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  • Monsters, Murder, and Women’s Power in Victorian England

    Interview with Suzannah Rowntree on Rewriting the Past About The Werewolf of Whitechapel Murder, monsters…and a disreputable Victorian lady’s maid. A killer stalks the grimy streets of Whitechapel—but Scotland Yard seems determined to turn a blind eye. With one look at her best friend’s corpse, Liz Sharp already knows the truth: the killer is a…

  • Inside Mothra: Kaiju and post WWII Japan

    Interview with Jeffrey Angles, translator of The Luminous Fairies and Mothra About The Luminous Fairies and Mothra The original story that hatched Mothra, one of the most beloved monsters in the “kaijuverse”—available in English for the first time Mystical and benevolent, the colossal lepidopteran Mothra has been one of the most beloved kaiju since 1961,…

  • What are editors looking for?!

    Interview with R.B. Wood editor of Ruadán Books About Spring in the City Spring. Even in the shadows of skyscrapers, spring sees an awakening in the concrete jungle that we call “the city.”Spring in the City: A Collection of Dark Speculative Fiction is the next anthology in Ruadán Books’ “…In the City” series that takes…

  • Why You Should Read The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy

    edited by John Joseph Adams About The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor—a leading writer in the field—then chooses the…

  • Cait Jacobs

    author of The Princess Knight About The Princess Knight A princess desperate to win back the prince who broke her heart follows him to his kingdom’s prestigious military academy—and in doing so, falls in love, saves the realm, and continues to look fabulous, in this delightful debut fantasy. Domhnall and Clía are an ideal match—or…