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class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/luminous-by-silvia-park-review-by-abigail-nussbaum/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/abigail-nussbaum/" rel="tag">abigail nussbaum</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/science-fiction/" rel="tag">science fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>Luminous</strong>, Silvia Park (Simon & Schuster 978-1-66802-166-8, 400pp, $29.99, hc) March 2025.</p> <p>The woman might have been beautiful once. Lips pink and plush, and long blond hair, the kind that shone with each brush. She was falling apart. Her face had been shredded into confetti, held together by one bleary blue eye, while her torso was a smooth bioplastic vest, translucent as a milk carton. Ruijie had tried pressing <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/luminous-by-silvia-park-review-by-abigail-nussbaum/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<b>Luminous</b> by Silvia Park: Review by Abigail Nussbaum" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/luminous-by-silvia-park-review-by-abigail-nussbaum/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-155913" class="archive-layout-two post-155913 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-films" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-of-a-unicorn-review-a-wickedly-clever-monster-movie-by-erin-underwood/" title="Death of a Unicorn Review: A Wickedly Clever Monster Movie? by Erin Underwood"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/death-of-a-unicorn-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/films/" style="background:#4c2872" rel="category tag">Films</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-of-a-unicorn-review-a-wickedly-clever-monster-movie-by-erin-underwood/" title="Death of a Unicorn Review: A Wickedly Clever Monster Movie? by Erin Underwood"><b><i>Death of a Unicorn</b></i> Review: A Wickedly Clever Monster Movie? by Erin Underwood</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-of-a-unicorn-review-a-wickedly-clever-monster-movie-by-erin-underwood/" title="4:02 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-28T16:02:55-07:00">March 28, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-28T20:16:31-07:00">March 28, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-of-a-unicorn-review-a-wickedly-clever-monster-movie-by-erin-underwood/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>Death of a Unicorn</strong> blends fantasy and horror with a weird monster movie twist, but is it enough to refresh a somewhat stale fantasy trope? Written and directed by Alex Scharfman, this A24’s genre-crossing film stars Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega as the father-daughter duo of the story along with a talented cast of supporting actors including Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, and Steve Park among others. A24 is known <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-of-a-unicorn-review-a-wickedly-clever-monster-movie-by-erin-underwood/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<b><i>Death of a Unicorn</b></i> Review: A Wickedly Clever Monster Movie? by Erin Underwood" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-of-a-unicorn-review-a-wickedly-clever-monster-movie-by-erin-underwood/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157719" class="archive-layout-two post-157719 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-obituaries" > <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/obituaries/" rel="category tag">Obituaries</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/todd-grimson-1952-2025/" title="Todd Grimson (1952-2025)">Todd Grimson (1952-2025)</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/todd-grimson-1952-2025/" title="9:26 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-28T09:26:59-07:00">March 28, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/todd-grimson-1952-2025/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Author Todd Grimson, 72, died January 30, 2025. He was best known for surreal horror novel <strong>Brand New Cherry Flavor </strong>(1996), adapted as a streaming TV series in 2021.</p> <p>Grimson was a pen name for Todd Spillum, who was born February 2, 1952 in Seattle WA and grew up in Portland OR. Spillum worked for the Veterans Administration Hospital and in a Portland emergency room, experiences that inspired debut novel <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/todd-grimson-1952-2025/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Todd Grimson (1952-2025)" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/todd-grimson-1952-2025/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157699" class="archive-layout-two post-157699 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-news" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-iafa-awards-winners/" title="2025 IAFA Awards Winners"><img width="200" height="228" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/iafa-logo_frame.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/awards/" style="background:#635249" rel="category tag">Awards</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-iafa-awards-winners/" title="2025 IAFA Awards Winners">2025 IAFA Awards Winners</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-iafa-awards-winners/" title="8:35 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-28T08:35:39-07:00">March 28, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-iafa-awards-winners/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Winners of several awards given by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) were announced during the 46th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 43), held March 19-22, 2025 in Orlando FL.</p> <p>“Parasitism, Coexistence, and Colonialism in Animorphs” by Miranda Miller won the David G. Hartwell Emerging Scholar Award, which gives a $250 stipend “to the graduate student submitting the most outstanding paper.” An <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-iafa-awards-winners/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="2025 IAFA Awards Winners" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-iafa-awards-winners/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157665" class="archive-layout-two post-157665 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-support-what-we-do" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-3-25-25-is-live/" title="New Books Video for 3/25/25 is Live!"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/New-Books-YouTube-Graphics24-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/support-what-we-do/" style="background:#005938" rel="category tag">Support What We Do</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-3-25-25-is-live/" title="New Books Video for 3/25/25 is Live!">New Books Video for 3/25/25 is Live!</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-3-25-25-is-live/" title="12:00 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-27T12:00:14-07:00">March 27, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-26T12:14:48-07:00">March 26, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-3-25-25-is-live/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Welcome back to another week of Locus’ top new releases for the week of 3/25/25! We’re going over the best of the best in the SF, Fantasy, Horror, and YA genres! Come by our channel and subscribe to support what we do while also keep up-to-date on future releases! We post a new video weekly and we’re super excited to help you add new books to your TBR pile!