Favorite Reads of 2022


Last year was full of poetry, fantastic (and fantastical) novels, and inspiring non-fiction. These are our favorite books we read in 2022. Note, they were not all published during the year. Links are affiliate links to the Modern Folklore Bookshop. What were your favorite books of the year?

State of the Art: October 2019


It’s been too long since I’ve collected essays on the speculative art. There were some great ones published this summer. Writing Through the News Cycle – Kameron Hurley at Locus Monsters, the Monstrous, and Reclaiming the Other by Leo Elijah Cristea at Fantasy Faction Sir Elsa of Tortall, Knight of the Realm by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry […]

State of the Art: May 2019


Essays and conversations about Fantasy and Speculative literature. Closing out Women in SF&F Month: Swati Teerdhala writes, The Unlikeable Heroine at Fantasy Book Cafe Everyone’s World Is Ending All the Time: notes on becoming a climate resilience planner at the edge of the anthropocene by Arkady Martine at Uncanny The System is Broken for People […]

Fantasy & SpecFic Watch 10


Official Comments by SFWA & Jonathan Brazee regarding Nebula Awards nomination controversy at Locus Mag Art Appreciation: Donato Giancola Tor.com Looking at new books: Best Science Fiction & Fantasy for April: Top Picks – Amazon Book Review 10 Upcoming Adult Fantasy Novels – BookRiot All the New Fantasy Books Coming Out in May – Tor.com