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Brooks, Mike: This Is Where the Future Bleeds (Titan Books UK 978-1835417614, $18.99, 400pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Diviner Kitt finds destinies for the rich and powerful, but when one destiny sets off a chain of violence and she sets out with a ragtag group to warn the recipient.

 

Bullen, Chiara: The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance (Penguin Random House/Del Rey 978-0593982693, $29.99, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Aspiring scholar Ainsworth sets out to write his thesis about Mount Vengeance, an attraction for bold adventurers, and discovers a kind innkeeper and a mystery. Simultaneous with the Penguin Random House UK/Del Rey UK edition.

 

Cassidy, Kalie: In the Wake of the Ruined (Little, Brown 978-0316587587, $19.99, 432pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Romantic fantasy novel, second in the Siren Mage series. Imogen has claimed her crown and powers, and faces a war while trying to end her bond with the deity Eusia. Simultaneous with the Orion UK/Gollancz edition.

 

Chien, Florence: The Revenant of Surolifia (Rising Action 978-1998672349, $18.99, 416pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 07/07/2026)

Political fantasy novel. After the Empire slaughters thousands of Lucas’s people, he infiltrates the imperial forces, while Prince Faye joins violent revolutionaries to reclaim his throne.

 

Cleeton, Chanel: An Infinite Love Story (Penguin Random House/Berkley 978-0593816950, $30.00, 352pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Science fiction romance novel. During the space race, astronaut Joe loses contact with earth — a mishap written off as an error, while his wife Vivian tries to unravel what really happened.

 

Connolly, Amanda: The Lure of Wolves and Whispers (Simon & Schuster 978-1665989510, $21.99, 464pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Martyred Isle series. To save her sibling, Maeve enters a deadly competition and encounters a frustratingly handsome leader.

 

Cross, Charlotte: The Brides (Macmillan/Tor Nightfire UK 978-1335000965, $30.00, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Horror novel about the brides of Dracula. Mafalda, her lover Lucy, chaperone Eliza, and maid Alice seek out a cure for wasting illness at a castle in Transylvania.

 

Ernshaw, Shea: Habits of the Sea (Simon & Schuster/Atria 978-1668097731, $28.00, 304pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Magical realist novel. Clay’s wife dies, and a violent storm tears their home property away from Scotland, and now it exists as an island out of time where Clay hasn’t aged.

 

Foxfield, Kathryn: Our Wicked Gifts (Penguin Random House/Random House 979-8217122080, $20.99, 432pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

YA fantasy novel. Cecily is the overlooked daughter of the Winter family, who made a deal with the devil for riches and magic; she investigates Soren, a boy they banished to the underworld.

 

Goff, Ellen Pauley: The Farewitch of Foxe Holler (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1668099179, $19.00, 480pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Contemporary fantasy romance. Honey — a farewitch who can heal ailments with the right baking recipe — deals with a moody warlock who asks her to heal his mysterious illness.

 

Hinkley, Sara: The Red Sacrament (Titan Books UK 978-1835410820, $19.99, 512pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Horror novel. In 1869 Paris, ageless actors led by the vampire Arnault perform at midnight for those with elusive entry slips. A first novel.

 

Holness, Nevin: King of Lost Dreams (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 978-1665946940, $19.99, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to King of Dead Things. After defeating the daughter of Death, Malcolm, Eli, and Sunny grapple with their magic and origins and set out to find a key.

 

Hotston, Stewart: The Next Enemy Shall Be the Last (NewCon Press UK 978-1917735308, £26.99, 278pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, 07/07/2026)

SF novel. A father and son’s narratives intertwine as a paranormal artefact lands on a beach in Devon, bestowing nearby humans with psychic powers, and a similar one may have surfaced in Russia decades later.

 

Kagawa, Julie: Deathless (HarperCollins 978-1335008466, $19.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Fateless series. Sparrow and her companions must slay the Deathless King, and must journey to the Loom of the goddess of Fate to be granted her powers.

 

Knightley, Brigitte: The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy (Ace 978-0593819487, $31.00, 416pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Fantasy romance novel, second in the Dearly Beloathed duology. Osric the assassin and Aurienne the healer confront their growing attraction as well as a deadly Pox that may have been unleashed by a mysterious Order. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK edition.

 

Lambridis, Scott: St. Ulphia’s Dead (Regal House 978-1646037506, $19.95, 210pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Folkloric horror novel. Disgraced researcher Mirs and his supervisor Jo investigate the island of St. Ulphia, where locals claim they’re being possessed by a cannibalistic Wendigo. A first novel.

 

Lanzen, Meredith: Formula Zero (Penguin Random House/Berkley Romance 978-0593956694, $20.00, 448pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Science fiction romance novel. Madeline earns competes in the dangerous, male-dominated, zero-gravity racing sport Formula Zero, and is rescued from an accident by her former situationship Julian.

