2015 Man Booker winner Marlon James embraces epic fantasy with a non-conforming, lightning-paced tale that up-ends every expectation.
Read moreSooner or Later Sarah Pinsker Breaks Your Heart and Puts It Back Together All Weird
The award-winning Sarah Pinsker finally has a collection out, and it’s excellent.
Read moreThomas Ligotti and the Derangement of Creation
An underappreciated master of horror, appreciated.
Read moreMidwinter Inspirations
Entering Natura Obscura’s inspirational woodland.
We are halfway between winter and spring. The eagles have returned to their nests, the owlets have already hatched. But if you’re stuck in the doldrums, here are two books and a field trip to reawaken your imagination.
Read moreCelebrating Black Speculative Fiction: Some Favorites
For Black History Month, some favorite short stories by new and classic black SF/F writers.
Read moreHorrifyingly Heinous Speculative Valentine's Day Recommendations
It’s time for the Fiction Unbound 3rd annual roundup of speculative fiction recommendations to gift your beloved. Sure to please.*
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Read moreAverting Literary Extinction Events: An Appreciation of Undertow Publications
Year’s Best Weird Fiction Volume Five Edited by Robert Shearman and Michael Kelly
Undertow Publications is a small press that has won the Shirley Jackson award for best edited anthology. Their lauded anthology, Year’s Best Weird Fiction went from endangered to extinct with Volume 5. Come celebrate this beautiful volume and learn about this press, which despite this set back, has amazing books on offer this year.
Read moreThe Ramayana: The Epic Heroic Adventure Beloved in Southeast Asia
The Indian Hindu epic The Ramayana unifies and defines the divergent cultures of Southeast Asia.
Read moreNo More Yielding but a Dream: Sandra Newman's "The Heavens" and the Progressive Vision
The Heavens by Sandra Newman from Grove Atlantic
Newman’s novel is an inspired time-travel story and a troubled look at progressive hopes.
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 moreTheir Hungry, Thirsty Roots: McGuire's latest Wayward Child
Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series continues with a story that asks, “What if life were fair?” It’s portal fantasy at its best: A door appears, a choice is made, you come back changed … if you come back at all.
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"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 moreRefusing Silence: A Review of Gabino Iglesias's "Coyote Songs"
Guest Contributor Manual Aragon reviews Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias. “[Iglesias] creates a world that I know, where language knows no barriers, no walls, and moves exactly where it is most comfortable.”
Read morePersonal Narratives and the Eye of the Beholder: Julie Buffalohead at the Denver Art Museum
Julie Buffalohead (Ponca), Black Snake Memory, 2018. Oil paint on canvas; 60 x 84 in. Courtesy of Julie Buffalohead and Bockley Gallery.
Artist Julie Buffalohead creates narrative images layered with personal meaning, while she invites the viewer in, leaving of room for the mysterious.
Image: Julie Buffalohead (Ponca), A Little Medicine and Magic, 2018. Oil on canvas; 52 x 72 in. Courtesy of Julie Buffalohead and Bockley Gallery. Image courtesy of Julie Buffalohead and Bockley Gallery
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 moreGhosts in the House & the Machine: A Love Story, Hill House, & Two-Tongued Jeremy
Samantha Hunt, Haunting of Hill House promotional poster, Theodore McCombs
Parenting is risky business, more so when ghosts take an uninvited co-parenting role.
Read moreA Human Being Is Only Breath and Shadow: "The Book of M"
Peng Shepherd’s thrilling debut novel explodes post-apocalyptic fantasies of independence.
Read moreYou Don't Just Lose Your Life: An Interview With Gabino Iglesias
Writer Gabino Iglesias’ new book Coyote Songs hit book stores this week. Check out this interview for ideas about writing, the horror of murder and living interstitially.
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