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Science Fiction
Octavia E. Butler said, "There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns." New Suns 2 brings you fresh visions of the strange, the unexpected, the shocking -- breakthrough stories, stories shining with emerging... See More
Literature & Fiction
African-descended USians are finally obtaining reparations -- underwater. Plunge into the action of a visionary future by the award-winning author of Everfair, with narration by LeVar Burton (Star Trek: The Next... See More
Science Fiction
Knit robots, build spaceships, and shape the future. If necessity is the mother of invention, what exciting AI might come to exist in the hands of a more diverse range of innovators? Mother of Invention brings genuine... See More
Science Fiction
From acclaimed short fiction writer Nisi Shawl comes a brilliant alternate history set in the Congo, where heroes strive for a Utopia and endeavor to live together despite their differences. Now with a foreward from... See More
Historical Fiction
What if a young girl had the power to stop her tyrannical father from battering her mother ever again?What if a student had a secret weapon to end sexual assault by her predatory professor permanently?What if a housewife had... See More
Children's eBooks
Dragons have inflamed our hearts and imagination for centuries, making them some of our most enduring heroes and villains. Who hasn't dreamed of finding a dragon's hoard and matching wits with the fantastical creature with... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Winner of the 2020 Locus, World Fantasy, Ignyte and Starburst Awards! "There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns," proclaimed Octavia E. Butler. New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color... See More
NIGHTMARE was founded on the core idea that all horror is real horror. The whole point of this magazine is that horror fiction is vast. It is inclusive. Horror is about all people and for all people. The People of... See More
Horror
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD VENTURE OUT OF YOUR HIDING PLACES, HERE COMES ANOTHER HORDE OF HORRORS. Slithering, wriggling, lurking, and creeping. Leaving slick trails of pustulent slime behind them. These aren't your... See More
Literature & FictionSome time in January of 2011 I wrote to a friend: 'I feel like I am floating in an alternate universe of silver goggles and artificial wombs and look there's Emily Dickinson smoking a cigar.' I was deep inside the process of... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The greatest gift to us is caring and sharing, no matter who we are. What would the world be like without someone to care for or to care with? Would love survive if we don't care? From the world of twenty-three science... See More
Science Fiction
The September/October 2018 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Our Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue! Guest edited by Dominik Parisen and Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Nicolette Barischoff, S. Qioyi... See More
Warriors, pirates, murderers and queens... Throughout history, women from all walks of life have had good reason to be cranky. Some of our most memorable historical figures were outspoken, dramatic, brave, feisty... See More
Literary Criticism
Luminescent Threads celebrates Octavia E. Butler, a pioneer of the science fiction genre who paved the way for future African American writers and other writers of colour. Original essays and letters sourced and curated for... See More
Literature & Fiction
Cybernetics. Neuroscience. Nanotechnology. Genetic engineering. Hacktivism. Transhumanism. The world of tomorrow is already here, and the technological changes we all face have inspired a new wave of stories to address our... See More
Science Fiction
Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling is an anthology of short stories, poetry, and essays edited by Monica Valentinelli and Jaym Gates. Over two dozen authors, ranging from NYT-bestsellers and award winners to debut... See More
Fantasy
An Alphabet of Embers is an anthology of unclassifiables - lyrical, surreal, magical, experimental pieces that straddle the border between poetry and prose. It lives in a place between darkness and sound, between roads and... See More
Science Fiction
Clockwork mummies, thieving deities, airship pirates, psychic queens, mechanical scarabs, unrepentant scoundrels, mysterious museums, trickster djinns, suspicious werewolves, abducted scientists, fearless spies, and vengeful... See More
Fantasy
"This anthology offers seriously admirable work. Highly recommended." --Arley Sorg, Lightspeed Magazine "24 impressive stories of healing and rebuilding... These stories offer something for any speculative fiction reader."... See More
Literature & Fiction
Nisi Shawl's steampunk-flavored alternate history of the "Belgian" Congo, Everfair, has taken the science fiction and fantasy world by storm. No surprise there. Their swift, sure, and savvy short stories had already... See More
In celebration of Rosarium's fifth anniversary, publisher Bill Campbell has compiled a two-volume collection of over 100 science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories from around the world. Like space and the future... See More
Science Fiction
Tor.com's science fiction and fantasy flash fiction collection originally published in 2017 inspired by the now-iconic statement, now available in e-book format. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless... See More
Black & African American
Stories for Chip brings together outstanding authors inspired by a brilliant writer and critic, Science Fiction Writers of America Grandmaster Samuel R. "Chip" Delany. Award-winning SF luminaries such as Michael Swanwick... See More
Literature & Fiction
Our Fruiting Bodies collects stories of old growth and fresh decay, of stubborn rebirth and the faint but nonimaginary paths connecting life and nonlife. From the sharp, sweet confessional of their Peter Pan-inspired... See More
Children's eBooks
A wonderful middle-grade fantasy debut about Black families, family history, family curses... and a really marvelous pair of spectacles. After Winna's little sister breaks her glasses, her grandfather gives her an old-timey... See More
Praised by literary journals, news outlets, and leading fiction magazines, Nisi Shawl is celebrated as an author whose works are lyrical and philosophical, speculative and far-ranging; "... broad in ambition and deep in... See More
Literature & Fiction
Broad Knowledge: 35 Women Up To No Good is a feminist anthology of dark fiction and darker knowledge, edited by Joanne Merriam. Containing 35 stories of "bad" women, and "good" women who just haven't been caught yet, it... See More
Literature & FictionKinning, the sequel to Nisi Shawl's acclaimed debut novel Everfair, continues the stunning alternate history where barkcloth airships soar through the sky, varied peoples build a new society together, and colonies claim... See More
Science Fiction & FantasyA new story set in the world of Nisi Shawl's acclaimed Everfair and its upcoming sequel, Kinning, available everywhere on January 23, 2024. Princess Mwadi of Everfair teams up with American actress Rima Bailey on a... See More
Science Fiction
Apex Magazine is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. EDITORIAL Words from the Editor-in-Chief -- Jason... See More