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detail from the cover of CJ Cherryh's Merchant's Luck (Art by Barclay Shaw)

Books

C.J. Cherryh

A Heartfelt Appreciation of C.J. Cherryh

By Barbara Krasnoff

July 7, 2026

detail from the cover of The Essential Patricia A McKillip; art by Tom Canty

Books

Patricia McKillip

Revisiting Patricia McKillip’s Timely, Timeless Fantasy

By Alex Dueben

November 5, 2025

Detail from the cover of The Blue Mask by Joel Lane

Books

Joel Lane

Celebrating the Uncanny Fiction of Joel Lane

By Tobias Carroll

August 14, 2025

Detail from the cover of A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand

Books

Elizabeth Hand

The Power of Old Gods and Aging Punks: Elizabeth Hand’s Revelatory Fiction

By Jonathan Thornton

February 13, 2025

From the cover art of Poor Things by Alasdair Gray

Books

Alasdair Gray

Alasdair Gray’s Speculative Brilliance, From Lanark and Poor Things to His Short Stories

By Jonathan Thornton

September 9, 2024

Collection of 14 books by author Adrian Tchaikovsky

Books

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Reimagining What It Means to be Human: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alien Ecologist

By Christian Haines

July 22, 2024

Detail from "The Beguiling of Merlin" by Edward Burne-Jones (c. 1872-77), used on the cover of Possession by A.S. Byatt

Books

A.S. Byatt

Myth, Fantasy, and Lives Shaped by Stories in the Work of A.S. Byatt

By Jonathan Thornton

May 15, 2024

Detail from the cover of Hammer's Slammers by David Drake

Books

David Drake

Where To Start With the Work of David Drake

By James Davis Nicoll

December 13, 2023

Detail from the cover of Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge

Books

Kelley Eskridge

Dangerous, Hopeful Futures: Celebrating the Visionary Stories of Kelley Eskridge

By Jonathan Thornton

November 27, 2023

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Harry Harrison

Make Room! Make Room! For Harry Harrison!

By Anthony Aycock

November 6, 2023

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Kelly Link

Kelly Link Bends the Rules of Fiction Like No One Else

By Jonathan Thornton

July 27, 2023

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fantasy

“Kissing Can Ruin Lives”: How Laini Taylor Weaves Real Magic Into Fantasy Romance

By Diane Callahan

May 18, 2021

“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic.”

R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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