In K. M. McKenzie’s spirited fantasy novel "The Civilization", a skeptical girl with a heroic destiny learns about dark magic threats to the enchanted, hidden world of her ancestors. Raised by her rambling, nomadic grandfather in North... Read More

A trans woman guards her secrets and fights dark powers in Margaret Killjoy’s novel "The Sapling Cage". Lorel wants to become a witch, learn to use magic, and travel the world. But she was assigned male at birth, and witches are always... Read More

A girl resists the limits imposed by her class and gender, daring to seek a new kind of life (with some supernatural help), in Sacha Lamb’s wonder-filled historical novel "The Forbidden Book". In a shtetl whose rabbi possesses a text... Read More

A commanding short story collection, Caribbean Canadian Nalo Hopkinson’s "Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions" blends ecological awareness, cultural heritage, and fantastical happenings. In the mordant story “Clap Back,” Wenda, an... Read More

In Jordan Ifueko’s novel "The Maid and the Crocodile", an orphaned girl fights to make a home for herself while contending with a cursed god. In Oluwan, while trying to find employment as a maid, Sade accidentally binds herself to the... Read More

In the supernatural novel "Spellbound", passionate lovers are tied to each other across time because of happenstance magic. In Ann Charlotte’s romance novel "Spellbound", a widowed photojournalist discovers her connection to a... Read More

The memoir-cum-novel "Letters to Evelyn" mixes personal anecdotes into its imaginative universe of love, aliens, and space travel. Combining memoir and fantasy elements, John Selman’s book "Letters to Evelyn" recounts the past... Read More

The series fantasy novel "Family Pack" reveals the long and intricate history of werewolf bloodlines in a captivating manner. Kali Metis’s fantasy novel "Family Pack" is a sequel that’s packed with intricate histories and a... Read More