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The Mary Sue Book Club, November 2022: Detective Fantasies & Pop-Culture Analysis

By Alyssa Shotwell Nov 2nd
Exclusive Preview: Award-Winning Duo Behind ‘Monstress’ Is Back With Fantasy Horror ‘The Night Eaters’

By Alyssa Shotwell Oct 7th
FIYAH Literary Magazine Awards Excellence in Speculative Fiction at Third Annual Ignyte Awards

By Alyssa Shotwell Sep 19th
FIYAH Literary Magazine Releases Highly-Anticipated List of Ignyte Awards 2022 Nominees

By Alyssa Shotwell Apr 22nd
8+ Science Fiction & Fantasy Books About One of Readers’ Favorite Places: The Library!

By Alyssa Shotwell Apr 19th
Thank You, Ryka Aoki, for Writing My First Five-Star Read of 2022

By Alyssa Shotwell Mar 17th
Here Are All the 2022 SFWA Nebula Award Finalists

By Julia Glassman Mar 10th
Rebecca Roanhorse, Tochi Onyebuchi, And Others Recognized For Fire Fiction at FIYAHCON 2021’s Ignyte Awards

By Alyssa Shotwell Sep 20th
Giveaway: 5 Winners Will Receive 3 Scintillating Summer Reads From Erewhon Books!

By Kaila Hale-Stern Jul 9th
The Mary Sue Book Club, February 2021: Romance, Magic, and Kick-Butt Heroines

By Larissa Irankunda Feb 10th
15 of the Most Anticipated Diverse Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels of 2021

By Larissa Irankunda Jan 27th
Exclusive Excerpt: Escaping Exodus: Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden

By Larissa Irankunda Jan 21st
Our Books, Our Shelves: Art in the Year of Calamities

By Larissa Irankunda Jan 19th
The Mary Sue Book Club January 2021 Edition: Goddesses, Romcoms, and Dazzling Space Operas

By Larissa Irankunda Jan 12th
Our Books, Our Shelves: History Is Quicksand, Stories Are What I’ve Got

By Larissa Irankunda Jan 5th
Crosshairs Confronts the Ways That 2020’s Bigotry Can Spawn a Chillingly Plausible Dystopian Future

By Larissa Irankunda Dec 3rd
7 Books by Native & Indigenous Authors That Breathe New Life Into Speculative Fiction

By Larissa Irankunda Nov 10th
The Lukewarm Appeal of the “Women In Refrigerators” Trope

By Larissa Irankunda Oct 28th
The Mary Sue Book Club September Edition: Magical Fight Club, Queer Love Stories, & Shapeshifting Generational Trauma

By Larissa Irankunda Sep 30th
Octavia Butler Just Hit the NYT Best Seller List for the FIRST Time. Here’s Why That’s a Problem.

By Larissa Irankunda Sep 10th