This year was an interesting one for horror. Not only did genre fans see new books from established heavy hitters, they welcomed a grandmaster’s novel back into print after 52 years, encountered incredible debuts, rafts of new and disturbing short stories, and at least one satire that frightens just as easily as its source material. If there were room to list every […]
It’s October, and an odd energy hangs in the air. The days have grown shorter, and evenings have taken on a surreal, ethereal cast. A haze of pumpkin spice hangs thick around local pubs and coffeehouses. And you find yourself drawn inexorably to the spookiest books on your bookshelf. With only a few short weeks until Halloween, we’re highlighting […]
The suburbia-as-purgatory trope is given a black magic twist in Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s Hex, a gothic nightmare set in a hermetically sealed town descending into chaos due to the influence of a walking supernatural abomination. Its cookie-cutter streets turn sinister in a tale loaded with dark imagery and a darker outlook on human nature. It is a harrowing fable about belief, tradition, and societal […]
From buried giants to small gems of short fiction, this week’s new SF/F-flavored releases offer a delicious bounty for every taste.
Last week, we revealed the 42 sci-fi and fantasy books we can’t wait to read in 2016. Now, we’re giving the editors and publishers their say. We reached out to over a dozen SF/F imprints and asked them what books they can’t wait to show you in the new year. Get ready to update your wish list […]