
Welcome to the New Recommended Reading List!
We’re proud to open a more engaging and accessible platform for all our recommended reads. SFWA Members have the honor of submitting works to be included in this list, which is used to celebrate great work in science fiction, fantasy, and related genres. Yes, this list helps for Nebula consideration, but also to amplify creators for other awards and readership-growth opportunities.
Get to know the benefits of our newest build:
When you visit the new Recommended Reading List, you will notice the main page is filled with more categories and genre breakdowns than there are awards.
That is because the Recommended Reading List can and should be used to celebrate great work throughout the year. It’s our platform for thinking about new directions in SFF storytelling, and all the multimedia intersections that make our community strong. If there is award-potential for some of the work there, fantastic! But there are many other ways and reasons we celebrate SFF, too.
In practical terms: You can now submit a work to multiple lists at the same time, so feel free to recommend an Indie Western SFF Novel, or a moving Nonfiction Book analyzing Space Opera over time, or a Poetry Collection with Environmental themes, or a moving piece of Multimedia Commentary about recent Franchise Tie-In Card Game – and more!
Every recommended work should have a fair chance at finding its next perfect reader.
That’s why each section in the main page of our Recommended Reading List offers a random selection from its respective category or genre tag.
Every time you reload, you will encounter different work, and maybe discover something that thrills you from an author you’ve never read before.
And yes, you can always visit our Reading List directory, which automatically uploads with new work listed alphabetically, if you want to find something by an author you already know and love.
But the pleasant surprises are also a ton of fun!
Possibly the biggest win for this new structure is its external appeal.
SFWA is all about professional and professionalizing writers coming together to learn from each other and support each other. We can set terrific standards at SFWA with the writing we choose to elevate—but we needed an interface that will properly reflect our professionalism, and invite excited outsiders to learn more about the terrific work we’ve recently created.
SFWA Members always have private, logged-in-only access to certain uploaded materials, which are shared here so that voters can read them ahead of making their Nebula Awards nominations.
There are also front-facing links for free-to-read titles, and the structure is intended to bring more eyes to our work. Teachers. Librarians. New readers, near and far!
So hello and welcome! May your next read here be a great one—and SFWA Members: keep ’em coming!
Random Pick from the Full Archive
The Folded Sky by Bear, Elizabeth
Categories of Recommended Work
“False Beet” by Aurand, RJ
Publication Details Publisher: Small Wonders Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HorrorPoetry“The Mourning Robot” by Liu, Angela
Publication Details Publisher: Uncanny Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: PoetryScience Fiction“Skull with Laurel, 1832” by Aurand, RJ
Publication Details Publisher: (S)crawl Literary Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Poetry“Nuliajuk and the Birds” by Powell, Shantell
Publication Details Publisher: Strange Horizons Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyPoetry“Blacula” by Verrone, P. C.
Publication Details Publisher: Nightmare Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HorrorPoetrySpeculative“The World To Come” by Hudak, Jennifer
Publication Details Publisher: Strange Horizons Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorPoetrySpeculativeWeird
No Poetry Collections yet, but it shouldn’t be long now! For now, enjoy more Poetry.
“Looking Back” by Manners, Arthur H.
