Recreating The Dark Knight Returns in The Daily LITG, 1st July 2026
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Recreating The Dark Knight Returns was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround.
The July 2026 Locus magazine, issue #786, has interviews with Naomi Kritzer and Temi Oh. The issue includes the 2026 Locus Poll results. Jane Yolen (1939-2026) is remembered with an obituary and appreciations. News covers the 2025 Nebula, Bram Stoker, and Seiun Award winners, as well as Subterranean Press’s planned closure, the Commonwealth Prize Regional winners and AI controversy, and much more. Cory Doctorow’s column is entitled “Hell Is Other People”. Event coverage includes the Locus Awards, StokerCon, the SFWA Nebula Conference, the Bay Area Book Festival, and WisCon 48, as well as international reports on SF in Brazil and SF in Bulgaria. Other obituaries remember Lalana Dararutana AKA Piper J. Drake, Ted White, and James Ray Comer. Reviews cover new works by Ada Hoffmann, Lavie Tidhar, Naomi Kritzer, James Islington, Mahmud El Sayed, R.J. Barker, Paul Tremblay, Geoffrey D. Morrison, Hildur Knútsdóttir (translated by Mary Robinette Kowal), Kylie Lee Baker, Shannon Chakraborty, Grace Curtis, Luis López Carrasco (translated by Rosalind Harvey), Luis Othoniel Rosa (translated by Katie Marya), Keala Kendall, Eileen M. Ruvane, J.A. Morgenstein, Soman Chainani, Nat Cassidy, Eugen Bacon, Cheryl Ntumy & Stephen Embleton (eds.), Sarah Coolidge (ed.), Kirsten Kaschock, Alexis Hall, James Patrick Kelly, Jo Walton & Ada Palmer, and others.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
July 2026 • Issue 786 • Vol. 97 • No. 1
59th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview design by Francesca Myman. Cover altered from art by Forestpath.
INTERVIEWS
Naomi Kritzer: Love Bombing With Cults / 12
Temi Oh: Uncovering the Apocalypse / 28
MAIN STORIES / 5
2025 Nebula Awards Winners • Bram Stoker Awards • Jane Yolen (1939-2026) • Appreciations by Ruth Sanderson, Joe Haldeman, and Bruce Coville • Subterranean Press to Close • Seiun Awards Winners • Lambda Literary Awards Winners • Commonwealth Prize Regional Winners and AI Controversy • Hugo and Lodestar Base Designers Announced
THE DATA FILE / 7
Nuremberg Worldcon Bid Withdraws • World Fantasy Convention and Fantasycon 2027 • Ignyte Awards Finalists • Clarke Award Shortlist • Sidewise Awards Finalists • British Fantasy Awards Shortlists • Sturgeon Award Finalists • Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees • Grand Prix del’Imaginaire Winners • Prix Imaginales Winners • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights • Audio Rights
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 10
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Robert J. Sawyer, Ada Palmer, John Courtney Grimwood, Rebecca Yarros, and many others.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Hell Is Other People, 27 • SF in Brazil, 34 • SF in Bulgaria, 41 • 2026 Locus Poll Results, 42 • Photo Story: Charm City Spec Reading, 68 • Photo Story: Brooklyn Books & Booze, 70 • Photo Story: KGB Readings, 71
CONVENTIONS
SFWA Nebula Conference, 30 • StokerCon, 33 • Locus Awards 2026, 38 • Bay Area Book Festival, 40 • WisCon 48, 41
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: May, 48 • Bestsellers, 49 • New & Notable Books: May, 50 • Books Received: May, 51
OTHER OBITUARIES / 73
Lalana Dararutana AKA Piper J. Drake • Ted White • James Ray Comer
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 74
Short Fiction Reviews by MARIA HASKINS / 14
Fiyah Spring ’26; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/14/26; Small Wonders 5/26; Samovar 4/27/26; GigaNotoSaurus 5/1/26; Diabolical Plots 5/15/26, 5/1/26; Escape Pod 4/9/26, 4/30/26; Cast of Wonders 4/20/26; Lightspeed 5/26.
Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 16
Apex #153; Uncanny #70; The Deadlands #42; The Dark #131; Reactor (4/29 through 5/20).
Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. WISE / 17
Asimov’s 5-6/26; khōréō 5.4; Clarkesworld 5/26.
Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 18
Ignore All Previous Instructions, Ada Hoffmann; The Three Coffin Problem, Lavie Tidhar; Obstetrix, Naomi Kritzer.
Reviews by ALEXANDRA PIERCE / 19
Scion, James Islington; The Republic of Memory, Mahmud El Sayed; Mortedant’s Peril, R.J. Barker.
Reviews by IAN MOND / 20
Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep, Paul Tremblay; The Coffin of Honey, Geoffrey D. Morrison; Dead Weight, Hildur Knútsdóttir, tr. Mary Robinette Kowal.
Reviews by ALEX BROWN / 21
Japanese Gothic, Kylie Lee Baker; The Tapestry of Fate, Shannon Chakraborty.
Reviews by NIALL HARRISON / 22
Heaven’s Graveyard, Grace Curtis; The White Desert, Luis López Carrasco, tr. Rosalind Harvey; Animal Spiral, Luis Othoniel Rosa, tr. Katie Marya.
Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 24
That Which Feeds Us, Keala Kendall; Tell Me My Future, Eileen M. Ruvane; The League of Dangerous Young Ladies, J.A. Morgenstein; Young World, Soman Chainani.
Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 25
I Know a Place, Nat Cassidy; Sauúti Terrors, Eugen Bacon, Cheryl Ntumy & Stephen Embleton, eds.; I Was Alive Here Once: Ghost Stories, Sarah Coolidge, ed.
Reviews by DIVERS HANDS: VANESSA FOGG, ADRIENNE MARTINI, MICHAEL SWANWICK, ALVARO ZINOS-AMARO / 26
An Impossibility of Crows, Kirsten Kaschock; Hell’s Heart, Alexis Hall; The Book of Bots, James Patrick Kelly; Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Jo Walton and Ada Palmer.
Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer),
Bacon, Eugen, & Cheryl Ntumy, eds. • Sauúti Terrors (Gabino Iglesias)
Baker, Kylie Lee • Japanese Gothic (Alex Brown)
Barker, R. J. • Mortedant’s Peril (Alexandra Pierce)
Carrasco, Luis López • The White Desert (Niall Harrison)
Cassidy, Nat • I Know a Place (Gabino Iglesias)
Chainani, Soman • Young World (Colleen Mondor)
Chakraborty, Shannon • The Tapestry of Fate (Alex Brown)
Coolidge, Sarah, ed. • I Was Alive Here Once: Ghost Stories (Gabino Iglesias)
Curtis, Grace • Heaven’s Graveyard (Niall Harrison)
El Sayed, Mahmud • The Republic of Memory (Alexandra Pierce)
Hall, Alexis • Hell’s Heart (Adrienne Martini)
Hoffman, Ada • Ignore All Previous Instructions (Gary K. Wolfe)
Islington, James • Scion (Alexandra Pierce)
Kaschock, Kirsten • An Impossibility of Crows (Vanessa Fogg)
Kendall, Keala • That Which Feeds Us (Colleen Mondor)
Knútsdóttir, Hildur, tr. Mary Robinette Kowal • Dead Weight (Ian Mond)
Kritzer, Naomi • Obstetrix (Gary K. Wolfe)
Morgenstein, J. A. • The League of Dangerous Young Ladies (Colleen Mondor)
Morrison, Geoffrey D. • The Coffin of Honey (Ian Mond)
Rosa, Luis Othoniel, tr. Katie Marya • Animal Spiral (Niall Harrison)
Ruvane, Eileen M. • Tell Me My Future (Colleen Mondor)
Swanwick, Michael • The Book of Bots (Michael Swanwick)
Tidhar, Lavie • The Three Coffin Problem (Gary K. Wolfe)
Tremblay, Paul • Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep (Ian Mond)
Walton, Jo, & Ada Palmer • Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)
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