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Cover of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea, showing two people sitting in comfortable chairs by the fire, surrounded by books

Read an Excerpt From Rebecca Thorne’s Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea

A cozy fantasy steeped in sapphic romance about one of the Queen’s private guards and a powerful...

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Backlist Bonanaza: 5 Underrated Urban Fantasies

This month we're adding 5 urban fantasies from the last decade to our TBR stacks.

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Young Doctors in Space: Star Surgeon by Alan E. Nourse

Fledgling doctors learn on the go in this delightful adventure tale set aboard a spaceship...

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Book cover of The Will of the Many by James Islington

James Islington’s The Will of the Many Would Be a Perfect Show for Fans of Hypercompetent Heroes

In this thrilling high fantasy, a fugitive former royal works to bring down an oppressive empire...

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Six SFF Short Stories About Music and Musicians

Whether you're exorcising demons or soothing troubled spirits, every endeavor is better with mus...

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Maddie Martinez / The Maiden and Her Monster / Fall 2025 / Tor Books

A Cursed Forest, an Exiled Golem, and an Impossible Deal: Announcing The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez

When she ventures into the shadowed woods, Malka finds a monster, but not the one she expects...

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Read an Excerpt From Laura R. Samotin’s The Sins on Their Bones

A queer dark fantasy set in a Jewish folklore-inspired reimagining of 19th century Eastern Europ...

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Book cover of Escape From Kathmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Enlightened Yeti: Kim Stanley Robinson’s Escape From Kathmandu

A lighthearted but subversively serious look at the community of Western expats on the roof of t...

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“Bad” Books, and the Readers That Love Them

Is it possible that books don't have to be perfectly crafted works of fiction to be worthy of ou...

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Cover of Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett.

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Unseen Academicals, Part II

May your sherry whisper wonderful things to you, too

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Cover art for three pieces of short speculative fiction first published in March 2024

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: March 2024

Death, betrayal, and the unexpectedly weird in this month's short fiction spotlight.

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Book cover of the SFF anthology Nordic Visions

Nordic Visions Provides a Unique Overview of Contemporary Nordic SF, Fantasy, and Horror

A recent anthology celebrates a broad range of short stories, from ghost stories to fairy tales...

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