15+ hour, 36+ min ago  (161+ words) The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the recipients of its 2025 Lifetime Achievement Awards: Jonathan Maberry and Lisa Morton. The awards will be presented on June 6, 2026, during the Bram Stoker Awards" at Stoker Con2026 in Pittsburgh PA. The Lifetime Achievement Award…...

55+ min ago  (240+ words) Anathema: Spec from the Margins, a speculative fiction magazine "by and for queer people of color," has announced that it is relaunching after a four-year hiatus. We're committed to supporting marginalized writers by paying them a professional rate for their…...

15+ hour, 36+ min ago  (199+ words) The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the recipients of its 2025 Lifetime Achievement Awards: Jonathan Maberry and Lisa Morton. The awards will be presented on June 6, 2026, during the Bram Stoker Awards" at Stoker Con2026 in Pittsburgh PA. The Lifetime Achievement Award…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1421+ words) Visit our bookshop. org page to purchase this week's new books and support your local bookstore. And us! Fantasy novella set in the world of The Goblin Emperor. Ulcetha is a disgraced scholar, framed and kicked out the University, and…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1352+ words) This roundtable was curated by Brandon O'Brien, who also was part of the driving force making this poetry feature happen in Locus. A set of optimistic convention conversations led to this series of features on poetry " so thanks, Brandon, for…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (258+ words) Danielle L. Jensen's The Traitor Queen (Del Rey), second in a series following The Bridge Kingdom from late last year, debuts on three lists, ranking as high as #6 at Publishers Weekly. And books by Matt Dinniman are steadily occupying the lists....

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (178+ words) Locus Online Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey (Orbit UK; Orbit US) [amazon / bookshop] was announced as the winner of the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award on April 3, 2026 at Norwescon 48. In addition, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha (Undertow) [amazon / bookshop] received…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (114+ words) The winners of the 2025 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards has been announced. Best Shorter Fiction (for novelettes and novellas) Best Fiction for Younger Readers Best Translated Short Fiction The awards were voted on by members of BSFA and the…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (943+ words) Locus Online by Linda D. Addison Even though I write poetry and fiction, poetry is and has always been my first voice. My imagination always turned to speculative writing, especially poetry. There were dragons, demons, and magic dancing under the thin…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (208+ words) Locus Online - Festin de larmes, Morgane Caussarieu & Vincent Tassy (Actu SF) - Une vie de saint, Christophie Si'bert (Au Diable Vauvert) - Le Chant des noms [The Naming Song], Jedediah Berry, tr. Jonathan Baillehache (Hachette Heroes) - Sur toutes les vagues de la…...