The October 2026 Locus magazine, issue #789, has interviews with Stephen King, Tananarive Due, and Paul Tremblay. The issue includes a feature on horror with spotlights by K. Ancrum, K-Ming Chang, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Golden, Micaiah Johnson, Keith Rosson, and Lisa Wood; commentary by Maurice Broaddus & Dr. Chesya Burke, Cassandra Khaw, and Lisa Wood; and a review by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro. LAcon V, Worldcon 2026 is covered with an extensive report and photos, the Hugo voting breakdown, and a WSFS business meeting report. News includes the Hugo Awards winners, Nancy Kress’s induction as a SFWA Grand Master, the Dragon Awards winners, and more. David Kopaska-Merkel is remembered with an obituary. Reviews include new titles by Annalee Newitz, Nghi Vo, Daryl Gregory, Freya Marske, Seth Haddon, Allan Kaster (ed.), Becky Chambers, Max Dosser, Claire North, Jonathan Strahan (ed.), Tananarive Due, Matt Hill, Haralambi Markov, Robert G. Penner, Naomi Alderman, Kuzhali Manickavel, Karen Lord, Margrét Helgadóttir (ed.), Adam Roberts, Caskey Russell, Shaun Tan, Sophia Hannah, H.G. Parry, Catherine Cavendish, Sean David Robinson, Hannah Whitten, Kim Boyhun (translated by Archana Madhavan), Kim Bo-Young (translated by Sophie Bowman), Cassandra Khaw, Adam Cesare, Neal Stephenson, K. Ancrum, Morgan Thomas, Wole Talabi and others.

Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 29

Reliquary, Hannah Whitten; Mothersucker, Kim Boyhun, tr. Archana Madhavan; A Plagued Sea, Kim Bo-Young, tr. Sophie Bowman; Find Me Where It Ends, Cassandra Khaw; Clown in a Cornfield 4: Lights! Camera! Frendo!, Adam Cesare.

Reviews by DIVERS HANDS: JOANNE ANDERTON, ALEX BROWN, ADRIENNE MARTINI, ADAM ROBERTS / 30

D: Heavy Water, Neal Stephenson; Adam, Mine., K. Ancrum; Mad Eden, Morgan Thomas; The Fist of Memory, Wole Talabi.

Alderman, Naomi • The Strangers (Abigail Nussbaum)
Ancrum, K. • Adam, Mine. (Alex Brown)
Boyhun, Kim • Mothersucker (Gabino Iglesias)
Bo-Young, Kim • A Plagued Sea (Gabino Iglesias)
Cavendish, Catherine • Ghosts of Chanterlands (Colleen Mondor)
Cesare, Adam • Clown in a Cornfield 4: Lights! Camera! Frendo! (Gabino Iglesias)
Chambers, Becky • As You Wake, Break the Shell (Alexandra Pierce)
DK • A History of Horror, Fear, and the Uncanny (Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)
Dosser, Max • Nostalgic Futures: The Reactionary Fantasies of Speculative Fiction Fandoms (Alexandra Pierce)
Due, Tananarive • Mazywood (Ian Mond)
Gregory, Daryl • The Porcelain Sisters (Gary K. Wolfe)
Haddon, Seth • Null Entity (Alexandra Pierce)
Hannah, Sophia • We Were Never Here (Colleen Mondor)
Helgad ttir, Margr t, ed. • Nordic Nightmares (Niall Harrison)
Hill, Matt • Wrecks (Ian Mond)
Kaster, Allan, ed. • The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 10 (Alexandra Pierce)
Khaw, Cassandra • Find Me Where It Ends (Gabino Iglesias)
Lord, Karen • The Angel at the Gates (Niall Harrison)
Manickavel, Kuzhali • A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School (Abigail Nussbaum)
Markov, Haralambi • The Language of Knives: Stories (Ian Mond)
Marske, Freya • Bodies of Magic (Alexandra Pierce)
Newitz, Annalee • A Wall Is Also a Road (Gary K. Wolfe)
North, Claire • As We Fall Through Time (Alexandra Pierce)
Parry, H. G. • The Witch Below Dreaming Wood (Colleen Mondor)
Penner, Robert G. • Notes on a Colonial Situation in Hell (Abigail Nussbaum)
Roberts, Adam • Frankenstein Rex (Niall Harrison)
Robinson, Sean David • The Door in Penrose Forest (Colleen Mondor)
Russell, Caskey • The Eagle in the Mountain (Niall Harrison)
Stephenson, Neal • D: Heavy Water (Joanne Anderton)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Revolution in the Heart (Alexandra Pierce)
Talabi, Wole • The Fist of Memory (Adam Roberts)
Tan, Shaun • Hometown (Colleen Mondor)
Thomas, Morgan • Mad Eden (Adrienne Martini)
Vo, Nghi • The Scarlet Ball (Gary K. Wolfe)
Whitten, Hannah • Reliquary (Gabino Iglesias)

