speculative fiction

Thrillers

“Spychip Armageddon:” NOW May Be the End of the World

"Captivation from the initial capital letter in Chapter One to the final period. A fictional journey that begs the question, 'could this be real?' Ray Perkins has a visual way with words like no other.” — Wayne Warner, Nashville recording artist and author of Backstage Nashville —∞— “The Spychip protocol…

Chelsea CicconeJune 17, 2020

Fiction

Daughter Answers Father’s War Letters with a Novel

I was standing at my desk in front of a lamp, and when I tipped the envelope to slide out its contents, one of the first things that came out was a color slide photograph. I held it to the light. A young shirtless man, on a beach with the…

Siobhan AdcockJune 14, 2019

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ITW Spotlight: Dean Koontz’s Imagination Knows Few Boundaries

After publishing more than 100 books, including countless New York Times bestsellers and classic novels like Phantoms, Strangers and Watchers, Dean Koontz is famously impossible to pin down: does he write thrillers? Yes. Horror? Yes. Science fiction? Romance? Fantasy? Yes, yes, and yes. For a long time, that was a liability, especially as Koontz was trying…

Adam MeyerMarch 22, 2021

Author Spotlight

Linda Kennedy Discusses the Man-Made Beast System and Her New Sci-Fi Novel

Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if people were implanted with tracking devices that could help find missing children, protect against identity theft and provide instant access to medical information in the event of an emergency? Perhaps; but what if those tracking devices could be used to spy on and…

BookTribJune 8, 2020

Fiction Listicles

6 Works of Speculative Fiction With a Heart for Social Justice

Our world changes when we dare to ask what if … What if our carriages could harness the strength of 100 horses? What if we could transport our voices across oceans? What if we could hold all the information we desired in the palm of our hands? Science Fiction and…

Chelsea CicconeSeptember 21, 2020

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Of Magic and Melodies: Lose Yourself in the Mystifying Music of These 7 Tales

The great Athenian philosopher Plato once said, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” Wow. Pour me a glass of that, will you? It’s powerful stuff, music. That a few simple notes can so precisely convey emotions many…

Chelsea CicconeOctober 19, 2021

Audiobooks Fiction

Narrator of “Friday Black” discusses Afrofuturism

Corey Allen narrates Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s moving collection of short stories, Friday Black (Recorded Books). The themes of these stories include the power divide, minimum-wage work, racism, education, and the consequences of ethical decisions, and Corey shares why it’s a collection well worth your listening time. “What Nana manages to capture in this…

AudioFileFebruary 22, 2019