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New Books Video: Releases of the Week! May 26, 2026

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By: locusmag
28 May 2026 at 21:00

Get ready for another week of incredible new reads as Locus spotlights the latest Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult releases hitting shelves the week of May 26th, 2026! From highly anticipated adventures to chilling tales and imaginative worlds, this lineup is filled with books readers won’t want to miss. We’ve rounded up some of the biggest and most exciting releases to help you discover your next favorite addition to your TBR pile. New videos arrive every week, so be sure to subscribe and stay connected with all the newest happenings in speculative fiction. Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel—we can’t wait to share even more upcoming releases with you soon!

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2025 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees

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By: Alice Strangman
28 May 2026 at 19:16

Shirley Jackson Awards logoThe 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction have been announced.

Novel

  • Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng, Kylie Lee Baker (Hanover Square)
  • Old Soul, Susan Barker (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
  • How to Fake a Haunting, Christa Carmen (Thomas & Mercer)
  • Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, Grady Hendrix (Berkley)
  • Moonflow, Bitter Karella (Run For It)
  • The Lamb, Lucy Rose (HarperCollins)

Novella

  • The Death of Mountains, Jordan Kurella (Lethe)
  • The Glass Garden, Jessica Lévai (Lanternfish)
  • Psychopomp & Circumstance, Eden Royce (Tordotcom)
  • The Cold House, A.G. Slatter (Titan)
  • DuMort, Michelle Tang (Ghost Orchid)

Novelette

  • Letter Slot, Owen King (Amazon Original Stories)
  • “The Severity of Things”, Mo Moshaty (Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment)
  • “The Millay Illusion”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 11-12/25)
  • “Emily”, Vanessa Santos (Make a Home of Me)
  • The Confirmed Bachelors, Stephen Volk (Black Shuck)

Short Fiction

  • “Room 24”, Caroline Kepnes (The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand)
  • “Lapse”, Kirsty Logan (Unquiet Guests)
  • “Silver Boots”, Donna Lynch (HOWL: An Anthology of Werewolves from Women-in-Horror)
  • “Bitter Skin”, Kaaron Warren (Night & Day)
  • “Mother’s Mother’s Daughter”, Audrey Zhou (Silk and Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora)

Single-Author Collection

  • Issues with Authority, Nadia Bulkin (Ghoulish)
  • Moon Songs, Carol Emshwiller (Third Man)
  • Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment, Mo Moshaty (Tenebrous)
  • Good and Evil and Other Stories, Samanta Schweblin, tr. Megan McDowell (Alfred A. Knopf)
  • Portalmania, Debbie Urbanski (Simon & Schuster)

Edited Anthology

  • Roots of My Fears, Gemma Amor, ed. (Titan)
  • Unquiet Guests, Dan Coxon, ed. (Dead Ink)
  • Night & Day, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Saga)
  • Silk and Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora, Kristy Park Kulski, ed. (Bad Hand)
  • Were Wolf Short Stories, Catherine Taylor, Nick Wells & Gillian Whitaker, eds. (Flame Tree)

Winners will be announced on July 11, 2026 at Readercon 35 in Burlington MA. For more information, see the award website.

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Phillips Wins 2026 Climate Fiction Prize

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By: Alice Strangman
28 May 2026 at 18:54

Climate Fiction Prize text logoHum by Helen Phillips (Marysue Rucci) [amazon / bookshop] has been announced as the winner of the second annual Climate Fiction Prize. Founded by Leo Barasi, Rose Goddard, and Imran Khan, and supported by Climate Spring, the prize seeks to “celebrate the most inspiring novels tackling the climate crisis.”

Other shortlisted titles and authors of genre interest include:

  • Dusk, Robbie Arnott (Astra House US; Chatto & Windus UK; Picador Australia)
  • Awake in the Floating City, Susanna Kwan (Pantheon US; Simon & Schuster UK)
  • The Book of Records, Madeleine Thien (Norton US; Granta UK)

Phillips received the £10,000 prize in a ceremony in London and will be celebrated at a winners’ event at Hay Festival on May 30. For more information, including the complete lists of finalists and judges, see the Climate Fiction Prize website.

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