Publication Details Publisher: Analog Magazine Work Categories & Tags: PoetryScience Fiction“The Conduit” by Jones, Darius
Notes on the Work Appears in the collection The Book of Hours Publication Details Publisher: Alien Buddha Press Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags:…“Glitch” by Jones, Darius
Publication Details Publisher: Alien Buddha Press Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: CyberpunkFantasyPoetryScience Fiction“Nuliajuk and the Birds” by Powell, Shantell
Publication Details Publisher: Strange Horizons Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyPoetry“The Mourning Robot” by Liu, Angela
Publication Details Publisher: Uncanny Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: PoetryScience Fiction“To Be The Change” by Nocito, Nico Martinez
Publication Details Publisher: Strange Horizons Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyPoetryWeird
“The earth will not consume our bones” by Kemske, Abigail
Publication Details Publisher: Nature: Futures Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Flash (up to 1,500 words)Science FictionShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“If Time Travel Were Possible…” by Lukin, Grigory
Publication Details Publisher: Black Cat Weekly Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Alt HistoryFlash (up to 1,500 words)HumorousScience FictionShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“I Don’t Believe” by Simpson, J. Milliard
Publication Details Publisher: Factor Four Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyFlash (up to 1,500 words)HorrorParanormalSpeculative“Symbiosis” by Wood, L. Marie
Publication Details Publisher: Avalon Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Flash (up to 1,500 words)HorrorWeird“Your Personalized Guide to the Museum of the Lost and Found” by Curtis, Anamaria
Publication Details Publisher: Uncanny Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Flash (up to 1,500 words)Short Story (up to 7,500 words)Speculative“Ursula” by Linden, E. M.
Publication Details Publisher: Flash Fiction Online Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyFlash (up to 1,500 words)Short Story (up to 7,500 words)SpeculativeUrban Fantasy
“Moons Over Sea” by Cooney, C. S. E.
Notes on the Work Published in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology Publication Details Publisher: Essential Dreams Press Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHumorousShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“Where Walls Once Rose” by Pichette, Marisca
Notes on the Work Published in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology Publication Details Publisher: Essential Dreams Press Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: FantasyScience FictionShort Story (up to 7,500…“All God’s Worthy” by Mills, S. C.
Publication Details Publisher: Frivolous Comma Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasySecond-world FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“Unbury” by Logan, Kirsty
Publication Details Publisher: Uncanny Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“Rejected (Again)” by Pickett, Galen T
Publication Details Publisher: Hell Itself Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: HumorousShort Story (up to 7,500 words)Speculative“Children of Miracles, Coffins of Brass” by Howell, RJ
Publication Details Publisher: Trollbreath Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)
“Kaiju Agonistes” by Lynch, Scott
Publication Details Publisher: Uncanny Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Alt HistoryNovelette (between 7,500 and 17,500 words)Science Fiction“Another Round Again” by Ten, Kristina
Notes on the Work First published in Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine, Kristina Ten’s debut story collection Publication Details Publisher: Stillhouse Press Member Access: Work Categories & Tags:…“Bunny Ears” by Ten, Kristina
Publication Details Publisher: Nightmare Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HorrorHumorousNovelette (between 7,500 and 17,500 words)Speculative“The Third Movement of Time” by Taylor, RJ
Publication Details Publisher: Beneath Ceaseless Skies Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyNovelette (between 7,500 and 17,500 words)“Beak” by Muneshwar, Ian
Publication Details Publisher: Nightmare Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HorrorNovelette (between 7,500 and 17,500 words)“Hide-Bound” by Jones, Heather Rose
Notes on the Work The story appears in a story collection titled Skin-Singer: Tales of the Kaltaoven. All other material in the collection was previously published. Publication Details Publisher: Harpy…
Cabaret in Flames by Pueyo, Hache
Publication Details Publisher: Tordotcom Work Categories & Tags: HorrorNear FutureNovella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)Urban FantasyHave Yourself a Merry Little Witchmas by Schechter, Elizabeth
Publication Details Publisher: Riverdale Avenue Books Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Novella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)ParanormalLandsome Roads by Zornow, Rebecca
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyNovella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)RomantasyThe Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Story by Bacon, Eugen
Publication Details Publisher: Stars and Sabers Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorNovella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)Science FictionSpeculativePan Kowolski is a Monster by Langan, Sarah
Publication Details Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming Press Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorNovella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)Paranormal“Song, Stone, Scale, Bone” by Kemp, Juliet
Publication Details Publisher: Wizard's Tower Press Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyNovella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)
