Not quite sci-fi, not quite dystopian, this superb literary novel defies categorization. Readers will shiver as they keep turning the pages. Audrey Schulman has once again written a spellbinding, original novel that never loses sight of its humanity.Read more at Europa Editions. The book is also listed at Jeff VanderMeer’s […]
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From the beloved, award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world. “One of my FAVORITE NOVELS of the past few years.” -Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation Read more […]
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About the Book A modern coven must thwart a looming eco-cataclysm and find the key to the bright futures we need. Betsy’s a modern-day Witch with an ageless problem: she’s worried about screwing up her coven’s ritual. Again. But the coven has a bigger issue to face—the destruction of their […]
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This enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her is “a daring, mesmerizing novel…single-handedly bringing magic realism up-to-date” (Maggie O’Farrell, best-selling author of Hamnet). Read more at Penguin Random House.
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Stories of the Canadian Arctic intersect in this epic five-hundred-year journey led by a one-eared polar bear. Read more at Playwrights Canada Press.
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“Green Stories” prize winner Fairhaven – A Novel of Climate Optimism follows the path of Grace Chan, born in Penang, Malaysia. She has experienced the dire consequences of climate change personally and is taking action borne both of hope and desperation. Fairhaven opens in 2036 as Grace is days away […]
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Click here to return to the series This is a reboot of the world eco-fiction spotlight from November 8, 2019, where we headed for the first time to the USA. Having spent a great amount of time in the Appalachian Mountains as a child (you can read more here), when […]
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108: An Eco-Thriller, by Dheepa R. Maturi, is out in June 2025. While working the night shift at a San Francisco news agency, Bayla Jeevan has a shocking out-of-body experience. Her consciousness is transported deep into an Indian forest, where she witnesses a noxious liquid spreading through the soil. At […]
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This interview is a Turning the Tide spotlight on Tracy Blom, author of the Wonder Lens Friends series. The first book, Lissa Loves Bugs, illustrated by Cathy Morrison, is out June 4 by Paw Prints Publishing. Mary: Hi Tracy, and welcome to Dragonfly! Tell us something about your life that […]
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From the winner of the 2023 Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction comes a short story collection that radiates from the dark forests of the Pacific northwest. In ten tales, Rebecca Campbell’s exquisite prose channels ancient forest spirits, the lost ghosts of unknown fates, biological and technological transformations, and […]
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From Bloomsbury: Shot through with biting wit, brutal gore, primal sex, and unexpected catharsis, It’s Not the End of the World is a nerve-shredding roller coaster of a novel that will leave readers shocked, heartbroken, and inspired to question their most firmly held convictions. What happens when our current battles […]
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In the tradition of Station Eleven, a literary thriller set partly on the roof of New York’s Museum of Natural History in a flooded future. Read more at Macmillan. “Gripping…tense, delightful and rich with resonance.” –Scientific American “Captivating…The setting, the detailed emotive descriptions, and nail-biting adventure are incandescent.” -Library Journal […]
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A spellbinding dystopian novel about the lengths one will go to for their children in a world teetering on the edge of apocalypse. See more about Bloomsbury.
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When Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother—terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria—and her aunt, the repercussions will send her on a desperate quest to uncover a secret her mother has been hiding for nearly two decades. “Within these pages there is […]
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Welcome to R.M. Tembruell, who joins May’s Dragonfly’s Indie Corner. R.M. Tembreull is a devoted husband and proud father, a combat veteran with 26 years in the US Air Force, and an accomplished career professional in law enforcement, physical security, and antiterrorism. In his travels and endeavors, he has experienced […]
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