
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
Wasteland Heart by Hess, Al
Categories of Recommended Work
“Skull with Laurel, 1832” by Aurand, RJ
Publication Details Publisher: (S)crawl Literary Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Poetry“After” by Hanchey, Jenna
Publication Details Publisher: Worlds of Possibility Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: PoetrySpeculative“A Taste of Clean Water” by Li, Ian
Publication Details Publisher: Small Wonders Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Environmental / Cli-FiHopepunkPoetryScience Fiction“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“Nuliajuk and the Birds” by Powell, Shantell
Publication Details Publisher: Strange Horizons Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyPoetry
No Poetry Collections yet, but it shouldn’t be long now! For now, enjoy more Poetry.
“The World To Come” by Hudak, Jennifer
Publication Details Publisher: Strange Horizons Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorPoetrySpeculativeWeird“After” by Hanchey, Jenna
Publication Details Publisher: Worlds of Possibility Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: PoetrySpeculative“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:…“Blacula” by Verrone, P. C.
Publication Details Publisher: Nightmare Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HorrorPoetrySpeculative“Eagle Eyed” by Martinez Nocito, Nico
Publication Details Publisher: Eye to the Telescope Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyPoetry“To Be The Change” by Nocito, Nico Martinez
Publication Details Publisher: Strange Horizons Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyPoetryWeird
“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“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 FantasyWeird“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“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“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)“Butterfly Pavilion” by Wilson, G. Willow
Publication Details Publisher: Uncanny Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Environmental / Cli-FiFlash (up to 1,500 words)Short Story (up to 7,500 words)
“Zugunruhe” by Wagner, KT
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…“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 Adult“Infinite Halves” by Akagi, JL
Publication Details Publisher: Uncanny Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Flash (up to 1,500 words)Short 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)“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…“Bone-Eater Earth” by Burnett, Emma
Publication Details Publisher: Uncharted Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Environmental / Cli-FiHorrorNear FutureScience FictionShort Story (up to 7,500 words)
“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)“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)SpeculativeNovic by Bacon, Eugen
Publication Details Publisher: Meerkat Press Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorNovelette (between 7,500 and 17,500 words)Science FictionSpeculative“Desert Soul” by Gullen, David
Publication Details Publisher: Analog Magazine Work Categories & Tags: Novelette (between 7,500 and 17,500 words)Science Fiction“Mel for Melissa” 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:…“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…
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 FictionSpeculativePrototype-Y by DeVere, Taya
Publication Details Publisher: DVM Press Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Novella (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)ParanormalEvery 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 FictionSpeculativePsychopomp & Circumstance by Royce, Eden
Publication Details Publisher: Tordotcom Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyNovella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)Where the Silence Folds: A Story Not Yet Used by Jay, SC
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Novella (between 17,500 and 40,000 words)Science Fiction
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)The 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)Mad Sisters of Esi by Mehta, Tashan
Publication Details Publisher: DAW Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyNovel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionWeirdThe 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 Afterlife Project by Unknown Author
Publication Details Publisher: Podium Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Environmental / Cli-FiNovel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSpeculativeThe Folded Sky by Bear, Elizabeth
Publication Details Publisher: Saga Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Novel (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 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“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
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 OperaSpeculativeTwisting, 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: AnthologyHorrorMonsters 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 FictionSpeculative
“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)“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…“His Goose Is Cooked” by Mills, S. C.
Publication Details Publisher: MetaStellar Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HumorousNear FutureScience FictionShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“Freeze, Compute, Revert, Hope” by Kantcheva, Adriana
Publication Details Publisher: The Daily Tomorrow Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Science FictionShort Story (up to 7,500 words)Speculative“What We Don’t Know About Angels” by Ten, Kristina
Publication Details Publisher: Lightspeed Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)Speculative“Severed Blessings” by McCarthy, J. A. W.
Notes on the Work Published in The Joining: Scenes of Wedding Terror Publication Details Publisher: Crystal Lake Publishing Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorShort Story…
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 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)SpeculativeThe Fantastic Four: First Steps by Multiple Authors
Posted onPublication Details Publisher: Marvel Studios Work Categories & Tags: FantasyFranchise Media Tie-InScript / Screenplay
No multimedia commentary yet, but we know you’ll send us those podcasts and BookTube recommendations soon! For now, have some more Nonfiction Essays!
“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 FictionWe 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“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
An 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 AdultWhere There Be Monsters by Williams, Alby
Publication Details Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Work Categories & Tags: FantasyMiddle GradeChloe Vega and the Agents of Magic by Adame, Leslie
Publication Details Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Work Categories & Tags: FantasyMiddle GradeThe 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 AdultThe Incorruptibles by Magaziner, Lauren
Publication Details Publisher: Aladdin Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Alt HistoryFantasyMiddle GradeNear FutureScience FictionThe 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
An 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 AdultMistress 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 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 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
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.
The 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 AdultFirst 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 FictionAngel Maker by Bear, Elizabeth
Publication Details Publisher: Sobbing Squonk Press Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Alt HistoryNovel (40,000 words and up)SteampunkWestern SFFThe Afterlife Project by Unknown Author
Publication Details Publisher: Podium Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Environmental / Cli-FiNovel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSpeculativeSet 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 FantasyThe 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)
“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…A Symphony of Starlight by Zed, Amy
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: FantasyIndieScience FictionFirst 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 Fantasy“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)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…
Genres of Recommended Work
Monsters 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 FictionSpeculative“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)SpeculativeA 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 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)“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…Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by Multiple Authors
Publication Details Publisher: Sandfall Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorVideo GameWeird
“Instructions for Rewilding the Wasteland” by Burnett, Emma
Publication Details Publisher: Radon Journal Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: Environmental / Cli-FiHorrorNear FutureScience FictionShort Story (up to 7,500 words)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“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)“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)I, Robot Alien by Dennstedt, Joel R.
Publication Details Publisher: Self-Published Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Alt HistoryNear FutureNovel (40,000 words and up)Science FictionSpeculative“Desert Soul” by Gullen, David
Publication Details Publisher: Analog Magazine Work Categories & Tags: Novelette (between 7,500 and 17,500 words)Science Fiction
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…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“A Rare and Exceptional Delicacy” by Mitchell, G. M.
Publication Details Publisher: Apex Magazine Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags: HorrorShort Story (up to 7,500 words)“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“Criswell Predicts!” by Duncan, Andy
Notes on the Work Published in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology Publication Details Publisher: Essential Dreams Press) Member Access: Public Link: Review the Recommended Work Work Categories & Tags:…Automatic Noodles by Newitz, Analee
Publication Details Publisher: Tor Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHorrorVideo GameWeird
“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“Float” by Ashcraft, Rachel
Publication Details Publisher: Hell Itself Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: Science FictionShort Story (up to 7,500 words)SpeculativeWeird“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 GameWeirdThe 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“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…
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“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)SpeculativeWeirdRepublic 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 FictionSpeculative“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)SpeculativeWeirdTwisting, Turning Timeshifts by Multiple Authors
Publication Details Publisher: Bluetrix Books Work Categories & Tags: Alt HistoryAnthologySpeculative
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“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)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 FantasyThe 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)RomantasyLandsome 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)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“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)“Pala” by Kwok, Reggie
Publication Details Publisher: Hell Itself Member Access: Work Categories & Tags: FantasyHumorousSecond-world FantasyShort Story (up to 7,500 words)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)“All God’s Worthy” by Mills, S. C.
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