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Voices From the North: @jbarchivist.bsky.social reviews AS THE EARTH DREAMS: BLACK CANADIAN SPECULATIVE STORIES, edited by Terese Mason Pierre (@houseofanansi.bsky.social)
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Voices From the North: As the Earth Dreams

Jeremy Brett Under Review:As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories. Edited by Terese Mason Pierre. Spiderline, October 2025. There are many beautiful and well-known examples of recen…

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You’ve Been Propagandized: Nat Harrington (@coimeas.bsky.social) reviews Marietta S. Shaginyan’s YANKEES IN PETROGRAD, translated by Jill Roese (@mitpress.bsky.social)
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You’ve Been Propagandized: Review of Marietta S. Shaginyan’s Yankees in Petrograd

Nat Harrington Under Review:Yankees in Petrograd. Marietta S. Shaginyan, translated by Jill Roese. MIT Press, August 2025. Marietta S. Shaginyan’s Yankees in Petrograd (1924), translated by Jill Ro…

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

We need these kinds of magazines to publish nonfiction. It's a tough time for literary criticism, essays about ideas, creative non-fiction, and I'm thrilled to see Apex is going to take pitches. Support if you can!

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 2d

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 1d

Mirrors, Doorways, Holes In the World: JL George (@jlgeorge.bsky.social) reviews Hailey Piper’s A GAME IN YELLOW (@sagapressbooks.bsky.social)

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Mirrors, Doorways, Holes In the World: Review of Hailey Piper’s A Game in Yellow

JL George Under Review:A Game in Yellow. Hailey Piper. Saga Press, August 2025. Before the Necronomicon, there was The King in Yellow. The first four stories of Robert W. Chambers’ 1895 collection …

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Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social · 3d

There's a lot of received wisdom about what motivates readers to preorder, but I've been wondering if cold hard data can back that up -- so I'm doing SCIENCE!

Got ~20 minutes to do a survey on your preorder habits (or non-habits)? forms.gle/RhfegAyrAWcM...
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Reader Survey: What Drives Preorders?

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to participate in this survey! As an author, I've heard a lot of “received wisdom” about how preorders work for readers, what motivates someone to preorder, an...

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 3d

A Blighted World: @thefatherswork.bsky.social reviews Yume Kitasei's SALTCROP (@flatironbooks.bsky.social)
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A Blighted World: Review of Yume Kitasei’s Saltcrop

Noah Micah Under Review:Saltcrop. Yume Kitasei. Flatiron, September 2025. Yume Kitasei’s novel Saltcrop takes place in a near future ravaged by climate change and a constantly evolving blight that …

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 3d

In our latest critical book-club, we talk about Melissa Scott's BURNING BRIGHT (@torbooks.bsky.social), a queer cyberpunk/space opera about political machinations and online role-playing games, with author Ursula Whitcher!

A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · 4d

For Episode 34, @yarntheory.bsky.social joins to talk about structure, art & endings, relationships, and much more in Melissa Scott's 1993 cyberpunk space-Venice thriller BURNING BRIGHT:
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A Meal of Thorns 34 – BURNING BRIGHT with Ursula Whitcher

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Guest: Ursula WhitcherTitle: Burning Bright by Melissa ScottHost: Jake Case…

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Studies in the Fantastic @fantastic-journal.bsky.social · 3d

📢 New on the Studies in the Fantastic blog! ✨📚🌙🌀🔮💫📖

We’re thrilled to launch our new blog series—created in partnership with the Horror Studies Research Group at Northumbria University—spotlighting fresh and innovative research in horror studies.

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 5d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction: Metal From Heaven by August Clarke! 🎉🎉🎉 @sapphomancer.bsky.social @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
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Wm Henry Morris @wmhenrymorris.com · 10d

This round up is always good, but I glanced at it this afternoon and decided to spend some time with it this evening, and @casella.bsky.social found a bumper crop of thoughtful writing specifically about criticism and culture in the face of the here and now.

Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 10d

End of the month, and that means: the link round-up is upon us! Some cool reviews, some great interviews, and some insightful essays from around the web:
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Wow! Signal: September 2025

Jake Casella Brookins The Ancillary Review of Books was founded to address the radical possibilities of criticism, particularly in the context of the radical possibilities of speculative fiction. N…

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Perils of Love: Rym Kechacha reviews Moussa Ould Ebnou's THE NEW EVE, translated by Paul Roochink (@iskanchipress.bsky.social)
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Perils of Love: Review of Moussa Ould Ebnou’s The New Eve

Rym Kechacha Under Review:The New Eve. Moussa Ould Ebnou, translated by Paul Roochnik. Iskanchi Press, October 2025. Moussa Ould Ebnou’s The New Eve, translated from the Arabic and French by Paul R…

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 8d

Only October, but we're already looking ahead to the fantastic books coming out next year: give us a pitch if you're interested in reviewing any of these January titles!
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Calls for Reviews & Essays: January 2026

The Ancillary Review of Books publishes reviews and essays with an emphasis on utopian impulses and systemic injustices. ARB seeks to build a community of radical thinkers writing about amazing, sp…

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 8d

Tales Can Wake People Up: @jbarchivist.bsky.social reviews THE PODOLIAN NIGHTS by Nachman of Bratislav, translated by Jordan Finkin & Robert Adler Peckerar (@pushkinpress.com)
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Tales Can Wake People Up: Review of The Podolian Nights

