Darcie Little Badger introduced herself to the world with Elatsoe. In A Snake Falls to Earth, she draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. It is not to be missed. I get how there’s a lot of uncertainty about the […]
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Storm, George R. Stewart
A violent storm, affectionately known as Maria, sweeps through California and changes the lives of many in its path–with a forward by Ernest Callenbach. The original version was published in 1941, but the story has been reprinted as new versions throughout the years.
Read MoreA Voice in the Night, William Hope Hodgson
In my new quest to add more fungi fiction to the database, here’s a short story by William Hope Hodgson, which I read a few years ago when I began to read more ecologically weird fiction. You can read the story online here. Two men are sailing in the northern […]
Read MoreThe China Garden, Liz Berry
When Clare moves with her mother from London to Ravensmere, an historic English estate, she can’t shake the feeling that the residents already know her, especially Mark, a maddeningly attractive biker. Clare also feels compelled to take midnight walks in Ravensmere’s abandoned China Garden. Then her mother reveals that their […]
Read MoreFungi, Orrin Grey and Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A collection of fungal wonders…and terrors. In this new anthology, writers reach into the rich territory first explored by William Hope Hodgson a century ago: the land of the fungi. Stories range from noir to dark fantasy, from steampunk to body horror. Join authors such as Jeff VanderMeer, Laird Barron, […]
Read MoreAmbergris, Jeff VanderMeer
Ambergis is the hardcover volume including the three books in his cult series that includes City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek: An Afterword, and Finch. The new volume came out in 2020, even though its books were published before the Southern Reach trilogy and Borne. “Ambergris is also the New […]
Read MoreIndie Corner – Sonia Myers
Back to the Indie Corner series It was great to talk with Sonia Meyers about her first novel, We Have Something to Say!, a children’s book. Sonia Myers started her writing career at the Half Moon Bay Review newspaper, contributing articles and reporting on sports. She is currently a middle-school […]
Read MoreThe Shivering Ground & Other Stories, Sara Barkat
Back to the Dragonfly Library Author: © Sara Barkat Ordering: Amazon Publication Date: December 1, 2021 Type: Fiction – Short Stories Social Media: Author website, Instagram, YouTube, about the author, book page It’s Already Too Late (excerpt) House on a hill. River down below. And the rains speckling the grass, […]
Read MoreEvery Leaf a Hallelujah, Ben Okri
An environmental fairytale that speaks eloquently to the most pressing issues of our times. -Booker Prize-winning author of The Famished Road Ben Okri’s Every Leaf a Hallelujah is beautiful and wise—a true fable for our time. And Diana Ejaita’s illustrations are spectacular. -Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth […]
Read MoreA Half-Built Garden, Ruthanna Emrys
According to Macmillan, this novel comes out in the summer of 2022: Ruthanna Emrys crafts a novel of extraterrestrial diplomacy and urgent climate repair bursting with quiet, tenuous hope and an underlying warmth. A Half-Built Garden depicts a world worth building towards, a humanity worth saving from itself, and an […]
Read MoreSea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel
Coming in April 2022, this novel nods to Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel, and follows a teenager named Edwin into a Canadian forest and wilderness. In this beautiful natural surrounding, he hears a violin…from possibly a later time? I am looking forward to another book by St John Mandel! […]
Read MoreCity of Orange, David Yoon
Coming in May 2022: A man who can not remember his own name wakes up in an apocalyptic landscape, injured and alone. He has vague memories of life before, but he can’t see it clearly and can’t grasp how his current situation came to be. He must learn to survive […]
Read MoreVultures of Paradise, Atulya Misra
From Rupa, the publisher: A story of greed, love and sacrifice narrated in the backdrop of a crippling human tragedy. Acclaimed author Atulya Misra tells a gripping and powerful story that traverses numerous cultures and geographies. The story follows the life of Neha, who, at first, is driven by blind […]
Read MoreThe Drowning Bay, Geoffrey Wells
The Drowning Bay, the third book in The Trilogy for Freedom, is about Allison’s quest for freedom after getting out of prison, which hinges on keeping a secret from an adopted refugee boy. His mother is missing, but with the hacking skills that sent her to prison, Allison discovers the […]
Read MoreWatch Your Head, Kathryn Mockler, et al.
About Watch Your Head: Artists & Writers Respond to the Climate Crisis In Watch Your Head, poems, stories, essays, and artwork sound the alarm on the present and future consequences of the climate emergency. Ice caps are melting, wildfires are raging, and species extinction is accelerating. Dire predictions about the […]
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