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Locus list of upcoming book releases

OCTOBER 2025

  • CATHERINE ASARO • Gold Dust • Baen, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • NATHAN BALLINGRUD • Cathedral of the Drowned • Tor/Nightfire, Oct 2025 (na, h, tp, eb)
  • NATHAN BALLINGRUD • Cathedral of the Drowned • Titan Books UK, Oct 2025 (na, h, hc, eb)
  • OLIVIE BLAKE • Girl Dinner • Macmillan UK/Mantle, Oct 2025 (h, hc)
  • OLIVIE BLAKE • Girl Dinner • Tor, Oct 2025 (c, hc)
  • PATRICIA BRIGGS • Blind Date with a Werewolf • Ace, Oct 2025 (c, hc, eb)
  • KRISTEN BRITAIN • Falling in a Sea of Stars • Orion UK/Gollancz, Oct 2025 (1st UK, tp, eb)
  • D.J. BUTLER & AARON MICHAEL RITCHEY • The Familiar Spirit • Baen, Oct 2025 (tp, eb)
  • GRACE BYRON • Herculine • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • ISABEL CAÑAS • The Possession of Alba Díaz • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Oct 2025 (1st UK, h, tp, eb)
  • ELLEN DATLOW, ED. • The Best Horror of the Year • Volume Seventeen, Night Shade Books, Oct 2025 (tp, eb)
  • CORY DOCTOROW • Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It • Verso, Oct 2025 (nf, a, hc, eb)
  • STEVEN ERIKSON • No Life forsaken • Penguin Random House UK/Bantam UK, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • STEVEN ERIKSON • No Life forsaken • Tor, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • MAX GLADSTONE • Dead Hand Rule • Tor, Oct 2025 (tp, eb)
  • ALIX E. HARROW • The Everlasting • Macmillan/Tor UK, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • ALIX E. HARROW • The Everlasting • Tor, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • JOE HILL • King Sorrow • HarperCollins/Mor­row, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • JOE HILL • King Sorrow • Headline UK, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • JIM C. HINES • Slayers of Old • Astra House/DAW, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • T.L. HUCHU • Secrets of the First School • Mac­millan/Tor UK, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • ALLAN KASTER, ED. • The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Sixth Annual Collection • AudioText/Infinivox, Oct 2025 (an, tp, eb)
  • JOE R. LANSDALE • The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale • Tachyon Publications, Oct 2025 (c, tp, eb)
  • CIXIN LIU • The Collected Short Stories • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Oct 2025 (c, hc, eb)
  • KEN LIU • All That We See or Seem • Blooms­bury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • KEN LIU • All That We See or Seem • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • JONATHAN MABERRY • Cold War • Blackstone Publishing and Weird Tales Presents, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP • The Essential Patricia A. McKil­lip • Tachyon Publications, Oct 2025 (c, tp, eb)
  • SAM J. MILLER & MARY ROBI­NETTE KOWAL • Red Star Hustle/Apprehension • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Oct 2025 (oa, tp, eb)
  • L.E. MODESITT, JR. • Legalist • Tor, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • MICHAEL MOORCOCK & MARK HODDER • The Albino’s Secret • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • MICHAEL MOORCOCK & MARK HODDER • The Albino’s Secret • Orion UK/Gollancz, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • SIMON MORDEN • The History of the World • New­Con Press UK, Oct 2025 (na, tp, hc, eb)
  • RICHARD MORGAN • No Man’s Land • Orion UK/Gollancz, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • RICHARD K. MORGAN • No Man’s Land • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • KIM NEWMAN • Model Actress Whatever • Titan Books UK, Oct 2025 (tp, eb)
  • THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT • Darker Days • Penguin Random House UK/Bantam UK, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT • Darker Days • Harper, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • PHILIP PULLMAN • The Book of Dust • Volume Three: The Rose Field, Penguin Random House UK/Penguin and David Fickling UK, Oct 2025 (ya, hc, eb)
  • PHILIP PULLMAN • The Book of Dust • Volume Three: The Rose Field, Penguin Random House/Knopf, Oct 2025 (ya, hc, eb)
  • THOMAS PYNCHON • Shadow Ticket • Penguin Random House/Penguin Press, Oct 2025 (hc, tp, eb)
  • ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • The Dagger in Vichy • Subterra­nean Press, Oct 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • EDEN ROYCE • Psychopomp and Circumstance • Tordotcom, Oct 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • A.G. SLATTER • The Cold House • Titan Books UK, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • CAITLIN STARLING • The Graceview Patient • St. Mar­tin’s, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • JONATHAN STRAHAN, ED. • Revolution in the Heart • Titan Books UK, Oct 2025 (oa, hc, eb)
  • TASHA SURI • The Isle in the Silver Sea • Orbit US, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • TASHA SURI • The Isle in the Silver Sea • Orbit UK, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Lives of Bitter Rain • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Oct 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • CARRIE VAUGHN • The Glass Slide World • Amazon/47North, Oct 2025 (v, tp, eb)
  • NGHI VO • A Mouthful of Dust • Tordotcom, Oct 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • MARTHA WELLS • Queen Demon • Tor, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
Reading

