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Bulletin Write before Midnight Contest Winners
John Mecklin, editor-in-chief of theBulletin of the Atomic Scientists, has announced the winners of theBulletin‘s first short fiction contest, Write Before Midnight. Judge Kim Stanley Robinson declared a seven-way tie between:
- The Hard Problem , Beston Barnett
- Countdown , Alex Dabertin
- What the People Want , Patrick Hutson
- A Modest Briefing , Robert Levinson
- Good Boy , Kerri Brady Long
- On Behalf of …Read More
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No Man’s Land by Richard K. Morgan: Review by Alexandra Pierce
No Man’s Land, Richard K. Morgan (Del Rey, 978-0-34549-315-6, 496pp, $30.00 hc). Cover by Tomás Almeida. March 2026.
One fascinating variation on the myths-in-the-modern-world theme is the re-emergence of mythological or fairytale creatures or elements into the modern world – and here I am using modern loosely, because Richard K. Morgan’s No Man’s Land takes place in an alternate post-WWI Britain. That war is over – but, as one character …Read More
The Daughter Who Remains by Nnedi Okorafor: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
The Daughter Who Remains, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW 978-0756418991, $23.00, 192pp, hc) February 2026.
Nnedi Okorafor’s The Daughter Who Remains is the concluding novella in her She Who Knows trilogy, but it’s a little more complicated than that. The first novella, last year’s She Who Knows, was a prequel to Okorafor’s World Fantasy-winning Who Fears Death (2010), revealing the early history of Najeeba, the mother of Onyesonwu, that novel’s world-changing sorcerer, …Read More
The Salvage by Anbara Salam: Review by Colleen Mondor
The Salvage, Anbara Salam (Tin House 978-1-963-10847-7, $17.99, 368 pp, tp) October 2025.
Anbara Salam’s The Salvage is a deliciously spooky novel set on Cairnroch Island, just off the coast of Scotland, in 1962. Marta Khoury, a marine archaeologist from an Edinburgh museum, has been dispatched to dive on a Victorian shipwreck which was recently discovered in Arctic waters and then dragged back to the crew’s home at Cairnroch. The …Read More
Song of Spores by Bogi Takács: Review by Ian Mond
Song of Spores, Bogi Takács (Broken Eye Books 978-1-94037-275-4, $20.99, 216pp, tp) November 2025.
When I wrote my review of Bogi Takács’s excellent second collection, Power to Yield and Other Stories, I was surprised that, as editor, poet, academic, translator, and critic, e found the time to amass such a sizeable catalogue of stories. This time around, with a much greater appreciation of Takács’s work and what e has achieved …Read More
Fantasy Autumn, Bourbon Penn, and Tasavvur Fall: Review by Maria Haskins
Fantasy Autumn ’25
Bourbon Penn 11/25
Tasavvur Fall ’25
Issue #98 of Fantasy Magazine is the second issue since the magazine came under Psychopomp’s publishing umbrella with Shingai Njeri Kagunda and Arley Sorg at the editing helm. It opens with The Memory Breach by Christian Emecheta, a captivating tale of Echo, who takes memories from people without even meaning to, just by an accidental touch in a parking …Read More
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YouTube New Books Video: January 20, 2026
Locus is excited to present you with another video on the top new releases of the week! We’re going over the best of the best in the SF, Fantasy, Horror, and YA genres and you’re not going to want to miss a second of it! We post a new video every week and would hate for you to miss out on your next favorite book, so consider subscribing to the …Read More
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New Book Releases: January 20, 2026
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Bacon, Eugen; Ntumy, Cheryl; & Embleton, Stephen: Sauúti Terrors Short Stories (Beyond and Within) (Flame Tree Collections UK 978-1835626405, $26.99, 416pp, formats: hardcover, 01/20/2026)
Shared-world anthology of Afrocentric horror stories set in the Sauútiverse, a planet system with two stars. Part of the publisher’s Beyond and Within series. Authors include T.L. …Read More
Locus Bestsellers, January 2026
The Locus Bestsellers for October include top titles: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US), The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Tor), The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey), and Dungeons & Dragons: The Finest Edge of Twilight by R.A. Salvatore (Random House Worlds).
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month 1) Katabasis, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US) 3 1 2) Alchemised, SenLinYu (Del Rey) …Read More
Weekly Bestsellers, 19 January 2026
Two debuts this week, both of fantasy novels. Melissa de la Cruz’s Rings of Fate (Entangled: Red Tower Books), first in a new series, is on three lists, ranking as high as #7 on the NY Times fiction hardcover list. And Elise Kova’s Dragon Cursed (Entangled: Mayhem Books) is also on three lists, two of them for YA/children’s books, ranking as high as #1 on the NY Times‘ YA …Read More
New Releases YouTube Video: January 13, 2026
It’s a new week and we’re back with another video on the top new releases in the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres! We post a brand new video every week, so if you don’t want to miss out, and want to support what we do, consider subscribing to the channel to keep up-to-date on future releases! …Read More
People & Publishing Roundup, January 2026
MILESTONES
KIT MAYQUIST is now represented by Arley Sorg of kt literary.
FIONA ERSKINE is now represented by John Jarrold Literary Agency.
TERRI TE TAU has been appointed as a Creative New Zealand Emerging Māori Writer in Residence for 2026 at the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML).
BOOKS SOLD
R.R. SCHAEFFER‘s A Fable for Hollow Creatures, first in a dark fantasy series about a monster hunter who partners …Read More
