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Sienna Eggler
4 April
Sienna Eggler is a Black, queer, neurodivergent author of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, sci-fi, and horror.
Sienna is the author of Fluid Bonding and other sapphic novellas, short stories, and …
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Patrick Samphire
1 April
Patrick Samphire is a fantasy author who now lives in Wales with his wife, the awesome writer Stephanie Burgis, their son and daughter, and their cat, Pebbles.
He has lived …
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Goats Flying Press
1 April
Goats Flying Press is an independent comic book publisher located in Brooklyn, NY.
Founder and Publisher Sebastian Girner has worked in comics, both as an editor and writer since 2008, …
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Eve Greenwood
1 April
Eve Greenwood (they/he), a queer Scot who is passionate about languages, real and fake.
They write, draw, edit, letter, promote, and publish comics of all kinds through various projects, including …
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Ashe Armstrong
1 April
Weird Western / Fantasy author Ashe Armstrong grew up on a steady diet of late 80s and early 90s cartoons, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Goosebumps, and the …
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Black Coat Press
1 April
Black Coat Press was founded in 2003 by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier as a logical development in their desire to bring out the best of French popular culture into the …
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Metatron Press
1 April
Metatron Press is a multi-award-winning literary publisher based in Montréal, Quebec that specializes in publishing unique and captivating books of poetry, fiction, and hybrid texts by rising authors as well …
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Devyn Kenndy
1 April
Devyn Kenndy is a nonbinary author and chef.
They write sci-fi, fantasy, and horror that focus on queer characters, community, and how our past haunts and affects us.
Devyn's books …
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Wild Hunt Books
1 April
Wild Hunt Books is an independent publisher founded in South London in 2020.
Wild Hunt focus on books by new and emerging writers, alongside established authors. Their mission is to …
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Tab Creations
1 April
Tab Creations is a developer and publisher of roleplaying and card games.
Their work includes the award-winning Shadows Over Sol, Age of Ambition, Against the Dark Yogi and …
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Babylon Steel

Recommended by
kevin
Gaie Sebold has created such a rich universe of worlds and characters in her Babylon Steel novels, that you can't help finding something to enjoy.
For me the two books have been a complete blast and I can't wait for the third... when it arrives.
They are FUN! That's not to say there's no emotion, pathos, danger and risk in them. Not at all.
An absolute riot of multi-world fantasy fiction.

The Outskirter's Secret

Recommended by
kevin
The amazing second book in what is, so far, an outstanding fantasy series.
The Outskirter's Secret expands on the concepts in the first book, but takes us out of the relative safety of the Inner Lands and into the wilderness of the Outskirts.
I can't believe I've only just started reading this series and am already on the third book.
Still a MUST READ.

INTERZONE #283 (SEP-OCT 2019)

Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue, with interesting stories by Fiona Moore, David Cleden and Dustin Blair Steinacker.

Daughter of the Sun

Recommended by
sapphiction
Oh, wow, this is an enjoyable read. I literally couldn't put it down. It stole my whole day.
It has gripping plot. The characters are lovable. It has a good amount of humor. Also, a lot of rich world building.
The second I finished it I was bummed out because it was over. I wanted to read it again immediately.

Jaran

Recommended by
kevin
A beautiful, contemplative journey.
It's hard to slot Jaran into a genre. It's been called "anthropological science fiction", and that kind of fits. But it doesn't cover the ideas of wonder, nature, culture and love, found with a new people on a new world.
If you liked Rosemarie Kirstein's Steerswoman series, Jaran let's you explore and fall in love with another way of life all over again.

INTERZONE #286 (MAR-APR 2020)

Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue with stories that appear to be linked by featuring characters with psychological issues facing various uncertain futures.

Fermi's Progress 4: The Phone Job

Recommended by
kevin
The Phone Job continues the journey we're all on together, and concludes it in the most space opera way possible. Not only with a bang, but with hope.
Fermi's Progress is a collection of novellas that read like Red Dwarf meets DS9, crashes into Blake's Seven, by way of every single Gerry Anderson series, and a whole lot of Space 1999.
This is great science fiction you'll love.

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 209

Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue, with interesting stories by Zohar Jacobs and Yang Wanqing. Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/Clarkesworld/20240209-Clarkesworld209.html ].

Sunshine

Recommended by
aa5an
Well that took a long time! It is wordy book, and I do not normally enjoy wordy books, but I did enjoy this one. I tried recently to re-read King's "It" but god is it wordy. This is wordy in a different way, you're in the head of the strong female lead, who has her flaws and anxieties and her inner monologue reflects this. It's about vampires and I'm sad that it's a standalone effort.

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2022

Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue with interesting stories by C. B. Blanchard, Karim Kattan, Lucas X. Wiseman, Remi Martin, with an interesting story by Douglas Schwarz involving the paintings in the Lascaux caves.
Full review at [ https://bookwyrm.social/user/sohkamyung/review/351566/s/an-average-issue-with-an-especially-interesting-story-by-douglas-schwarz-involving-the-paintings-in-the-lascaux-caves ]

The Fury of Blacky Jaguar

Recommended by
sakina
Noir-with-a-vengeance, this story drags you round downtown NYC, giving you tonnes of action, gratuitous violence and guns, in return for a 2-hour read. Tightly written, well described, and leaves you breathless.

The Tea Master and the Detective

Recommended by
kevin
This wonderfully crafted novella was my introduction to Aliette's work, and what a first impression!
The story references Conan Doyle's Holmes and Watson while showing the utmost respect to the work. You could almost call it a wonderful sci-fi character analysis of A Study in Scarlet.
A beautiful science fiction tale. And a must read for any fans of science fiction or Sherlock Holmes.

Store your Kindle AZW3 ebooks with Libreture
Have you downloaded all your Kindle ebooks and are wondering where and how to keep them safe? Libreture now supports your Kindle AZW3 ebook files!

Update on the new Collections feature
Collections are coming soon! A neat new way to organise all your digital reading and display your library just the way you want.

Amazon is removing your ability to download and keep your ebooks
Say goodbye to sideloading your Kindle ebooks! If you haven't downloaded your Kindle ebooks by the 26th of February, you'll never be able to use them on another device again.

DRM-free Bookshop of the Month from The Digital Reader
Discover Libreture's collection of DRM-free bookshops with the help of Ofori, the Digital Reader.

DC comes to GlobalComix
Huge news for comic fans, as one of the largest comic publishers, DC, bring their titles to the digital comic distribution platform, GlobalComix.

Do we really own our ebooks?
A recent video by author and editor Kristin McTiernan about her experience of switching from a Kindle to a Kobo ereader caught a lot of attention, and highlighted why buying DRM-free ebooks is so important.