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SHORT TAKE: The Creator by Aliya Whiteley: Review by Niall Harrison The Creator, Aliya Whiteley (NewCon Press 978-1-914-95398-9, £8.99, 104pp, tp) May 2025. Cover by Ian Whates. NewCon Press’s latest batch of novellas is led off by the latest from Aliya Whiteley. I…

“THE CREATOR is a more ambiguous title than it first appears, with every character in the story fitting the role at one point or another.” @niallharrison reviews Aliya Whiteley

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AudioFile’s Top New Fantasy Picks to Listen to in October 2025 From our friends at AudioFile Magazine, we have the top new fantasy audiobooks for October 2025. From folklore to dark academia to a “Snow White” retelling and more, these five fantasy audiobooks w…

AudioFile’s Top New Fantasy Picks to Listen to in October 2025

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Weekly Bestseller, 6 October 2025 locusmag.com/2025/10...

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2025 Lambda Literary Awards and Special Awards Winners The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners for the 37th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender b…

2025 Lambda Literary Awards and Special Awards Winners

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2025 Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist The Goldsmiths Prize, created in 2013 by Goldsmiths College at the University of London, has released its 2025 shortlist. Authors and titles of genre interest include: Helm, Sarah Hall (Faber) The …

2025 Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist

06.10.2025 19:19 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Spooky bookshelf, purple text that reads "Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

The spookiest part of Halloween isn’t the monsters under your bed… it’s running out of books! Luckily, Rowan Prose Publishing has you covered www.rowanprosepublis... LINK IN BIO!

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The Deadlands, Apex, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, and Trollbreath: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran The Deadlands Summer ’25 Apex 6/25 Three-Lobed Burning Eye #45 Trollbreath Spring ’25 Of the seven stories in The Deadlands #39, I’d like to mention four. Interestingly, the aforementioned Yoruba f…

Explore as @paulaguran reviews short fiction from @thedeadlands.com, @apexmag.bsky.social, @3lobedmag.com, @trollbreathmag.bsky.social -

06.10.2025 01:00 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Spooky bookshelf, purple text that reads "Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

Dark nights call for dark stories. Light a candle, grab a blanket, and pick up a delightfully spooky story from Rowan Prose Publishing www.rowanprosepublis... LINK IN BIO!

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NEA Axes Grant The National Endow­ment for the Arts has canceled all the creative writing fellowships awarded for 2026. Grant win­ners were notified by email that the writing cat­egory had been “withdrawn by the …

NEA Axes Grant

05.10.2025 21:54 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 2
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The Queen of Saturn and the Prince in Exile by Errick Nunnally: Review by Alex Brown The Queen of Saturn and the Prince in Exile, Errick Nunnally (Clash 978-1-96098-862-1, $17.95, 180pp, tp) April 2025. Errick Nunnally’s latest novel, The Queen of Saturn and the Prince in Exile, is…

“THE QUEEN OF SATURN AND THE PRINCE IN EXILE is an intriguing coming-of-age science fiction novel.” @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social (@QueenOfRats) reviews @erricknunnally.bsky.social

05.10.2025 19:00 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Spooky bookshelf, purple text that reads "Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

Welcome the start of the spooky season with Rowan Prose Publishing! www.rowanprosepublis... LINK IN BIO!

05.10.2025 17:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Locus is a magazine built for & by readers AND writers. Get insider news about which magazines are publishing what kind of story, as well as our reviewers' favorite books of the year. Immerse yourself in our community, we would love to have you. linktr.ee/locusmagazine

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This year we should be supporting our fellow artists and writers as much as possible. Help us continue to give independent creativity a space to be celebrated by reading Locus Magazine! linktr.ee/locusmagazine

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Hey all readers and writers! Join our Patreon to unlock monthly giveaways, digital issues, rare author content, ad space for your business or project, and at the higher tiers: short story critiques, invites to exclusive industry events! patreon.com/locus

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Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala: Review by Colleen Mondor Death in the Cards, Mia P. Manansala (Delacorte 978-0-593-89792-8, $19.99, 336pp, hc) May 2025. Cover by Alex Cabal. Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala is, in many respects, a straight-up teen …

“DEATH IN THE CARDS by Mia P. Manansala is, in many respects, a straight-up teen mystery.” @chasingray.bsky.social reviews new work from Mia P. Manansala

05.10.2025 01:00 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
"Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

"Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

Autumn leaves, pumpkin spice, and a book to give you goosebumps. Find your perfect Halloween read with Rowan Prose Publishing www.rowanprosepublis... LINK IN BIO!

04.10.2025 22:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#TheLegendLiminal by @voidcricket is featured in Thursday's #newbooks haul on youtube!

watch: youtu.be/M1R-AjU7LZI
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#booksky @starsandsabers

04.10.2025 16:00 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0
Spooky bookshelf, purple text that reads "Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

Spooky bookshelf, purple text that reads "Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

Spooky season is coming. Are you ready? Rowan Prose Publishing has got your Halloween reads waiting www.rowanprosepublis... LINK IN BIO!

04.10.2025 16:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We want to keep you in the loop! Join our community of bookworms at newsletter.locusmag.... to receive a weekly email from us full of goodies.

04.10.2025 06:51 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Worlds of Possibility, Fusion Fragment, and Diabolical Plots: Reviews by Charles Payseur Sadly, Worlds of Possibility is closing down fol­lowing the publication of their June issue. It marks another stellar project from editor Ju­lia Rios, and the final issue includes some fantastic st…

“Mazal Tov, Mazal Tov” by @ymresnik.bsky.social from Worlds of Possibility, “Shells” by @czwrites.bsky.social from @fusionfragment.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social

04.10.2025 01:00 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
Spooky bookshelf, purple text that reads "Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

Spooky bookshelf, purple text that reads "Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

Nothing pairs better with candy corn than a spine-tingling read. Check out Rowan Prose Publishing for all sorts of spooky tales! www.rowanprosepublis... LINK IN BIO!

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Spooky bookshelf, purple text that reads "Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

Spooky bookshelf, purple text that reads "Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

Looking for your next Halloween read? Rowan Prose Publishing has all the chills, thrills, and page-turners you need! www.rowanprosepublis... LINK IN BIO!

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Loyer Wins 2025 Sturgeon Award “The Carcosa Pattern” by Conrad Loyer (Fiyah 10/24) is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story, presented by the J. Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Cente…

Loyer Wins 2025 Sturgeon Award

03.10.2025 16:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#TheHungerWePassDown by @JenSookfongLee is featured in yesterday's #newbooks haul on youtube!

watch: youtu.be/M1R-AjU7LZI
buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/n...

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Submission Guidelines What genres of books and stories does Locus review? We review science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative, surreal, slipstream, crossed genres, similarly themed YA, art books, and related nonfict…

We can't review what we don't receive! Check out our submission guidelines to consider sending us your work! We love small press authors and are always on the lookout for New & Notable work.

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Spooky bookshelf, purple text that reads "Spooky Season is Coming, Are You Ready?"

The best part of spooky season? Getting lost in a book that won’t let you sleep. Check out Rowan Prose Publishing www.rowanprosepublis...
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Some hardcovers we have received in the mail this week!! Thank you:

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&more!!

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