Author of THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS Premee Mohamed’s NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US, their first collection of short fiction, to Michael Kelly at Undertow Publications, for publication in May 2023, by Michael Curry
Apr 062022
April 6, 2022
Mar 302022
Nebula Award-nominated author Premee Mohamed’s WE SPOKE THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN and THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES, two novellas continuing the stories of Reid and Henryk from THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS, to Jen Albert at ECW Press for publication in 2023 and 2024 by Michael Curry.
March 30, 2022
Mar 232022
Publishers Weekly: Mohamed’s stunning finale to her Beneath the Rising cosmic-horror trilogy (after A Broken Darkness) reunites readers with Nick Prasad following the implosion of his former friend Joanna “Johnny” Chambers’s last-ditch plan to save the Earth from the Ancient Ones. Thrown through dimensions, Nick lands on a faraway planet that did not resist the Ancient Ones’ dominion, where he’s treated as a divinely ordained prophet. Then the planet’s royals capture a strange chimeric creature trying to steal information from their archives—and it turns out to be Johnny, or most of her. She abducts Nick to help her execute her most ambitious plan yet: to release the Elder Gods that the Ancient Ones overthrew and imprisoned in hopes these old enemies will destroy each other. Can Nick trust Johnny’s unparalleled genius and magic to defeat the Ancient Ones at last, while knowing that in the wrong hands, she’s a weapon powerful enough to cause the destruction of every dimension left? Mohamed sends her characters careening through a multiverse of astonishing worlds, all lushly described and often unforgettably creepy, and holds them together with an intricate plot and gripping emotional tension. It’s a mind-bending and thoroughly satisfying conclusion to a truly singular series.
March 23, 2022
Mar 162022
Best Book for Young Readers
A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
March 16, 2022
Mar 112022
Congratulations to all our DMLA authors who have been chosen as 2021 Nebula Award Nominees!
Nebula Award for Novel
- Machinehood, S.B. Divya (Saga)
Nebula Award for Novella
- And What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed (Neon Hemlock)
- The Necessity of Stars, E. Catherine Tobler (Neon Hemlock)
Nebula Award for Short Story
- “Proof by Induction”, José Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny 5–6/21)
- “Laughter Among the Trees”, Suzan Palumbo (The Dark 2/21)
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
- A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
“Author Martha Wells graciously declined her nomination as a novella finalist this year for Fugitive Telemetry: Murderbot Diaries, Book 6, published by Tordotcom. Wells felt that the Murderbot Diaries series has already received incredible praise from her industry peers and wanted to open the floor to highlight other works within the community.”
March 11, 2022
Mar 032022
Congratulations to Cassandra Khaw for her inclusion in the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot. NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH was chosen in the Superior Achievement in Long Fiction.
March 3, 2022
Feb 282022
French rights to Sturgeon Award finalist Vajra Chandrasekera’s THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS, to Bragelonne, by Megan Husain at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry.
Russian rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir’s NONA THE NINTH, the third book in the Locked Tomb series, to Eksmo, by Alexander Korzhenevski at Alexander Korzhenevski Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
Turkish rights to Nebula and Hugo Award winner Martha Wells’ FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, the sixth installment in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, to Ithaki, by Merve Öngen at ONK Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
February 28, 2022
Feb 042022
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)
February 4, 2022
Jan 262022
January 26, 2022
Jan 072022
Locus: I’ve seen Darcie Little Badger’s A Snake Falls to Earth described as young-adult fantasy and young-adult science fiction, but it’s really young-adult Indigenous futurism.
In a novel full of remarkable things, one of the most remarkable is the narrative itself….The way Little Badger jumped between Oli and Nina, between first and third person, between mainstream and traditional narratives, is really quite something. It should feel jarring and disjointed, but it doesn’t. It flows seamlessly while also letting the structure act almost like a third main character.
Even the endings – Oli’s, Nina’s, and the book as a whole – show the depth of Little Badger’s vast talent. Throughout A Snake Falls to Earth, Nina and Oli encounter inexplicable things or mysterious animal people, but they never let their curiosity intrude on another person’s life. They recognize that they don’t need to have the answers to all their questions in order to be able to empathize, make wise decisions, or behave in a socially responsible manner. They can be respectful without analyzing or critiquing. Sometimes we can just let things be as they are without demanding “why” and “how.” These are not plot holes or loose threads but a clever, powerful way to bring Little Badger”s cultural storytelling traditions into a Western medium.
If Elatsoe was a ten out of ten, then A Snake Falls to Earth is a solid 11. This book could have been twice as long and I still would have begged for more. Although aimed at a young-adult audience, it has the kind of easy appeal and heartfelt tone that will entice younger kids and older adults as well. Anyone reading or buying YA needs to add this to their shelves immediately.
January 7, 2022