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Cover of Blood to the True Crown by Sung-il Kim.

Excerpts

Epic Fantasy

Read an Excerpt From Blood to the True Crown by Sung-il Kim

By Sung-il Kim

October 22, 2026

Cover of Scion by James Islington.

Books

book reviews

Technology Overtakes the Future: James Islington’s Scion

By Sasha Bonkowsky

October 22, 2026

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Books

reading recommendations

Publishing Nightmares and Stories of Authorial Woe

By James Davis Nicoll

October 22, 2026

Books

cover reveals

Revealing Rabid Flesh by Peyton June

By Reactor

October 22, 2026

Cover of All the Beastly Things by Eilish Quin.

Excerpts

Science Fiction

Read an Excerpt From All the Beastly Things by Eilish Quin

By Eilish Quin

October 21, 2026

Cover of A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School by Kuzhali Manickavel.

Books

book reviews

Swagger, Heart, and Cosmic Horror: A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School by Kuzhali Manickavel

By Alexis Ong

October 21, 2026

detail from the cover of cover of The Other Shore by Rebecca Campbell

Books

Reading the Weird

The Things We Do For Tenure, Redux: Rebecca Campbell’s “A Hole Cut in the Wall of the World”

By Ruthanna Emrys, Anne M. Pillsworth

October 21, 2026

Cover of The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City by Susanna Clarke.

Books

book reviews

A Small Delight: The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City by Susanna Clarke

By Alex Brown

October 21, 2026

Read Receipts, a Podcast from Reactor Magazine

Books

Read Receipts

Reactor’s Doing a Podcast! Introducing Read Receipts

By Reactor

October 21, 2026

Cover of When Shadows Burn by Vanessa Le.

Excerpts

Young Adult

Read an Excerpt From When Shadows Burn by Vanessa Le

By Vanessa Le

October 20, 2026

Cover of The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson.

Books

book reviews

The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson Deals With America’s Ghosts

By Alex Brown

October 20, 2026

Books

Hidden Gems Book Club

A Haunted Land and a Charming Dead Man: The Adventures of Sindbad by Krúdy Gyula

By Nghi Vo

October 20, 2026

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