A gripping sci-fi mystery wrapped in an LGBTQIA love story that bends space, time, myth and science…An effortlessly rich and lyrical mystery wrapped in a love story that bends space, time, myth and science, perfect for fans of Octavia Butler and Emily St. John Mandel…Part space-age epistolary, part eco-thriller, and […]
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Arboreality, Rebecca Campbell
This book looks amazing, yet another out by Stelliform Press (coming this fall). This novella is an expansion of the 2021 Theodore Sturgeon Award winner, “An Important Failure” by Rebecca Campbell. A professor in pandemic isolation rescues books from the flooded and collapsing McPherson Library. A man plants fireweed on […]
Read MoreAn Orchid Astronomy, Tasnuva Hayden
Just out by University of Calgary Press (July 2022), this book is a collection of stories, written in experimental prose, about a woman named Sophie. Sophie grew up in Veslefjord, deep in the Norwegian North, where the ice stretches to the horizon and the long polar night is filled with […]
Read MoreAll the Horses of Iceland, Sarah Tolmie
Everyone knows of the horses of Iceland, wild, and small, and free, but few have heard their story. All the Horses of Iceland tells the tale of a Norse trader, his travels through Central Asia, and the ghostly magic that followed him home to the land of fire, stone, and […]
Read MoreValli, Sheela Tomy
Originally published in Malayalam, in June 2021, Valli is Sheela Tomy’s debut novel. It’s being translated into English by Jayasree Kalathil. According to Financial Express, it’s about the hill district of Kerala nestled in the Western Ghats, which faces an environmental catastrophe. HarperCollins states: Spanning the time between the 1970s […]
Read MoreWinds of Change, Sassor, Rothenberg, et al.
Announcing the 2nd edition! Visit Dragonfly Publishing for more. In the 2nd edition, you’ll find a brand new cover–now shown here—as well as an updated introduction and acknowledgments page, new author biographies, added poems from Michael Rothenberg’s latest book (In Memory of a Banyan Tree, Lost Horse Press, 2022), and […]
Read MoreMy Days of Dark Green Euphoria, A.E. Copenhaver
Irreverent, witty, and provocative, My Days of Dark Green Euphoria—winner of the Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature—is a satirical novel of how a life on the edge of eco-anxiety can spiral wildly out of control, as well as how promising and inspiring a commitment to saving our planet can […]
Read MoreFace, Jaspreet Singh
In his playful yet deeply serious third novel Jaspreet Singh links a fossil fraud in India, an ice core archive in Canada, and a climate change laboratory in Germany.
Read MoreThrust, Lydia Yuknavitch
As rising waters–and an encroaching police state–endanger her life and family, a girl with the gifts of a carrier travels through water and time to rescue vulnerable figures from the margins of history
Read MoreWeird Fishes, Rae Mariz
When Ceph, a squid-like scientist, discovers proof of the ocean’s slowing currents, she makes the dangerous ascent from her deep-sea civilization to the uncharted surface above. Out of her depths and helpless in her symbiotic mech suit, Ceph relies on Iliokai, a seal-folk storyteller, who sings the state of the […]
Read MoreTurn the Tide, Elaine Dimopoulos
Turn the Tide Middle Grade Fiction by Elaine Dimopoulos Reviewed by Kimberly Christensen When twelve-year-old Mimi Laskaris moves to Wilford Island, Florida, she immediately falls in love with the beautiful shoreline and its creatures. Then she discovers “ghost bags”—single-use plastic bags that have been left to litter the beaches. Mimi […]
Read MoreIndie Corner – Aleksandar Nedeljkovic
Back to the Indie Corner series I’m happy to reboot our Indie Corner this month with a spotlight on Aleksandar Nedeljkovic and his novel ALT (Atmosphere Press, 2022). ALT offers a glimpse into a perilous near-future version of our world—one we feared would come for us but desperately tried to […]
Read MoreThe Devil’s Dictionary, Steven Kotler
Click here to return to the series About the Book I’m always excited to talk with authors living in and writing about different places around the world. Steven Kotler’s newest novel, The Devil’s Dictionary (St. Martin’s Press, November; hardcover in April), takes place in an abundance of locales, including London, […]
Read MoreWind, Ellen Dee Davidson
Wind Book Review Reviewed by Mary Woodbury Book information Author: Ellen Dee Davidson Publication date: February 1, 2022 Wind, by Ellen Dee Davidson, is a wonderful novel for children and adults alike. Starting with an adventurous and colorful book cover and getting right into the main character Katie’s whimsical daydreaming […]
Read MoreA Wolf Called Wander
A Wolf Called Wander Middle Grade Fiction By Roseanne Parry Reviewed by Kimberly Christensen Wolf pup Swift, one of five pups born to his mother in the same spring, wonders what pack role he will grow into. His bigger brother, Sharp, is more dominant and already has his eyes on […]
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