Literary Fiction

At first blush, it sounds like the same old story — a literary author writes a novel set in the post-apocalyptic…

The debate over "literary fiction" versus "commercial fiction" (with the latter category including speculative…

Manuel Gonzales' bizarre, fantastical story collection The Miniature Wife is getting rave reviews from the likes of…

Joshua Cohen's previous book Witz, an epic about the last Jew on Earth, received a healthy amount of review coverage…

Pulp fiction is getting a shot in the arm — and some totally gorgeous art — from Chennai-based publishers Blaft. The…

The Brontë sisters are best known as the authors of literary gothic tales like Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, but…

Want to write something that's both weird and gorgeous? That pushes the boundaries of storytelling and includes…

Japanese literary darling Haruki Murakami and fantasy author China Mieville have a lot in common: their use of…

Prepare to be overcome with literary wackiness! Gary Shteyngart's near-future dystopian comedy novel, Super Sad…

The Dream of Perpetual Motion, by debut novelist Dexter Palmer, delivers musings on narrative and modernity, wrapped…

What sort of speculative fiction content appeals to literary writers and editors? Clarkesworld's Ryan Britt talked…

The trend of literary authors veering into science fiction shows no sign of slowing down, as science fiction remains…

Tachyon Publications has a new anthology out called The Secret History of Science Fiction. It centers around a…

In Toby Litt's Journey Into Space, a generation ship gives rise to two generations of idiots. It's not really about…

Why is Robert Silverberg's Dying Inside not spoken of in the same breath as Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint, or…