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Meet Elliot J. Harper
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Fantasycon 2026 Guest of Honour – Peter F. Hamilton
Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first
Meet Zoe Cunningham
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Fantasycon 2026 Guest of Honour – V Castro
V. Castro is a two time Bram Stoker award nominated writer born in San Antonio, Texas, to Mexican
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Ask an Expert: January 2026
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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Sorry Not Sorry: Apologies in SFF
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Alchemy and A Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne
Alchemy and A Cup of Tea is the final installment in Rebecca Thorne’s Tomes and Tea series.
Wiz Duos book 1 from Wizards Tower Press
Wizard’s Tower Press has resuscitated the old binary format for putting two novellas together and
The Gryphon King by Sara Omer
When he was just fourteen, Bataar killed a gryphon, though the price he and his friends paid was
City of All Seasons by Oliver K. Langmead and Aliya Whiteley
Jamie Pike and Esther Pike are cousins, and they both live in the city of Fairharbour, which
The Book that Held Her Heart by Mark Lawrence
Anne Hoffman was minding her grandfather’s second-hand bookshop when a noise from within the many
Diathesis by Ishmael A Soledad
Set roughly 100 years in the future, Diathesis focuses on a selection of seemingly unconnected