</p> <div class="fitvids-video"> <div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"></div> </div> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-3-25-25-is-live/" class="read-more">...Read More </a> <a class="more-link" title="New Books Video for 3/25/25 is Live!" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-3-25-25-is-live/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157175" class="archive-layout-two post-157175 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews category-short-fiction tag-paula-guran tag-short-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-uncanny-and-the-deadlands-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Uncanny and The Deadlands: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/locus-10-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/short-fiction/" style="background:#629915" rel="category tag">Short Fiction</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-uncanny-and-the-deadlands-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Uncanny and The Deadlands: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran"><i>Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Uncanny </i> and <i>The Deadlands</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-uncanny-and-the-deadlands-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="8:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-27T08:00:03-07:00">March 27, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-26T15:45:40-07:00">March 26, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-uncanny-and-the-deadlands-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/paula-guran/" rel="tag">Paula Guran</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 12/24 Uncanny 1-2/25 The Deadlands Winter ’25</p> <p>Before launching into new fiction for the (at this writing) still-new year of 2025, let’s mention Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #49. It is a 2024 publication but came out late in the year. The issue contains two works of fiction: novella “<strong>Pomegranate Hearts</strong>” by <strong>Dora Holland </strong>and short story “<strong>Hannah and Grackle, Lost in the Woods</strong> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-uncanny-and-the-deadlands-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Uncanny </i> and <i>The Deadlands</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-uncanny-and-the-deadlands-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157640" class="archive-layout-two post-157640 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-newtitlesbestsellers" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/magazines-received-march-5/" title="Magazines Received – March"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/locus-4-200x300.png" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="cover of the magazine "Analog"" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/newtitlesbestsellers/" style="background:#41638e" rel="category tag">New Titles & Bestsellers</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/magazines-received-march-5/" title="Magazines Received – March">Magazines Received – March</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/magazines-received-march-5/" title="3:02 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-25T15:02:40-07:00">March 25, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-27T10:28:12-07:00">March 27, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/magazines-received-march-5/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <div class="blockquote">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.</div> <div> <div class="mynomorebulletlist"> <p>Analog Science Fiction and Fact</p> <ul> <li>Trevor Quachri, ed.</li> <li>Vol. 145 Nos. 3 & 4, March/April 2025, $9.99, bimonthly, 208pp, </li></ul></div></div> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/magazines-received-march-5/" class="read-more">...Read More </a> <a class="more-link" title="Magazines Received – March" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/magazines-received-march-5/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157602" class="archive-layout-two post-157602 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-news" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-jim-baen-memorial-short-story-award-winner/" title="2025 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Winner"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/baen-200x300-1710205339.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="Baen logo, a gold spaceship on a red medallion" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/awards/" style="background:#635249" rel="category tag">Awards</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-jim-baen-memorial-short-story-award-winner/" title="2025 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Winner">2025 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Winner</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-jim-baen-memorial-short-story-award-winner/" title="9:29 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-25T09:29:02-07:00">March 25, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-jim-baen-memorial-short-story-award-winner/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong></strong>Gustavo Bondoni is the winner of the 2025 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award for his short story, “Space Monkeys”. Tiffany Smith won second place for “Lights in the Void” and Jason Crawford won third place for “Atlas’ Shoulders”.</p> <p>Bondoni and the runners-up will be honored in a ceremony at the 2025 International Space Development Conference in Orlando FL, June 19-22, 2025. Bondoni will receive a trophy and membership in <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-jim-baen-memorial-short-story-award-winner/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="2025 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Winner" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-jim-baen-memorial-short-story-award-winner/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157596" class="archive-layout-two post-157596 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-news" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-dublin-literary-award-shortlist/" title="2025 Dublin Literary Award Shortlist"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Dublin-Literary-24-200x300.png" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/awards/" style="background:#635249" rel="category tag">Awards</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-dublin-literary-award-shortlist/" title="2025 Dublin Literary Award Shortlist">2025 Dublin Literary Award Shortlist</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-dublin-literary-award-shortlist/" title="9:04 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-25T09:04:29-07:00">March 25, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-dublin-literary-award-shortlist/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>The six-title shortlist has been announced for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Authors and titles of genre interest include:</p> <div class="nobullets"> <ul> <li><strong>James</strong>, Percival