Locus Magazine: Books for September

SEPTEMBER 2025

  • EUGEN BACON • The Nga’phandileh Whisperer • Stars and Sabers, Sep 2025 (na, tp, eb)
  • JOSIAH BANCROFT • The Hexologists: A Tangle of Time • Orbit US, Sep 2025 (tp, eb)
  • STEPHEN BAXTER • Hearthspace • Orion UK/Gollancz, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • NICHOLAS BINGE • Extremity • Macmillan/Tor UK, Sep 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • NICHOLAS BINGE • Extremity • Tordotcom, Sep 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • HOLLY BLACK • Thief of Night • Tor, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • HOLLY BLACK • Thief of Night • Penguin Random House UK/Del Rey UK, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • KRISTEN BRITAIN • Falling in a Sea of Stars • Astra House/DAW, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • MARTIN CAHILL • The Audition for the Fox • Tachyon Publications, Sep 2025 (na, tp, eb)
  • CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN • Acquired Taste • Titan Books UK, Sep 2025 (c, h, hc, eb)
  • C.L. CLARK • Fate’s Bane • Tordotcom, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • C.L. CLARK • The Sovereign • Orbit US, Sep 2025 (tp, eb)
  • PAUL CORNELL • The Gnomes of Lychford • Tordot­com, Sep 2025 (na, tp, eb)
  • ELLEN DATLOW, ED. • Night & Day • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Sep 2025 (om, tp, eb)
  • DELILAH S. DAWSON • House of Idyll • Titan Books UK, Sep 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • SARAH GAILEY • Spread Me • Tor/Nightfire, Sep 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN • The Night Birds • Titan Books UK, Sep 2025 (1st UK, h, tp, eb)
  • CHARLIE N. HOLMBERG • The Shattered King • Amazon/47North, Sep 2025 (tp, eb)
  • CHARLIE N. HOLMBERG • Whimbrel House #5 • Amazon/47North, Sep 2025 (tp, hc, eb)
  • KATHLEEN JENNINGS • Honeyeater • Tordotcom, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • BITTER KARELLA • Moonflow • Orbit UK, Sep 2025 (h, tp, eb)
  • BITTER KARELLA • Moonflow • Orbit US/Run For It, Sep 2025 (h, tp, eb)
  • ALMA KATSU • Fiend • Titan Books UK, Sep 2025 (h, tp, eb)
  • ALMA KATSU • Fiend • Penguin Random House/Putnam, Sep 2025 (h, pb, eb)
  • STEPHEN KING & MAURICE SENDAK • Hansel and Gretel • HarperCollins, Sep 2025 (pi, art, hc)
  • T. KINGFISHER • What Stalks the Deep • Tor/Night­fire, Sep 2025 (na, h, hc, eb)
  • T. KINGFISHER • What Stalks the Deep • Titan Books UK, Sep 2025 (na, h, hc, eb)
  • RICH LARSON • Changelog • Fairwood Press, Sep 2025 (c, tp, eb)
  • SEANAN MCGUIRE • Silver and Lead • Tor, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • PREMEE MOHAMED • The First Thousand Trees • ECW Press, Sep 2025 (na, tp, eb)
  • LOUISA MORGAN • The Faerie Morgana • Orbit US/Redhook, Sep 2025 (tp, eb)
  • LOUISA MORGAN • The Faerie Morgana • Orbit UK, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • NAOMI NOVIK • The Summer War • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • NAOMI NOVIK • The Summer War • Penguin Ran­dom House UK/Del Rey UK, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • K.J. PARKER • Making History • Tordotcom, Sep 2025 (na, tp, eb)
  • GARETH L. POWELL • Who Will You Save? • Titan Books UK, Sep 2025 (c, tp, eb)
