Exotic Fantasy (and SF) Favorites
Explore our curated list of exotic fantasy and science fiction favorites, featuring masterpieces like The Etched City, Winterlong, and Nifft the Lean. From K.J. Bishop’s surreal worlds to Ian McDonald’s Desolation Road, discover immersive, offbeat adventures perfect for fans of literary speculative fiction.
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Desolation Road
by Ian McDonald
Relates the history of a bizarre little town on the edge of the Martian desert over the course of its thirty-year existence
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Ficciones. C Edited and with an Introduction by Anthony Kerrigan
by Jorge Luis Borges
Seventeen short stories.
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Winter's Tale
by Mark Helprin
A breathtaking novel by the author of "A Soldier of the Great War," this is a book about the beauty and complexity of the human soul, about God, love, and justice.
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Winterlong
by Elizabeth Hand
In the ruins of a once great city, separated twin children are reunited and undertake a dangerous journey to participate in a blood ritual that will signal the end of human history. Reprint.
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Wraeththu
by Storm Constantine
Here at last in a single volume are all three of Constantine's Wraeththu trilogy: The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, The Bewitchments of Love and Hate, and The Fulfilments of Fate and Desire. In this powerful and elegant story set in a future Earth very different from our own, a new kind of human has evolved to challenge the dominion of Homo sapiens. This new breed is stronger, smarter, and far more beautiful than their parent race, and are endowed with psychic as well as physical gifts. They are destined to supplant humanity as we know it, but humanity won't die without a struggle.
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Nifft the Lean
by Michael Shea
Nifft, a master thief, journeys to the Place of the Raging Dead, a virtual hell, in search of the Wizard's Key
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The Etched City
by K.J. Bishop
Fleeing the ghosts of their past, a healer and a killer escape from the ruined Copper Country to the city of Ashamoil. But as they salvage new lives, they will discover that the ghosts of the past are also the ghosts of the future.