A few weeks ago in an interview discussing her book Enchanted Creatures, Natalie Lawrence explained that our fear of monsters is deeply cathartic because it allows us to glamorize fear, engage with it safely, and enjoy “all the thrills... Read More

Before Gender / Lost Stories from Trans History, 1850-1950 / Eli Erlick / Beacon Press / Hardcover $28.95 (280pp) / 978-0-8070-1735-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / There have always been transgender people, shows Eli... Read More

Reviewer Jennifer Maveety Interviews Adam Aresty, Author of Skyboy / Say what you will about AI’s effect on humanity but there’s one realm where just the idea of artificial intelligence has been transformative: science fiction.... Read More

Watching the reviews come tumbling in before every issue of Foreword is both stressful and suspenseful: stressful because there’s lots of editing and layout work to do; suspenseful because we never know which books are going to... Read More

Somewhere Past the End / Alexandria Faulkenbury / Apprentice House Press / Softcover $21.99 (272pp) / 978-1-62720-561-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Soon-to-be mothers struggle with cult brainwashing in Alexandria... Read More

Executive Editor Matt Sutherland Interviews Brenda Coffee, Author of Maya Blue: A Memoir of Survival / A memoir that reads like a thriller, Brenda Coffee’s Maya Blue reminds us of the power of our voice and speaking our truth. It is... Read More

Buddhist koan lovers play a philosophical game that puts forward this challenge: state one truth about the universe that can be proven without a doubt. And often, “that we will surely die” comes back as a response. But what is death?... Read More

The Country Under Heaven / Frederic S. Durbin / Melville House / Softcover $20.99 (336pp) / 978-1-68589-169-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Dizzying visions haunt the otherwise delicate beauty of Frederic S. Durbin’s... Read More