In Kerie Logan’s Becoming a Divine Messiah, on New Earth, Danica turns twenty-five and enters Becoming, the rite that begins adult life after humanity’s Great Awakening. Her guide, Paula, introduces her and her twin brother, Ryan, to the history behind their communal world, where money...

Beyond Grimm by Alan S. Kessler is a collection of 25 short stories inspired by the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales. After coming across a scary wolf in the woods, a young girl tried to offer her grandmother as bait. A Berkshire pig betrays others of...

Bunny, The Hidden Record by Her Majesty of Ink and Exit Wounds is set in Velinwood Court, where the Queen has withdrawn from the throne. Bunny shows us the strange world that's been formed, walking us through preserved hidden chambers and others in strange use....

Boy, Refracted by Luke Stoffel opens in Luang Prabang, where a grieving writer uploads a photograph of a temple’s Tree of Life mosaic to an AI as a mirror. That simple act fractures reality. The AI, shaped by Luke’s heartbreak over a vanished lover known...

Boudicca’s Knife by Steven James Foreman is a fascinating fantasy. The narrative follows the “life” of a Celtic dagger for a thousand years, its blade variously a knife, a family heirloom, and a ceremonial sword, but always the harbinger of death. A great deal of...

Born of Shadow: Empire of Blades by Nicole Conway follows Violet, a young Viperi, caught and jailed for the murder of a blacksmith. Having no hope of anything other than the executioner's block, Violet seemingly has no choice but to trust the cloaked man offering...

Bart Carroll’s Bolted to the Bone is an exciting, gritty, and tightly interwoven tale of fantasy and science fiction. The story is set in the Emerald Remanant, a broken fragment of Earth, when Earth was fractured to its very core. Emerald is in orbit around...

Deborah Cohen’s Boleyn Time: The Boleyn Bloodline Book 2 is a well-crafted, character-driven, and immensely enjoyable fantasy interwoven with historical fiction, time travel, witchcraft, and romance. The story is told across two time lines, in 1519 and in the present day. Much of the story...

Bound to a Devil: Devil Family, Book 1 by Christie Silvers follows Carina, a half-angel, who struggles with nightmares of her own death every single night. Unable to handle the night terrors, she tries everything possible to get at least one night's rest, including sneaking...

Bergthora's Saga by Reiner Prochaska is an enigmatic tale set in 1019 in Iceland. The country has recently adopted Christianity as its new religion, but some dwellers remain dedicated to the old gods and practice dark magic. Bergthora, the main character, is mourning the loss...