1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (169+ words) Sublimation, Isabel J. Kim (Tor 978-1-25037-679-4, $28.99, 368pp, hc) June 2026. Cover by Jamie Stafford-Hill. In Niall Harrison‘s spare time, he writes reviews and essays about sf. He is a former editor of Vector (2006-2010) and Strange Horizons (2010-2017), as well as a former Arthur C....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (619+ words) Clarkesworld 4/26 Macaroni Art in the Age of Filtration by Ryan Cole in the April issue of Clarkesworld does an excellent job capturing a sense of claustrophobia as Verity undertakes a dangerous journey to secure a new Lung filter for her…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1768+ words) ELEANNA CASTROIANNI is now represented by Arley Sorg of kt literary. ERIN LATIMER, CORAL ALE­JANDRA MOORE, and J.C. SNOW are now represented by JABberwocky Literary Agency. ROBERT J. SAWYER will be writer-in-residence at Calgary’s Alexandria Writers’ Centre So…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (912+ words) Visit our bookshop.org page to purchase this week’s new books and support your local bookstore. And us! Bontrager, Megan: The Sea Hides Its Dead (Orbit US/Run For It 978-0316588010, $19.99, 368pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026) Horror novel. Grad student Caro joins…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (238+ words) Stephen King's 1982 collection Different Seasons (Warner) is the most recent book banned from all public schools in Utah after being removed in four school districts. Utah state law requires a book to be removed state-wide if a sufficient number of…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (207+ words) The winners of the 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction were announced Saturday, July 11, 2026 at Readercon 35 in Burlington MA, hosted by Readercon guests of honor P. Djèlí Clark and David Gerrold. Novel WINNER:…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (513+ words) Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep, Paul Tremblay (Morrow, hardcover, 388pp, $30.00) June 2026. In his newest novel, Tremblay returns to his roots, giving us some cutting-edge, near-future SF, overlaid with all the sweet dark gooey horror goodness that readers have come to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (192+ words) Winners of the Heinlein Society’s annual undergraduate scholarships for the 2026-2027 academic year were announced on July 7, 2026, Robert A. Heinlein’s 119th birthday. This year’s winners are Riya Gupta, Nora Kane, Leslie Manga-Abomo, William Mar, and Evan Sturdivant. The scholarship awards $4,000 to each…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (836+ words) “So this is hell. I’d never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the ‘burning marl.’ Old wives’ tales! There’s no need for red-hot pokers. HELL IS – OTHER PEOPLE!” –Jean Paul…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago  (115+ words) Author and editor TED WHITE, 88, died May 24, 2026. He was in palliative care. Theodore Edwin White was born February 4, 1938. He contributed to SF fanzines at a young age and won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 1968. He was assistant…...