Everett (Doubleday)</li> <li><strong>Prophet Song</strong>, Paul Lynch (One World/Grove)</li> <li><strong>North Woods</strong>, Daniel Mason (Random House)</li> </ul> </div> <p>The initial 71 titles on the longlist were “nominated by 83 libraries from 34 countries around the world.” Titles eligible for the 2025 award were <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-dublin-literary-award-shortlist/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="2025 Dublin Literary Award Shortlist" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-dublin-literary-award-shortlist/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157513" class="archive-layout-two post-157513 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-new-books" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-book-releases-3-25-2025/" title="New Book Releases: 3/25/2025"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Maguire-Elphie-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/newtitlesbestsellers/new-books/" rel="category tag">New Books</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-book-releases-3-25-2025/" title="New Book Releases: 3/25/2025">New Book Releases: 3/25/2025</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-book-releases-3-25-2025/" title="9:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-25T09:00:15-07:00">March 25, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-23T17:32:45-07:00">March 23, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-book-releases-3-25-2025/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Visit our bookshop.org page to purchase this week’s new books and support your local bookstore. And us!</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>New science fiction, fantasy, and horror books for the week of March 18, 2025. </strong></p> <p>Anderson, E.M.: <b>The Keeper of Lonely Spirits</b> (Harlequin/Mira 978-0778368526, $28.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 03/25/2025)</p> <p>Fantasy novel. A ghost hunter cursed to live forever searches for a vengeful spirit, avoiding personal attachments and hoping to finall die. But <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-book-releases-3-25-2025/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="New Book Releases: 3/25/2025" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-book-releases-3-25-2025/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157548" class="archive-layout-two post-157548 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-news" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-pen-america-literary-awards-longlists/" title="2025 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/pen-america-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/awards/" style="background:#635249" rel="category tag">Awards</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-pen-america-literary-awards-longlists/" title="2025 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists">2025 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-pen-america-literary-awards-longlists/" title="8:57 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-25T08:57:52-07:00">March 25, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-pen-america-literary-awards-longlists/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>PEN America has announced their 2025 longlists for their 11 literary awards. The awards “will confer over $350,000 to writers and translators. Spanning fiction, poetry, essay, translation, and more, these Longlisted books are dynamic, diverse, and thought-provoking examples of literary excellence.” Awards, titles, and authors of genre interest include:</p> <div class="mynomorebulletlist"> <p><strong>PEN/Jean Stein Book Award ($75,000)</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Martyr!</strong>, Kaveh Akbar (Alfred A. Knopf)</li> <li><strong>Dead in Long Beach, California</strong>, Venita Blackburn (MCD)</li></ul></div> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-pen-america-literary-awards-longlists/" class="read-more">...Read More </a> <a class="more-link" title="2025 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-pen-america-literary-awards-longlists/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157592" class="archive-layout-two post-157592 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-news" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-windham-campbell-prize-winners/" title="2025 Windham-Campbell Prize Winners"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/windham-campbell-200x300-1636559619.png" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/awards/" style="background:#635249" rel="category tag">Awards</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-windham-campbell-prize-winners/" title="2025 Windham-Campbell Prize Winners">2025 Windham-Campbell Prize Winners</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-windham-campbell-prize-winners/" title="8:44 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-25T08:44:39-07:00">March 25, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-windham-campbell-prize-winners/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Recipients have been announced for the 2025 Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prize. Those of genre interest include Rana Dasgupta and Patricia J. Williams, both honored for nonfiction, and Sigrid Nunez, honored for fiction.</p> <p>The Windham-Campbell Prize was established in 2013 “to call attention to literary achievement and provide writers with the opportunity to focus on their work independent of financial concerns.” The prize is administered by Yale University, with <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-windham-campbell-prize-winners/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="2025 Windham-Campbell Prize Winners" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-windham-campbell-prize-winners/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157078" class="archive-layout-two post-157078 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-new-and-notable category-newtitlesbestsellers" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-notable-march-2025/" title="New & Notable, March 2025"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/baxter-fortress-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/newtitlesbestsellers/new-and-notable/" rel="category tag">New & Notable</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/newtitlesbestsellers/" style="background:#41638e" rel="category tag">New Titles & Bestsellers</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-notable-march-2025/" title="New & Notable, March 2025">New & Notable, March 2025</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-notable-march-2025/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-25T08:30:48-07:00">March 25, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-25T11:00:41-07:00">March 25, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-notable-march-2025/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Stephen Baxter, <strong>Fortress Sol </strong>(Gollancz 10/24). When humanity encounters extraterrestrial lights on Neptune, its response is divided. Some flee the Solar System in generation ships, and some remain and build a “Mask,” a structure that hides the System from aliens by creating the appearance of rubble. “Classic Stephen Baxter… driven by big