Introduction Michael Libling's novelette "The Placemat at Baldy's Diner," published in the March/April 2026 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction, represents a mature and formally inventive entry in the author's expanding…
Introduction "The Ghosts of Goldilocks," a novella by Kevin J. Anderson and Rick Wilber published in Asimov's Science Fiction (March/April 2026), represents a collaboration between two established science fiction writers…
Introduction James Van Pelt's novelette "A Fierce Need," published in the March/April 2026 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction, represents a mature work from an author whose career has been marked…
Introduction "Crisis Actors," co-authored by Maddison Stoff and Corey Jae White and published in Strange Horizons in January 2025, represents a significant entry in contemporary speculative fiction's engagement with surveillance…
Introduction In The Dream Hotel (2025), Pulitzer Prize finalist Laila Lalami delivers a chillingly prescient exploration of the intersection between technology, state surveillance, and the human subconscious. Building on her…
Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi is a noir detective novel set in a French colonial city in West Africa during the dry Harmattan season. Plot Overview Boubacar, a down-on-his-luck "chercher"…
Introduction Thomas Ha's "The Patron," published in The Sunday Morning Transport in March 2025, represents a significant contribution to contemporary speculative fiction's exploration of technological mediation in human relationships. Ha,…
Introduction Erin Brown’s “Garden of the Bloodpotter,” published in Psychopomp Magazine in September 2025, represents a significant contribution to contemporary dark fantasy literature, particularly within the tradition of feminist revisionist…
Introduction Ren Hutchings’s The Legend Liminal (2025) represents a sophisticated evolution in contemporary speculative fiction’s engagement with grief, trauma, and temporal dislocation. Published by Stars and Sabers as a 27,881-word…
Introduction Marisca Pichette’s Every Dark Cloud (2025) represents a significant contribution to contemporary climate fiction, marking the author’s debut in long-form narrative after establishing a reputation through acclaimed short fiction…