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.

Klara is the last Pillar of Time, an anchor point in the timeline of the world. Treacherous enemies both magical ...Read More

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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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New & Notable Books, June 2023

 

Peter S. Beagle, The Way Home (Ace 4/23) Beagle returns to the world of The Last Unicorn with a collection of two stories. The Nebula- and Hugo-Award-winning novelette “Two Hearts” sends a girl, Sooz, on a journey to save her village from a griffin, and new novella “Sooz” follows a new journey for her years later, one which also serves as a con­templation of grief.

 

 

 

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New Books: 20 June 2023

Allen, Jeffery Renard: Fat Time and Other Stories (Graywolf Press 978-1-64445-239-4, $15.99, 288pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 6/20/2023)

Fantasy novel/fable, where Jimi Hendrix, Francis Bacon, the boxer Jack Johnson, Miles Davis, and a space-age Muhammad Ali find themselves in the otherworldly hands of Jeffery Renard Allen, reimagined and transformed to bring us news of America in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Along with them are characters of Allen’s invention: two ...Read More

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Weekly Bestsellers, 19 June 2023

The trade paperback edition of Stephen King’s Fairy Tale (Scribner) debuts on two lists. And a 25th anniversary edition of his Bag of Bones also ranks on the PW list.

Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing still ranks prominently after six weeks, while its sequel, Iron Flame, due in November, ranking on Amazon.com for several weeks with pre-publication sales, hits #1 on Amazon’s list this week.

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New Books: 13 June 2023

Bergren, Lisa T.: Estuary (Enclave 979-8-88605-046-2, $16.99, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 6/13/2023)

Fantasy romance novel. Lady Tiliani Forelli is the epitome of the She-Wolves who raised her, an adept archer with a mind of her own. It is long past time for her to wed, but she deems each young lord who comes to bid for her hand lacking. With battles upon their border, and rumors of war growing ...Read More

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New Books: 6 June 2023

3dtotal Publishing: Sketching from the Imagination: Character Concepts (3dtotal Publishing 9781912843626, $37.00, 320pp, formats: trade paperback, 6/6/2023)

Following the success of previous titles in this popular series, Sketching from the Imagination: Character Concepts showcases the incredible character work of 50 artists and illustrators. Chosen especially for this book, these artists from around the globe take inspiration from folklore, myths, modern stories, and sometimes real life as a basis for their ...Read More

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Cover Reveal: Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology edited by Wole Talabi

Cover Reveal!

Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology is the first book of short stories and novellas set in the secondary world of Sauúti.

Sauúti is filled with wonder, mystery, and magic. The name Sauúti is taken from the word “Sauti” which means “voice” in Swahili. This five-planet system orbits a binary star, and is rooted deeply in a variety of African mythologies, languages, and cultures. Sauúti includes science-fiction elements like artificial ...Read More

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Cover Reveal: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Cover Reveal!

NINEFOX GAMBIT RPG is a tabletop roleplaying game of heresy and hard choices set in the tyrannical interstellar empire known as the Hexarchate.

YOU belong to one of the Hexarchate’s six factions.

YOU are entangled with a regime that can change the very laws of physics—at the cost of human sacrifice.

Will you…

CONFRONT your leaders, at the risk of being labeled a heretic and hunted down?

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Magazines Received – May

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. 5 & 6, May/June 2023
  • $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp,
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