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Aster, Alex: Crowntide (Abrams/Amulet 978-1419785719, $24.99, 448pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 12/02/2025)

Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the Lightlark series. Grim and Oro, Isla’s love interests, must forge a reluctant alliance to keep her alive and return her to the realms.

Ballard, Falon: Something Wicked (Penguin Random House/Putnam 978-0593854679,…Read More

The big debut this week is Callie Hart’s Brimstone (Forever, published in a Deluxe Limited Edition ), second in her Fae & Alchemy series followingQuicksilver. The new book ranks #1 or #2 on all four print lists compiled here.

Also debuting: Briar Boleyn’sThe Bond That Burns (Mira, also in a Deluxe Limited Edition ), ranking on three lists.

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This list covers new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen byLocus magazine, focusing on those that publish fiction or reviews and criticism. To submit titles for listing on these pages, please send to Locus Publications, 655 13th St. #100, Oakland CA 94612 or email locus@locusmag.com.

Analog

• Trevor Quachri, ed.
• Vol. 95, Nos 9 & 10, September/October 2025, $9.99 print, bimonthly, 208pp, 14½ x…Read More

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Broadway, Sarah: Queen of the Dead (Angry Robot UK 978-1915998927, $18.99, 288pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 11/25/2025)

Urban fantasy novel. Lou, who can commune with the dead, hides her powers but finds it harder when the Veil between worlds starts to slip and a cult of necromancers moves into her small…Read More

Mona Awad,We Love You, Bunny(Marysue Rucci 9/25) A satirical fantasy novel of dark academia getting critical acclaim, this companion toBunnyfinds the rich-girl Bunnies furious over Samantha’s depiction of them in her novel, so they kidnap her and tell their creepy-sweet side of the story.

Kalynn Bayron,Make Me a Monster(Bloomsbury US 9/25) Mary Shelley’s…Read More

The big debut this week is James Islington’sThe Strength of the Few (Saga), second book in the Hierarchy series, ranking at #1 or #2 on the four print lists compiled here.

Also debuting: Travis Baldree’sBrigands & Breadknives (Tor), third in his Legends & Lattes series, ranking from 5th to 17th on the four print lists.

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The Locus Bestsellers for May include top titles: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US), Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Tor),Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Ballantine), and Critical Role: Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon (Random House Worlds).

HARDCOVERS Months
on list Last
month 1)Katabasis, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US) 1 – 2)Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman (Ace) 8 2 3)Bury Our Bones in…Read More

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Aristeo, Mariposa: Sons of Day and Night (Enclave Escape 979-8886052343, $24.99, 272pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025)

Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Chronicles of Twinsbane series. In the kingdom of Twinsbane, everyone has a doppelgänger their life force is tied to, and this doubles the deaths of a raging plague.…Read More

Just like last week, two books debut on three lists each. First is Danielle L. Jensen’sThe Bridge Kingdom (Deluxe Edition) (Del Rey), a hardcover reprint of a trade paperback from 2024. Second is Jay Kristoff’sEmpire of the Dawn (St. Martin’s), third in his Empire of the Vampire series. Jensen ranks as high as #14 on the Publishers Weekly list, Kristoff as high as #9 on the same…Read More

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Asare, Isis: Afrofuturism Short Stories (Flame Tree Collections UK 978-1835622643, £20.00, 432pp, formats: hardcover, 11/11/2025)

Anthology of afrofuturist short stories, composed of classics and new submissions. Contains 25 illustrations. Introduction by Sandra M. Grayson, foreword by Nisi Shawl. Part of the publisher’s larger series of gothic, classic, and epic tales collections.…Read More

Two books debut on three lists each this week. First is Jasmine Mas’Bonds of Hercules (Canary Street Press), second in a romantasy series based on Greek mythology, ranking as high as #1 atPublishers Weekly. And second is Alix E. Harrow’sThe Everlasting (Tor), a stand-alone fantasy about a lady-knight and a time-traveling historian, ranking as high as #12 atNY Times.

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Ballingrud, Nathan: Cathedral of the Drowned (Tor/Nightfire 978-1250347688, $17.99, 144pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 10/21/2025)

Horror novella, the second in the Lunar Gothic trilogy. Charlie, brain divided in two halves in different places in the solar system, faces a giant centipede called the Bishop on the flooded moon Io. Simultaneous with…Read More

The Locus Bestsellers for May include top titles: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (Tor), The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Tor),Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir (Ballantine), and Critical Role: Tusk Love, Thea Guanzon (Random House Worlds).

HARDCOVERS Months
on list Last
month 1)Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, V.E. Schwab (Tor) 2 3 2)Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt…Read More

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Amara, Brittany:The Bleeding Woods (Amazon/47North 978-1662534102, $16.99, 267pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 10/14/2025)

Horror novel. Clara possesses terrible powers, which accidentally killed her parents and which she keeps contained with pills. Clara, her sister, and some friends go on a road trip, but a man’s waiting for Clara in the…Read More

In new Wing and Claw editions, Rebecca Yarros’sFourth Wing andIron Flame (both Entangled: Red Tower Books) return to the tops of lists atNY Times,USA Today, andPublishers Weekly.