  • RHIANNA PRATCHETT • Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch • HarperCollins/Clarion, Sep 2025 (nf, ya, art, hc, eb)
  • CAT RAMBO • Wings of Tabat • WordFire Press, Sep 2025 (tp, hc, eb)
  • ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • Halcyon Days • Orion UK/Gollancz, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • LEZLI ROBYN • In Her Wake • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Sep 2025 (tp, eb)
  • VERONICA ROTH • To Clutch a Razor • Tor, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • VERONICA ROTH • To Clutch a Razor • Titan Books UK, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • ANTHONY RYAN • The Infernus Gate • Subterranean Press, Sep 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI • Crossroads of Ravens • Orion UK/Gollancz, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • JOHN SCALZI • The Shattering Peace • Tor, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • JOHN SCALZI • The Shattering Peace • Macmillan/Tor UK, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • SAMANTHA SHANNON • Among the Burning Flowers • Bloomsbury USA, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • SHARON SHINN • Shifter and Shadow • Fairwood Press, Sep 2025 (tp, eb)
  • WEN SPENCER • Black Tie and Tails • Baen, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • CADWELL TURNBULL • A Ruin • Great and Free, Black­stone Publishing, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • FRAN WILDE • A Philosophy of Thieves • Kens­ington/Erewhon, Sep 2025 (hc, eb)
  • RICHARD WOLINSKY, ED. • Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods!: Interviews with Sci­ence Fiction Legends • Tachyon Publications, Sep 2025 (nf, tp, eb)
Awards, CSFFA / Aurora Award / Hall of Fame, Reading

2025 AURORA AWARDS BALLOT

2025 AURORA AWARDS BALLOT

This ballot is for works originally done in 2024 by Canadians. The Aurora Awards are nominated by members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA). The top five nominated works were selected. Additional works were included where there was a tie for fifth place. An online awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, August 10th, 2025, at 5pm EDT, with hosts Mark Leslie Lefebvre and Elizabeth May Anderson. 

BEST NOVEL
Blackheart Man, Nalo Hopkinson, Saga Press
Pale Grey Dot, Don Miasek, Ravenstone
The Siege of Burning Grass, Premee Mohamed, Solaris
The Tapestry of Time, Kate Heartfield, Harper Voyager
Withered, A.G.A. Wilmot, ECW Press

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
The Door in Lake Mallion, S.M. Beiko, ECW Press
Heavenly Tyrant, Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books
The Lost Expedition: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 3, Douglas Smith, Spiral Path Books
Misadventures in Ghosthunting, Melissa Yue, Harper Collins
Spaced!, C.L. Carey, Renaissance

BEST NOVELETTE/NOVELLA
The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed, Tordotcom
“Carter’s Refugio“, Hayden Trenholm, Analog SF&F, Sept/Oct
Countess, Suzan Palumbo, ECW Press
The Dragonfly Gambit, A.D. Sui, Neon Hemlock Press
“Zebra Meridian“,Geoffrey W. Cole, Zebra Meridian and Other Stories, Stelliform Press

