Jacqueline Holland’s first novel, The God of Endings, is a sensational story we can’t stop raving about — perfect for fans of The Historian and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. With brilliant prose and a deep exploration of whether life is a gift or a curse, you’ll lose yourself in this suspenseful story that will linger in your heart for as long as Collette LeSange is alive. Keep reading for a Q&A with Jacqueline Holland about writing, art, and culture!
There’s a hell of a quote from Pulitzer Prize-winner Andrew Sean Greer adorning the cover of The City in the Middle of the Night, the new novel by Nebula Award-winner Charlie Jane Anders. The book is “a breathtaking work of imagination and storytelling… making the cast for Anders as this generation’s Le Guin,” he writes. That’s […]
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and just because it’s an Earth holiday, that doesn’t meant we can’t celebrate it with tales set on other planets or in other, more fantastical realities. Here are 10 recommended reads to celebrate the day, and recognize fabulous stories, books, and essays by and about women in the speculative […]
Peng Shepherd’s post-apocalyptic epic is elegaic in tone and striking in its originality. Most dystopias are a thought experiment in climate change scenarios, nuclear war devastation, or mass contagion. The Book of M by Peng Shepherd offers a mythic departure from these well-worn approaches, choosing a magical devastation instead: around the world, people have begun to […]
I’ve long referred to Ursula K. Le Guin my literary grandmother, a polestar of my understanding of fiction, fantasy, and the world itself. When I learned of her death earlier this year, I sat down and cried. Even though she passed at the respectable age of 88, I cried long, wracking tears. She is the […]
