The Unbound writers attended Denver’s 50th annual SF/F fan and writer convention: MileHiCon.
Read more"Finding Baba Yaga": The Perfect Book for the Season of the Witch
Jane Yolen’s novel-in-verse, Finding Baba Yaga, arrives just in time for the season of the witch.
Read more"New Fears 2": Nightmares Are the Price We Pay for Dreaming
In the second New Fears anthology, horror knows no boundaries.
Read moreWhat Feels Like Fate: Daisy Johnson’s "Everything Under"
A watery, Gothic update of Greek myth by an exciting new voice in dark fiction.
Read more"Exit Strategy": Beware the Wrath of Murderbot
In volume 4 of The Murderbot Diaries, Murderbot’s climactic showdown with an evil corporation pushes the rogue SecUnit to its limits, and beyond.
Read more"Circe": A Thousand Ways to Deal with Lovers
Yes, you can turn them into pigs, but there are so many other situations women find themselves in and such a variety of possible responses. Gods and Heroes, trigger warning: not all of them act like gentlemen.
Read moreThe Magic at Our Elbow: Anime and the Fantastical Woven into the Everyday
In the world of Japanese anime you can slip from the ordinary to the magical at any moment.
Read moreGreat Graphic Novels — Teens Struggling to Fit In
Being different is hugely consequential for teens who populate graphic novels, as well as for teens who read them.
Read moreWe Can't Outrun Pain: Interview with Priya Sharma
Fiction Unbound’s Gemma Webster chats with UK writer Priya Sharma.
Read more"The Hazel Wood": Interrogating the European Fairy Tale
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.
Read moreThe Black God's Drums: Steampunk of the African Diaspora
The Black God’s Drums beats a hammer of imagination against the anvil of history and forges a dense alternate history.
Read moreMid-Summer Speculative Short Story Round Up
To mark summer’s midpoint, here are a few of the best speculative short stories Amanda has read since summer’s inauguration back in June.
Read more"Rogue Protocol": This Heartless Killing Machine Is All Heart
Murderbot is back. Its mission: help to bring down GrayCris, the evil corporation that has made thievery and killing a business model.
Read more“The Strange Bird”
Jeff VanderMeer’s spare, heartbreaking novella soars through the world of Borne.
Read moreBinti is back! Celebrating the new hardcover editions
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.
Read moreA Celebration of Carmen Maria Machado
Celebrating Carmen Maria Machado with a summer re-post of our review of Her Body and Other Parties
Read moreWhat's so Different About "The Expanse," Anyway?
A thoughtful vision of humanity’s future among the stars is well translated from book to screen in The Expanse.
Read moreField Notes from Lit Fest: Speculative Writing in Denver
Our editors share their thoughts on Lit Fest 2018 in Denver.
Read more"49 Buddhas": An Unlikely Detective, Searching for Enlightenment
A reincarnated Buddhist monk, armed with the wisdom of many lifetimes (and a little black magic), tries to solve a murder mystery and bring enlightenment to all beings.
Read more2018 Summer Reading Recommendations
Who doesn't like snow cones in summertime?
Grab a frosty beverage and head to the hammock or the beach with one of these great speculative summer reads!
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