New Books: 31 October 2023

Armentrout, Jennifer L.: A Fire in the Flesh (Evil Eye Concepts/Blue Box Press 9781957568553, $31.99, 560pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ebook, audio, 10/31/2023)

Fantasy romance novel, third in the Flesh and Fire series. In order to prevent the forces of the Shadowlands from invading and igniting a War of Primals, Sera must convince Kolis to relent. But nothing could have prepared her for the cruelty of Kolis’s Court and the ...Read More

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New & Notable Books, October 2023

 

 

Sin Blaché & Helen MacDonald, Prophet (Grove 8/23) Strange items appear on a British military base, including an American diner and a dead American, leading two investigating agents to more weirdness in the US, where time starts to seem irrelevant as people’s memories are made real and weaponized by a substance called Prophet. ‘‘A surprising and unexpected blend of surreal science fiction, action thriller, and slow burn queer ...Read More

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New Books: 24 October 2023

Bacon, Eugen & Hook, Andrew: Secondhand Daylight (John Hunt/Cosmic Egg Books 9781803413549, $17.95, 224pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 10/27/2023)

SF time-travel novel, a reverse story in two timelines, following a future scientist traveling backwards in time, trying to help an ordinary man jumping uncontrollably forward in time.

 

 

Ballard, J.G. & Blacklock, Mark: Selected Nonfiction, 1963-2007 (MIT Press 9780262048323, $32.95, 424pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 10/24/2023)

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New Books: 17 October 2023

Baker, A. Deborah: Under the Smokestrewn Sky (Tordotcom 9781250848475, $21.99, 208pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 10/17/2023)

Fantasy novel, the fourth book in the Up-and-Under series begun in Over the Woodward Wall, the book-within-a-book from Middlegame by Seanan McGuire. Since stumbling from their world into the Up and Under, Avery and Zib have walked the improbable road across forests, seas and skies, finding friends in the unlikeliest of places and ...Read More

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Weekly Bestsellers, 16 October 2023

Three debuts this week. First, an adult novel by Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen (Little, Brown), ranking as high as #5 on three lists. Second, a new novel by Alix E. Harrow, Starling House (Tor), ranking as high as #8 on three lists. And third, an anthology edited by Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams, Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror (Random House), ranking as high

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Cover Reveal: Strange Aeon: 2023 edited by M. Keaton

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The Strange Aeon anthology series returns, bringing you tales of the weird and the wondrous, the horripilating and the humbling, in the tradition of the genre begun by authors like H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith. This year’s collection includes tales by:

Carl Hughes Bryson Richard Morgan Chalfant Gordon Linzner Damir Salkovic Matthew R. Davis Tais Teng Michael Piel Davin Ireland Christopher Pate Eve Morton ...Read More

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New Books: 10 October 2023

Adams, Seth C.: The Rift (Flame Tree Press 9781787588783, $16.95, 208pp, formats: trade paperback, hardcover, ebook, 10/10/2023)

Fantasy horror novel. Joe Jimenez, grieving father and estranged husband, on the eve of the anniversary of his son’s death is on the brink of complete despair when he witnesses the arrival of a strange atmospheric anomaly. The rift – a curious tear in the very air of his backyard – appears nightly, ...Read More

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New Books: 3 October 2023

Baker, Kylie Lee: The Scarlet Alchemist (Harlequin/Inkyard Press 9781335458018, $19.99, 432pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 10/03/2023)

Young-adult historical fantasy novel, the first in a duology set in an alternate Tang Dynasty China, where a poor biracial girl with the ability to raise the dead gets caught up in the dangerous political games of the royal family.

 

Basu, Samit: The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport (Tordotcom 9781250827517, $28.99, 416pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, ...Read More

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Magazines Received – September

This list covers new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen by Locus magazine, focusing on those that publish fiction or reviews and criticism. To submit titles for listing on these pages, please send to Locus Publications, 655 13th St. #100, Oakland CA 94612 or email locus@locusmag.com.

  • Sheree Renée Thomas, ed.
  • Vol. 145 No. 3 & 4, Whole No. 769, September/October 2023, $10.99, bimonthly, 260pp, 13
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New Books: 26 September 2023

Anderson, Taylor: Devil’s Battle (Ace 9780593200773, $28, 480pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 09/26/2023)

Alternate-world military SF novel, third in the Artillerymen series set in the world of the Destroyermen series. After being stranded on a very different and more perilous Earth, Colonel Lewis Cayce led his small army of Americans displaced from 1847 to defeat the Dominion and its depraved Blood Priests.

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New & Notable Books, September 2023

 

 

Daniel Abraham, Blade of Dream (Orbit US 7/23) The second novel in the Kithamar trilogy tells the bloody history of Garreth Left, an heir to a merchant family who falls for a mysterious woman. His search for her leads to ancient gods and dark deals, and his path could change the fate of the city itself.

