The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the winners for the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards. Superior Achievement in a Novel Superior Achievement in a First Novel Due to a tie in fifth place, there are six nominees in this category. Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel Superior Achievement in Long Fiction WINNER: “Twentieth Anniversary Screening”, Jeff Strand (Slice and…

The British Fantasy Society (BFS) is looking for judges for the British Fantasy Awards. “For each category, 3-5 jurors read/watch/examine every entry on the final shortlist (4-6 titles) & then agree between themselves on the final winner.” The BFA constitution calls for “at least one non-member of the Society” to be on the jury. Interested individuals may apply through the…

If you could, would you want to develop a super intelligent AI to do your bidding? Neil Sharpson, author of When the Sparrow Falls, now out in paperback, explores why this is a BAD idea in the below guest post. Check it out now! THE WISE OLD BIRD: Listen. Our world suffered two blights. One was the blight of the…

Each year I run a cover contest for the SPFBO entrants. Each blog chooses its 3 favourite covers from their pool of 30 entrants. The 30 favourites collected from the 10 blogs are then voted on in separate ballots by the bloggers and by the public. The public vote is of course a bit of fun and subject to all the issues…

It’s been more than a decade since the world has come undone, and Sasha Severn has returned to her childhood home with one goal in mind – find the research her father, the infamous Last Beekeeper, hid before he was incarcerated. There Sasha is confronted with a group of squatters, who have claimed the quiet, idyllic farm as a way…

Dhonielle Clayton was born May 26, 1983 in Olney MD and grew up “right in the shadows of DC.” Clayton graduated from Wake Forest University in 2005, earned her MA from Hollins Univer­sity in 2008, and her MFA in creative writing from The New School in 2012. She has worked as a children’s librarian. Clayton writes SF, fantasy, and contemporary…

Orbit is delighted to announce the acquisition of a new epic fantasy series from Matthew Ward, author of LEGACY OF ASH and the wider Legacy Trilogy, which was described as ‘epic fantasy as it should be; big, bold and very addictive’ by Starburst magazine. Ward’s upcoming Soulfire Saga introduces us to a brand-new world ruled by an immortal king, where…

Kij Johnson (2018) Horror author JOHN SKIPP, 64, has announced his retirement from writing and publishing fiction; his final title is col­lection Don’t Push the Button (Clash Books). Going for­ward he will focus on music and film. He has two new albums, The Antidote to Fear and Cry Me a Rain­bow, out via his own Fungasm Records label. He also…

WHOA! Hot eBook deals incoming! For today, and today only (May 15, 2022), we’ve got an incredible array of Tor Books titles available at discounted prices! You love books? Us too. Check out these deals! Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sanderson—$2.99 Stephen Leeds is perfectly sane. It’s his hallucinations who are mad. A genius of unrivaled…

  This page is for phase 1 of SPFBO 8  –  read more about the contest here. 300 of 300 contestants are still in the running! red = cut + indicates semi-finalist These are provisional assignments to blogs – subject to rearrangement before the contest starts Fantasy-Faction Jennings Zabrinsky Troupe of Shadows Kaleigh McCann The Darkness Calling Clementine Fraser Dust Bound Melissa McShane Burning…