The 2023 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced. In the Novel category they are: WINNER: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (Saga Press) FINALISTS: The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen (Thomas & Mercer) Every Version Ends in Death by Aliya Chaudhry (Haunt) Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga) The Militia House by John Milas (Henry Holt & Company) Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt (Nightfire) Our congrats to Tananarive Due and all the finalists! You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus. What do you think of this resul ..read more

The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the winner of the 2024 Prometheus Award, honoring pro-freedom works published in 2023: Critical Mass by Daniel Suarez (Dutton) Our congrats to Daniel Suarez and all the nominees! Theft of Fire by Devon Eriksen (self-published) Swim Among The People by Karl K. Gallagher (Kelt Haven) God’s Girlfriend by Dr. Insensitive Jerk (self-published) Lord of a Shattered Land by Howard Andrew Jones (Baen) What do you think of this result ..read more

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the winner of the 2024 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey) Our congrats to Moniquill Blackgoose and all the nominees: The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern by J. Dianne Dotson (Android) Liberty’s Daughter by Naomi Kritzer (Fairwood) The Ghost Job by Greg van Eekhout (Harper) What do you think of this result ..read more

The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Nommo Awards, given to speculative fiction works by African authors. The nominees in the Best Novel category are: Bones and Runes by Stephen Embleton (self-published) Dazzling by Chikodili Emelumadu (Wildfire) Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Orbit) Don’t Answer When They Call Your Name by Ukamaka Olisakwe (Griots Lounge) Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde (Riverhead) Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi (DAW) Locus has the full list of noms in all categories. Our congrats ..read more

The nominees for the 2023 Shirley Jackson Award have been announced. The noms in the novel category are: The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen (Thomas & Mercer) Every Version Ends in Death by Aliya Chaudhry (Haunt) The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (Saga Press) Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga) The Militia House by John Milas (Henry Holt & Company) Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt (Nightfire) The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors. The awards are ..read more

The Mythopoeic Society has announced the finalists for the 2024 Mythopoeic Award. For Adult Literature they are: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Tor) Monk & Robot Series by Becky Chambers (Tordotcom) Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett (Del Rey) A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey (Titan) Adam Binder Trilogy by David R. Slayton (Blackstone) Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs (William Morrow) Our congrats to all the finalists. See Locus online for details on the other categories. Winners will be announced August 2-5, 2024 ..read more

The Horror Writers Association have announced the 2023 Bram Stoker Award winners. The winner for Superior Achievement in a Novel is: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (Saga) Our congrats to Tananarive Due and all the nominees. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (Berkley) Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga) Lone Women by Victor LaValle (One World) Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle (Tor Nightfire/MacMillan/Titan) Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig (Del Rey) See the complete list of winners in all categories at Locus. What do you think of this result ..read more

The finalists for the 2024 Locus Awards have been announced. Here they are for the novel categories: Locus Science Fiction Novel: The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu (Tordotcom) A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz; JAB Books) Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Tor; Ad Astra) Furious Heaven by Kate Elliott (Ad Astra; Tor) Translation State by Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK) The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (Tor; Orbit UK) Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK) Lords of Uncreation by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit US; Tor UK) System Collapse by Martha Wells (Tor ..read more

I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin St. Martin’s Press | September 24, 2024 A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America’s age of anxiety, by New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin. Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC. But there are rules: He cannot look inside the box. He cannot ask questions. He cannot tell anyone. They must leave immediately. He must leave all trackable devices behind. As ..read more

The 2024 Aurora Awards finalists have been announced, celebrating the “best works and activities done by Canadians in 2023.” The nominees in the Best Novel category are: The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield (HarperVoyager) Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (HarperCollins Canada) Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey) Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice (Random House Canada) The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan (ECW) Locus has the list of finalists in all categories. Our congrats to all the nominees. What do you think of this list? Anything there look good to you ..read more