BEST SHORT STORY
“A World of Milk and Promises“, R H Wesley, Clarkesworld, Issue 216
“And When She Shatters“, Kerry C. Byrne, Heartlines Spec, Issue 4
“Blood and Desert Dreams“, Y.M. Pang, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue 408
“BUDDY RAYMOND’S NO-BULLSHIT GUIDE TO DRONE HUNTING“, Gillian Secord, Diabolical Plots, #108A
“Desolation Sounds“, Geoffrey W. Cole, Zebra Meridian and Other Stories, Stelliform Press

BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL/COMIC
Cemetery Kids Don’t Die vol. 1 (#1-4), Zac Thompson, illustrated by Daniel Irrizari, Gegé Schall, and Brittany Peer, Oni Press
Into the Goblin Market, Vikki VanSickle, illustrated by Jensine Eckwall, Tundra Books
It Never Rains, Kari Maaren, webcomic
Star Trek Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way, Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio, IDW Publishing
Wheetago War: Roth, Richard Van Camp, illustrated by Christopher Shy, Renegade Arts Entertainment
A Witch’s Guide to Burning, Aminder Dhaliwal, Drawn and Quarterly
Zatanna: Bring Down the House, Mariko Tamaki, DC Comics

BEST POEM/SONG
“Angakkuq“, Shantell Powell, On Spec Magazine, Vol 24, Issue 130
“Cthulhu on the Shores of Osaka“, Y.M. Pang, Invitation: A One-shot Anthology of Speculative Fiction
“Her Favourite“, Beth Cato and Rhonda Parrish, Star*Line, Vol 47, Issue 4
“Horizon Events“, J.D. Dresner, Polar Starlight, Issue #15
“A Thirst for Adventure“, Lynne Sargent, Polar Borealis, Issue #28
“Trip Through the Robot“, Carolyn Clink and David Clink, Giant Robot Poems: On Mecha-Human Science, Culture & War

BEST RELATED WORK
Augur Magazine Vol 7, Issues 7.1-7.3, Kerry C. Byrne, Toria Liao, André Geleynse, Frankie Hagg, and Conyer Clayton, Augur Society
Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror, Sofia Ajram, Ghoulish Books
Northern Nights, Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications
On Spec Magazine, Vol 34, Issues 127-130, Diane L. Walton Managing Editor, The Copper Pig Writers’ Society
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Two, Stephen Kotowych, Ansible Press

BEST COVER ART/INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION
Augur Magazine, Issue 7.1,  cover art, Martine Nguyen
Augur Magazine Issue 7.2, cover art, Frances Philip
Augur Magazine, Issue 7.3, cover art, Lorna Antoniazzi
Captains of Black and Brass, cover art, James Beveridge, On Spec Magazine, Vol 34, Issue 129
Northern Nights, cover art, Serena Malyon, Undertow Publications

BEST FAN WRITING AND PUBLICATION
Clubhouse Canadian Speculative Fiction reviews, R. Graeme Cameron, Amazing Stories Magazine
James Nicoll Reviews, James Davis Nicoll, online
Polar Starlight Magazine, Issues 13-16, Rhea E. Rose, editor
SF&F Book Reviews, Robert Runté, Ottawa Review of Books
Speculating Canada, Derek Newman-Stille

BEST FAN RELATED WORK
murmurstations, Sonia Urlando, Augur Society, podcast
Scintillation 2024, co-chairs, Jo Walton and René Walling, Montreal
Two Old Farts Talk Sci-Fi Podcast, Troy Harkin and David Clink
Wizards & Spaceships Podcast, Rachel A. Rosen and David L. Clink
The Worldshapers Podcast, Edward Willett

 