ideas.” [Alexandra Pierce]</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Lauren J.A. Bear, <strong>Mother of Rome </strong>(Ace 1/25 In <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-notable-march-2025/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="New & Notable, March 2025" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-notable-march-2025/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157038" class="archive-layout-two post-157038 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books category-reviews tag-gary-k-wolfe tag-horror" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/when-we-were-real-by-daryl-gregory-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/" title="When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory: Review by Gary K. Wolfe"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/locus-6-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/books/" style="background:#1e92bc" rel="category tag">Books</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/when-we-were-real-by-daryl-gregory-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/" title="When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory: Review by Gary K. Wolfe"><b>When We Were Real</b> by Daryl Gregory: Review by Gary K. Wolfe</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/when-we-were-real-by-daryl-gregory-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-25T08:30:24-07:00">March 25, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-24T11:00:38-07:00">March 24, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/when-we-were-real-by-daryl-gregory-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/gary-k-wolfe/" rel="tag">Gary K. Wolfe</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/horror/" rel="tag">horror</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>When We Were Real</strong>, Daryl Gregory (Saga 978-1-6680-6004-9, $29.99, 464pp, hc) April 2025.</p> <p>In a career that has ranged from Dickian SF to rural horror, one scenario that seems to fascinate Daryl Gregory is bringing a small but diverse group of characters together under stress, whether survivors of gruesome horror stories (<strong>We Are All Completely Fine</strong>) or disparate members of a family gifted with psychic powers ( <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/when-we-were-real-by-daryl-gregory-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<b>When We Were Real</b> by Daryl Gregory: Review by Gary K. Wolfe" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/when-we-were-real-by-daryl-gregory-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157043" class="archive-layout-two post-157043 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-features category-spotlight" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/spotlight-on-diabolical-plots-the-submission-grinder/" title="Spotlight on Diabolical Plots & The Submission Grinder"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/diabolicheader_opt-200x300-1741654167.jpeg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/" style="background:#bf6031" rel="category tag">Features</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/spotlight/" style="background:#1f9668" rel="category tag">Spotlight</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/spotlight-on-diabolical-plots-the-submission-grinder/" title="Spotlight on Diabolical Plots & The Submission Grinder">Spotlight on Diabolical Plots & The Submission Grinder</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/spotlight-on-diabolical-plots-the-submission-grinder/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-24T08:30:28-07:00">March 24, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-10T17:49:56-07:00">March 10, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/spotlight-on-diabolical-plots-the-submission-grinder/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p></p> <p>David Steffen is an editor, software developer, and cross-stitcher. He is most well-known for editing Ignyte Award-winning online zine Diabolical Plots and <strong>The Long List Anthology </strong>and for administering the Submission Grinder. He has restored an old mill to working order, gone skydiving, and worked as a model (one of these things is not true), but his favorite hobby is collecting more hobbies.</p> <p><strong>What is the origin story for The </strong> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/spotlight-on-diabolical-plots-the-submission-grinder/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Spotlight on Diabolical Plots & The Submission Grinder" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/spotlight-on-diabolical-plots-the-submission-grinder/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-156845" class="archive-layout-two post-156845 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books category-reviews tag-a-c-wise tag-short-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-6/" title="Clarkesworld: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/locus-5-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="cover of clarkesworld, alien creatures near a river" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/books/" style="background:#1e92bc" rel="category tag">Books</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-6/" title="Clarkesworld: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise"><i>Clarkesworld</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-6/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-24T08:30:16-07:00">March 24, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-24T10:47:42-07:00">March 24, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-6/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/a-c-wise/" rel="tag">A.C. Wise</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Clarkesworld 12/24</p> <p>“<strong>Stranger Seas Than These</strong>” by <strong>L. Chan </strong>in the December issue of Clarkesworld is full of lovely imagery and worldbuilding. Anna Maria, Professor Lin, and Sister Penitence are trapped in a submersible inside a dead Godwhale. When their readings suggest the Godwhale may be alive after all, Anna Maria jacks into the submersible in an attempt to communicate and ask for help getting home. Chan does <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-6/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Clarkesworld</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-6/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-156840" class="archive-layout-two post-156840 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books category-reviews tag-fantasy tag-ian-mond" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-crimson-road-by-a-g-slatter-review-by-ian-mond/" title="The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter: Review by Ian Mond"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Slatter-CrimsonRoad-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/books/" style="background:#1e92bc" rel="category tag">Books</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-crimson-road-by-a-g-slatter-review-by-ian-mond/" title="The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter: Review by Ian Mond"><b>The Crimson Road</b> by A.G. Slatter: Review by Ian Mond</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-crimson-road-by-a-g-slatter-review-by-ian-mond/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-23T08:30:40-07:00">March 23, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-24T10:44:48-07:00">March 24, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-crimson-road-by-a-g-slatter-review-by-ian-mond/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/fantasy/" rel="tag">fantasy</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/ian-mond/" rel="tag">Ian Mond</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>The Crimson Road</strong>, A.G. Slatter (Titan 978-1-80336-456-8, $18.99, 368pp, tp) February 2025.