The September 2026 Locus magazine, issue #788, has interviews with Garth Nix and James Islington, a spotlight on Dmitri Lincoln Mehlhorn & Archipelago of Light, and a spotlight on artist Tithi Luadthong AKA Grandfailure. The Fall Titles section includes reviewers’ seasonal picks, US and UK forthcoming books, a spotlight on Chinelo Onwualu, and commentary from Claire North, Tricia Narwani, and Yoon Ha Lee. John Crowley and Dave Nee are remembered with obituaries and appreciations. News includes the 2026 World Fantasy Awards ballot, the Dragon Awards ballot, E.J. Swift’s 40th Anniversary Clarke Award win, Anthropic settlement updates, a report on GenCon, and much more. This month’s commentary by Cory Doctorow is entitled “Technopolitics”. Reviews include new titles by Alix E. Harrow, Jonathan Strahan (ed.), Ahmad Nabil, Jacqueline West, Zoulfa Katouh, Sarah Beth Durst, Melissa Albert, China Miéville, Jaclyn Moriarty, Emma Glass, Huang Chong-Kai (translated by Jeremy Tiang), Hernan Diaz, Emily St. John Mandel, Kurt Andersen, Anne Charnock, Max Dosser, Alma Katsu, Jessica Alexander, Liam Higginson, Alex Grecian, Mason Coile, David Demchuk, Josh Malerman, Amal Singh, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Becky Chambers, and others.

Reviews by NIALL HARRISON / 22

The Formosa Exchange, Huang Chong-Kai, tr. Jeremy Tiang; Ply, Hernan Diaz; Exit Party, Emily St. John Mandel; The Breakup, Kurt Andersen; Alston Moor, Anne Charnock.

Reviews by JOANNE ANDERTON / 24

Nostalgic Futures, Max Dosser; Incarnate, Alma Katsu; Agnes, We’re Not Murderers!, Jessica Alexander.

Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 25

The Hill in the Dark Grove, Liam Higginson; The Boatman, Alex Grecian; Driven, Mason Coile; Red X, David Demchuk; Pictures of You, Josh Malerman.

Reviews by DIVERS HANDS: MARIA HASKINS, MAYA C. JAMES, RUSSELL LETSON, ADRIENNE MARTINI / 27

Slow Burn, Amal Singh; Vaster Than Empires, Jonathan Strahan ed.; Engines of Reason, Adrian Tchaikovsky; As You Wake, Break the Shell, Becky Chambers.

Albert, Melissa • The Children (Colleen Mondor)
Alexander, Jessica • Agnes, We’re Not Murderers! (Joanne Anderton)
Andersen, Kurt • The Breakup (Niall Harrison)
Chambers, Becky • As You Wake, Break the Shell (Adrienne Martini)
Charnock, Anne • Alston Moor (Niall Harrison)
Chong-Kai, Huang • The Formosa Exchange (Niall Harrison)
Coile, Mason • Driven (Gabino Iglesias)
Demchuk, David • Red X (Gabino Iglesias)
Diaz, Hernan • Ply (Niall Harrison)
Dosser, Max • Nostalgic Futures (Joanne Anderton)
Durst, Sarah Beth • Sea of Charms (Colleen Mondor)
Glass, Emma • Mrs. Jekyll (Ian Mond)
Grecian, Alex • The Boatman (Gabino Iglesias)
Harrow, Alix E. • The Slantwise Histories (Gary K. Wolfe)
Higginson, Liam • The Hill in the Dark Grove (Gabino Iglesias)
Katouh, Zoulfa • The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue (Colleen Mondor)
Katsu, Alma • Incarnate (Joanne Anderton)
Malerman, Josh • Pictures of You (Gabino Iglesias)
Mandel, Emily St. John • Exit Party (Niall Harrison)
Mi ville, China • The Rouse (Ian Mond)
Moriarty, Jaclyn • Time Travel for Beginners (Ian Mond)
Nabil, Ahmad • Hidden Companions (Colleen Mondor)
Singh, Amal • Slow Burn (Maria Haskins)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Revolution in the Heart (Gary K. Wolfe)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • The Book of the Dead (Gary K. Wolfe)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Vaster Than Empires (Maya C. James)
Tchaikovsky, Adrian • Engines of Reason (Russell Letson)
West, Jacqueline • Black Point (Colleen Mondor)