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Reading

Locus: New books for July

JULY 2023

  • GARTH NIX  • Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz • Harper Voyager US, Jul 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • GARTH NIX  • Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz • Orion UK/Gollancz, Jul 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • PAUL TREMBLAY  • The Beast You Are • HarperCol­lins/Morrow, Jul 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • T.L. HUCHU • The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle • Macmillan/Tor UK, Jul 2023 (h, hc, eb)
  • SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA  • Silver Nitrate • Quercus/Jo Fletch­er UK, Jul 2023 (h, hc, eb)
  • SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA  • Silver Nitrate • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Jul 2023 (h, hc, eb)
  • NEAL ASHER • War Bodies • Macmillan/Tor UK, Jul 2023 (hc, eb)
  • D.J. BUTLER • Between Princesses and Other Jobs • Baen, Jul 2023 (hc, eb)
  • P. DJÈLÍ CLARK • Abeni’s Song • Tor/Starscape, Jul 2023 (hc, eb)
  • JASPER FFORDE • Red Side Story • Hodder & Stough­ton UK, Jul 2023 (hc, eb)
  • SHARON LEE & STEVE MILLER • Salvage Right • Baen, Jul 2023 (hc, eb)
  • VIOLETTE MALAN • The Court War • Astra House/DAW, Jul 2023 (hc, eb)
  • GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, ET AL. • Wild Cards: Pairing Up • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Jul 2023 (hc, eb)
  • SEANAN MCGUIRE • Be Sure • Tordotcom, Jul 2023 (om, tp, hc)
  • SEBASTIEN DE CASTELL • Fate of the Argosi • Hot Key Books UK, Jul 2023 (ya, hc, eb)
Reading

Locus: new books for June

These are the forthcoming “Selected Books by Author” for June from the December 2022 issue of Locus Magazine.

JUNE 2023

  • ALLAN KASTER, ED. • The Year’s Top Hard Science Fic­tion Stories 7 • AudioText/Infinivox, Jun 2023 (an, tp, eb)
  • ANN LECKIE • Translation State • Orbit US, Jun 2023 (hc, eb)
  • CONNIE WILLIS  • The Road to Roswell • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Jun 2023 (hc, eb)
  • EUGEN BACON • Danged Black Thing • Apex Book Company, Jun 2023 (1st US, c, tp, eb)
  • FRAN WILDE  • The Book of Gems • Tordotcom, Jun 2023 (na, tp, eb)
  • GENE WOLFE  • The Dead Man and Other Horror Stories • Subterranean Press, Jun 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • GREGORY FROST • Rhymer • Baen, Jun 2023 (hc, eb)
  • HOWARD WALDROP  • H’ard Starts: The Early Waldrop • Subterranean Press, Jun 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • JOHN BIRMINGHAM • The Forever Dead • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Jun 2023 (hc, eb)
  • JOHN SCALZI  • Starter Villain • Macmillan/Tor UK, Jun 2023 (hc, eb)
  • JOHN SHIRLEY  • SubOrbital 7 • Titan Books UK, Jun 2023 (tp, eb)
  • JUNO DAWSON • The Shadow Cabinet • Harper Voyager UK, Jun 2023 (hc, eb)
  • KIM HARRISON • Demons of Good and Evil • Ace, Jun 2023 (hc, eb)
  • MERCEDES LACKEY & LARRY DIXON • Gryphon in Light • Astra House/DAW, Jun 2023 (hc, eb)
  • MICHAEL MOORCOCK  • The Woods of Arcady • Tor, Jun 2023 (hc, eb)
  • TANANARIVE DUE & STEVEN BARNES • The Reformatory • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Jun 2023 (h, hc, eb
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Locus: New books for April