</p> <p>Every time I review a new novel by A.G. Slatter set in the Sourdough Universe, I suggest you go back and read the other books – whether it’s the collections <strong>Sourdough and Other Stories </strong>and <strong>The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings </strong>or the novels <strong>All the Murmuring Bones</strong>, <strong>The Path of Thorns</strong>, and <strong>The Briar </strong> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-crimson-road-by-a-g-slatter-review-by-ian-mond/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<b>The Crimson Road</b> by A.G. Slatter: Review by Ian Mond" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-crimson-road-by-a-g-slatter-review-by-ian-mond/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157506" class="archive-layout-two post-157506 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-news category-uncategorized" > <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/awards/" style="background:#635249" rel="category tag">Awards</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/uncategorized/" style="background:#7c7c7c" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-west-passage-wins-crawford-award/" title="The West Passage Wins Crawford Award">The West Passage Wins Crawford Award</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-west-passage-wins-crawford-award/" title="6:44 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-22T18:44:58-07:00">March 22, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-22T18:47:38-07:00">March 22, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-west-passage-wins-crawford-award/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p dir="ltr">Jared Pechaček’s<strong> The West Passage </strong>(Tor) won this year’s the Crawford Award, presented at the International Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts in Orlando FL on March 22, 2025. The award jury received 59 submissions from over 30 publishers, by authors from 20 different countries. Eleven of the submitted novels were translations. Judges were Brian Attebery, Eddie Clark, Candas Jane Dorsey, Mimi Mondal, and Yilin Wang.</p> <p dir="ltr">The administrator was <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-west-passage-wins-crawford-award/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="The West Passage Wins Crawford Award" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-west-passage-wins-crawford-award/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-156834" class="archive-layout-two post-156834 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews category-short-fiction tag-charles-payseur tag-short-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/beneath-ceaseless-skies-and-diabolical-plots-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" title="Beneath Ceaseless Skies and Diabolical Plots: Reviews by Charles Payseur"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/locus-4-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="Cover of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, purple sky, mountain, green grass" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/short-fiction/" style="background:#629915" rel="category tag">Short Fiction</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/beneath-ceaseless-skies-and-diabolical-plots-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" title="Beneath Ceaseless Skies and Diabolical Plots: Reviews by Charles Payseur"><i>Beneath Ceaseless Skies</i> and <i>Diabolical Plots</i>: Reviews by Charles Payseur</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/beneath-ceaseless-skies-and-diabolical-plots-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-22T08:30:41-07:00">March 22, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-24T10:38:54-07:00">March 24, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/beneath-ceaseless-skies-and-diabolical-plots-reviews-by-charles-payseur/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/charles-payseur/" rel="tag">Charles Payseur</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Beneath Ceaseless Skies 12/26/24 Diabolical Plots 12/24</p> <p>There’s only one December issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies this year, and it contains a pair of epistolary stories dealing with injustice, royalty, and punishment. <strong>Shoshana Groom</strong>’s “<strong>The Beloved Sisters of the Sun-Bleached Hills</strong>” unfolds as a series of letters between sisters Zarina and Durdana, who live in different kingdoms but who are facing the same alarming trend – their <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/beneath-ceaseless-skies-and-diabolical-plots-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Beneath Ceaseless Skies</i> and <i>Diabolical Plots</i>: Reviews by Charles Payseur" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/beneath-ceaseless-skies-and-diabolical-plots-reviews-by-charles-payseur/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157490" class="archive-layout-two post-157490 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-obituaries" > <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/obituaries/" rel="category tag">Obituaries</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/l-j-smith-1958-2025/" title="L.J. Smith (1958-2025)">L.J. Smith (1958-2025)</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/l-j-smith-1958-2025/" title="10:18 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-21T10:18:14-07:00">March 21, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-29T13:30:26-07:00">March 29, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/l-j-smith-1958-2025/#comments"><i class="fa fa-comments"></i> 4 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p></p> <p>Author L.J. Smith, 66, died March 8, 2025 in Danville CA after a long illness. Smith was best known for the bestselling Vampire Diaries series and the Night World series.