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Cover of Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar.

Read an Excerpt From Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar

A young adult fantasy novel about two teens who find themselves embroiled in a twisty world of c...

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Five Futures Where the US Ended Not With a Bang But a Whimper

Sometimes empires just kind of fall apart over time—no catastrophe required.

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Cover of Brandon Sanderson's Wind and Truth

Wind and Truth Reread: Chapter 42 and Interludes 5 and 6

Szeth is greeted with gratitude, Adolin is a class act—plus Baxil, Axies, and Taravangian!

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Cover of Idolfire by Grace Curtis.

Read an Excerpt From Idolfire by Grace Curtis

An epic sapphic fantasy roadtrip inspired by the fall of Rome…

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Cover of Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva.

Hybrid Life in a Drowned Argentina: Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva

A review of Michel Nieva’s new dystopian gaucho-punk novel

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Cover of Ski Weekend by RL Stine

Hitting the Slopes: Ski Weekend and Truth or Dare

Who has time to ski when there's so much MURDER

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Detail from the cover of Tanith Lee's Day by Night

Five SFF Stories Driven by Plot-Facilitating Ignorance

Knowledge is power, but cluelessness is a great way to kick off a story...

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Details from the covers of three speculative fiction magazines: Saros, Reckoning, and The Skull & Laurel

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: January 2025

Let these ten excellent science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories inspire you.

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Cover of Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz

Revealing Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz

A powerful plant witch and a grumpy alchemist must work together to save their quiet town from a...

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Cover of The Martian Contingency by Mary Robinette Kowal.

Read an Excerpt From Mary Robinette Kowal’s The Martian Contingency

Mary Robinette Kowal returns to Mars in the latest entry to the Lady Astronaut series.

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Cover of At the Fount of Creation by Tobi Ogundiran.

Epic Fantasy, Distilled: Tobi Ogundiran’s At the Fount of Creation

Reviewing the conclusion of Ogundiran’s Guardians of the Gods duology

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