The Trident and The Pearl Sarah K.L. Wilson Trade Paperback / eBook ISBN: 978-0316586573 Orbit, February 2026, 464 pages Greetings, readers, and welcome back to another book review! This month we’re traveling to a fantasy world filled with powerful gods, impossible choices, and a queen who must navigate her duties and her sorrow—that’s right, it’s […]

If you’re looking for a collection of novellas to speedrun you through some familiar yet well-crafted horror adventures, have a penchant for secret societies, or just want to wrap your inner Grinch around something a little less holly and jolly—reviewer Melissa A Watkins suggest Sinister Societies.

Our Senior Editor Wendy N. Wagner recommends Saltcrop for fans of Ray Nayler and thrilling stories with close familial relationships.

Reviewer Chris Kluwe recommends Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World by Cullen Bunn for a high-octane social horror novel.

Two of our reviewers, Arley Sorg and Melissa A. Watkins, recommend The King Must Die by Kemi Ashing-Giwa for your next read.

Chris Kluwe recommends The Lost Reliquary if you like intriguing world-building, well-plotted storylines, and complex character growth with a dash of detective story.

Book reviewer Arley Sorg has another fun anthology to recommend: Signos: A Fiction Anthology of Filipino Supernatural.

Looking for a new series to sink your teeth into? Melissa A. Watkins recommends All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu, the first in a new SF thriller series with a realistic tech near-future and a hopeful, but honest commentary on our current world.

If you immediately understand this phrase, and you get it on an emotional level, then these stories will probably speak to you in ways that they might not otherwise.

If you’re looking for a quick, absorbing read with a lot more depth than you’d expect from a novelette, check out Novic by Eugen Bacon.