 

Markov, Haralambi: The Language of Knives: Stories (Mythic Delirium Books 978-1956522051, $17.95, 218pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 07/07/2026)

Collection of 13 horror stories blending Slavic mythology, body horror, sexuality, and queerness. Introduction by Ann VanderMeer.

 

McCarthy, Wil: Thieves’ Sky (Baen 978-1668073322, $28.00, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 07/07/2026)

SF novel, fourth in the Rich Man’s Sky series. When pirates steal an alien technology with dangerous powers, the crew of the CV Defender must find them before it destroys the Solar System.

 

McCaughrain, Kelly: Just Another Dead Boy (Candlewick Press 978-1536251739, $19.99, 352pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Fantasy romance novel. In a world where everyone knows when they’ll die, Regan works as a “Juliet” at a luxury resort, offering sensational end-of-life romances to rich guys until her relationship with client Jude becomes something more.

 

Miles, Jo: The Final Chronicle of Yeneh (Horned Lark 978-1998390182, $24.99, 136pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 07/07/2026)

Science fantasy novella. Lady Ada Quintrall wants to terraform her family’s new planet and restore their fortune — but xenobiologist Dr. Zamora and some troubling revelations about the native wildlife give her second thoughts.

 

Olthoff, Melissa: Tempered By Fire (Baen 978-1668073339, $17.99, 496pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 07/07/2026)

Fantasy novel, second in the Griffin Corps series. After bonding with her griffin and graduating the Training Academy, Harper is sent out from Tennessan to find out what’s happening to rival Savinia’s griffins.

 

Rowan, Leah: Marion (Titan Books UK 978-1835418949, £9.99, 368pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Horror novel, a feminist retelling of Psycho. When Norman attempts to murder Marion in his motel, she turns the knife on him and goes on the run. First UK edition (Nightfire 6/26).

 

Roy, Lucinda: The Bird Tribe (Tor 978-1250816887, $32.99, 512pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, 07/07/2026)

Futuristic fantasy novel, third in the Dreambird Chronicles trilogy. Ji-ji sets out on a transatlantic quest to discover the truth about the Flying Africans, their origins, and whether they’re a myth or genetic experiment.

 

Sampson, Freya: Most Ardently Yours (Sourcebooks Landmark 978-1464277894, $32.99, 320pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Contemporary fantasy romance. A struggling romance writer swears off men, then accidentally summons Mr. Darcy from an abandoned copy of Pride and Prejudice she finds in a London bookshop.

 

Sims, Jonathan: The Burn Line (Orion UK/Gollancz 978-1399620703, £25.00, 368pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/09/2026)

Horror novel. During the hottest summer on record, passengers on the London Underground witness a terrible event that messes with their memories, and bond together to confront the force responsible.

 

Song, Yu-jeong: The Memory Bookshop (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0063475120, $17.99, 192pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Fantasy novel. Jiwon, mourning her mother, and stumbling into a bookstore, is offered an hourglass that can let her relive the past — in exchange for giving up time in her future. Translated from the Korean by Shanna Tan.

 

Suh, Yejin: The Last Soldier of Nava (HarperCollins UK/Magpie 978-0008683474, $18.99, 384pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Fantasy novel. Shadow, having escaped her power-hungry father, is pulled back into court life as magical dead zones consume the world and her father’s new protege seeks revenge. A first novel.

 

Tingle, Chuck: Fabulous Bodies (Tor/Nightfire 978-1250398567, $27.99, 240pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/07/2026)

Horror novel. Poppy, influencer by day and grave-robber by night, steals the body of her idol, flamboyant pianist Eddie Michaels, only for him to wake up. Simultaneous with the Titan Books UK edition.

 

 

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Author and historian JAMES RAY COMER, who wrote as J. Comer, 59, died in late April or early May 2026.

Comer was born August 5, 1966. He wrote sev­eral pieces of short fiction, including “Soldier’s Coat” (2015), “Scratch” (2016), “The Wooing of Etroklos” (2016), “Star Thistle” (2018), “Beam That Is In” (2019), “Tilting the Wick” (2020), “Sky Machine” (2021), “Sometime Called Parchment” (2021), “Quicksilver” (2023), and “The Weather Maker” (2024). His stories were published in magazines including Cirsova Magazine and Daily Science Fiction, and anthologies includ­ing Secret Stairs (2018), Lost Trails (2015) and Lost Trails 2: Forgotten Tales of the Weird West (2016), and anthologies for Queer Sci Fi’s annual flash fiction contest. He also wrote a number of articles for Cir­sova and Queer Sci Fi and sourcebooks for tabletop role-playing game Were­wolf: The Apocalypse.

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