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A Visceral Trip, a Bloody History: V. Castro’s Immortal Pleasures

A review of V. Castro's new historical dark fantasy novel.

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Cover of Out There Screaming, showing a crinkled aluminum surface with three holes roughly shaped like eyes and a mouth, revealing a red surface underneath.

Weird and Unusual Security System Issues: Nnedi Okorafor’s “Dark Home”

On the streets of Nigeria you might meet just about anyone—or anything...

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Unlimited Flow: Beyond the Horizons of Genre

Death games, omniscient gods, and limitless possibilities: A deep dive into a sub-genre of SFF p...

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Six Seriously Funny Speculative Short Stories

From time-traveling wizards to annoying aliens, here are six hilarious stories to brighten your...

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Cover of We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim, showing a woman and a skeleton facing each other on purple insect wings against a dark background.

Read an Excerpt From Tara Sim’s We Shall Be Monsters

A twisty, darkly atmospheric YA fantasy where the real horrors are not the monsters you face, bu...

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Planetary Romance Goes Interstellar: Almuric by Robert E. Howard and Beyond the Farthest Star by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Our heroes are transported to strange, hostile worlds and must fight to survive in these tales,...

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Five Works of SF Inspired by Pseudoscience

Some very good (or at least very interesting) SF has been based on truly bonkers pseudoscience--...

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Snuff, Part I

Carrot, how could you not check that envelope, you know better...

Five Unforgettable Norse Warriors in Historical Fiction and Fantasy

Berserkers and shield-maidens, orcs and Vikings, and epic exploits...

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