Republic of Forge and Grace by Unknown Author
Publication Details Publisher: Corino Press Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Alt HistoryEnvironmental / Cli-FiHopepunkNovel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSpeculativeTransmentation | Transience by Lem, Darkly
Publication Details Publisher: Blackstone Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Novel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSpeculativeThe Sea Prince by Schechter, Elizabeth
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Novel (40,000 words and up)RomantasyReborn in Ash by Steele, Gabrielle
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyIndieNovel (40,000 words and up)Immortal Gifts by Villyard, Katherine
Publication Details Publisher: Flower Feather Press Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Novel (40,000 words and up)First Command by Simon, Michael
Publication Details Publisher: Aethon Books Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Military SFFNovel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSpace Opera
“Dark Nights and Soviet Frights: How My Ukrainian Childhood Shaped My Love of Horror” by Rusetsky, Mike
Publication Details Publisher: Trollbreath Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HorrorNonfiction Essay on SFF themesSpeculative“Reclaiming the Future” by Wood, L. Marie
Publication Details Publisher: The Martian Trilogy Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Nonfiction Essay on SFF themesScience Fiction“Comparing Colonialisms in Dan Simmons’ The Terror and its AMC Adaptation: by Moore, Fiona
Publication Details Publisher: Foundation Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Nonfiction Essay on SFF themesWe Have to Go Back: Speculative Fiction, Nostalgia, and the Ghosts of Bookshelves Past by Ten, Kristina
Publication Details Publisher: Punctured Lines Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Nonfiction Essay on SFF themesSpeculative
Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling by Liean, Henry
Publication Details Publisher: W. W. Norton Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Nonfiction Book on SFF themes
Not To Yield by Multiple Authors
Publication Details Publisher: Three Ravens Publishing Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: AnthologyMilitary SFFScience FictionSpace OperaSpeculativeMonsters and Other Tales of Humanity by Dash, Carla E.
Publication Details Publisher: Meerkat Press Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: AnthologyFantasyHorrorScience FictionSpeculativeTwisting, Turning Timeshifts by Multiple Authors
Publication Details Publisher: Bluetrix Books Work Categories & Tags: Alt HistoryAnthologySpeculativeCastle of Horror Anthology Volume 12 by Multiple Authors
Publication Details Publisher: Castle Bridge Media Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: AnthologyHorror
The Waitress by Butler, Brooklyn Ann
Notes on the Work Published in Pretend You Don’t See Her: The Invisible Woman Publication Details Publisher: Kandisha Press Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HorrorShort…“The Body is a Cage Opened Only by Fire” by McCarthy, J. A. W.
Publication Details Publisher: khoreo magazine Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorShort Story (up to 7,500 words)Speculative“Rust” by Levine, David
Publication Details Publisher: Analog Magazine Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Science Fiction Short Story (up to 7,500 words)“In Sheep’s Clothing” by Mills, S. C.
Publication Details Publisher: Heartlines Spec Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: CozyFantasyRomantasySecond-world FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“Large Emotional Models” by Tan, Cecilia
Publication Details Publisher: The Sunday Morning Transport Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Near FutureScience FictionShort Story (up to 7,500 words)Speculative“We Are the Abikus” by Ossai, Ogochukwu
Publication Details Publisher: The Dark Magazine Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)SpeculativeWeird
Storyfold, Wildwoods by Multiple Authors
Publication Details Publisher: Open Owl Studios Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyTabletop Boardgame
No card games yet?! Eesh. You’ll submit one soon, surely. For now, here are some more games in other forms.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by Multiple Authors
Posted onPublication Details Publisher: Sandfall Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorVideo GameWeirdStatic Sky: And Yet It █████ (██落在夜空生成以前) by Rhett Tsai (蔡宇潇) Justin Bortnick
Posted onPublication Details Publisher: Allfather Productions Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: CyberpunkNear FutureScience FictionSpeculativeVideo GameAutomatic Noodles by Newitz, Analee
Posted onPublication Details Publisher: Tor Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorVideo GameWeird
Tiny T-Rex by Aymeloglu, Kat
Publication Details Publisher: Webtoons Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Comic Issue / Issue SeriesCozyFantasyHumorous
Cats of Ulthar: A Tale Reimagined by Multiple Authors
Notes on the Work Comic book adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft’s “Cats of Ulthar” Publication Details Publisher: Bruce Brown Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyGraphic…
The Fantastic Four: First Steps by Multiple Authors
Posted onPublication Details Publisher: Marvel Studios Work Categories & Tags: FantasyFranchise Media Tie-InScript / Screenplay“The Hodges Meteorite” by Duncan, Andy
Posted onPublication Details Publisher: The Sunday Morning Transport Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Alt HistoryFlash (up to 1,500 words)HumorousScience FictionScript / ScreenplayShort Story (up to 7,500 words)Speculative
No multimedia commentary yet, but we know you’ll send us those podcasts and BookTube recommendations soon! For now, have some more Nonfiction Essays!
