Telling The Right Story at the Right Time: A Surprise Hit Becomes a Series, Then an Omnibus
With the omnibus version of his critically-acclaimed hit dystopian series A Quiet Apocalypse
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Fantasycon 2024: Interview with Guest of Honour Priya Sharma
In the lead-up to Fantasycon in Chester – happening next month! – and to celebrate the summoning of
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Fantasycon 2024: Interview with Guest of Honour Bella Pagan
It’s exactly one month until we gather for Fantasycon in Chester, and to celebrate the summoning of
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Using Tech Headlines To Inspire Fiction: What Will Be The True Impact of Life Extension?
With their debut novel, To Live or Let Live, hitting shelves in just a few weeks, SJ Vivant (who
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Meet J J Vason
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What’s Behind the Rise in East & South-East Asian Speculative Fiction?
Ahead of Imaginarium: A Celebration of ESEA Speculative Fiction—happening virtually on 22
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Delicious in Dungeon
Deep in the depths of a deadly dungeon, a brave adventuring party faces off against a massive red
Toxxic by Jane Hennigan
If you read and enjoyed Moths, you’ll want to read Toxxic. There, review done. Okay, you want a
THIS ISLAND EARTH: 8 FEATURES FROM THE DRIVE-IN By Dale Bailey
This selection of otherworldly tales comes straight from 1950s America – the illustrations on the
A FEATHER SO BLACK by Lyra Selene
The day Fia Ní Mainnín appeared in the High Queen’s home, her daughter Eala, Princess of
A Poisoner’s Tale by Cathryn Kemp
Rome 1656: Two sicknesses are stalking the streets of Rome; the Plague and a clear liquid, four
FORGED BY BLOOD by Ehigbor Okosun
When high fantasy began to be popular, it tended to model itself on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the