Lost Gods edited by Joanne Hall and Dolly Garland
Lynn Kempner
They have slept for centuries. Buried. Forgotten. Lost. Until they awake. Or are awoken… When the deities of old return, will they bring blessings or destruction to a time that…
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The Children of D’Hara by Terry Goodkind – Excerpt
Jennie Ivins
Last year we lost one of epic fantasy’s biggest names, Terry Goodkind. Goodkind appeared on the scene in 1994 with the first book in his world-famous Sword of Truth series,…
Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
L. A. Young
What if space travel, other planets and prestigious interstellar universities in neighboring galaxies existed within our lifetime? If everything related to space travel and outer space was an everyday practice,…
Talk Like A Man by Nisi Shawl
Jonathan Thornton
“She would have to do something. Something else besides living. Something more.” PM Press’s Outspoken Authors series, edited by Terry Bisson, is part of the radical indie press’s politically engaged…
Figures Unseen: Selected Stories by Steve Rasnic Tem
Raymond K. Rugg
Figures Unseen by Steve Rasnic Tem is a collection of horror tales for grownups. Oh sure, if a reader really wants to find them, there are ghosts and werewolves and…
This Dreaming Isle edited by Dan Coxon – An Anthology by Unsung Stories
Richard Marpole
This Dreaming Isle by Unsung Stories is a collection of supernatural short stories by different authors inspired by British folklore, British history and the British landscape. Not quite one thing…
Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck
Jo Niederhoff
With Jagannath, I return to two genres I have visited in earlier reviews: short stories and Scandinavian fiction. One of my very first reviews for this site was a collection…
Small Press, Big Stories: Mrs. Claus Anthology – Cover Reveal
Steven Poore
Summer’s gone, days spent in the grass and sun. And with the drop in temperature come pumpkin spice lattes, fireworks, and eventually Christmas! So with that in mind, it’s more…
The New Voices of Fantasy edited by Peter S. Beagle and Jacob Weisman
Charlie Hopkins
If these ladies and gentlemen represent the future of fantasy we are in for a wild and terrific ride. All the stories have been published since 2010 so whilst they…
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Eric Christensen
Recently, it seemed that no matter where I turned on the internet, someone was mentioning—and praising—Angela Carter. Maybe it was because of the recent biography, or maybe it was just…
Small Press, Big Stories: NewCon Press
To kick off this new monthly column focusing on small and independent presses from around the world, what better place to start than Ian Whates’ NewCon Press, which has published…
Slipping by Lauren Beukes
Slipping by Lauren Beukes is a collection of previously published short stories and nonfiction. Having read—and loved—two of her novels, The Shining Girls and Broken Monsters, I jumped at the…