“Reclaiming the Future” by Wood, L. Marie
Publication Details Publisher: The Martian Trilogy Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Nonfiction Essay on SFF themesScience Fiction“Comparing Colonialisms in Dan Simmons’ The Terror and its AMC Adaptation: by Moore, Fiona
Publication Details Publisher: Foundation Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Nonfiction Essay on SFF themes“Dark Nights and Soviet Frights: How My Ukrainian Childhood Shaped My Love of Horror” by Rusetsky, Mike
Publication Details Publisher: Trollbreath Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HorrorNonfiction Essay on SFF themesSpeculativeWe Have to Go Back: Speculative Fiction, Nostalgia, and the Ghosts of Bookshelves Past by Ten, Kristina
Publication Details Publisher: Punctured Lines Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Nonfiction Essay on SFF themesSpeculative
The Incorruptibles by Magaziner, Lauren
Publication Details Publisher: Aladdin Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Alt HistoryFantasyMiddle GradeNear FutureScience FictionThe Tinkerers by Carlson, Caroline
Publication Details Publisher: Candlewick Press Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyMiddle GradeNovel (40,000 words and up)Where There Be Monsters by Williams, Alby
Publication Details Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Work Categories & Tags: FantasyMiddle GradeAn Encantadora’s Guide to Monstros and Magic by Mendonca, Sarah
Publication Details Publisher: HarperCollins Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyMiddle GradeNovel (40,000 words and up)Young AdultThe Last Rhee Witch and the Nine-Tailed Fox by Lee-Yun, Jenna
Publication Details Publisher: Disney Work Categories & Tags: FantasyMiddle GradeNovel (40,000 words and up)Young AdultThe Underwild: River of Spirits by Targosz, Shana
Publication Details Publisher: Aladdin Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyMiddle GradeNovel (40,000 words and up)Young Adult
Mistress of Bones by Medina, Maria Z.
Publication Details Publisher: Wednesday Books Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyNovel (40,000 words and up)Young AdultThe Last Rhee Witch and the Nine-Tailed Fox by Lee-Yun, Jenna
Publication Details Publisher: Disney Work Categories & Tags: FantasyMiddle GradeNovel (40,000 words and up)Young Adult“The Great Old One Myrowl-Shu” by Davitt, Deborah L.
Publication Details Publisher: Hell Itself Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: HumorousParanormalShort Story (up to 7,500 words)WeirdYoung AdultAn Encantadora’s Guide to Monstros and Magic by Mendonca, Sarah
Publication Details Publisher: HarperCollins Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyMiddle GradeNovel (40,000 words and up)Young AdultThe Underwild: River of Spirits by Targosz, Shana
Publication Details Publisher: Aladdin Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyMiddle GradeNovel (40,000 words and up)Young Adult
The Fantastic Four: First Steps by Multiple Authors
Publication Details Publisher: Marvel Studios Work Categories & Tags: FantasyFranchise Media Tie-InScript / Screenplay
We don’t have any works in translation yet on the list, but we should! Will you be the first to add one? For now, enjoy some more novels.
