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Amal El-Mohtar

detail from the cover of We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Books

reading recommendations

Five Twisty, Reality-Bending SFF Books

By Lorna Wallace

April 30, 2026

detail from the cover of Amal El-Mohtar's Seasons of Glass & Iron

Books

Amal El-Mohtar

Fairy Tales and Sensory Writing: A Conversation With Author Amal El-Mohtar

By Martin Cahill

April 23, 2026

Cover of Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar.

Books

book reviews

Feminism and Fairy Tales: Amal El-Mohtar’s Seasons of Glass & Iron: Stories

By Alex Brown

March 31, 2026

Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie in promotional art for Heated Rivalry

Books

Heated Rivalry

SFF Reading Recommendations for the Characters of Heated Rivalry

By Alex Brown

February 3, 2026

Illustration from S.C. Hall's The Book of British Ballads (1842)

Books

Fairy Tales

Folklore Meets Murder Ballad: Six Retellings of “The Cruel Sister”

By Rachel Ayers

November 5, 2025

Photos of 17 SFF authors interviewed at San Diego Comiccon 2025

Books

book culture

Seventeen Authors, Two Big Questions: What Is Your Favorite SFF Trope, and What Trope Needs To Be Reimagined?

By Christina Orlando

August 12, 2025

Photo of vintage envelopes arranged in a pile

Books

Five Books

Five Science Fiction Books Told in Epistolary Style

By Lorna Wallace

July 16, 2025

Keyart from the video game Wanderstop, depicting two characters — a woman with her arms crossed looking angrily to the side, and a smiling man wearing an apron and holding a steaming cup — sit together on a bench

Books

storytelling

Story for Story’s Sake: Wanderstop and SFF Books That Reward Reflection

By Cole Rush

July 1, 2025

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Books

reading recommendations

Five SFF Stories Set on Hills and Mountains

By Ratika Deshpande

May 22, 2025

Cover of The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar.

Excerpts

fantasy

Listen to an Audio Excerpt From Amal El-Mohtar’s The River Has Roots

By Amal El-Mohtar

March 18, 2025

Cover of The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar.

Books

Amal El-Mohtar

When the Real Breaks Into the True: Amal El Mohtar’s The River has Roots

By Alex Brown

March 13, 2025

Collection of 30 book covers for SFF titles publishing between January and June 2025

Books

Editor's Picks

30 SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2025

By Christina Orlando

January 21, 2025

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“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

TPG 2026 • Site Credit