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SLF Call For Illustration of the Year
The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) has announced an open call for original artwork combining fantasy and science fiction themes to be featured as its 2026 Illustration of the Year.
The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2026. The winner, to be announced in February 2026, will receive $750, and the winning artwork will be featured on the SLF website and social media and will be used as a visual …Read More
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The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman: Review by Liz Bourke
The Wolf and His King, Finn Longman (Gollancz 978-1-39962-099-4, £20.00, 350pp, hc) November 2025. (Erewhon 978-1-64566-311-9, $32.00 368pp, hc) January 2026.
I read Finn Longman’s first trilogy, The Butterfly Assassin and its sequels, soon after encountering Longman discussing their research on the medieval late Ulster Cycle on Bluesky. I seldom regret reading books by interesting people, and that trilogy, YA but dealing with deeply adult themes of violence, trauma, revolution …Read More
Letters from an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
Letters from an Imaginary Country, Theodora Goss (Tachyon 978-1-61696-440-5, $18.95, 352pp, tp) November 2025.
I’m deeply interested in how we create reality through stories, writes Theodora Goss in one of the story notes for her collection Letters from an Imaginary Country. Perhaps all of these stories are just variations on that theme. Given how consistently the 16 stories engage with the varieties of story-making, she’s probably right. But …Read More
These Bodies Ain’t Broken edited by Madeline Dyer: Review by Alex Brown
These Bodies Ain’t Broken, Madeline Dyer, ed. (Page Street Publishing 979-8-89003-302-4, $18.99. 384pp, hc) October 2025.
Unless I’m mistaken, These Bodies Ain’t Broken, edited by Madeline Dyer, is one of only three traditionally published young-adult anthologies focused on ownvoices disability stories – the other two being Owning It: Stories About Teens with Disabilities from 2008 and Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens from 2018. What this anthology does that the …Read More
Orlanda by Jacqueline Harpman: Review by Abigail Nussbaum
Orlanda, Jacqueline Harpman (Seven Stories Press 978-1-644215-166, $18.95, 224pp, tp) September 2025.
Jacqueline Harpman (1929-2012) was a Belgian author of more than 20 novels, winner of some of the highest honors in francophone writing. Only two of her novels have been translated into English, of which by far the more famous is I Who Have Never Known Men (1995), a postapocalyptic dystopia narrated by a girl who has been raised …Read More
Red Star Hustle by Sam J. Miller / Apprehension by Mary Robinette Kowal: Review by Adrienne Martini
Red Star Hustle, Sam J. Miller / Apprehension, Mary Robinette Kowal (Saga Press 978-116-809915-52, $20.00, 416pp, tp) October 2025.
I worked at my local Waldenbooks during high school and early college. Some of the most exciting days were when the next installment of Stephen King’s serialized The Green Mile would show up in our distribution boxes or when the newest Tor Double was released. These paperbacks paired two shorter works …Read More
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December 16th New Releases Video is Live!
We’re already halfway through the month of December and Locus is back with another video to help you through the holidays! Although there aren’t a lot of releases this week, we can’t wait to tell you about them! Consider subscribing to the channel after the video! Subscribing shows your support for what we do and keeps you up-to-date on future releases! We post weekly and would hate for you to …Read More
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2025 Books We Loved: Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings
It’s Locus‘s 2025 Holiday Countdown of Staff Picks!
In case you missed it, Locus reviewer Alexandra Pierce chooses Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings: A lush, gothic story about home and family and place and secrets.
Read Alexandra’s full review online or in the September 2025 issue of Locus. …Read More
2025 Books We Loved: Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler
It’s Locus‘s 2025 Holiday Countdown of Staff Picks!
For your reading pleasure, Locus staff Tim Pratt picks Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler: The concluding volume in the Dark Lord Dani duology – a snarky time loop epic portal fantasy – delivers on the promise of the hilarious opening volume, How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying. I haven’t had this much fun …Read More
2025 Books We Loved: I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang
It’s Locus‘s 2025 Holiday Countdown of Staff Picks!
Add it to your reading list! Locus reviewer Colleen Mondor says: Turning the Freaky Fridaybody-switching trope on its head, Ann Liang’s I Am Not Jessica Chen finds teen Jenna suddenly inhabiting the body of her brilliant and beautiful cousin, Jessica. What she learns not only makes her reconsider how she perceives herself, but also to appreciate Jessica on an entirely different level. …Read More
2025 Stories We Loved: “His Most Feared Constellation” by R.L. Summerling
It’s Locus‘s 2025 Holiday Countdown of Staff Picks!
Wondering what to read? Locus reviewer Paula Guran says: His Most Feared Constellation by R.L. Summerling (The Dark #119) is set in winter. An old man in decline is waiting for Jade, a smart and caring daughter who never appears. Bit by bit the past is revealed. An accomplished story more chilling than winter.
Read Paula’s full review online or in the …Read More
2025 Books We Loved: Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman
It’s Locus‘s 2025 Holiday Countdown of Staff Picks!
In case you missed it, Locus contributor Jake Casella Brookins picks Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman: Everything and anything I try to say about this book sounds like hyperbole, and it all falls short of the actual text. Carefully and brilliantly structured, this story of a journalist piecing together his adopted parents’ revolutionary past-in a future world that is sometimes …Read More
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