</p> <p>Lisa Jane Smith was born September 4, 1958 in Fort Lauderdale FL and grew up in Villa Park in Southern California. She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and San Francisco State University, and worked for three years as <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/l-j-smith-1958-2025/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="L.J. Smith (1958-2025)" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/l-j-smith-1958-2025/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-156830" class="archive-layout-two post-156830 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books category-reviews tag-colleen-mondor tag-fantasy" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/once-was-willem-by-m-r-carey-review-by-colleen-mondor/" title="Once Was Willem by M.R. Carey: Review by Colleen Mondor"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Carey-OnceWasWillem-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/books/" style="background:#1e92bc" rel="category tag">Books</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/once-was-willem-by-m-r-carey-review-by-colleen-mondor/" title="Once Was Willem by M.R. Carey: Review by Colleen Mondor"><b>Once Was Willem</b> by M.R. Carey: Review by Colleen Mondor</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/once-was-willem-by-m-r-carey-review-by-colleen-mondor/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-21T08:30:47-07:00">March 21, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-20T11:06:08-07:00">March 20, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/once-was-willem-by-m-r-carey-review-by-colleen-mondor/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/colleen-mondor/" rel="tag">Colleen Mondor</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/fantasy/" rel="tag">fantasy</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>Once Was Willem</strong>, M.R. Carey (Orbit 978-0-316-50502-4, $18.99, 320pp, tp) March 2025.</p> <p><strong>Once Was Willem</strong>, M.R. Carey’s new supernatural medieval fantasy, is a gorgeously written visit to 12th century England, a time of murderous lords, preoccupied kings and the life-and-death struggles of a small village called Cosham in the fiefdom of Pennick. This was the place and time of narrator Willem Turling, who died from illness at the <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/once-was-willem-by-m-r-carey-review-by-colleen-mondor/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<b>Once Was Willem</b> by M.R. Carey: Review by Colleen Mondor" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/once-was-willem-by-m-r-carey-review-by-colleen-mondor/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157473" class="archive-layout-two post-157473 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-films tag-arley-sorg tag-josh-pearce" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/its-not-cheating-if-its-with-your-clone-josh-pearce-and-arley-sorg-discuss-mickey-17/" title="It’s Not Cheating If It’s With Your Clone: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss Mickey 17"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mickey-17-two-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/films/" style="background:#4c2872" rel="category tag">Films</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/its-not-cheating-if-its-with-your-clone-josh-pearce-and-arley-sorg-discuss-mickey-17/" title="It’s Not Cheating If It’s With Your Clone: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss Mickey 17">It’s Not Cheating If It’s With Your Clone: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss <b><i>Mickey 17</b></i></a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/its-not-cheating-if-its-with-your-clone-josh-pearce-and-arley-sorg-discuss-mickey-17/" title="3:18 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-20T15:18:34-07:00">March 20, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-20T20:53:02-07:00">March 20, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/its-not-cheating-if-its-with-your-clone-josh-pearce-and-arley-sorg-discuss-mickey-17/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/arley-sorg/" rel="tag">Arley Sorg</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/josh-pearce/" rel="tag">Josh Pearce</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Capitalism, in fiction and in real life, depends on expendable (that is, cheap) labor. Slaves, serfs, indentured servants, children, undocumented migrants, gig workers, (now science fiction and real life start to blur) robots, assembly-line automation, “AI.” <strong>Mickey 17 </strong>extends logically next to clones, which are worked literally to death and then simply reprinted in fresh bodies for their next job.</p> <p>Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) signs on to a colony ship <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/its-not-cheating-if-its-with-your-clone-josh-pearce-and-arley-sorg-discuss-mickey-17/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="It’s Not Cheating If It’s With Your Clone: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss <b><i>Mickey 17</b></i>" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/its-not-cheating-if-its-with-your-clone-josh-pearce-and-arley-sorg-discuss-mickey-17/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157427" class="archive-layout-two post-157427 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-international category-news" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-international-dylan-thomas-prize-shortlist/" title="2025 International Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Dylan-Thomas-2025-square-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/awards/" style="background:#635249" rel="category tag">Awards</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/international/" rel="category tag">International</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-international-dylan-thomas-prize-shortlist/" title="2025 International Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist">2025 International Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-international-dylan-thomas-prize-shortlist/" title="12:28 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-20T12:28:09-07:00">March 20, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-international-dylan-thomas-prize-shortlist/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p> The shortlist for the 2025 International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced. The six-title list includes <strong>Rapture’s Road</strong> by Seán Hewitt (Jonathan Cape) and <strong>Glorious Exploits</strong> by Ferdia Lennon (Fig Tree).</p> <div class="mynomorebulletlist"> <div class="mynomorebulletlist"> <p>The annual Dylan Thomas prize, in partnership with Swansea University, awards £20,000 “to the best eligible published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under.” This year’s judges are Jan Carson, Mary Jean </p></div></div> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-international-dylan-thomas-prize-shortlist/" class="read-more">...Read More </a> <a class="more-link" title="2025 International Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/2025-international-dylan-thomas-prize-shortlist/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157397" class="archive-layout-two post-157397 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-support-what-we-do" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-the-week-of-3-18-2025/" title="New Books Video for the Week of 3/18/2025!"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/New-Books-YouTube-Graphics23-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/support-what-we-do/" style="background:#005938" rel="category tag">Support What We Do</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-the-week-of-3-18-2025/" title="New Books Video for the Week of 3/18/2025!">New Books Video for the Week of 3/18/2025!</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-the-week-of-3-18-2025/" title="12:08 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-20T12:08:56-07:00">March 20, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-19T03:13:30-07:00">March 19, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-the-week-of-3-18-2025/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Welcome back for another week of our picks for the top new releases in the SF, Fantasy, Horror, and YA fields! 