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Adventitious Magazine
2 November
Adventitious hopes to be an intelligently mischievous literary magazine for the curious and unclassifiable.
Each bi-monthly digital issue arrives dressed in original artwork, with flash and experimental surprises online between …
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Dani Finn
2 November
Dani Finn (they/them) is a nonbinary fantasy romance author who occasionally writes fantasy without romance as well.
They favor high-steam love stories that crisscross the gender spectrum, from swords and …
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Space Penguin Ink
2 November
Founded in 2022, Space Penguin Ink is a small press games publisher focused on equitable partnerships with creators.
Home of Mothership, Cairn 2e, Troika!, and much more. Space …
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Frogby Shop
2 November
Alexandra Gallant-Lee is an award-winning artist, cartoonist, designer & science communicator based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Alexandra’s work often features colorful art, bold lines and shapes and a focus on nature, …
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The Cybernetic Coven
2 November
The Cybernetic Coven, or CyCo, is an international collective supporting a small group of like-minded artists i pursuit of creative and fulfilling work.
They believe that it is possible, or …
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Faye Stacey
2 October
Faye Stacey is an Ignatz nominated comic artist and illustrator based in Glasgow.
They've coloured for The Phoenix; drawn pages of comics for Magic Torch Comics; been featured in anthologies …
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Wildstar Press
2 October
Founded in 2019 by Akira Brown, Wildstar Press is an indie publishing company to uplift the voices of diverse creatives.
Their personal goal was and still is to spread stories …
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Otava Heikkilä
2 October
Otava Heikkilä (b. 1990) is a visual artist from Tampere, Finland.
He graduated from Tampere University of Applied Sciences’ Fine Art program in 2014 with a focus on writing and …
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Costa Koutsoutis
2 October
Costa Koutsoutis is a writer of weird stuff from horror to crime to fantasy to sci-fi, & even some of it mashed up together.
Costa is the author of stuff like …
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Southerly Literary Magazine
1 October
Southerly is Australia’s oldest literary journal.
The journal of the English Association, Sydney, it was launched in 1939 with works by authors such as AD Hope and Kylie Tennant. It …
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Coeur d'Alene Waters
Recommended by
kevin
Filled with flawed characters, a corrupt police force, bought and manipulated by a wealthy local family; it's a rich background to the main tale of redemption, coming to terms and moving on.
Slow in parts, it is however, a worthwhile read in itself, serving as an insight into the mining communities of the region and their demise as a local industry and employer.
Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2020
Recommended by
sohkamyung
An okay issue, with interesting stories by Essa Hansen, Matthew Hughes, Alex Irvine, Albert E. Cowdrey and Auston Habershaw.
Unquiet on the Eastern Front
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A story told in the form of letters, it tells the tale of an English soldier in Africa and is now there, preparing to lead his soldiers during World War II.
Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/fiction/2025/20250122-UnquietEasternFront.html ].
Saga #1
Recommended by
kevin
Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples, Saga is a beautifully intimate space opera.
It touches on race, religion, conflict, family and love, with a deft hand and imagery that is just sublime.
Proof that Image Comics' creator-owned approach really works. These are the kinds of stories that comics were made for.
Dweller on the Threshold
Recommended by
kevin
Another stunning thriller from Skyla Dawn Cameron.
Personal, gritty, heart-wrenching. Everything you'd expect from the author.
Cameron wraps her stories in a familiar, 'cosy' skin that she peels away page by page to reveal the monster beneath. Her biographical approach
What's in the house? Only what you take with you.
Oh, and Fuck Greg!
Cruel Tide
Recommended by
kevin
Crime fiction is a genre I rarely venture into, but Ruth Sutton's Cumbria-set series may be my gateway.
The story nips along at a nice pace, providing plenty of information while avoiding info-dumps. The characters are likeable in their own ways and the late 60s setting is nicely done, especially the insight into the Cumbrian coastal region of that period.
I can't wait to start the sequel.
The Small Hands of Chokedamp
Recommended by
sohkamyung
My review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/fiction/2024/20240822-SmallHandsChokedamp.html ]
25 Ways To Kill A Werewolf
Recommended by
kevin
A brilliantly modern take on the werewolf slayer trope where a growing, changing character discovers that the real predators are usually the men in her life.
There's much more to this book than how Elkie kills werewolves and works out where they're coming from. Her relationships change, she finds out what she's capable of, not just killing 'furred-up' beasts, but farming, rescuing, growing.
Accessible EPUB 3
Recommended by
danielweck
good read, but more up to date info available at the daisy knowledge base.
The Sea Hates A Coward
Recommended by
kevin
I don't normally like the whole zombie genre.
But what Crowley has done with his undead POV, uprising, mutiny, sea monster, revolutionary, thoughtful treatise on life (then death and then more life) tale is absolutely stunning.
Took a bit of effort to get going, but it's definitely worth sticking with it. A great addition to the New Weird.
Nate Crowley's book put me off scampi for months!
Let's Play White
Recommended by
sakina
Thoughtful collection of tales that stay with you for months afterwards. Beautifully written, sensitively conceived, a series of set ups for injustices, love, and pain with a backdrop of the Black cultural experience in a white-oriented world.
The Inconvenient God
Recommended by
sakina
Fabulous and imaginative story in an unusual setting, with themes of oppression, lost language and spirituality. Reminded me of Terry Pratchett, though very different from his work.
Download your Black Library ebooks before 31st of August
In February 2026, Games Workshop announced that The Black Library ebook and audiobook shop would be taking a “...well-earned rest from the 31st of August”.
Amazon's latest anti-reader change
Amazon’s latest change to their older Kindle devices would be perfectly acceptable, if it wasn’t for the fact that it comes after a long chain of anti-consumer and anti-reader practices.
Collections have launched!
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New DRM-free Bookshops of 2026
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ShortBox Comics Fair 2025 is open!
ShortBox Comics Fair, the innovative digital comics fair showcasing all-new, original comics from artists around the globe, is hitting its fifth year!