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Library Journal: In Khaw’s latest novella, gut-wrenching emotion flows off every page, as readers are introduced to Antigone on the day her black dog of death arrives, enters her home, and makes itself comfortable. Antigone’s family members have a history of understanding when their deaths are coming. When Antigone’s mother knew, eight years ago, she decided to die by suicide. Now living in her mother’s former home and still actively navigating her grief, Antigone helps others with their own ghost […]

Booklist: After the events of the first book in the Kingdom of Oak series (The Last Vigilant, 2025), Hawley, still serving the formidable Enelda Drake, has made a somewhat awkward home for himself in a bustling city where he soon finds himself shielding Enelda from too many visitors, who are eager to see the only living True Vigilant and request her help. Against Hawley’s advice, Enelda takes on a seemingly straightforward case brought to her by a young man who […]

Congratulations to Martha Wells on receiving the 2026 Ember Award for unsung contributions to genre, as presented by FIYAH Literary Magazine’s Ignyte Awards!

Congratulations to Alta Hensley as THEY KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BAD OR GOOD hits #74 on the USA Today bestseller list! There’s no escaping the holiday spirit in this dark, forced-proximity, why choose, Christmas stalker romance, the sequel to Alta Hensley’s New York Times bestselling He Knows When You’re Awake!

Library Journal: Lawyer Gwen Bailey’s nearly inhuman ability to consistently turn in perfect work in practically no time has elevated her to the status of legend at her firm. No one else in the office knows that Gwen uses time travel to get her work done and fix her mistakes. Jumping in the back of any New York City yellow cab, Gwen tells the driver where and when she wants to go, and poof, she’s there. She has never told […]

New York Times Bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells has partnered with Cosmic Lighthouse for a graphic novel adaptation of All Systems Red. All Systems Red by Martha Wells is being officially adapted into a graphic novel by Erica Schultz (Daredevil, Spawn and X-Men) and Gary Erskine (Dan Dare, Hellblazer, Punisher and Wolverine), published by Cosmic Lighthouse, and containing a new Murderbot short story by Martha Wells, exclusive to the graphic novel. Jaime Jones, the artist from the […]

Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning author Thomas Ha’s SONS OF NOD, a novella about a group of boys laboring to build machinery for a reckless corporation on a strange and desolate island, to Avery Davis at Tordotcom, with Ann VanderMeer editing, for publication in fall 2027, by Michael Curry (World English).

Audio rights to Molly Tanzer’s FERRY-LOUPERS, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency, on behalf of Cameron McClure (World English). Audio rights to Elle Madison’s A Legacy of Broken Thrones series, to Julie Constantine at Podium Audio, in a four-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency (NA).

French rights to Rachel Reiss’s SECONDS TO SPARE, to Larousse Jeunesse, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency. German rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells’ WITCH KING and QUEEN DEMON, the first two books in the Rising World trilogy, to Cross Cult, by Sarah Knofius at the Thomas Schlueck Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Ukrainian rights to British Fantasy Award winner Simon […]