If you’ve read every single book by Neal Asher, you’re in luck: he’s got a new one. If you’ve yet to read him, this isn’t a bad place to start: The British science fiction author famous for far-future epics is back with Dark Intelligence, the first in a new trilogy. Like a slew of his other fantastic novels, […]

This month brought us stories about a strange and powerful necklace, unexpected extraterrestrial life, a haunted town, a haunting spaceship, a superhero struggling with homework, new lives, and old sins. “The Crying Bride“, by Carrie Laben in The Dark Carrie Laben has a knack for crafting quietly unsettling stories, often set in worlds that seem familiar, […]

In December, at the tail end of the year, I read stories of strange and familiar shapeshifters, the Moon and her hounds, an alt-historical Beatrix Potter, post-apocalyptic dentistry, the dangers of mining on Earth and other planets, the trials of Martyrs, and the tribulations of a future shrouded in smog. “The Coal Remembers What It […]

This month brought stories of horror and hope, post-apocalyptic worlds and the afterlife, the power of art and literature, and of desert dogs and Scorpion Men. In other words, it was a great time to be a reader of science fiction and fantasy short fiction. “Rapture“, by Meg Elison, in Shimmer  If you need a […]

June was a brilliant month for speculative short fiction. (Though these days, that describes every month?) This month, I read and loved stories about families and transformation, survival and endurance, strange things in the walls, strange things in the water, meddling kids, weird whales, and very impossible books. “A Thousand Tongues of Silver“, by Kate […]