APRIL 2023

  • BENJAMIN PERCY  • The Sky Vault • HarperCollins/Morrow, Apr 2023 (1st US, hc, tp, eb)
  • BRENT WEEKS  • Night Angel Nemesis • Orbit UK, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • BRENT WEEKS  • Night Angel Nemesis • Orbit US, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE  • The Best of Catherynne M. Va­lente • Volume One, Subterranean Press, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • CHARLIE JANE ANDERS • Promises Stronger Than Dark­ness • Titan Books UK, Apr 2023 (ya, tp, eb)
  • CHARLIE JANE ANDERS • Promises Stronger Than Dark­ness • Tor Teen, Apr 2023 (ya, hc, eb)
  • CORY DOCTOROW •  Red Team Blues • Tor, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • CORY DOCTOROW • Red Team Blues • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • DAVID WELLINGTON  • Paradise-1 • Orbit UK, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • DAVID WELLINGTON  • Paradise-1 • Orbit US, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • DEREK KÜNSKEN • The House of Saints • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • FONDA LEE • Untethered Sky • Tordotcom, Apr 2023 (na, hc, eb)
  • GREG KEYES • The Basilisk Throne • Titan Books UK, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • IAN C. ESSLEMONT • Forge of the High Mage • Penguin Random House UK/Bantam Press UK, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • IAN R. MACLEOD • Ragged Maps • Subterranean Press, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • JAMES TIPTREE, JR.  • The Voice That Murmers in the Night • Subterranean Press, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • JULIET E. MCKENNA  • The Cleaving • Angry Robot UK, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • KAT HOWARD • A Sleight of Shadows • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • KATE ELLIOTT • Furious Heaven • Tor, Apr 2023 (1st US, hc, eb)
  • MARK LAWRENCE • The Book that Wouldn’t Burn • Ace, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • MARY GENTLE • The Landing • Orion UK/Gollancz, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • PETER S. BEAGLE • The Essential Peter S. Beagle • Volume 1: Lila the Werewolf and Other Stories, Tachyon Publica­tions, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • PETER S. BEAGLE • The Way Home • Ace, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • PETER S. BEAGLE • The Way Home • Orion UK/Gollancz, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • STEPHEN DEAS • Herald of the Black Moon • Angry Robot UK, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • STEVEN BRUST • Tsalmoth • Tor, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • SYLVAIN NEUVEL  • For the First Time • Again, Tordot­com, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • TIM AKERS • Wraithbound • Baen, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • TIM POWERS  • My Brother’s Keeper • Charnel House, Apr 2023 (ss, hc)
  • TJ KLUNE • In the Lives of Puppets • Tor, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • TOBIAS S. BUCKELL • Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories • Apex Book Company, Apr 2023 (c, tp, eb)
Books, Reading

Links of interest to readers of SFF

The Biggest New Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books for Spring

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2547-the-biggest-new-fantasy-and-sci-fi-books-for-spring?ref_=pe_3652430_706819200&rto=x_gr_e_nl_sff&utm_campaign=March_23_2023&utm_content=Spring.SFF&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sff_newsletter

45 Recent Standalone Fantasy Books for When You Just Can’t Commit to a Series

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2540-45-recent-standalone-fantasy-books-for-when-you-just-can-t-commit-to-a-s?ref_=pe_3652430_706819200&rto=x_gr_e_nl_sff&utm_campaign=March_23_2023&utm_content=Fantasy.Standalone&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sff_newsletter

Our Speculative Fiction Mood Ring: Find Your Next Read!

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2552-our-speculative-fiction-mood-ring-find-your-next-read?ref_=pe_3652430_706819200&rto=x_gr_e_nl_sff&utm_campaign=March_23_2023&utm_content=SFF.Tastemaker&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sff_newsletter

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Locus: List of March releases

These are the forthcoming “Selected Books by Author” for March from the December 2022 issue of Locus Magazine.

