A lonely man at a remote moon outpost witnesses a catastrophe in Karl Slominski’s introspective graphic novel "The Last Watchtower". Cal Ferris has manned his post on the moon for sixteen years, alone except for Blip, the AI robot that... Read More

Near the end of Earth’s life span, two women make meaning in each other’s uncommon company in Deb Olin Unferth’s dazzling dystopian novel "Earth 7". From an isolated pod on the seabed, a lonely, anxious girl, Dylan, sends messages... Read More

What is sweet can also immobilize you in Geoffrey D. Morrison’s alarming, wondrous speculative novel "The Coffin of Honey", a searing indictment of capitalist destruction wrapped in the pleasures of a first contact tale. Amid the... Read More

In Andrew Dana Hudson’s unsettling science fiction novel "Absence", unexplained disappearances strain people’s faith in their institutions and reality. In this future setting, the phenomenon of popping, or sudden vanishings marked by... Read More

A child’s fate is tied to a mystical legacy in the series-opening fantasy novel "Candlelight". D. L. Tolin’s sprawling, series-opening fantasy novel "Candlelight" concerns centuries-long rivalries, lost love, and power struggles in... Read More

Portals between worlds and shifts of power impact the residents of a fantastical town in the portentous fantasy novel "The Old Clock Peddler". In David Morabito’s interdimensional fantasy novel "The Old Clock Peddler", a salesman goes... Read More

A teenager comes into his own in the moving, series-opening fantasy novel "Spiralchain: Gatemaker", which boasts portals between worlds. In Jeremiah L. Schwennen’s poignant fantasy novel "Spiralchain: Gatemaker", a small-town teenager... Read More

A marginalized woman is sent into a black hole for the good of her community in Balsam Karam’s extraordinary speculative novel "Event Horizon". Milde was eight years old when her tropical nation declared innumerable women and children... Read More