Skyward Inn, within the high walls of the Western Protectorate, is a place of safety, where people come together to tell stories of the time before the war with Qita. But safety from what? Qita surrendered without complaint when Earth invaded and innkeepers Jem and Isley, veterans from either side, have regrets but few scars.
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The last moon-based interstellar colony ship is down to its final batch of humans after the robots in charge unhelpfully deleted the rest in James Breakwell’s The Chosen Twleve. But rebooting a species and training them for the arduous task of colonisation isn’t easy – especially when the planet below is filled with killer super-intelligent
Constance Verity saves the world, alot. In fact, she’s been saving it since she was seven and her adventures are continuing in A. Lee Martinez’s Constance Verity trilogy, which is soon to be a major motion picture starring actress/comedian Awkwafina (Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings). To celebrate the publication of book one
Twin Peaks went from being the biggest show on TV to cancelled obscurity within just over a year. Buoyed by a huge central mystery that essentially carried the momentum of the entire story – the nasty death of high school prom queen Laura Palmer and the way it affected the entire cast of characters within
Demon follows Scott King, whose podcast is investigating the 1995 cold case of a demon possession where a 12-year-old boy was murdered in cold blood by two children. Demon, book six in Matt Wesolowski’s chilling, award-winning Six Stories series, is released TODAY, and to celebrate, we’re giving away two copies! But first, here is the
I’m a survivor, and by ‘survivor’ I mean coward. I’ve never found a danger I couldn’t avoid. I’m an author, not a stuntman. Insert your best Leonard McCoy impression here. My favorite way to deal with danger is to make it up and then inflict it on some poor unsuspecting soul (preferably someone who doesn’t
After absolutely obliterating its Kickstarter campaign, Classic Monsters Unleashed, an anthology celebrating famous monsters, is out on general release this summer, and to celebrate we’re exclusively unveiling its stunning cover (above) PLUS we reveal the book’s table of contents! Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Headless Horseman, the
Science fiction paperbacks exploded over the Fourties and Fifties literary landscape with the force of an alien gamma bomb and now a brand new book from Rian Hughes (The Black Locomotive) could be published which explores these pieces of classic SF history. Named Rayguns And Rocketships, the book explores titles such as Rodent Mutation!, Beyond
As a massive fan of gothic horror both in fiction and film, it’s a tough question to answer when asked to choose my top few. Considering gothic horror fiction has existed in one form or another for 250 years since Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto, there’s a lot to choose from. Horror film is
Out next summer, Emmi Itäranta’s The Moonday Letters is sci-fi mystery and LGBTQIA love story set across Earth and Mars and we’re delighted to exclusively reveal its cover (above) AND give SciFiNow readers a sneak peek into the novel with an exclusive excerpt! The Moonday Letters follows Lumi, an Earth-born healer whose Mars-born spouse Sol
If something is supernatural, you can pretty much just hand it over to me immediately because I love paranormal worlds. I’m pretty ride-or-die about my favourite paranormal romance or fantasy books, but that’s not the only place I love to find sexy vampires and witches. Here are my top five sexy vampires and witches in
Exploring the origins of Judge Dredd’s dystopian police state, Dreadnoughts also provides chilling insight into our own historical moment. Now you can find out the horror story of a descent into fascism and the beginnings of the world of Judge Dredd as the first collection from the comic book series Dreadnoughts – Breaking Ground is
We have an exclusive sneak peek of a lush historical adventure that’s equal parts Gothic horror as it is a tale of lost love. The Gift: Eleanor is the first in a new trilogy that takes you from the Titanic to the trenches of WWI, and Honduran shipwrecks to ancient crypts in the heart of
Witches, murder and werewolves anyone? Lindy Ryan’s Throw Me To The Wolves has it all! We have to wait until next May to get our hands on the book but we’re giving you a first look by revealing the cover and publishing an exclusive extract right here. First, here is the official synopsis for Throw
Epic Fantasy was something I devoured as a teen and adult. I had read a lot of mythology books, and for me fantasy was an extension of that, creating your own mythology, as it were. It’s still my favourite sub-genre, and I’ve been lucky enough to write myself in that genre. Having said that, I
