Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe

This April was (somehow) the fifteenth annual Women in SF&F Month. Thank you so much to all of this year's guests! You can find all guest posts from 2026 here or in the thread below: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

THE SOURDOUGH COMPENDIUM by A. G. Slatter is perhaps my new favorite collection with beautiful, vivid prose and a variety of stories that are excellent on their own but also build on each other. I will be checking out more books set in this universe! www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/10/revi...

"A. G. Slatter’s deep love for fairy tales and understanding of what makes them work is powerful when combined with her storytelling finesse and creativity, making this a book that lingers." Review of THE SOURDOUGH COMPENDIUM: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/10/revi... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy 📚🪐

i'm doing an AMA on r/fantasy today! already humorously behind of course!!! www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/s/...

"A. G. Slatter’s deep love for fairy tales and understanding of what makes them work is powerful when combined with her storytelling finesse and creativity, making this a book that lingers." Review of THE SOURDOUGH COMPENDIUM: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/10/revi... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy 📚🪐

Review of THE SOURDOUGH COMPENDIUM by A. G. Slatter, an impressive dark fairy tale collection with gorgeous prose that I absolutely LOVED. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/10/revi... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

Review of THE SOURDOUGH COMPENDIUM by A. G. Slatter, an impressive dark fairy tale collection with gorgeous prose that I absolutely LOVED. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/10/revi... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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#DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because THE ORDER OF THE PURE MOON REFLECTED IN WATER @zenaldehyde.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle US for a limited time only! link.amazon/B03GCMGXq #TheOrderofthePureMoonReflectedinWater #ad #amazoncom

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Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

The next book in Amy Leow's False Goddess trilogy is coming out February 2027! (This is one of those I keep looking up and not finding anything about and suddenly... there it is!) www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amy-l...

Oh, hai! Rest of World, my novella Fitcher's Bird comes out tomorrow! Australia, you've got another week to wait, sorry! And if the words "beautiful", "bleak" and "violent" don't sell you, then honestly I just don't know what's wrong with y'all! 🤣

I read Mad Sisters of Esi and then my hand slipped and I wrote a review: bysinginglight.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/m...

I didn't know A. K. Larkwood had a new book coming out next year and this sounds fantastic!

My novel, THE NIGHTWARD, is on sale! The ebook's only $1.99 on Barnes & Noble, Bookshop & Amazon. Sale probably ends soon, so if THE WITCHER + Caribbean mythology + Fury Road sounds good, go get it! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-nightw... bookshop.org/p/books/the-... www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXFBWRN

I loved THE SOURDOUGH COMPENDIUM by A. G. Slatter for its beautiful writing with lush vocabulary and atmosphere, plus I enjoyed looking for all the connections between the stories. I have my eye on a few, but what's a good Sourdough book to read next? #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

I loved THE SOURDOUGH COMPENDIUM by A. G. Slatter for its beautiful writing with lush vocabulary and atmosphere, plus I enjoyed looking for all the connections between the stories. I have my eye on a few, but what's a good Sourdough book to read next? #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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A book rec a day 📚 Swords and Fire saga by Melissa Caruso ✨ So good it actually does love triangles right. #BookSky #SFF

Natasha Pulley's The Salt King investigates a salt farming community that feels more like a cult, pulling together memorable characters and intensive worldbuilding reminiscent of Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon:

Of course I'd read anything by Karin Lowachee, but this sounds amazing!

Fitcher's Bird will be out on 6 Oct in the UK & US then in Oz on 13 Oct. Pls consider pre-ordering to help a writer keep writing terrifying & monstrous stories to give you, your children & your children's children horrible nightmares. 💜 to Alma Katsu for blurbage (and y'all should get Incarnate).

Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Releases, Part 2, featuring THE SLANTWISE HISTORIES; THE FIST OF MEMORY; BONES OF JADE, FLESH LIKE ICE*; and THE EMPIRE BURNS AT DAWN. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/09/anti... *I've read this one. It's wonderful! #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Releases, Part 2, featuring THE SLANTWISE HISTORIES; THE FIST OF MEMORY; BONES OF JADE, FLESH LIKE ICE*; and THE EMPIRE BURNS AT DAWN. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/09/anti... *I've read this one. It's wonderful! #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

WARCHILD by Karin Lowachee (and, of course, the rest of The Warchild Mosaic). Character-driven science fiction at its very best. Bonus: BEGGARS IN SPAIN by Nancy Kress, pretty much anything I've read by Carol Berg, and I'm 100% with those who already mentioned THE KILLING MOON and MELUSINE.

Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Releases, Part 2, featuring AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS, THE GATES OF MIDNIGHT, A SCHOLAR'S GUIDE TO DEMONOLOGY & OTHER DARK ARTS, AN AUCTION OF SOULS, and more. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/09/anti... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Releases, Part 2, featuring AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS, THE GATES OF MIDNIGHT, A SCHOLAR'S GUIDE TO DEMONOLOGY & OTHER DARK ARTS, AN AUCTION OF SOULS, and more. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/09/anti... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

Intergalactic Mixtape is live and stuffed full of links to tons of short fiction recs! :D

Newest post is a sequel to January's post on fantasy and science fiction books coming out this year, Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases Part 2! www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/09/anti... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

Newest post is a sequel to January's post on fantasy and science fiction books coming out this year, Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases Part 2! www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/09/anti... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

The Leaning Pile of Books for 9/6/2026 featuring HABILA by Wayétu Moore, a magical realism novel inspired by the legend of Mami Wata. Coming January 12, 2027! www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/09/the-... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

The Leaning Pile of Books for 9/6/2026 featuring HABILA by Wayétu Moore, a magical realism novel inspired by the legend of Mami Wata. Coming January 12, 2027! www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/09/the-... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

One of my favorite 2026 releases!

Intergalactic Mixtape is live! (Nice.)

Traverse planets, galaxies, and whole universes of adventure and mystery in this bundle of award-winning author C.J. Cherryh’s best novels! - Downbelow Station - The Complete Morgaine - The Deep Beyond - and more! Supports Binc Foundation | https://bit.ly/4gPKQKj

So I promised I'd let everyone know when it was finally ready and the links are slowly coming alive across the book world. Here is the story I swore would be my last, because I was sure it would never sell and I was ready to quit writing: awfulagent.com/ebooks/los-n...

I would be more excited but I already read it--it's extraordinary and you should preorder it too .

Nancy Kress Named SFWA Grand Master

Last night was extraordinary & I’m still dazed from it. THE RIVER HAS ROOTS won a Hugo award! Huge congratulations to all the finalists & winners—it was such an honour & a joy to get to celebrate with you!

i-- i promised I'd walk the kids to school but i will be doing it on a cloud of gratitude. thank you all, and special thanks to Amal for accepting on my behalf, and congratulations to every single person on this list!!!

We are beyond amazed and thankful! From all of us here at NOAF, THANK YOU!

ICYMI ‼️ I shall have a new book coming 2028 from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social / @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social 👀✨ 🏮👻VESSEL EATER👻🏮 🎐 dark fantasy 🎐 Chinese folklore 🎐Mulan meets THE GHOST BRIDE

Did you know that you can stream the Hugo Awards via our YouTube channel later today? Tune in at 8:00 pm, Pacific Time for the start of the ceremony here: www.youtube.com/@lacon-online

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