 

 

 

 

 

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Forthcoming Books Through June 2024

The Locus Selected Books by Author list has been updated on our Forthcoming Books page, with information from the September 2023 issue covering upcoming titles from genre houses slated through June 2024. Find out about your favorite authors’ upcoming books!

For the complete list of books by publisher, subscribe to our print magazine or purchase the September issue in print or digital editions, available September 1, 2023.

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New Books: 19 September 2023

Blake, Kendare: Champion of Fate (HarperCollins/Quill Tree 9780062977205, $19.99, 480pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 09/19/2023)

Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Heromaker series. An orphan raised by the Aristene, an order of mythical female warriors, Reed grew up surrounded by by her future sisters-in-arms and the incredible stories of their quests. She must pass one final test before initiation: shepherding her first hero to glory on the battlefield. Reed’s assigned ...Read More

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New Books: 12 September 2023

Armentrout, Jennifer L.: Fall of Ruin and Wrath (Tor/Bramble 9781250750198, $27.99, 432pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 09/12/2023)

Fantasy romance novel, the first in a series for adults. Nine cities dot a vast wilderness teeming with monsters and unimaginable dangers, each city ruled by royalty who feed on mortal pleasure. Calista lives hidden as a courtesan of the Baron of Archwood. In exchange for protection she uses the infallible intuition she ...Read More

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Weekly Bestsellers, 11 September 2023

The trade paperback edition of R. F. Kuang’s Babel (Harper Voyager) debuts on the four print lists compiled here.

Also, an enormous 40th anniversary Star Wars: Return of the Jedi anthology, From a Certain Point of View (Random House Worlds), debuts on two lists. Both the Amazon page and the publisher’s site credits six authors (presumably editors), beginning with Olivie Blake; the others are Saladin Ahmed, Charlie Jane Anders, Fran

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New Books: 5 September 2023

Anders, Lou, ed.: Tales from Stolki’s Hall (Lazy Wolf 9798985153125, $29.99, 294pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 09/05/2023)

Anthology of 10 stories set in Norrengard, the Norse-inspired land created by Lou Anders for his Thrones & Bones middle-grade trilogy and adult/all-ages Thrones & Bones roleplaying game. Authors include J. Dianne Dotson, Ed Greenwood, and Joel Shepherd.

 

Anderson, Kevin J.: The Funny Business (WordFire Press 9781680575026, $33.99, 284pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ...Read More

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New Books: August 29 2023

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Arndt, Skyla: Together We Rot (Penguin Random House/Viking 9780593526279, $18.99, 272pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 08/29/2023)

Young-adult horror/thriller/romance novel. Wil Greene’s mom has been missing for over a year, and the police are ready to call the case closed — they claim she skipped town and you can’t find a woman who wants to disappear, but she knows her mom wouldn’t just leave. Meanwhile, Wil’s former best ...Read More

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Magazines Received – August

This list covers new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen by Locus magazine, focusing on those that publish fiction or reviews and criticism. To submit titles for listing on these pages, please send to Locus Publications, 655 13th St. #100, Oakland CA 94612 or email locus@locusmag.com.

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  • Erik Secker, ed.
  • Issue No. 30, August 2023, $14.95 print/$2.99 digi­tal/free online, three times a year, 139pp,
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Weekly Bestsellers, 28 August 2023

Three titles debut on several lists this week, beginning with Olivie Blake’s Masters of Death (Tor), ranking #8 at Publishers Weekly; R.A. Salvatore’s Lolth’s Warrior (Harper Voyager), ranking #21 also at PW; and T. Kingfisher’s Thornhedge (Tor), ranking #25 also at PW.

Also, we’ve started tracking Stephen King’s Holly, due Sept. 5th from Scribner, ranking on the Amazon lists with pre-publication sales.

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New & Notable Books, August 2023

 

 

Hanna Alkaf & Margaret Owen, eds., The Gri­moire of Grave Fates (Delacorte 6/23) Students at a prestigious magic school investigate a mur­der in this entertaining young-adult anthology/novel, a collaborative project created by Alkaf & Owen with 18 stories/chapters by 18 notable authors including Darcie Little Badger, Kat Cho, Hafsah Faizal, Kwame Mbalia, L.L. McKinney, and Tehlor Kay Mejia. Each chapter follows a different student from a highly diverse ...Read More

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New Books: 22 August 2023

Creagh, Kelly: Strange Unearthly Things (Penguin Random House/Viking 9780593116081, $19.99, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 08/22/2023)

Young-adult paranormal romance, a reimagining of Jane Eyre. Orphan Jane Reye is a psychic artist who sees spirits and the supernatural. After graduating from the girls’ school she’s spent most of her life at, she gets an invitation to join a study at the English manor Fairfax Hall, where the elusive proprietor is a handsome ...Read More

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