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eluki bes shahar (1956-2026)
SF/F author ELUKI BES SHAHAR, 69, died April 7, 2026 of sepsis.
Bes shahar was born in June 1956. She also wrote under the names Rosemary Edghill and James Mallory. Her debut novel, Speak Daggers to Her (1994), was the first in the Bast series, followed by Book of Moons (1995), The Bowl of Night (1996), omnibus Bell, Book, and Murder (1998), several short fiction pieces, and collection Failure of …Read More
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SHORT TAKE: Digital Inc.: From Print to E-Book – Inside the Transformation of the Book Industry by Richard Curtis: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
Digital Inc.: From Print to E-Book – Inside the Transformation of the Book Industry, Richard Curtis (Rivertowns Books 978-1-953-943-72-9, $34.95, 262pp, hc; 978-1-953943-73-6, $24,95, tp) January 2026.
For some twelve years, the agent and publisher Richard Curtis wrote a popular column for Locus called Agent’s Corner , intended mostly to keep authors informed about the sometimes labyrinthine legal and corporate machinations of the publishing industry. In his final column in …Read More
Analog 1-2/26: Review by A.C. Wise
Analog 1-2/26
The January/February issue of Analog opens with Sin Eaters , a novelette by Mark W. Tiedemann. Agent Pollard oversees an operation to recover two kidnapped Cassine children, which brings back traumatic memories of his wife’s death. As the case unfolds, Pollard discovers that the Cassine knew all along what was happening to their children, but they wanted to see how their human hosts would respond, allowing them to …Read More
The Night Ship by Alex Woodroe: Review by Jake Casella Brookins
The Night Ship, Alex Woodroe (Flame Tree Press 978-1-78758-918-6, $26.95, 224pp, hc) January 2026.
Set in the late 1980s in the Socialist Republic of Romania, Alex Woodroe’s second novel, The Night Ship, establishes its scenario in just the first few pages: A strange and supernatural calamity has fallen on most of the country, with almost everything and everyone vanishing into a strange black void. Anything in close proximity to a …Read More
PodCastle, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Tasavvur: Review by Maria Haskins
PodCastle 1/20/26
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/5/26
Tasavvur Winter ’26
Jay Kang Romanus‘s The One Who Carries Abinakhee Has Died in PodCastle is set on a planet covered in oceans where the only habitable land exists on the backs of giant turtles called Great Ones. The story takes place after one of the Great Ones has died, when everyone living in the community on the dead creature’s back must …Read More
Augur 8.3: Review by A.C. Wise
Augur 8.3
Leave Your Skins by the Shore by Natasha King in Augur 8.3 is full of lovely imagery and writing. Blue makes a mutually beneficial deal with the sirens who live just off the shore of their town, feeding them the hunter who comes to kill their young for the bounty in exchange for becoming one of them. Rocky Mountain Gothic by Ev Datsyk is a fairytale-like story …Read More
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New Books Video: Releases of the Week! April 28, 2026
It’s that time once again-Locus is back with a brand-new roundup of standout releases across Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult for April 28, 2026! This week delivers another exciting batch of fresh titles arriving on shelves, and we can’t wait to share them with you. Whether you’re hunting for your next unforgettable read or adding even more books to your ever-growing TBR list, you’re in the perfect spot. …Read More
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John H. Guidry (1944–2026)
John H. Guidry, 81, died March 9, 2026.
John Henry Guidry was born December 15, 1944 in New Orleans LA and attended William Carey College. He created the Edgar Rice Burroughs Amateur Press Association and co-published Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder (2001). In 1988, he was the chair of Nolacon II, the 46th World Science Fiction Convention. He is survived by his sister and his nieces and nephews. …Read More
LA Times Book Prize Winners
The Los Angeles Times has announced the winners of their 46th annual Book Prizes.
Winners of genre interest, and other titles and authors of genre interest in those categories, include:
Science Fiction/Fantasy
- WINNER:Luminous, Silvia Park (Simon & Schuster)
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
- The Death of Mountains, Jordan Kurella (Lethe)
- Death of the Author, Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow)
- Esperance, Adam Oyebanji (DAW)
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New & Notable, April 2026
Anonymous, ed., anOther Nemesis (Meercat Press 2/26) Four notable SF poets – Ai Jiang, Angela Yuriko Smith, Eugen Bacon, and Maxwell I. Gold – offer 55 dark speculative poems linked by four themes (The Colonizers, Primal Sources, Nameless Others, and Crooked Ontologies), with each author offering multiple poems for each, an approach that interrogates the ways cultures, language, information, and the lack therof are used as means …Read More
2026 Ditmar Awards Preliminary Ballot
The preliminary ballot for the 2026 Ditmar Awards for Australian SF has been announced.
Best Novel
- Veil, Jeff Clulow (Third Eye) amazon / bookshop
- Honeyeater, Kathleen Jennings (Tordotcom) amazon / bookshop
- When Dark Waters Burn, Zena Shapter (Midnight Sun) amazon
- The Crimson Road, A.G. Slatter (Titan) amazon / bookshop
- Upon a Starlit Tide, Kell Woods (HarperCollins) amazon / bookshop
Best Novella or Novelette
- Cinder House, Freya Marske …Read More
New Books Video: Releases of the Week! April 21, 2026
It’s that time again, Locus is back with another exciting roundup of standout new releases across the Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult genres! This week brings another fresh wave of incredible new titles slated to hit shelves, and we’re absolutely thrilled to share them with you. Whether you’re searching for your next great read or just looking to grow your TBR pile, you’re in the right place! We …Read More