Transmentation | Transience by Lem, Darkly
Publication Details Publisher: Blackstone Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Novel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSpeculativeThe Keeper of Lonely Spirits by Anderson, E. M.
Publication Details Publisher: MIRA Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: CozyFantasyNovel (40,000 words and up)Reborn in Ash by Steele, Gabrielle
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyIndieNovel (40,000 words and up)Dark Matter by Koja, Kathe
Publication Details Publisher: Meerkat Press Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: CyberpunkNear FutureNovel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSpeculativeThe Afterlife Project by Unknown Author
Publication Details Publisher: Podium Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Environmental / Cli-FiNovel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSpeculativeGhost of Nostalgia by Hatfield, Joanne
Publication Details Publisher: Indigo River Publishing Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags:
First Ascent by Phillips, Douglas
Publication Details Publisher: Proton Books Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: IndieNear FutureNovel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSet in Stone by Unknown Author
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyIndieNovel (40,000 words and up)RomantasySecond-world FantasyA Symphony of Starlight by Zed, Amy
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyIndieScience FictionReborn in Ash by Steele, Gabrielle
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyIndieNovel (40,000 words and up)“Hide-Bound” by Jones, Heather Rose
Notes on the Work The story appears in a story collection titled Skin-Singer: Tales of the Kaltaoven. All other material in the collection was previously published. Publication Details Publisher: Harpy…“Plague Daughter” by Cooper, S. H.
Publication Details Publisher: Nefarious Bat Press Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorIndieParanormalShort Story (up to 7,500 words)
Genres of Recommended Work
“Plague Daughter” by Cooper, S. H.
Publication Details Publisher: Nefarious Bat Press Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorIndieParanormalShort Story (up to 7,500 words)A Light From the Nether by Sullivan, Molly Dowd
Publication Details Publisher: Wendelton Press Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorNovel (40,000 words and up)ParanormalRomantasyScience FictionUrban Fantasy“The Flood, the Tumble, the Talons, the Trick” by Ten, Kristina
Notes on the Work First published in Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine, Kristina Ten’s debut story collection Publication Details Publisher: Stillhouse Press Work Categories & Tags: FantasyShort Story…“The World To Come” by Hudak, Jennifer
Publication Details Publisher: Strange Horizons Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorPoetrySpeculativeWeird“In Your Shadow” by Deane, Maya
Notes on the Work Published in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology Publication Details Publisher: Essential Dreams Press Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)Reborn in Ash by Steele, Gabrielle
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyIndieNovel (40,000 words and up)
The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Story by Bacon, Eugen
Publication Details Publisher: Stars and Sabers Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorNovella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)Science FictionSpeculative“The Hodges Meteorite” by Duncan, Andy
Publication Details Publisher: The Sunday Morning Transport Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Alt HistoryFlash (up to 1,500 words)HumorousScience FictionScript / ScreenplayShort Story (up to 7,500 words)Speculative“Wireworks” by Singerling, Sheri
Publication Details Publisher: Clarkesworld Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: CyberpunkScience FictionShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“Vita Nova” by Han, Bella
Publication Details Publisher: Quest Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Science FictionShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“Float” by Ashcraft, Rachel
Publication Details Publisher: Hell Itself Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Science FictionShort Story (up to 7,500 words)SpeculativeWeirdThe Afterlife Project by Unknown Author
Publication Details Publisher: Podium Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Environmental / Cli-FiNovel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSpeculative
Every Dark Cloud by Pichette, Marisca
Publication Details Publisher: Ghost Orchid Press Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Environmental / Cli-FiHorrorNovella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)Science FictionSpeculative“Another Face” by Hesse, Getty
Notes on the Work Published in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology Publication Details Publisher: Essential Dreams Press Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorShort Story (up to 7,500 words)A Light From the Nether by Sullivan, Molly Dowd
Publication Details Publisher: Wendelton Press Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorNovel (40,000 words and up)ParanormalRomantasyScience FictionUrban Fantasy“The Body is a Cage Opened Only by Fire” by McCarthy, J. A. W.
