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.

Bourbon Penn

  • 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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New Books: 15 August 2023

Alsberg, Sasha: Fracturing Fate (Harlequin/Inkyard Press 9781335453754, $19.99, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 08/15/2023)

Young-adult fantasy novel. While battling the demigod Llaw, Klara is catapulted five hundred years into the past, alone and distraught that she and her fated love Callum killed the demigod at the cost of Callum’s life.

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New Books: 8 August 2023

Anderson, Kevin J.: Skeleton in the Closet (WordFire Press, $20.99, 242pp, formats: trade paperback, hardcover, ebook, 08/08/2023)

Humorous fantasy novel about a motley crew of medieval con artists. Cullin the former scamp, Sir Dalbry a washed-up knight in shining armor; Reeger, ready and eager for any part of the dirty work; and Affonyl, former princess, who wanted to study science and alchemy, rather than embroidery. Together, they cross the land ...Read More

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New Books: 1 August 2023

Bacon, Eugen: Languages of Water (Mvmedia 9798985733662, $5.99, 179pp, formats: ebook, 8/1/2023)

Original anthology of stories, poems, and essays; a rare but intimate fusion of East, West and Africa, a stunning artefact of writerly immersion and cultural exchange. This child of digital collaboration brings together writers, illustrators and translators of poetry, fiction and essays, and refuses to be contained.

 

 

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Magazines Received – July

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.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact

  • Trevor Quachri, ed.
  • Vol. 93 Nos. 7 & 8
  • July/August 2023, $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp,
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New Books: 25 July 2023

Anderson, Kevin J. & Allyson Longueira: Merciless Mermaids: Tails from the Deep (WordFire Press 9781680574616, $23.99, 336pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ebook, 7/25/2023)

Fantasy/horror anthology. Features 30 original stories and poems by Mercedes Lackey, Rick Wilber, D.J. Butler, Gama Ray Martinez, Julia Vee, Ken Bebelle, and many others. From Japanese legends to mafia mermen, from carnival freaks to flying aces, from bayou legends to kraken-like behemoths, these tales explore the ...Read More

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New & Notable Books, July 2023

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya, Chain-Gang All-Stars (Pantheon 5/23) In an alternate US, private-run prisons let prisoners compete for freedom in gladiator-style arena death matches. Adjei-Brenya’s debut novel is ‘‘both an impassioned critique of America’s broken justice system and a heart-rending queer love story.’’ [Ian Mond]

 

 

 

 

Nina Allan, Conquest (riverrun UK 5/23) Allan’s latest follows a missing coder swept into a UFO conspiracy cult, which relies on an ...Read More

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New Books: 18 July 2023

Abraham, Daniel: Blade of Dream (Orbit US 9780316421898, $29.00, 464pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio) Fantasy novel. Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, bloody history where countless thousands live and their stories endure. This is Garreth’s story. Garreth Left is heir to one of Kithamar’s most prominent merchant families. The path of his life was paved long before he was born. Learn the ...Read More

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New Books: 11 July 2023

Aryan, Stephen: The Judas Blossom (Angry Robot UK 9781915202192, $18.99, 432pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 7/11/2023) Historical fantasy novel. An imaginative and sprawling epic fantasy reimagining of the Mongol Empire’s invasion of Persia, following the lives and treacherous journeys of four key figures in the heart of war.

 

Ashing-Giwa, Kemi: The Splinter in the Sky (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 9781668008478, $27.99, 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 7/11/2023) Science ...Read More

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New Books: 4 July 2023

Asher, Neal: War Bodies (Macmillan/Tor UK 9781529050080, £20.00, 576pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audio, 7/6/2023) Science fiction novel. Rebellion could be their salvation—or their doom. Long ago, the Cyberat left Earth to co-evolve with machines. Now, led by the powerful dictator Castron, their Old Guard believe that machines should replace the physical body. But these beliefs are upended with the arrival of the human Polity—and their presence ignites rebellion.

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Magazines Received – June

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.

Galaxy’s Edge

  • Lezli Robyn, ed.
  • Issue #62, May 2023, $7.99 print/$4.99 digital, bimonthly, 151pp, 19 x 24½ cm
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New Books: 27 June 2023

Arm, Aaron H.: The Artifice of Eternity (John Hunt/Cosmic Egg Books 9781803412023, $23.95, 416pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 7/1/2023) Science fiction novel. War. Corruption. Overpopulation. Climate change. When Earth reaches a tipping point, the world’s wealthiest man decides to reboot civilization on another habitable planet. Deemed “Project Exodus,” the voyage includes 4,000 like-minded colonists, a political manifesto, and all the resources they can fit on their ship.

 

 

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Forthcoming Books Through March 2024

The Locus Selected Books by Author list has been updated on our Forthcoming Books page, with information from the June 2023 issue covering upcoming titles from genre houses slated through March 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 June issue in print or digital editions, available June 1, 2023.

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