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The August 2026 Locus magazine, issue #787, has interviews with Chloe Gong and James Patrick Kelly, and a spotlight on authors Anand Gandhi & Zain Memon and the Maya Universe. News covers the Shirley Jackson Awards winners, the Profile Books acquisition of Solaris, new imprint Pink Beam Press, the Future Worlds prize winners, S&S’s relaunch of Pocket Books, the relaunch of Starlog Magazine with a podcast, and much more. Reports include Westercon78/BayCon 42, Readercon 35, MetropolCon/Eurocon, RichmondCon, and the 2026 Locus Survey results. Obituaries remember R.S. Belcher, Mark J. McGarry, Dafydd Ab Hugh, Russell Kirkpatrick, Robin Johnson, and Katharine T. Carroll. Reviews cover new works by Jaclyn Moriarty, Peter Watts, Cadwell Turnbull, J.P. Lacrampe, Keely Jobe, Deb Olin Unferth, August Clarke, Robert Jackson Bennett, Frances Hardinge, A.D. Sui, Miles Cameron, Yoon Ha Lee, Aimee Pokwatka, Meg Elison, Mónica Ojeda translated by Sarah Booker, Wendy Waring, Richard Swan, Keala Kendall, Cale Plett, Jillian Laine, Farah Naz Rishi, Kristin O’Donnell Tubb, Tessa Yang, Christopher Golden, Paul Tremblay, Gabrielle Sher, Eugen Bacon, Ursula K. Le Guin, David M. Brinley & Amanda T. Zehnder (eds.), Jeffrey Alan Love; John Jos. Miller & Kevin Andrew Murphy, Stephen King, and others.

Reviews by ALEXANDRA PIERCE / 18

Our Infinite and Inevitable Ends, A.D. Sui; Whalesong, Miles Cameron; Code and Codex, Yoon Ha Lee; Accumulation, Aimee Pokwatka.

Reviews by NIALL HARRISON / 20

Foundling Fathers, Meg Elison; Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun, Mónica Ojeda, tr. Sarah Booker; The Hunger of Those Who Built It, Wendy Waring; The Infinite State, Richard Swan.

Reviews by ALEX BROWN / 22

Japanese Gothic, Kylie Lee Baker; The Tapestry of Fate, Shannon Chakraborty.

Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 24

Carry Me to My Grave, Christopher Golden; Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, Paul Tremblay; Odessa, Gabrielle Sher.

Reviews by VANESSA FOGG / 25

Crimson in Quietus, Eugen Bacon.

Reviews by KAREN HABER / 27

Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats, Ursula K. Le Guin; Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection, David M. Brinley & Amanda T. Zehnder, eds.; The Last Battle at the End of the World, Jeffrey Alan Love; SHORT TAKES: The Forest of a Thousand Eyes, Frances Hardinge; George R.R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Ante Up, John Jos. Miller & Kevin Andrew Murphy; Hansel and Gretel, Stephen King.

Bacon, Eugen • Crimson in Quietus (Vanessa Fogg)
Bennett, Robert Jackson • A Trade of Blood (Abigail Nussbaum)
Brinley, David M., & Amanda T. Zehner, eds. • Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection (Karen Haber)
Cameron, Miles • Whalesong (Alexandra Pierce)
Clarke, August • The Felicity Complex (Abigail Nussbaum)
Elison, Meg • Foundling Fathers (Niall Harrison)
Golden, Christopher • Carry Me to My Grave (Gabino Iglesias)
Hardinge, Frances • The Forest of a Thousand Eyes (Karen Haber)
Hardinge, Frances • Traitors’ Nest (Abigail Nussbaum)
Jobe, Keely • The Endling (Ian Mond)
Kendall, Keala • That Which Feeds Us (Alex Brown)
King, Stephen, illustrated by Maurice Sendak • Hansel and Gretel (Karen Haber)
Lacrampe, J. P. • Valet (Ian Mond)
Laine, Jillian • Henry Tudor Must Die (Colleen Mondor)
Le Guin, Ursula K. • Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats (Karen Haber)
Lee, Yoon Ha • Code and Codex (Alexandra Pierce)
Love, Jeffrey Alan • The Last Battle at the End of the World (Karen Haber)
Miller, John Jos., & Kevin Andrew Murphy • George R.R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Ante Up (Karen Haber)
Moriarty, Jaclyn • Time Travel for Beginners (Gary K. Wolfe)
Ojeda, M nica • Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun (Niall Harrison)
Plett, Cale • The Saw Mouth (Alex Brown)
Pokwatka, Aimee • Accumulation (Alexandra Pierce)
Rishi, Farah Naz • Lovestruck (Colleen Mondor)
Sher, Gabrielle • Odessa (Gabino Iglesias)
Sui, A. D. • Our Infinite and Inevitable Ends (Alexandra Pierce)
Swan, Richard • The Infinite State (Niall Harrison)
Tremblay, Paul • Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep (Gabino Iglesias)
Tubb, Kristin O’Donnell • The Spiritualists (Colleen Mondor)
Turnbull, Cadwell • All the Hidden Places (Gary K. Wolfe)
Unferth, Deb Olin • Earth 7 (Ian Mond)
Waring, Wendy • The Hunger of Those Who Built It (Niall Harrison)
Watts, Peter • Fold Catastrophes (Gary K. Wolfe)
Yang, Tessa • The Jellyfish Problem (Colleen Mondor)Science Fiction and Fantasy (Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)