There never seems enough time to read all the great short fiction pouring out into the world — but it’s a wonderful problem to have. Here are my favorite collections for 2024. Some are newly published. Some are just new to me. The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume […]
I’m too much a wimp to read horror; that’s what I used to tell myself. Yet I’m surprised to find, as I sit here composing my annual “Best Spec Fic of the Year” post, that not just some but all of my recommendations for 2024 contain some element of horror, […]
One of the best holiday traditions I’ve ever heard of is Jolabokaflod, the Icelandic practice of flooding those we love with great books on Christmas Eve. In the spirit of this holiday (and any others you may celebrate) here’s five short story collections I loved reading this year. Some of […]
Books are my favorite gift, both to give and to receive. So as the holidays approach, here is a list of some of the best novels I’ve read this year, ranging from hard sci-fi to swash-buckling fantasy to stunning literary fiction. Some were newly published this year, and some were […]
I have a confession to make. I used to hate horror. Or, at least, I thought I did. Then three things changed my perspective. First, I realized I was unfairly judging a broad and varied literary tradition by a specific type of movie I hate, the splatter film.* Second, I […]
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