MAR 2023

  • ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY  • And Put Away Childish Things • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Mar 2023 (hc, eb)
  • ANNE BISHOP • The Queen’s Price • Ace, Mar 2023 (hc, eb)
  • ARKADY MARTINE • Rose/House • Subterranean Press, Mar 2023 (na, hc, eb)
  • C.L. CLARK • The Faithless • Orbit UK, Mar 2023 (tp, eb)
  • C.L. CLARK • The Faithless • Orbit US, Mar 2023 (tp, eb)
  • GARTH NIX  • The Sinister Booksellers of Bath • HarperCollins/Tegen Books, Mar 2023 (ya, hc, eb)
  • GARTH NIX  • The Sinister Booksellers of Bath • Orion UK/Gollancz, Mar 2023 (ya, hc, eb)
  • GWENDA BOND • Mr. and Mrs. Witch • St. Martin’s Griffin, Mar 2023 (v, tp, eb)
  • IAN WATSON  • The Chinese Time Machine • NewCon Press UK, Mar 2023 (c, tp, hc, eb)
  • K.J. PARKER  • Under My Skin • Subterranean Press, Mar 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • KATE ELLIOTT • Furious Heaven • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Mar 2023 (hc, eb)
  • KELLY LINK • White Cat, Black Dog, Blooms­bury UK/Head of Zeus, Mar 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • KELLY LINK • White Cat, Black Dog, Penguin Random House/Random House, Mar 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • LAURELL K. HAMILTON • Smolder • Penguin Random House/Berkley, Mar 2023 (v, hc, eb)
  • LEE MANDELO • Feed Them Silence • Tordotcom, Mar 2023 (na, hc, eb)
  • LIZ WILLIAMS  • Salt on the Midnight Fire • New­Con Press UK, Mar 2023 (tp, hc, eb)
  • M.R. CAREY • Infinity Gate • Orbit UK, Mar 2023 (tp, eb)
  • M.R. CAREY • Infinity Gate • Orbit US, Mar 2023 (tp, eb)
  • MALKA OLDER  • The Mimicking of Known Suc­cesses • Tordotcom, Mar 2023 (na, hc, eb)
  • MARGARET ATWOOD • Old Babes in the Wood • Penguin Random House UK/Chatto & Win­dus, Mar 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • MARGARET ATWOOD • Old Babes in the Wood • Penguin Random House/Doubleday, Mar 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • MARINA DYACHENKO & SERGEY DYACHENKO • Assassin of Reality • Harper Voy­ager US, Mar 2023 (hc, eb)
  • MAX GLADSTONE • Dead Country • Tordotcom, Mar 2023 (tp, eb)
  • NADIA AFIFI • The Transcendent • Flame Tree Press UK, Mar 2023 (tp, hc, eb)
  • NATHAN BALLINGRUD • The Strange • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Mar 2023 (h, hc, eb)
  • NATHAN BALLINGRUD • The Strange • Titan Books UK, Mar 2023 (h, tp)
  • NISI SHAWL, ED.  • New Suns 2: Original Specula­tive Fiction by People of Color • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Mar 2023 (oa, tp, eb)
  • OWEN KING • The Curator • Hodder & Stoughton UK, Mar 2023 (hc, eb)
  • OWEN KING • The Curator • Simon & Schuster/Scribner, Mar 2023 (hc, eb)
  • SARAH PINSKER  • Lost Places • Small Beer Press, Mar 2023 (c, tp, eb)
  • SEANAN MCGUIRE • Backpacking Through Bedlam • Astra House/DAW, Mar 2023 (tp, eb)
  • SHANNON CHAKRABORTY • The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi • Harper Voyager US, Mar 2023 (hc, eb)
  • STINA LEICHT • Loki’s Ring • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Mar 2023 (tp, eb)
  • T. KINGFISHER • A House With Good Bones • Titan Books UK, Mar 2023 (h, hc, eb)
  • T. KINGFISHER • A House With Good Bones • Tor Nightfire, Mar 2023 (h, hc, eb)
  • TJ KLUNE • In the Lives of Puppets • Macmil­lan/Tor UK, Mar 2023 (hc, eb)
  • VICTOR LAVALLE • Lone Women • Penguin Random House/One World, Mar 2023 (h, hc, eb)