Julie Carrick Dalton’s The Last Beekeeper is a touching story about a very possible future–in a world without pollinators, amidst mass starvation and economic collapse, a young woman searches to understand her father’s role in society’s downfall, and her own…
Zakariah Johnson’s Egg on Her Face: Stories of Crime, Horror, and the Space in Between is a gripping, genre-bending short story collection that will take you to unexpected places. These sharply observed stories focus on the struggle to survive in…
Next Chapters is a biweekly feature spotlighting graduates of GrubStreet’s Novel Incubator program, which has been running since 2010. Novel Incubator Year: 9 Current Project: There Is No Bear on Our Lake, literary fiction What writers have most influenced your…
I’m a fan of James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse books (and TV series). I’m also a fan of borrowing writing craft techniques whenever I see them in action. You don’t have to like or even know about this fantastic space…
Thanks for sending me your manuscript—nearly finished, I hope! It’s certainly some kind of achievement to literally capture your audience inside this sprawling dystopia. Your stakes recall the four horsemen, even your scenes of grocery shopping contain conflict, and you’ve…
If you’re one of the many who read Adam Silvera’s New York Times best-selling Infinity Son, you know he left us hanging in a major way—which is why so many fans can’t wait to dive into Infinity Reaper. After surviving the Blood Casters…