The new warm fantasy Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune has just been released and to celebrate, we’re giving away three copies of the book! Welcome to Charon’s Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh and the dead are just passing through. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own
Out next year, Stephanie Garber’s Together We Burn is set in a gloriously vivid and imaginative world and has a gloriously vivid and imaginative cover to go with it, which we’re delighted to reveal! Together We Burn tells the story of 18-year-old Zarela Zalvidar, who is a talented flamenco dancer and daughter of the most
1. Hocus Pocus: I Put a Spell on You The Sanderson Sisters (Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker) are back after three hundred years to wreak havoc on Salem. They take a break in the middle of their mayhem to belt out a tune that keeps partygoers dancing till dawn. With resurrected corpses,
Ropa and co will be back in 2022 to uncover mysteries (and, of course, talk to the dead) for the next book in T. L. Huchu’s Edinburgh Nights series Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments. We revealed the cover for book one, The Library Of The Dead last year and now we’re revealing the spellbinding cover
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami has written many bestselling books and his 2002 fantasy Kafka On The Shore is one of the most successful, winning the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2006 after it was translated into English in 2005. Now Kafka On The Shore is getting The Folio Society treatment with a brand new
We think this cover belongs in a frame! Out next year, Under Her Skin features the best in never-before-published dark verse and lyrical prose from the voices of Women in Horror and we’re revealing its amazing cover by horror artist Lynne Hansen above. This book of poems and prose poetry was written by women (cis
Author: Walter Goodwater Publisher: Solaris Price: £14.99 (hardback) Red Valley, California has always been a little different. Not only does its inhabitants tend to err towards the strange and supernatural, but it has its very own house that likes to disappear and its King, well, he says he protects the town but people are too
Set in the small town of Red Valley, California, where you follow the rules if you want to stay alive, The Liar Of Red Valley follows Sadie who has unexpectedly become the Liar: the keeper and maker of Red Valley’s many secrets. In a town like this, friendships are hard-won and bad blood lasts generations,
Now in its 35th year, the Arthur C. Clarke Award is the UK’s most prestigious prize for science fiction literature and the winner for this year’s award has been announced! In lieu of a physical event this year, the winner was announced on Radio 4’s Front Row on Monday 27 September to be… The Animals
To read or not to read? Well, that’s no question when it comes to William Shakespeare’s Avengers: The Complete Works. Ian Doescher, (the New York Times best-selling author of the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars® series), has reimagined Marvel’s The Avengers Cinematic Universe as plays penned by the Bard himself and we have TWO copies to
Imagine how good this would look on your coffee table! Out this December, Space: 1999 Moonbase Alpha Technical Operations Manual is the ultimate in-world guide to all things Moonbase Alpha and we have TWO copies to give away! Check out this sneak peek into the book with our gallery here… Created by Gerry Anderson (Thunderbirds,
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation is set to be rediscovered as his notoriously unfilmable space opera is adapted by David S Goyer for a new Apple+ TV series, so now is the perfect time to say hello to Hari Seldon with The Folio Society’s trilogy box set. Drawing on contemporary politics, ancient history and mathematics, Isaac Asimov’s
The Offset is set in a dystopian future where climate control and humanity’s attempts at combatting it have left the world in a barren state. Due to severe overpopulation, procreating is now strictly forbidden. Those who do give birth must make the ultimate sacrifice for their offspring – and it’s their child who has to
Merciless vampire kings, a marriage of convenience and assassination attempts… Scarlett St Clair’s upcoming King Of Battle And Blood looks like it has it all! For those who can’t wait for its November release date, we are not only exclusively revealing its stunning UK cover above, we are also publishing the first chapter of the
After successfully launching the $30 version of Nick Percival’s NFT-only graphic novel Bloodlines Vol. 1 last month, the date is now set for the auction of the Extended Directors Cut. So mark down 23 September in your calendars folks because this is the big one! Watch the trailer for Bloodlines here and find out more about
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