Katy Laird’s debut OCCULT ENTERTAINMENT, a Squid Games meets Backrooms horror in which a down-on-her-luck mother competes in a reality TV show where each challenge is a deadly occult ritual, to Troix Jackson at Nightfire, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Kiana Nguyen (world English).
Podium Publishing has secured trade print rights to #1 New York Times bestseller Jim Butcher’s THE LAW, originally released in a limited edition by Subterranean Press. This new edition will pair with the recently released OUT LAW. Taking place after the events of BATTLE GROUND, THE LAW is a novella in the popular Dresden Files series. Kate Runde acquired the rights in negotiation with Jennifer Jackson.
Kirkus: On the Fair Island, the Idaean people live and thrive. A matriarchal society, the Idaeans value close community bonds and peaceful relations with others, including the People, with whom they trade. They engage in the practice of temporarily fostering children from other societies and sending their own off to strengthen alliances. Former bull dancer turner ambassador Iakinthu’s “given” (foster) child, Rhenthizu, goes through an initiation rite and is officially considered an adult man. Rhenthizu’s given-child status wasn’t acquired through […]
Science Magazine: “An instantly arresting premise. The book’s prose is crisp and economical, punctuated by sentences sharp enough to do the work of entire paragraphs.” “[C]aptures the absurdity and menace of its world, where innovation and objectification are inseparable.” “The satire feels especially acute at a time when several of today’s tech elites indulge fantasies of societal collapse and selective, pronatalist futures. The humans here are often monstrous in their entitlement, while the so-called monsters are tenderly, recognizably human.”
Excited to see that both PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells and TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher are part of this amazing line up of Amazon’s Best Science Fiction Fantasy for 2026!
Library Journal: In the midst of the Cold War, Communists threaten the American Dream, but one way that can be circumvented is through the Felicity Complex, an underground bunker designed by a billionaire and (secretly) marketed as a luxury fallout shelter for the elite. The staff of the Felicity Complex are unlike any people one has ever met—perhaps because they’re not really people. Created in a lab, these six attractive forms of ideal femininity will run the complex and be […]
The 2025 Bram Stoker Award winners have been announced and we’re thrilled to see Tananarive Due on the list of winners for the following category! Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction Tananarive Due – “My Long Road to Horror” (Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Fiction, Saga Press)
Congratulations to DMLA authors Thomas Ha and Martha Wells for their 2025 Nebula Award wins! Best Novelette “Uncertain Sons”, by Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons) Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation Murderbot: Season One, by Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz (Apple TV+)
The 2026 Ignyte Award finalists have been announced, and we’re thrilled to see some DMLA names on the list! Outstanding Novel: Adult A Song of Legends Lost – M. H. Ayinde (Saga Press) Outstanding Novelette Uncertain Sons – Thomas Ha (Undertow Publications) The Ember Award (for unsung contributions to genre) Martha Wells
The 2026 Locus Awards have been announced and we’re thrilled to see DMLA author, Thomas Ha won in two categories! SHORT STORY “In My Country“, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 4/25) COLLECTION Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Thomas Ha (Undertow)