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We post new videos videos weekly and we don’t want you to miss out!</p> <div class="fitvids-video"> <div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"></div> </div> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-the-week-of-3-18-2025/" class="read-more">...Read More </a> <a class="more-link" title="New Books Video for the Week of 3/18/2025!" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/new-books-video-for-the-week-of-3-18-2025/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157405" class="archive-layout-two post-157405 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-news" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/bsfa-awards-2024-shortlist/" title="BSFA Awards 2024 Shortlist"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/BSFA-logo-200x300-1709683030.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/awards/" style="background:#635249" rel="category tag">Awards</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/bsfa-awards-2024-shortlist/" title="BSFA Awards 2024 Shortlist">BSFA Awards 2024 Shortlist</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/bsfa-awards-2024-shortlist/" title="9:07 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-20T09:07:25-07:00">March 20, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/bsfa-awards-2024-shortlist/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>The shortlist for the 2024 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards has been announced.</p> <div class="mynomorebulletlist"> <p><strong>Best Novel</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Calypso</strong>, Oliver K. Langmead (Titan)</li> <li><strong>Rabbit in the Moon</strong>, Fiona Moore (Epic)</li> <li><strong>Alien Clay</strong>, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)</li> <li><strong>Three Eight One</strong>, Aliya Whiteley (Solaris)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Best Shorter Fiction (for novelettes and novellas) </strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Navigational Entanglements</strong>, Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)</li> <li>“What Happened at the Pony Club”, Fiona Moore (Fusion Fragment 8/24)</li> <li><strong>Saturation Point</strong></li></ul></div> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/bsfa-awards-2024-shortlist/" class="read-more">...Read More </a> <a class="more-link" title="BSFA Awards 2024 Shortlist" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/bsfa-awards-2024-shortlist/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157041" class="archive-layout-two post-157041 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bestsellers category-newtitlesbestsellers" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/locus-bestsellers-march-5/" title="Locus Bestsellers, March"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sanderson-wind-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/newtitlesbestsellers/bestsellers/" rel="category tag">Bestsellers</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/newtitlesbestsellers/" style="background:#41638e" rel="category tag">New Titles & Bestsellers</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/locus-bestsellers-march-5/" title="Locus Bestsellers, March">Locus Bestsellers, March</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/locus-bestsellers-march-5/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-20T08:30:41-07:00">March 20, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-27T10:13:09-07:00">March 27, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/locus-bestsellers-march-5/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <div style="background-color: #dae1e8; padding: 14px 0px 0px 0px; text-align: center;"> <strong>The Locus Bestsellers for September include top titles: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson (Tor), The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Tor), </strong><strong>A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US), and The Book of Bill by Alex Hirsch (Hyperion Avenue).</strong> </div> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/locus-bestsellers-march-5/" class="read-more">...Read More </a> <a class="more-link" title="Locus Bestsellers, March" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/locus-bestsellers-march-5/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-156826" class="archive-layout-two post-156826 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books category-reviews tag-jake-casella-brookins tag-science-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-and-other-speculative-fictions-by-caroline-hagood-review-by-jake-casella-brookins/" title="Death and Other Speculative Fictions by Caroline Hagood: Review by Jake Casella Brookins"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/locus-3-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="Black and white cover of Death And Other Speculative Fictions by Carline Hargood" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/books/" style="background:#1e92bc" rel="category tag">Books</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-and-other-speculative-fictions-by-caroline-hagood-review-by-jake-casella-brookins/" title="Death and Other Speculative Fictions by Caroline Hagood: Review by Jake Casella Brookins"><b>Death and Other Speculative Fictions</b> by Caroline Hagood: Review by Jake Casella Brookins</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-and-other-speculative-fictions-by-caroline-hagood-review-by-jake-casella-brookins/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-20T08:30:21-07:00">March 20, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-20T11:00:59-07:00">March 20, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-and-other-speculative-fictions-by-caroline-hagood-review-by-jake-casella-brookins/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/jake-casella-brookins/" rel="tag">Jake Casella Brookins</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/science-fiction/" rel="tag">science fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>Death and Other Speculative Fictions</strong>, Caroline Hagood (Spuyten Duvvil 9781963908503, $18.00, 116pp, tp) January 2025.</p> <p>Caroline Hagood’s <strong>Death and Other Speculative Fictions </strong>is an astonishing read, comforting and discomforting in equal measure. A philosophical, poetic meditation on the death of a parent, it’s a whirl of reflections on what fantastic stories can say about death, and vice versa. Don’t be dismayed by the fact that this doesn’t look like <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-and-other-speculative-fictions-by-caroline-hagood-review-by-jake-casella-brookins/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<b>Death and Other Speculative Fictions</b> by Caroline Hagood: Review by Jake Casella Brookins" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/death-and-other-speculative-fictions-by-caroline-hagood-review-by-jake-casella-brookins/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157417" class="archive-layout-two post-157417 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books category-reviews tag-alexandra-pierce" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-dagger-in-vichy-by-alastair-reynolds-review-by-alexandra-pierce/" title="The Dagger in Vichy by Alastair Reynolds: Review by Alexandra Pierce"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/locus-3-200x300.png" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/books/" style="background:#1e92bc" rel="category tag">Books</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-dagger-in-vichy-by-alastair-reynolds-review-by-alexandra-pierce/" title="The Dagger in Vichy by Alastair Reynolds: Review by Alexandra Pierce"><b>The Dagger in Vichy</b> by Alastair Reynolds: Review by Alexandra Pierce</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-dagger-in-vichy-by-alastair-reynolds-review-by-alexandra-pierce/" title="3:48 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-19T15:48:57-07:00">March 19, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-dagger-in-vichy-by-alastair-reynolds-review-by-alexandra-pierce/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/alexandra-pierce/" rel="tag">Alexandra Pierce</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>The Dagger in Vichy</strong>, Alastair Reynolds (Subterranean 978-1-64524-280-2, $40.00, 120pp, hc) August 2025. Cover by Andrew Davis.