“You know, they don’t eat chicken in Iceland,” one scientist tells another in Judith Virta’s "Sheol Has Opened", a sci-fi mashup of Mayan, biblical, and other end-of-the-world prophecies. The paucity of poultry in Iceland has... Read More

Boston writer Nicholas Lamar Soutter acknowledges in his new novel, "The Water Thief", the canon of dystopian works, with clever allusions to Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club, an ending homage to George Orwell’s 1984, and a brilliant... Read More

“This land is far too good for the likes of these worms! Let us bring upon them the rage they wrought!” Now that would have been a great opening line for Harrington Martin’s Of War and Consequence: The Consortium Chain.... Read More

Grace Dillon brings together nineteen works by indigenous writers from four countries for this anthology, the first of its kind. These six short stories and thirteen novel excerpts push the boundaries of science fiction, contributing... Read More

"Death Sentences", originally published in 1984 as Genshi-gari (Hunting the magic poems), is the first translation of Kawamata Chiaki’s novel into English, and it’s about time—meaning not just that it’s been too long of a wait,... Read More

Gripping adventure scenes alternate with lucid and accessible discussions of philosophy, science, and religion in Geoffrey Lee Hodge’s debut novel. Set amidst the devastation of a pandemic and the aftereffects of global nuclear war,... Read More

“Bisel was arrogant, obnoxious, and indifferent. And he was perfectly happy that he possessed all three of those attributes because he smiled when thinking of each and every one of them.” Such is the character of the admiral whose... Read More

One of the toughest challenges faced by a novice novelist, beyond self-editing, is defining the hero. The hero emulates the story’s moral core, which in turn allows readers to identify with the character or buy into the story. The lack... Read More