Welcome to Halloween Week 2015! Over the course of the week, you will hear from guest authors, bloggers, and your very own Book Smugglers about all things Halloween–including reviews of horror novels and films, essays on the genre, and…
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Welcome to Halloween Week 2015! Over the course of the week, you will hear from guest authors, bloggers, and your very own Book Smugglers about all things Halloween–including reviews of horror novels and films, essays on the genre, and…
The Bridegroom by Amelia Mangan Published 10/27/2015 | 7,079 Words The Bridegroom is an atmospheric story of first contact and identity, and it is the first annual Halloween Tale published by Book Smugglers Publishing. When Valentine was born, no…
Fighting Demons by S.L. Huang Published 9/22/2015 | 7,079 Words Xiao Hong travels to her mother’s homeland in pursuit of Rosa in the sequel to Hunting Monsters My seventeenth birthday, the day I became a woman in the eyes…
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Fighting Demons: S.L. Huang on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
The Vishakanya’s Choice by Roshani Chokshi Published 8/25/2015 | 4,162 Words “Did we have a choice? An honest one. A real Choice.” Who would you be if you had a choice? What would you do? Early in her life,…
Luminous by A.E. Ash Published 7/21/2015 | 8,878 Words Entry number 3333. Vanguard Station Reckoning. All systems stable. Nothing new to report. It’s been nine years since the war started; nine years since she has received acknowledgement or contact…
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The Merger: A Romantic Comedy of Intergalactic Business Negotiations, Indecipherable Emotions, and Pizza by Sunil Patel
The Merger by Sunil Patel Published 6/23/2015 | 6,396 Words Paresh and Sita are a loving married couple who share a (mostly) pleasant and uneventful life. That is, if you don’t count Sita’s cooking experiments with turkey chili pizza…
SFF in Conversation
SFF in Conversation: “On Diversity” Round Table with M Sereno, Aliette de Bodard, Zen Cho, Bogi Takács and JY Yang
SFF in Conversation is a new monthly feature on The Book Smugglers in which we invite guests to talk about a variety of topics important to speculative fiction fans, authors, and readers. Our vision is to create a safe…
Book Smugglers Publishing First Contact
Application for the Delegation of First Contact: Questionnaire, Part B by Kathrin Köhler
A short story – in questionnaire format – from Kathrin Köhler Application for the Delegation of First Contact: Questionnaire, Part B by Kathrin Köhler Published 5/26/2015 A questionnaire, developed by the Federation for the Delegation of First Contact, for…
Decoding the Newbery is a monthly column in which Newbery Medal winners are examined and deconstructed by regular contributor and author Catherine Faris King. This month, Catherine examines the first ever book to be awarded the Newbery Medal: The…
Book Smugglers Publishing Superheroes
Book Smugglers Publishing Announces: 2016 – The Year of the Superhero
We have a couple of big announcements to make so brace yourselves: this is going to be super awesome. BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS 2016 – The Year of the Superhero First there were Subversive Fairy Tales. Soon, there…
Book Smugglers Publishing Speculative Fiction Series
Speculative Fiction 2014 – OUT NOW! (& Giveaway)
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Speculative Fiction 2014 today! Speculative Fiction 2014: The Year’s Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary is out today! The 2014 edition is edited by Renee Williams and Shaun Duke, and collects…
Decoding the Newbery is a monthly column in which Newbery Medal winners are examined and deconstructed by regular contributor and author Catherine Faris King. This month, we examine 2015 Newbery Medal winner, The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. Basketball Rule…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
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Joint Review: A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
“I’m not afraid of dying. But I am afraid of dying here.” She swept her hand over the room, the tavern, the city. “I’d rather die on an adventure than live standing still.” Title: A Darker Shade of Magic…
Book Smugglers Publishing Speculative Fiction Series
Announcing Speculative Fiction 2014: Meet the Contributors!
In which we unveil the contributors for the 2014 edition of an award-winning collection Speculative Fiction is a series that celebrates the best in online non-fiction – the top book reviews, essays and commentary of the year and we…
Book Smugglers Publishing First Contact
Book Smugglers Publishing Presents Upcoming Short Stories: First Contact (Summer 2015)
Introducing our upcoming Summer 2015 line-up of new short stories! BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS Four Short Stories for the Sagacious Reader After a successful first season of short stories – Fairytale Retellings – we Book Smugglers are proud…
Decoding the Newbery
Introducing a new column and new contributor: Decoding the Newbery with Catherine Faris King
Today we are delighted to launch a new column here on The Book Smugglers! Starting in April, “Decoding the Newbery” will be a monthly column taking a look at Newbery Medal winners and will be hosted by our new…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar…
This post is part of An Unconventional Blog Tour – as the title suggests, this is not your typical blog tour. The purpose of this week is to tackle some of the more sensitive and difficult issues that arise…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar…
Our movie reviewing Smuggler, Lavanya Narasimhan, is back with the scoop on The Amazing Spiderman Sneak Peek Fan Event. Give it up for Lavanya, folks! A few days ago, my friend invited me to go to a “sneak peak”…