Jeremy Brett Under Review:The Podolian Nights: Essential Tales. Nachman of Bratslav. Translated by Jordan Finkin and Robert Adler Peckerar. Pushkin Press Classics, May 2025. Jews are a culture of s…

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 10d

End of the month, and that means: the link round-up is upon us! Some cool reviews, some great interviews, and some insightful essays from around the web:
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Wow! Signal: September 2025

Jake Casella Brookins The Ancillary Review of Books was founded to address the radical possibilities of criticism, particularly in the context of the radical possibilities of speculative fiction. N…

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 11d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

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Dr Amy Borsuk @bardythoughts.bsky.social · 14d

My theatre life and publishing life collide in a book review of this fascinating SF re-imagining of The Tempest!

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These Islands Were Mine: @bardythoughts.bsky.social reviews KALIVAS! OR, ANOTHER TEMPEST by Nick Mamatas (@clashbooks.bsky.social)
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These Islands Were Mine: Review of Nick Mamatas’s Kalivas!

Amy Borsuk Under Review:Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest. Nick Mamatas. Clash Books, September 2025. As a theatre scholar I often joke I’m a sceptic by trade. Forever blessed and cursed to analyse with…

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 13d

The Sidewise Award for Alternate History is looking for new judges to join the award committee.

It's an award I've cared about for more than 25 years, and loved judging for the past five years.

If you are interested in alternate history, put your hat in the ring.

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Sidewise Award Judge Application

The Sidewise Award for Alternate History is looking for new judges to join the award committee. Established in 1995, the Sidewise Award honors excellence in fiction that explores “what if” scenarios t...

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AJ @ajknights.bsky.social · 14d

I see a lot of artists on here questioning whether they should be promoting their work in the current political climate.

The answer is always yes. ART: books, music, film, painting, sculpture - all of it - is the most accessible way to communicate complex topics, ideologies and emotions.

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These Islands Were Mine: @bardythoughts.bsky.social reviews KALIVAS! OR, ANOTHER TEMPEST by Nick Mamatas (@clashbooks.bsky.social)
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These Islands Were Mine: Review of Nick Mamatas’s Kalivas!

Amy Borsuk Under Review:Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest. Nick Mamatas. Clash Books, September 2025. As a theatre scholar I often joke I’m a sceptic by trade. Forever blessed and cursed to analyse with…

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 15d

Corruption as a literary device, if only that were all it was: @robertwelbourn.bsky.social reviews Gemma Fairclough’s THE RETREAT (@wildhuntbooks.bsky.social)

Corruption as a literary device, if only that were all it was: Review of Gemma Fairclough’s The Retreat

Robert Welbourn Under Review:The Retreat. Gemma Fairclough. Wild Hunt Books, September 2025. “It’s grim up north,” someone said once, and it stuck. If you’re talking about the northern hemisphere t…

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A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · 17d

Episode 33: N.K. Jemisin's THE FIFTH SEASON, with @jsanchez-taylor.bsky.social! We talk about dystopias with utopian glimmers, meta-genre play, and much more:
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A Meal of Thorns 33 – THE FIFTH SEASON with Joy Sanchez-Taylor

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Guest: Joy Sanchez-TaylorTitle: The Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinHost: Jake …

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 22d

What’s For Dinner Tomorrow? Annette Koh reviews DEVOURING TOMORROW: FICTION FROM THE FUTURE OF FOOD, edited by A.G. Pasquella and Jeff Dupuis (Rare Machines/ @dundurnpress.bsky.social)

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What’s For Dinner Tomorrow? Review of Devouring Tomorrow: Fiction from the Future of Food

Annette Koh Under Review:Devouring Tomorrow: Fiction from the Future of Food. Edited by A.G. Pasquella and Jeff Dupuis. Rare Machines, April 2025. This smorgasbord of stories is an inventive, playf…

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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.bsky.social · 24d

Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/b...

Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated)

Here’s your list of 2025 books from authors on the continent and in the Diaspora, sorted by month. There’s absolutely no way I could list every book that’s coming, but here’s what I think is notabl…

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 24d

Realizing Better Futures Now: @jennahanchey.bsky.social reviews Joseph M. Pierce's SPECULATIVE RELATIONS: INDIGENOUS WORLDBUILDING AND REPAIR (@dukepress.bsky.social)

Realizing Better Futures Now: Review of Joseph M. Pierce’s Speculative Relations

Jenna Hanchey Under Review:Speculative Relations: Indigenous Worlding and Repair. Joseph M. Pierce. Duke University Press, August 2025. I was recently walking in Chicago with other science fiction …

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E.G. Condé (Author) 🇵🇷✍🏼 @boriscrito.bsky.social · 25d

🧵My Taínofuturism novella, SORDIDEZ @stelliform.press, won the Indie Ink Award for "Writing the Future We Need: Latinx/Latine Representation by a Latinx/Latine author". What a wonderful way to kick off #HispanicHeritageMonth ! What an important institution for recognizing indie works. Gracias! 1/

The Indie Ink Awards category "Writing the Future we need: Latinx/Latine Representation by a Latinx/Latine author", with book covers displaye. Sordidez by E.G. Conde is highlighted as a winner, with a cover that features a pale woman amid leaves in a watercolor bleed of red and blue at the edges.

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