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2024 ITW Thriller Awards finalists
International Thriller Writers has announced the finalists for the 2024 Thriller Awards, including several titles and authors of genre interest.
Best Hardcover Novel
- All the Sinners Bleed, S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
- The Drift, C.J. Tudor (Ballantine)
Best Paperback Original Novel
- Hide, Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
- The Paleontologist, Luke Dumas (Atria)
- The Spy Coast, Tess Gerritsen (Thomas & Mercer)
- Cave 13, Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin’s
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Gary K. Wolfe Reviews The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom 978-1250881786, $18.99, 160pp, tp) February 2024.
I’m pretty sure that tales of forests that are haunted (or enchanted or forbidden or cursed or simply hallucinogenic) predate haunted-house tales by several centuries – in fact, they probably predate houses – and they’ve long provided powerful templates for fantasy (William Morris, George MacDonald, Tolkien, Robert Holdstock), horror (Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood) and even ...Read More
Jake Casella Brookins Reviews Other Minds and Other Stories by Bennett Sims
Other Minds and Other Stories, Bennett Sims (Two Dollar Radio 978-1-9533-8735-6, $18.95. 202pp, tp) November 2023. Cover by Eric Obenauf.
Other Minds and Other Stories, the new collection from Bennett Sims, is a must-read: a startling, insightful blend of horror and humor, thoughtful and unpredictable. Many of the stories here are about the psychologies of writing, and of reading, the very strangeness of trying to record thoughts or ...Read More
Alexandra Pierce Reviews Wicked Problems by Max Gladstone
Wicked Problems, Max Gladstone (Tordotcom 978-0-76539-593-1 $19.99, 464pp, tp) April 2024. Cover by Goñi Montes.
Max Gladstone’s new Craft Wars novel Wicked Problems feels like the sort of book that should have a relatively clear-cut binary of heroes and villains. Maybe the heroes would be tarnished, maybe the villains have some redeeming features; but the overall story – terrible things from beyond the void are coming and maybe the ...Read More
Russell Letson Reviews House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky
House of Open Wounds, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head of Zeus, 978-1035901388, $27.99, 585 pp, hc) December 2023. Cover by Joe Wilson.
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s House of Open Wounds is a follow-on to The City of Last Chances that repeats many of the structural features of its predecessor: a large cast of viewpoint characters; ‘‘mosaic’’ chapters that provide authorial overviews and comments; a rambling story line that nevertheless draws the reader through ...Read More
A.C. Wise Reviews Short Fiction: Clarkesworld
Clarkesworld 12/23
Clarkesworld’s December issue starts off with a sweet story, “Morag’s Boy” by Fiona Moore, about a young man named Cliff who leaves home and ends up being taken in by a woman named Morag who lives alone on a farm. Cliff shows an aptitude for fixing tech, but struggles to find a direction in life. Morag helps him find his way, leading him to become ...Read More
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2023 Nebula Awards Ballot
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has released the final ballot for the 2023 Nebula Awards.
Novel
- The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
- The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang (Tordotcom; Solaris UK)
- Translation State, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- The Terraformers, Annalee Newitz (Tor; Orbit UK)
- Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi (DAW; Gollancz)
- Witch King, Martha
2024 Dublin Literary Award Longlist
The 70-title longlist for the Dublin Literary Awards has been announced. Titles and authors of genre interest include:
- Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Pantheon)
- Limberlost, Robbie Arnott (Atlantic)
- The Crane Husband, Kelly Barnhill (Tordotcom)
- The House of Fortune, Jessie Burton (Bloomsbury)
- Solenoid, Mircea Cărtărescu (Deep Vellum)
- Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)
- The Axeman’s Carnival, Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press)
2023 Libby Book Awards Winners
Winners of the inaugural Libby Book Awards, “chosen by a vote from over 1,700 librarians and library workers across North America,” have been announced, including winners of genre interest.
Best Science Fiction
- System Collapse, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)
Best Fantasy
- Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)
Best Young Adult Fiction
- Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross (Wednesday)
Best Romantasy
- Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)
Best Historical Fiction
- Let
2024 Aspen Words Finalists
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Pantheon) is one of the five finalists for the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize.
The winner will be announced during a ceremony on April 25, 2024 in New York, NY. The $35,000 prize is awarded to “an influential work of fiction focused on vital contemporary issues.” Finalists and winner are chosen by jury. This year’s judges are Lan Samantha Chang, Christina Baker Kline, Anthony ...Read More
2024 Carol Shields Prize Longlist
The longlist has been announced for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Longlisted works of genre interest include:
- You Were Watching from the Sand, Juliana Lamy (Red Hen)
- The Future, Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou (Biblioasis)
- A Council of Dolls, Mona Susan Power (Mariner)
- Chrysalis, Anuja Varghese (House of Anansi)
- Land of Milk and Honey, C. Pam Zhang (Riverhead)
The prize recognizes “creativity ...Read More