There is so much out there to read, and until you get your turn in a time loop, you don’t have time to read it all to find the highlights.

Still thinking about Shiv Ramdas and Ted Chiang’s Hugo/Nebula-nominated stories, “And Now His Lordship Is Laughing,” and “Omphalos”

A look back at Anya DeNiro’s mind-bending weird fiction collection, Tyrannia and Other Renditions.

In a world on the brink of collapse, a quest to save the future, one defeat at a time.

What could be more speculative at this moment than a vision of utopia? Utopia’s are hard to write. First, there’s convincing the reader that it’s possible at all. Contributor C.S. Peterson explores the haunting utopian visions of N. K. Jemisin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Aliette de Bodard, and S.L. Huang

Find meaning and beauty in the midst, and aftermath, of pandemic in Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars.

The stories of award-winning author Stephen Graham Jones are brimming with heart, hurt, humor, and gallons and gallons of blood. Fiction Unbound contributor C.S. Peterson talks with Mr. Jones to talk about monsters, his newest novel, and why the dogs never survive.

For Black History Month, some favorite short stories and novels by new and classic black SF/F writers.

The Star Wars saga never fails to ignite passionate debate. Fiction Unbound contributors Corey Dahl and C. S. Peterson talk about the troubled template of Campbell’s hero’s journey and what The Rise of Skywalker says about where we are on our quest.

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we recommend a few of our favorite Native American speculative fiction writers and stories.

Two ways to appreciate the prolific, Hugo-award winning Philip K. Dick: attend the 2nd International Philip K. Dick Festival and revisit one of his most popular novels.

Ted Chiang’s second collection of award-winning stories, reviewed.

Author Jim Ringel discovers in Scott Smith’s The Ruins, Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation, and Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian a different kind of eco-fiction.

Non-Western fantasies increase readers’ understanding of diverse histories and cultures in an increasingly xenophobic age.

An underappreciated master of horror, appreciated.

For Black History Month, some favorite short stories by new and classic black SF/F writers.

Undertow Publications is a small press that has won the Shirley Jackson award for best edited anthology. Their lauded anthology, Year’s Best Weird Fiction went from endangered to extinct with Volume 5. Come celebrate this beautiful volume and learn about this press, which despite this set back, has amazing books on offer this year.

Melissa Albert’s debut novel cuts to the bone of European fairy tales to find the essence of nightmares: horrors that are both seductive and disturbing.

Jeff VanderMeer’s spare, heartbreaking novella soars through the world of Borne.

We love Binti! We’re celebrating the re-release of Okorafor’s Hugo and Nebula award-winning trilogy in beautiful hardcover editions with an appreciation of the difficulties involved in coming of age, intergalactic exploration, and saving the world, all at the same time.

Celebrating Carmen Maria Machado with a summer re-post of our review of Her Body and Other Parties

A thoughtful vision of humanity’s future among the stars is well translated from book to screen in The Expanse.

An interview with Tiffany Quay Tyson.

On the page or on screen, Annihilation will test the limits of what you know about the world and yourself. 

With the exciting film release of A Wrinkle in Time, the Fiction Unbounders went back to the source material and re-lived some childhood magic.

In Liani Taylor's lyrical and dark fantasy, killing your enemies doesn't solve anything and there are no easy answers. 

Le Guin dreamed whole realities that forced us to reexamine assumptions we took for granted, and to see new ways forward.

From recent takes to enduring classics, we love time travel stories.

Pairing Guillermo del Toro's water monster romance with Sofia Samatar's celebrated 2013 selkie story.

The Unbound Writers look back on the wild ride that was 2017 and gear up for what comes next.