</p> <p><strong>The Dagger in Vichy </strong>is very different from Alastair Reynolds’s other recent work. His most recent novel, <strong>Machine Vendetta </strong>(2024), saw him return to the Revelation Space universe. This novella, on the other hand, is set on Earth – albeit (it becomes clear) many centuries in the future. No space opera, <strong>The </strong> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-dagger-in-vichy-by-alastair-reynolds-review-by-alexandra-pierce/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<b>The Dagger in Vichy</b> by Alastair Reynolds: Review by Alexandra Pierce" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/the-dagger-in-vichy-by-alastair-reynolds-review-by-alexandra-pierce/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157409" class="archive-layout-two post-157409 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-news" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/barakat-and-mtoor-win-2025-watermelon-grant/" title="Barakat and Mtoor Win 2025 Watermelon Grant"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/watermelon-grant-200x300.png" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/awards/" style="background:#635249" rel="category tag">Awards</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/barakat-and-mtoor-win-2025-watermelon-grant/" title="Barakat and Mtoor Win 2025 Watermelon Grant">Barakat and Mtoor Win 2025 Watermelon Grant</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/barakat-and-mtoor-win-2025-watermelon-grant/" title="3:07 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-19T15:07:56-07:00">March 19, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/barakat-and-mtoor-win-2025-watermelon-grant/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p></p> <p>L.D. Lewis has announced Ibtisam Barakat and Monir Mtoor (Nissan Al-Jalele) as the winners of the inaugural 2025 Watermelon Grant. This grant “offers $2000 USD in unrestricted funds to an emerging Palestinian creator in the field of speculative arts.” The award will allow entry to different artistic media in different yearly cycles, including literary, visual, and performing artists. This year, it names Barakat the winner in poetry and Mtoor the <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/barakat-and-mtoor-win-2025-watermelon-grant/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Barakat and Mtoor Win 2025 Watermelon Grant" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/barakat-and-mtoor-win-2025-watermelon-grant/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-157400" class="archive-layout-two post-157400 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-international category-news" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/climate-fiction-prize-2025-shortlist/" title="Climate Fiction Prize 2025 Shortlist"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/climate-fiction-prize-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/awards/" style="background:#635249" rel="category tag">Awards</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/international/" rel="category tag">International</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/news/" style="background:#990101" rel="category tag">News</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/climate-fiction-prize-2025-shortlist/" title="Climate Fiction Prize 2025 Shortlist">Climate Fiction Prize 2025 Shortlist</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/climate-fiction-prize-2025-shortlist/" title="1:12 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-19T13:12:33-07:00">March 19, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/climate-fiction-prize-2025-shortlist/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>The Climate Fiction Prize has announced its inaugural shortlist. Founded by Rose Goddard, Imran Khan, and Leo Barasi and supported by Climate Spring, the prize seeks to “celebrate the most inspiring novels tackling the climate crisis.”</p> <p>Shortlisted titles and authors of genre interest include <strong>The Ministry of Time</strong> by Kaliane Bradley (Sceptre), <strong>Briefly Very Beautiful</strong> by Roz Dineen (Bloomsbury Circus), <strong>Orbital</strong> by Samantha Harvey (Jonathan Cape), and <strong>The Morningside</strong> by <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/climate-fiction-prize-2025-shortlist/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Climate Fiction Prize 2025 Shortlist" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/climate-fiction-prize-2025-shortlist/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-156587" class="archive-layout-two post-156587 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books category-reviews tag-alexandra-pierce tag-science-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/transmentation-transience-by-darkly-lem-review-by-alexandra-pierce/" title="Transmentation | Transience by Darkly Lem: Review by Alexandra Pierce"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/locus-1-200x300.webp" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="Cover of Transmentation | Transience by Darkly Lem" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/books/" style="background:#1e92bc" rel="category tag">Books</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/transmentation-transience-by-darkly-lem-review-by-alexandra-pierce/" title="Transmentation | Transience by Darkly Lem: Review by Alexandra Pierce"><b>Transmentation | Transience</b> by Darkly Lem: Review by Alexandra Pierce</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/transmentation-transience-by-darkly-lem-review-by-alexandra-pierce/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-19T08:30:50-07:00">March 19, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-20T10:56:07-07:00">March 20, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/03/transmentation-transience-by-darkly-lem-review-by-alexandra-pierce/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/alexandra-pierce/" rel="tag">Alexandra Pierce</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/science-fiction/" rel="tag">science fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>Transmentation | Transience</strong>, Darkly Lem (Blackstone 979-8-21218-599-8, $28.99, 400pp, hc) March 2025. 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