Kacen Callender - Reactor

Kacen Callender - Reactor

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Backlist Bonanza

Backlist Bonanza: 5 Queer YA Books for Pride Month

By Alex Brown

June 8, 2026

Collection of 18 book covers for YA titles publishing in March or April 2025

Books

Young Adult Spotlight

Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for March & April 2025

By Alex Brown

March 4, 2025

Cover of Infinity Alchemist

Book Recommendations

book reviews

Kacen Callender Strikes Gold With Infinity Alchemist

By Maura Krause

February 15, 2024

Blog

cover reveals

Burn the Magic School Down: Revealing Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender

By Tor.com

August 1, 2023

Books

book announcements

Announcing Infinity Alchemist, a YA Fantasy From Kacen Callender

By Tor.com

April 12, 2023

Blog

books

Five SFF Novels Featuring Men Who Don’t Give Up Easily

By James Davis Nicoll

May 20, 2021

King of the Rising by Kacen Callender

Blog

book reviews

War Is Hell: King of the Rising by Kacen Callender

By Alex Brown

December 15, 2020

Books

book reviews

Finding Hope in King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

By Em Nordling

February 10, 2020

12 Excellent SFF Books You Might Have Missed in 2019

Featured Essays

books

12 Excellent SFF Books You Might Have Missed in 2019

By James Davis Nicoll

January 6, 2020

Books

book reviews

OK Colonizer: Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

By Alex Brown

November 13, 2019

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

R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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