Turnover of new titles debuting on lists has been high this year. This week sees new titles by Alex Aster, Richard Chizmar and W.H. Chizmar, Jordan Stephanie Gray, Lydia Gregovic, Sarah Hawley, T. Kingfisher, Andrzej Sapkowski, and…Read More

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Allen, Mike: Trail of Shadows (Broken Eye Books 978-1940372723, $21.99, 276pp, formats: paperback, 10/07/2025)

Horror novel. College freshman Nathan starts having waking nightmares, heads for the Appalachian trail to escape them, and ends up realizing that he’s some kind of monster himself – with supernatural enemies.

Asaro, Catherine: Gold…Read More

The biggest debut of the year might beAlchemised by SenLinYu (Del Rey), ranking #1 on all four print lists compiled here, and in the top 10 on all three Amazon lists.

Another 8 or 9 titles also debut, several of them fantasy novels in deluxe hardcover editions, including two novels by Rachel Gillig previously published in trade paperback.

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From our friends atAudioFile Magazine,we have the top new fantasy audiobooks for October 2025.

From folklore to dark academia to a Snow White retelling and more, these five fantasy audiobooks will transport you. Stellar narrations enhance all of these works, including the latest from fan-favorite authors Naomi Novik, R.F. Kuang, and T. Kingfisher. These performances set the mood, ramp up the tension, and give voice to the characters.…Read More

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Archer, Kaylee: Witch of the Wolves (St. Martin’s Griffin 978-1250393074, $20.00, 368pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/30/2025)

Fantasy novel. Cordelia, a witch living in secret, learns she’s part of a powerful witch-werewolf bloodline after being kidnapped by handsome werewolf Bishop.

Aster, Alex: Grim and Oro (Abrams/Amulet 978-1419785627, $34.99,…Read More

This list covers new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen byLocus magazine, focusing on those that publish fiction or reviews and criticism. To submit titles for listing on these pages, please send to Locus Publications, 655 13th St. #100, Oakland CA 94612 or email locus@locusmag.com.

Bourbon Penn

• Eric Secker, ed.
• #36, July 2025, $14.99 print/$2.99 digital, triannual, 178pp, 12½ x 20½ cm.
• Weird…Read More

Several big fantasy novels debut this week, notably Samantha Shannon’sAmong the Burning Flowers (Bloomsbury), third in the Roots of Chaos series,
and Hannah Nicole Maehrer’sAssistant to the Villain (Entangled: Red Tower Books). The latter title was published in trade paperback in 2023; this reprint is one of the increasingly common special edition hardcovers with additional artwork and stenciled edges.

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COVER REVEAL: Check out this beautiful, vibrant cover for Jeff Noon’s newest title:Moon Over Brendle, out from Angry Robot next May!

From the publisher:

Magical contemporary fantasy meets fantastical memoir in the new novel from a cult favourite, Jeff Noon.

1968, Lancashire: Joe Sutter is enjoying his last summer before going to secondary school. But this is another world; like ours but very different. Beyond and beside the…Read More

H.E. Edgmon,We Can Never Leave (Wednesday Books 6/25) A traveling caravan, hidden from regular humans, welcomes the amnesic magical creatures who appear across the world every day. When five teenage members of the caravan awaken to find that the other travellers are gone, they struggle to solve the mystery of the disappearance while navigating their own knotted, messy relationships and keeping their own secrets in this young-adult…Read More

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Aoyama, Michiko:The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park (Harlequin/Hanover Square 978-1335016331, $21.99, 256pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/23/2025)

Contemporary story with magical elements. A hippo sculpture in a community park is rumored to heal people’s ailments if touched; five locals going through hard times seek out its benefits. Translated by Takami…Read More

R.F. Kuang’sKatabasis remains among the top four on all four print lists compiled here.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.28 LAT
09.21 USAT
09.14 PW
09.22 Amz
(09.22) UK:
Amz UK
(09.22) Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.22) Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3…Read More

Issue 781 Table of Contents, February 2026

Bryan Fuller’s debut film,Dust Bunny, is a highly stylish (or stylized) family horror* with lots of flashy visuals, humor, and a monster under the bed. After a monster eats both of her parents, a young girl named Aurora (Sophie Sloan) tries to hire her across-the-hall neighbor to kill it (this is Mads Mikkelsen, who refers to himself throughout the movie as Resident 5 but is credited as…Read More

Issue 780 Table of Contents, January 2026

Issue 779 Table of Contents, December 2025

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Issue 777 Table of Contents, October 2025

Crises precipitate change. Before Russia’s despicable invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s transition to zero carbon energy lagged a decade behind schedule. Three years later, Europe has surged well over a decadeaheadof schedule in their solar transition, and the process is only accelerating. It turns out that all the intractable obstacles to rapid, total technological transition just melt away when you’re shivering in the dark thanks to the aggression of…Read More