Donald Maass Literary Agency

Congratulations to our DMLA authors on the 2021 Locus Recommended Reading List!

Novels – Science Fiction

• The Second Shooter, Nick Mamatas (Solaris)
• Noor, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
• Perhaps The Stars, Ada Palmer (Tor; Ad Astra)

Novels – Fantasy

• Soulstar, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
• The Mask of Mirrors, M.A. Carrick (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Novels – Horror

• A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
• The Death of Jane Lawrence, Caitlin Starling (St. Martin’s)

Young Adult Novels

• A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)

First Novels

• Machinehood, S.B. Divya (Saga)
• Star Eater, Kerstin Hall (Tordotcom)
• The All-Consuming World, Cassandra Khaw (Erewhon)

Illustrated and Art Books

• After the Rain, Nnedi Okorafor, adapted by John Jennings, art by David Brame (Abrams ComicArts/Megascope)

Novellas

• A Blessing of Unicorns, Elizabeth Bear (Audible Originals 10/20; Asimov’s 9-10/21)
• And What Can We Offer You Tonight?, Premee Mohamed (Neon Hemlock)
• The Annual Migration of Clouds, Premee Mohamed (ECW)
• Remote Control, Nnedi Okorafor (Tordotcom)
• The Necessity of Stars, E. Catherine Tobler (Neon Hemlock)
• Fugitive Telemetry, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

Novelettes

• “The Red Mother”, Elizabeth Bear (Tor.com 6/23/21)
• “Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story”, Nalo Hopkinson (F&SF 11-12/21)
• “The Black Pages”, Nnedi Okorafor (Black Stars)
• “Music of the Siphorophenes”, C.L. Polk (F&SF 3-4/21)
• “In the Garden of Ibn Ghazi”, Molly Tanzer (F&SF 3-4/21)

Short Stories

• “The Wishing Pool”, Tananarive Due (Uncanny 7-8/21)
• “Clap Back”, Nalo Hopkinson (Black Stars)
• “Proof by Induction”, José Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny 5-6/21)
• “Love, That Hungry Thing”, Cassandra Khaw (Apex 1/21)
• “Laughter Among the Trees”, Suzan Palumbo (The Dark 2/21)
• “Of Claw and Bone”, Suzan Palumbo (The Dark 5/21)