Speculative fiction

Translated by Margaret MitsutaniYoshiro celebrated his hundredth birthday many years ago, but every morning before work he still goes running in the park with his rent-a-dog. He is one of...

Translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich It is the late twenty-first century, and Momo is the most celebrated dermal care technician in all of T City. Humanity has migrated to domes...

This sequel to PARABLE OF THE SOWER by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler feel like a prophetic nod to our current world. If you were glued to The Handmaid’s Tale...

StoriesFor readers of David Wong, Paul Beatty, and George Saunders, an electrifying and wholly original collection of satirical stories that create a bitingly funny portrait of American racism, capitalism, and...

On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family is locked in a violent feud for control of the capital city and the supply of magical jade that endows trained Green...

The Kaul siblings battle their rival clans for honour and control over an East Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis in Jade Legacy, the page-turning conclusion to the Green Bone Saga. Jade, the...

Mysterious disappearances. An urban legend rumored to be responsible. And one group of friends determined to save their city at any cost. Stranger Things meets Jordan Peele in this utterly...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Atlas Six, One For My Enemy is a spellbinding Romeo and Juliet retelling of witches, magic and intrigue. 'Sign me up for anything she writes' -Cosmopolitan In...

Twelve diverse writers reveal another Australia hidden behind, beneath and beside the country we think we know. A suburban psychic's ominous warning. A conversation in Yuwaalaraay. A glimpse of a...

A teen infected with a mysterious parasite must choose whether to pursue a rare opportunity far from home — or stay and help rebuild her community. A moving hopepunk story...

How much is your Face worth? Atwood meets Ishiguro in this domestic drama that reimagines race and class in a genetically engineered society fed by performative fame.Schuyler and Madeleine Burroughs...

The New York Times bestseller from the author of Little Fires Everywhere, a deeply heart-wrenching novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by...

Named a Best Book of 2018 by: NPR; Elle; Marie Claire; Buzzfeed; Refinery29; Jezebel; Bustle; Electric Literature; Lit Hub; BookPage; Bookish; Mental Floss; Chicago Review of Books; HuffPost; Electric Literature;...

The first English language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction and a countercultural icon. On a planet where men are contained in ghettoised...

In this gripping debut, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence...

Speculative, Visionary Blak+Black Fiction In partnership with Djed Press, Fremantle Press brings 21 emerging and established own-voice writers together to imagine a new future. Unlimited Futures is an anthology of...

Shane Daniels and Romany Zetz have been drawn into a war that is not their own. Lives will be destroyed, families will be torn apart. Trust will be broken. When...

An anthology of First Nations speculative fiction A world-first collection of blackfella speculative fiction from well-known and emerging First Nations writers. The first-ever anthology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

In late twenty-first century Australia, Tao-Yi and her partner Navin spend most of their time inside a hyper-immersive, hyper-consumerist virtual reality called Gaia. Never Let Me Go meets Black Mirror,...

Izumi Suzuki had ideas of how things might be done differently, ideas that paid little the laws of physics, or the laws of the courts. In this new collection her...

 Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize  ‘Absolutely stunning . . . Full of longing, mystery, fear and hope. I loved this book to pieces!’ – Frances Cha,...

This book is about an estate agent. Only she's a vampire, the house on sale is haunted, and its ghost was murdered. When Viola Marek hires Fox D'Mora to deal...

FINALIST FOR THE URSULA LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 Siberia, 2031. After a virus, unearthed from melting permafrost, unleashes a deadly plague upon humanity, those left alive are forced...

This first EARTHSEED novel by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler feel like a prophetic nod to our current world. If you were glued to The Handmaid’s Tale, you'll love this...

Illustrated by John JenningsThe graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower, the follow-up to Kindred, a #1 New York Times bestsellerIn the year 2024,...

In the dystopian world of Mafinga, Jasmin must contend with a dictator’s sorcerer to cleanse the socialist state of its deadly pollution. Mafinga's malevolent king dislikes books and, together with...

A man risks his soul and his sanity to save his family from malevolent forces in this brilliant novel of horror and the supernatural from the award-winning pioneer of speculative...

A dark and incisive collection of speculative short stories set in an alternate future of interstellar space travel, robots, mythical creatures and the uncanny.In his sharply crafted, unnerving first collection...

In this powerful and timely novel, Megan Giddings explores the limits women face - and the powers they have to transgress and transcend them. Josephine Thomas has heard every conceivable...

WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD 2018 Shortlisted for the Nebula Awards, the Locus Awards, the Aurora Awards, & the Sunburst Awards TWO CRIME FAMILIES, ONE SOURCE OF POWER: JADE....

Five New Yorkers must band together to defend their city in the first book of a stunning new series by triple Hugo award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of...

'These are troubling times. The world is a dangerous place,' the voice of the Chairman said. 'I can continue to assure you of this: within the Wall you are perfectly...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE 2018 Jacky was running. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. There was no sense he was getting anywhere,...

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE A monumental speculative fiction story of love, loyalty, politics and conscience set in parallel Londons. The Ark was built to save the lives of...

Dreams are promises your imagination makes to itself. In the disunited states, no person of color — especially not a girl whose body reimagines flight — is safe. A quest...

Now with a beautiful new cover and a foreward from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull. In this re-imagining of Belgium's disastrous colonization of the Congo, African American missionaries join forces with...

From the record-breaking, four-time Hugo Award-winning N. K. Jemisin comes 'a glorious fantasy' (Neil Gaiman) — a story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City, in...

A genre-bending work of gothic fiction that wrestles with the tangled history of racism in America and the marginalization of society's undesirables.Vern, a hunted woman alone in the woods, who...

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WATER RUNS OUT? THE WORLD IS RUNNING OUT OF WATER. With supply in the Scottish cities drying up, Aida is forced back home to live with...

From the author of the modern classic A Little Life, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and...

A New Era of Speculative Fiction From an award-winning team of editors comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and...

Translated by Margaret MitsutaniA mind-expanding, cheerfully dystopian novel about friendship, difference and what it means to belong, by a National Book Award-winning novelist.Welcome to the not-too-distant future. Japan, having vanished...

It begins when two immortals meet in an African forest. Doro is an ancient spirit who, for thousands of years, has cultivated a small village of people in search of...

A stunning collection of stories that weaves Hawaiian mythology with a vivid fabulism and rich sense of place. In Hawaii, a cast of women reckon with physical and emotional alienation,...

'It wasn't long before my wet and sticky fascination with life beyond the walls of our home could be read all over my face like soot.' Gabrielle has inherited the...

The Hate U Give meets Internment in this pulse-pounding thriller about an impenetrable dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out during a city-wide...

Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2022 When my family emigrated it felt as if we'd been stood on our heads. Michelle de Kretser's electrifying take on scary monsters turns...

THE BUNKER IS DESIGNED TO KEEP THEM ALL SAFE.In the end, very few people made it to the bunker. Now they wait there for the outside world to heal. Wolfe...

Longlisted for the 2022 Women's Prize for FictionA sensual meditation on the nature of love and addiction, this dazzling and incisive novel satirises postcolonial society and celebrates oddness.Dawn breaks across...

The final ground-breaking novel from renowned, bestselling author Octavia E. Butler. A young girl wakes up in the woods, gravely injured and alone, with no memory of what happened or...