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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 4h

This year we should be supporting our fellow artists and writers as much as possible. Help us continue to give independent creativity a space to be celebrated by reading Locus Magazine! linktr.ee/locusmagazine

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 10h

“Till Earth and Heaven Ring” by K.S. Walker from @strangehorizons.bsky.social, “Fire is Hot in Every Universe” by Brandie Marsh from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social -

Flash Fiction Online, Strange Horizons and Fiyah: Reviews by Charles Payseur

Flash Fiction Online 6/25 Strange Horizons 6/2/25, 6/30/25 Fiyah Summer ’25 Jennifer Lesh Fleck opens the June Flash Fiction Online with “This Island Toward Which I Row and Row, Yet Cannot Reach Al…

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 14h

New Book Releases: October 14, 2025

Visit our bookshop.org page to purchase this week’s new books and support your local bookstore. And us! Amara, Brittany: The Bleeding Woods (Amazon/47North 978-1662534102, $16.99, 267p…

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 19h

How about a new Singing Hills Cycle novella out from @nghivo! #MouthfulofDust

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d

Hey all readers and writers! Join our Patreon to unlock monthly giveaways, digital issues, rare author content, ad space for your business or project, and at the higher tiers: short story critiques, invites to exclusive industry events! patreon.com/locus

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to the world of Locus Magazine, where your dreams of being first to know everything about sci-fi come true.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d

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Clarkesworld: Review by A.C. Wise

Clarkesworld 7/25 The July issue of Clarkesworld opens with “Missing Helen” by Tia Tashiro, a lovely exploration of learning to accept yourself that offers up a satisfying twist on the idea of alt…

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d

2025 SFPA Poetry Contest Winners

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association has announced the winners of its annual prize for poetry. Poems were judged in three categories, listed below. Dwarf Form (10 or fewer lines): W…

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d

2025 Ignyte Award Winners

The Ignyte Awards Committee has announced the winners of the 2025 Ignyte Awards, which “seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, f…

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d

Weekly Bestsellers, 13 October 2025 locusmag.com/2025/10...

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d

#NeilMcRobert of @talkscaredpod has a new horror out: #GoodBoy!

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d

Explore as @Gabino_Iglesias reviews KILLER ON THE ROAD and THE BABYSITTER LIVES by @sgj.bsky.social: “Serial killer and babysitter stories have been done to death and it’s hard to put a new spin on them, but Jones does that here. Twice.”

Killer on the Road/The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones: Review by Gabino Iglesias

Killer on the Road/The Babysitter Lives, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga 978-1-98216-767-7, $37.99, 480pp, hc) July 2025. Many years ago, I had a conversation about doing “double” books with author and …

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d

If you need some excitement from a different dimension (instead of ours), check out these new titles we received in the mail! #TheSovereign #Apprehension #RedStarHustle #Moonflow

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 2d

Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... https://locusmag.com/

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 2d

“No Mirrors Here” by @akatherineblack.bsky.social from The Dark, “The Name Ziya” by @wenyilee.bsky.social from @reactorsff.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @paulaguran here -

The Dark, Reactor, and Weird Horror: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran

The Dark 6/25, 7/25 Reactor 5/21/25 -7/26/25 Weird Horror Fall ’25 All of the original stories in issues 121 and 122 of The Dark are worthy of note. “The World Under” by Steve Rasnic Tem is the fir…

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 2d

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 3d

Join our Patreon to unlock monthly giveaways, digital issues, rare author content, ad space for your business or project, and at the higher tiers: short story critiques, invites to exclusive industry events!

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 3d

Check out @mondyboy74.bsky.social’s review of KALIVAS! OR ANOTHER TEMPEST by Nick Mamatas: “His work reminds us, however fleeting, that the world is still capable of creativity and magic.”

Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest by Nick Mamatas: Review by Ian Mond

Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest, Nick Mamatas (CLASH 978-1-96098-879-9, $17.95, 230pp, tp) September 2025. Any year – no matter how miserable – that sees the release of a novel by Nick Mamatas is wort…

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 3d

“THE SINGULAR LIFE OF ARIA PATEL is so unique in YA fiction… Ahmed, whose earlier YA novels are also recommended, continues to be a writer to watch.” @chasingray.bsky.social reviews new work from @samiraahmed.bsky.social -

The Singular Life of Aria Patel by Samira Ahmed: Review by Colleen Mondor

The Singular Life of Aria Patel, Samira Ahmed (Little, Brown 978-0-316-54868-7, $19.99, 368pp, hc) May 2025. In Samira Ahmed’s The Singular Life of Aria Patel, the title character is a teen who rel…

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 3d

2025 WSFS Business Meeting

2025 marked the first time that the World Science Fiction Society Business Meeting was held online. The four meetings held throughout July using the virtual meeting platform, along with the in-pers…

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 3d

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 4d

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 4d

2025 Geffen Awards Winners

Winners for the 2025 Geffen Awards for best science fiction and fantasy published in Hebrew were announced by the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy at Icon, held October 8-10, 2025 in…

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 4d

“With its looping timelines and parallel histories, THE EVERLASTING may be her most adventurous and most beautifully crafted novel to date.” @garykwolfe reviews work by @alixeharrow.bsky.social -

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow: Review by Gary K. Wolfe

The Everlasting, Alix E. Harrow (Tor 978-1-250-79908-1, $29.99, 320pp, hc) October 2025. Maybe it’s a trend that’s been going on for a while and I’ve just begun to wake up to it, but an increasing …

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