Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Enjoy an exciting mix of dark-fantasy, near-future, and first-contact stories in these eclectic novels.

Ayana Gray, I, Medusa (Random House)
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Jayson Greene, UnWorld (Knopf)
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SenLinYu, Alchemised (Del Rey)
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Mark Waddell, Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World (Ace)
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Daniel H. Wilson, Hole in the Sky (Doubleday)
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