutely Terrible Speculative Valentine's Day Recommendations
Need some book recommendations for Valentine's Day? Well, frak, don't ask us.
Read moreWho Did It Better: "Story of Your Life" vs. "Arrival"
Ted Chiang, Photo by Arturo Villarrubia
Unbound Writers Gemma Webster and Jon Horwitz-White pit text against film.
Read more"Imago": The Next Evolution
A very feminine version of Jodahs the ooloi construct
Gemma Webster and Theodore McCombs conclude their three-part appreciation of Octavia Butler's groundbreaking Xenogenesis trilogy.
Read moreFour Takes on "Rogue One"
Your 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"Cyber World": Cyberpunk Is Dead. Long Live Cyberpunk.
Think cyberpunk is passé? Think again. Nisi Shawl, Paolo Bacigalupi, Saladin Ahmed and others reboot the genre in this collection of tales of humanity's tomorrow.
Read moreAgainst the Current: Adventures in Streaming TV
The monstrous women of Stranger Things and Penny Dreadful
Say Yes to the Genes: An Appreciation of Butler's "Dawn"
Unbound Writers, Theodor McCombs and Gemma Webster, bring you the first installment of their appreciation of the Xenogenesis trilogy: Dawn
Read moreOf Fairy Tales & Fire: Yaa Gyasi's "Homegoing"
Fairy tale elements and symbolism in Yaa Gyasi's debut, Homegoing
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 more2016 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 moreMan Is Wolf to Man
Cromwell is the hero of his own life. Flawed, sure, and antihero most definitely, but hero nonetheless. This strong point of view is an asset in humanizing Cromwell, who is often seen as the cunning right hand to a fickle, sex-crazed violent king -- a role that would typically be characterized as a villain.
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