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Kindling
Kathleen Jennings“The true magic of these stories [is] the simultaneous predictability and unknowability of the people and creatures at their centers.” — Shelf Awareness (starred review)
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The Privilege of the Happy Ending
Kij JohnsonJohnson’s keen eye for the mysteries of human nature shines.”
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Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 51
At least 24 Hours from Tulsa as the zine flies.
Chuntering On and On
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Sun Sets on Trafalgar Sun 1 Mar 2026
Because I cannot keep up with time I hadn’t realized March was coming up so quickly and now we are a day away from rights to Amalia Gladhart’s translation of Angélica Gorodischer’s Trafalgar reverting to the estate. I’d meant to make a fuss a few weeks before this so instead: here’s a day or two […]
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Neither in Pittsburgh nor Baltimore Wed 25 Feb 2026
Being chronically ill gives insight into how the world will go on when one is no longer part of it. We’ve all moved on from social circles, jobs, schools, cities, towns, countries, and we know that life goes on in those places without us. But to lie on the couch and see annual events — […]
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Jedediah Berry on Travel Light Fri 23 Jan 2026
I was looking for something and came across this note on Travel Light that Jed sent me in September 2005 for the Small Beer newsletter: Travel Light is a book that goes places you never quite expect, even when you’re the one who’s writing it. No, I didn’t write Travel Light. But when Small Beer […]
Latest Eruption of Fiction Into the Universe
Kindling
Published simultaneously in trade cloth (9781618732170), trade paper (9781618732132), & ebook (9781618732149) · 288 pages
World Fantasy, Locus, Ditmar, and Aurealis Award shortlists
A fabulous debut of folk tales and fantasies by an award winning author and illustrator.
Small fires start in the hearts of Kathleen Jennings’s characters and irresistibly spread to those around them. Journeys are taken, debts repaid, disguises put on, and lessons offered — although not often learned — in these fantastic tales. Jennings’s confident voice lulls readers into stepping off the known paths to find “Undine Love,” “The Heart of Owl Abbas,” and further unexpected places and people.
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Anya Johanna DeNiro“A lyrical, emotionally powerful . . . tale of queer parenthood, of the reality of the sharp fear of trans lives, and of complicated self-discovery.” — Booklist (starred review)
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Lost Places
Sarah Pinsker“Queer, hopeful, and eerie, celebrating the rebellious spirits of both immortal-feeling youth and resilient elder protagonists.”
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Heroes of an Unknown World
Ayize Jama-Everett“Will be devoured and adored by the most hardcore of readers.”
— Booklist -
And Go Like This
John Crowley“Haunting and gorgeously written.”
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The Silverberg Business
Robert Freeman Wexler“Steeped in the early history of Texas’s statehood and laced with eerie portents of supernatural horror.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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The Adventurists
Richard Butner“Landscapes and memories alter, gentrify, and crumble in Butner’s flawless debut collection.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Hard Light
Elizabeth Hand“Elizabeth Hand is quite simply one of our best living writers. Her Cass Neary books are the ne plus ultra of modern noir, and Hard Light is the best one far.” —Nick Antosca, author of The Girlfriend Game
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Available Dark
Elizabeth Hand“A flash of incandescence counters final threats of death, and the all-encompassing darkness is leavened by a glimmer of hope. Stunning.” — Booklist (starred review)
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Spirits Abroad
Zen Cho“Absolutely gorgeous.”
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Big Dark Hole
Jeffrey Ford“Short stories are his sweet spot.”
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Never Have I Ever
Isabel Yap“Such a joy to read.”
— Booklist (starred review) -
Reconstruction
Alaya Dawn Johnson“Haunting, not just for its vividness, but also for how Johnson writes around felt and imagined absences.” — Chicago Review of Books
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Martha Moody
Susan Stinson“So bloody good it made me want to run naked through a meadow.”
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Dance on Saturday
Elwin Cotman“Blends humor, emotional clarity, and wild imagination to bring life to stories about identity, power, and human nature.” — Arianna Rebolini, Buzzfeed
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Generation Loss
Elizabeth HandShirley Jackson Award Winner
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Stray Bats
Margo Lanagan Kathleen Jennings“Evocative. . . . eerie. . . . rich, sensuous.”
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Half-Witch
John Schoffstall“Half-Witch is like The Golden Compass as written by Roald Dahl.”
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Taboo
Kim Scott“A complex, thoughtful, and exceptionally generous offering by a master storyteller at the top of his game.” — The Guardian
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In Other Lands
Sarah Rees Brennan“Blissfully entertaining reading. . . . glittering contemporary fantasy.”
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Air Logic
Laurie J. Marks“One of the most well-wrought and engaging fantasy worlds out there.” — Booklist (starred review)
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Tender
Sofia Samatar“These stories are windows into an impressively deep imagination guided by sensitivity, joyful intellect, and a graceful mastery of language.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea
Sarah Pinsker“An exciting new voice.” — Booklist (starred review)
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Earth Logic
Laurie J. Marks“Glows with intelligence . . . though not for the faint of heart.”
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Fire Logic
Laurie J. MarksElemental Logic: Book 1
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An Agent of Utopia
Andy Duncan“A raucous, fantastical treat.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
Terra Nullius
Claire G. Coleman“Coleman stuns with this imaginative, astounding debut about colonization.”
— Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) -
Alien Virus Love Disaster
Abbey Mei Otis“Highly recommended for anyone interested in weird fiction, sf, or just a breathtaking reading experience.”
— Booklist (starred review) -
The Invisible Valley
Su Wei Austin Woerner“An extraordinary novel.”
— Ha Jin, winner of the National Book Award



