Publication Details Publisher: khoreo magazine Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorShort Story (up to 7,500 words)SpeculativeTo Conquer Death by Moon, Richard H.
Publication Details Publisher: Atmosphere Press Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorNovel (40,000 words and up)The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Story by Bacon, Eugen
Publication Details Publisher: Stars and Sabers Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorNovella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)Science FictionSpeculative
“Mind Palace v1.2.1” by Aurand, RJ
Publication Details Publisher: manywor(l)ds Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Flash (up to 1,500 words)HorrorScience FictionSpeculativeUrban FantasyWeirdThe Death of Mountains by Kurella, Jordan
Publication Details Publisher: Lethe Press Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyNovella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)Weird“The Great Old One Myrowl-Shu” by Davitt, Deborah L.
Publication Details Publisher: Hell Itself Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: HumorousParanormalShort Story (up to 7,500 words)WeirdYoung AdultAutomatic Noodles by Newitz, Analee
Publication Details Publisher: Tor Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorVideo GameWeirdWasteland Heart by Hess, Al
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Novel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionWeird“Another Round Again” by Ten, Kristina
Notes on the Work First published in Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine, Kristina Ten’s debut story collection Publication Details Publisher: Stillhouse Press Member Access: Work Categories & Tags:…
“Saturday” by Wood, L. Marie
Publication Details Publisher: Midnight & Indigo Literary Journal Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HorrorShort Story (up to 7,500 words)SpeculativeWeird“The Body is a Cage Opened Only by Fire” by McCarthy, J. A. W.
Publication Details Publisher: khoreo magazine Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorShort Story (up to 7,500 words)Speculative“We Are the Abikus” by Ossai, Ogochukwu
Publication Details Publisher: The Dark Magazine Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)SpeculativeWeird“Dark Nights and Soviet Frights: How My Ukrainian Childhood Shaped My Love of Horror” by Rusetsky, Mike
Publication Details Publisher: Trollbreath Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HorrorNonfiction Essay on SFF themesSpeculativeThe Afterlife Project by Unknown Author
Publication Details Publisher: Podium Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Environmental / Cli-FiNovel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSpeculative“Blight” by Montroy, Michael Yuya
Notes on the Work Published in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology Publication Details Publisher: Essential Dreams Press Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Environmental / Cli-FiFantasyNear FutureShort Story (up…
Set in Stone by Unknown Author
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyIndieNovel (40,000 words and up)RomantasySecond-world FantasyLandsome Roads by Zornow, Rebecca
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyNovella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)RomantasyA Light From the Nether by Sullivan, Molly Dowd
Publication Details Publisher: Wendelton Press Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorNovel (40,000 words and up)ParanormalRomantasyScience FictionUrban Fantasy“In Sheep’s Clothing” by Mills, S. C.
Publication Details Publisher: Heartlines Spec Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: CozyFantasyRomantasySecond-world FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)The Sea Prince by Schechter, Elizabeth
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Novel (40,000 words and up)Romantasy
Spirit Alembic Keeper by Burnett, Emma
Publication Details Publisher: Uncharted Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyParanormalSecond-world FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)Speculative“Pala” by Kwok, Reggie
Publication Details Publisher: Hell Itself Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHumorousSecond-world FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“Hide-Bound” by Jones, Heather Rose
Notes on the Work The story appears in a story collection titled Skin-Singer: Tales of the Kaltaoven. All other material in the collection was previously published. Publication Details Publisher: Harpy…Set in Stone by Unknown Author
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyIndieNovel (40,000 words and up)RomantasySecond-world Fantasy“The Basilisk Painting” by Eichenlaub, Anthony
Publication Details Publisher: Sally Port Magazine Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: FantasySecond-world FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“In Sheep’s Clothing” by Mills, S. C.
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