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Locus Magazine reviews science fiction, fantasy, and horror books and short fiction, covers industry and fandom news.
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New science fiction, fantasy, and horror books for the week of February 11, 2025.
Harrison, John: Residue: Paramentals Rising (WordFire Press 978-1680577365, $15.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, 02/11/2025)
Paranomal dystopian novel. A woman searches for her missing sister in a post-disaster Quarantine Zone where paramentals – beings made of negative psychic ...Read More ..read more
Locus Magazine
15h ago
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has opened applications for its annual Scholarship from Hell.
The Scholarship from Hell is awarded annually to an applicant interested in attending StokerCon and furthering a career in horror writing. Per the Scholarship’s webpage, the recipient will receive
domestic coach airfare (contiguous 48 states) to and from the StokerCon venue, $50 for luggage reimbursement, a 3-night stay at the convention, free registration to StokerCon, and ...Read More ..read more
Locus Magazine
17h ago
Uncanny Magazine has opened up its annual poll for readers’ favorite fiction. On the poll, available here, readers select their three favorite original Uncanny stories from a list. Per an email, the poll closes on February 17, 2025.
“Uncanny Magazine is an online Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine featuring passionate SF/F fiction and poetry, gorgeous prose, provocative nonfiction, and a deep investment in the diverse SF/F culture.” For more information ...Read More ..read more
Locus Magazine
17h ago
Flash Fiction Online 10/24 Cast of Wonders 10/20/24, 11/11/24 Strange Horizons 10/21/24, 11/4/24
Flash Fiction Online released an extra-large issue in honor of the spookiest month, which is capped off by Christine Lucas’s haunting “Final Harvest”, in which the daughter of a rather abusive and manipulative mother returns to perform said mother’s final rites – the harvest of nekrophyta that grows on the body of the dead. ...Read More ..read more
Locus Magazine
17h ago
Fiyah magazine is seeking judges for the longlist judging cohort for its annual Ignyte Awards.
Candidates should be “interested, available, organically well-read in diverse and inclusive titles in sffh, whether professionally or otherwise… Please be familiar with the Ignytes’ mission and backlist of nominated titles….”
The Ignyte Awards are given annually to works of speculative fiction, and are publicly voted from a shortlist.
Selected judges will not be announced. Applications ...Read More ..read more
Locus Magazine
1d ago
For 2024, the Financial Times featured several genre books across their best-of lists in various categories.
FT’s Science Fiction List (includes fantasy):
The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, Sarah Brooks (Flatiron)
No One Is Safe!, Philip Fracassi (Lethe)
Extremophile, Ian Green (Head of Zeus)
Conan: City of the Dead, John C Hocking (Titan)
The Great When, Alan Moore (Bloomsbury)
FT’s general Fiction list includes several titles
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Locus Magazine
1d ago
Amazon published its yearly array of lists to promote the best books of 2024, with editors’ selections in various categories. Works and categories of genre interest follow. Amazon’s top pick is followed by their list of other recommended works, alphabetized by author last name.
Science Fiction and Fantasy
#1 Pick: The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron)
Navola, Paolo Bacigalupi (Knopf)
The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley (Avid Reader)
The
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Tachyon Publications is celebrating 30 years of operation in 2025, with numerous events planned.
The San Francisco Public Library will host an exhibition of Tachyon books, historical photos, and documents. Tachyon will host an anniversary party, open to the public, at the library on October 5, 2025. Attendees will receive a limited-edition commemorative chapbook. Tachyon will also give away ebooks to newsletter subscribers. They plan a virtual salon with Tachyon ...Read More ..read more
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Ten for 2024 by Tim Pratt
Well, here we are, right down at the closing of the year (though you’ll read this near the beginning of the next one). 2024 was something of an annus horribilis, but as usual, I found comfort and refuge in fiction, and sometimes even inspiration to keep fighting for a chance at better tomorrows.
Still, since I’m in a dark turn of mind, I’ll start ...Read More ..read more
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The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has opened applications their 2025 career mentoring program, seeking both mentors and mentees. The program “is an all-volunteer service provided free of charge… with the objective of providing community, sharing knowledge, and offering networking opportunities.” The program runs for three months.
Mentees are chosen via lottery and paired with mentors based on their responses to questions. “Mentorships are open to all SFWA ...Read More ..read more