I don't mean to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

I’m enjoying listening to Nessa Barrett’s “Tired of California”—“I keep saying that I’m leaving/But it doesn’t work that way” seems genuinely creepy to me.

Adrian Tchaikovsky, City of Last Chances: ( new fantasy world(s) )
John Scalzi, ( what if Starship Troopers but updated? )

Alexandra Rowland, A Taste of Gold and Iron: ( tropetastic fantasy )
Jason Pargin (previously David Wong), If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe: A John, Dave, and Amy Novel: ( wacky fun for us, not so much for them )
Edgar Cantero, Meddling Kids: A Novel: The less-weird book of which I spoke.( Read more... )
Simon Stephenson, Sometimes People Die: ( mystery of killer medical professionals )
Nghi Vo, Siren Queen: ( Hollywood glamour )
Frances Hardinge, Unraveller: ( Cursers, cursees )
Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves: ( destroying the enclaves )
R.F. Kuang, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution: ( wherein Britain is rich because others are poor )

OK, I found a group of musical creators that call themselves “Hidden Citizens,” and literally every song is bombastic trailer music and I am so here for it. There’s an album of bombastic covers of both bombastic and non-bombastic originals which are largely unnecessary, but the originals are all clearly written to be trailers for movies insisting that they are EPIC. Or maybe for video games. Here’s one with Ruelle and another with Jung Youth (actually is a trailer song) and another with the most banal lyrics yet, their is-that-allness a laugh-inducing contrast to the end-of-the-world seriousness of the music. I am in awe.

E.K. Johnston, The Afterward:( Happily ever? )
Adrian Tchaikovsk/y, Walking to Aldeberan: Space horror novella. ( Read more... )
Yoon Ha Lee, Hexarchate Stories: ( short stories )
T. Kingfisher, ( Swordheart and Jackalope Wives )

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black: Short stories of the if-this-goes-on variety. ( Read more... )
Harry Connolly, A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark: ( magical aunt )
R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic: ( and here my troubles began )
Zen Cho, The True Queen: ( sisterhood is powerful )