News: Hugo, Astounding and Lodestone Awards 2023 announced
Winners for the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced by Chengdu Worldcon, the 81st…
AN INHERITANCE OF MAGIC by Benedict Jacka
Benedict is perhaps best known for his Alex Verus series of urban fantasy books. Here though he starts a new series. An Inheritance of…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: THE BETWEEN by Tananarive Due
To quote The New York Times no less, Randy’s latest review is of a novel that is “Part horror novel, part detective story and…
New York Comic Con 2023: Delilah S. Dawson Interview
I’ve been reading Delilah S. Dawson’s books for a few years now and I’m always impressed with her ability to maintain excellent writing and…
New York Comic Con 2023 Panel Recap: The Horror, The Horror
The Horror, The Horror moderated by Delilah S. Dawson (https://www.whimsydark.com/) featuring James Kennedy (https://jameskennedy.com/), Meriam Metoui (https://www.meriammetoui.com/), Richard Kadrey (https://www.richardkadrey.me/), and Trang Thanh Tran…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: THE HANDYMAN METHOD: by Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan
In Nick Cutter & Andrew Sullivan’s The Handyman Method (subtitled a Novel of Terror), a young couple (Trent and Rita Saban) and their 10-year-old…
New York Comic Con 2023: Jim Butcher Interview
I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Jim Butcher, and his son James J. Butcher, at New York Comic Con this…
INTO THE UNCANNY by Danny Robins
Here’s a non-fiction book for our Halloween celebrations this month. IF you’re not from the UK I’m not sure how much you know about…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: FAR BELOW AND OTHER WEIRD TALES by Robert Barbour Johnson
Randy’s latest review is of a relatively unknown classic author, recently reprinted and appropriate for Halloween! The shadows crawled like crippled rats around…
Manga: ALPI THE SOUL-SENDER, Volume 1
In a world where divine spirits are the source of all life, Alpi is a Soul Sender – a kind of wandering healer who…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE by Carissa Orlando
Haunted House stories are perhaps the most popular kinds of horror stories, many have been written, many will be written. So, when a new…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: WHITE HORSE by Erika T. Wurth
There was something strange, mysterious even, about the White Horse tonight. Normally, it was merely an Indian Bar. My Indian bar. But there was…
THE HEXOLOGISTS by Josiah Bancroft
Sometimes it’s funny how the little details can derail a book*. Case in point – The Hexologists. The basic story here is that couple…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: CHASING THE BOOGEYMAN by Richard Chizmar
Today’s Countdown to Halloween offering from Randy is a thriller with a touch of the odd about it… [I] was on my way to…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: 101 HORROR BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU’RE MURDERED by Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann
Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann is one of the most prominent voices in Horror, she’s a horror advocate, a fan, curator of books, editor of…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: SILVER NITRATE by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
And we’re off! As usual, we sprinkle through October a selection of books that are more suited to Halloween. In this first post we…
CREATION NODE by Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is an SF author who is pretty much known for using big ideas in his science fiction. Colliding galaxies, megaplanets, solar extinction,…
BE SURE (Wayward Children Omnibus #1) by Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire is one of the most prolific and respected writers in Speculative Fiction today. Her October Daye urban fantasy series is enormously beloved,…
BLACK SHEEP by Rachel Harrison
A new novel by Rachel Harrison is always cause for excitement. Granted, she’s published four novels to date and I’ve only read two of…
News: British Fantasy Society Award Winners 2023
As announced on the BFS website: https://britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-award-winners-2023, announced on Saturday 16th September 2023 at Fantasycon. The winners are highlighted in red. The Legends of…
ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
It may not have escaped your attention, readers, that fiction likes its little labels, whether it be ‘grimdark’, ‘cosy fantasy’, ‘BookTok’ or the like.…
VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE by Isabel Cañas
Isabel Cañas’s second novel, Vampires of El Norte is a blend of historical fiction, romance, and of course horror. Set amidst the backdrop of…
SFFWorld Classic: The High Crusade by Poul Anderson
Welcome, my friends, and read about a classic, a tale that deals with those ancient tropes where ‘old’ meets ‘new’. The High Crusade is…
