The Kennedy Center’s Has Scrubbed Trump’s Name Off its Website @ io9

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At Long Last, Instagram Users are Free to Reorganize Their Grids @ io9

The platform's been going through changes, and now its users can make their own with the release of a long-desired feature.

A Farmer Donated Land For a Public Park and the City Sold It to a Data Center Developer for $10 Million @ io9

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‘We Expect It to Leak, So We’re Just Announcing It’: OpenAI Files Confidentially for IPO @ io9

The most consequential artificial intelligence IPO is on the horizon.

Dems Threaten to Block Surveillance Law Unless New Spy Chief Drops Out @ io9

The issue is way bigger than Bill Pulte.

Apple Intelligence Can Change Your Passwords for You When You Get Hacked @ io9

Agentic AI and security are normally at odds, but this Apple Intelligence feature could be a lifesaver.

Confirmed: watchOS 27 Does in Fact Support Apple Watch Series 9 @ io9

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Mexico Just Showed Off a New Extremely Cheap, Government-Backed EV @ io9

Whether it'll be allowed across the border remains to be seen.

Convicted Crypto Fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried Officially Files for Trump Pardon @ io9

We would say stranger things have happened, but Trump pardoning a crypto fraudster isn't very strange in 2026.

Amazon Seems Unfazed by the Poor Opening of ‘Masters of the Universe’ @ io9

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Apple TVs Will Get tvOS 27 Later This Year @ io9

Like the rest of the non-AI news, it sounds like mostly a performance update.

Meta Removes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses, Is Mad About it @ io9

Mostly just mad they got caught.

Matthew Rhys on What Propels Mayor Tom’s Outbursts on ‘Widow’s Bay’ @ io9

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You’ll Be Able to Search Apple Home-Connected Camera Footage Using AI This Fall @ io9

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After All That Hype, Trump’s Arctic Oil Lease Sale Raised a Laughable $3.7M @ io9

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Apple Says Its New Google-Infused AI Is All About Privacy @ io9

The company says its new AI architecture, built in collaboration with Google, makes its offerings “smarter and more useful.”

Microsoft’s AI Chief Insists He’s Not Posting Thirst Traps on Main After Messy Breakup With OpenAI @ io9

Microsoft is not officially single and looking.

Apple’s Vision Pro Will Stick AI Siri Right in Your Face @ io9

Siri will appear as an Orb in your field of view, becoming the AI marble companion you never wanted.

An Arizona Lake Just Lost All Its Fish @ io9

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Letterboxd Is Doing Something Super Geeky for ‘The Odyssey’ @ io9

Fans of the Christopher Nolan epic will be able to log the film in all of its premium formats.

Hubble Could Get a New Lease on Life—If NASA Can Afford It @ io9

The space agency is considering keeping Hubble around for longer if it can reduce the telescope's operating costs.

Weekly Bestsellers, 8 June 2026 @ Locus Online

Haig Train

Debuting on print lists this week is Matt Haig’s The Midnight Train (Viking), from the world of 2020’s The Midnight Library, ranking #4 on three of the lists, #14 on the fourth.

Also notable: a Deluxe Edition of Andy Weir’s The Martian (Ballantine) debuts on two lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.14		 LAT
06.07		 USAT
05.31		 PW
06.08		 Amz
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Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Aster, Starside 04.13.26 / 9 x 109 +5 18 -10 xxx..
Brown, Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition) 10.27.25 / 32 xxx.. 63 -7 xxx..
Burke, Yesteryear 04.20.26 / 8 1 +1 1 = 2 +1 1 +2 7 -2 2 +1 4 -3
Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping 06.10.24 / 81 xxx.. 18 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles 04.27.26 / 7 10 -6 x 37 -28 11 -7 95 -37 xxx
Dinniman, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario 01.12.26 / 22 11 -3 39 -11 36 -7 27 -7
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl 05.26.25 / 43 x xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 41 + xxx..
Dinniman, The Butcher’s Masquerade 04.21.25 / 18 xxx.. 67 -19 xxx.. 92 -25
Dinniman, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook 02.02.26 / 18 13 -4 47 -12 48 -9 x
Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride 05.26.25 / 16 xxx.. 80 -7 xx x
Dinniman, The Gate of the Feral Gods 03.24.25 / 20 15 -2 60 -13 xxx.. 79 -17
Dinniman, This Inevitable Ruin 10.06.25 / 13 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 25 -9 xxx
Francis, Broken Dove 05.25.26 / 3 x x 23 -14
Griffin, The Sun and the Starmaker 03.02.26 / 13 9 = xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Train 05.18.26 / 4 4 ++ 4 ++ 14 ++ 4 ++ x 28 -13 x
Parker, The Ballad of Falling Dragons 05.25.26 / 3 5 -4 11 -10 5 -4 x 44 -12
Roberts, Powerless 11.20.23 / 96 xxx.. xxx.. 10 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
SenLinYu, Alchemised 10.06.25 / 36 xxx.. xxx.. xx 24 -5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Smith, The Thorn Queen 04.27.26 / 5 8 -3 xxx.. xxx..
Sorensen, Fury Bound 05.04.26 / 6 xx 146 -89 20 -8 xxx.. xxx xxx
Tahir, Heir 10.14.24 / 15 xxx.. xx 12 -1
van Veen, Bone of My Bone 06.08.26 / 1 107 ++
Weir, The Martian 02.17.14 / 15 xxx.. xxx.. 15 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Weir, The Martian (Deluxe Edition) 06.08.26 / 1 9 ++ 6 ++
Yarros, Onyx Storm 04.01.24 / 111 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 13 +6 xxx..
Yarros, Untitled Empyrean (Not Book Four) 04.20.26 / 8 xxx xxx.. 83 -15
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.14		 LAT
06.07		 USAT
05.31		 PW
06.08		 Amz
(06.08)		 UK:
Amz UK
(06.08)		 Canada:
Amz.ca
(06.08)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Abercrombie, The Devils [tpb] 05.11.26 / 5 99 -15 21 -2
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 491 xxx.. x xxx.. 93 -6 xxx.. xxx..
Buehlman, Between Two Fires [tpb] 09.09.24 / 15 54 +22
Danielewski, House of Leaves [tpb] 07.07.25 / 3 78 + 25 +
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl [tpb] 01.12.26 / 22 8 -1 3 = 7 +5 3 +2 60 -32 18 -8
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) [tpb] 06.01.26 / 2 52 -48 15 -12
Durst, The Faraway Inn [tpb] 04.13.26 / 8 xxx.. 16 = xxx..
Gillig, The Knight and the Moth [tpb] 06.01.26 / 2 13 -3 x 46 -21 9 -2 78 -29
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb] 05.22.23 / 81 xxx.. 6 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 92 +1 xxx..
Kraus, Angel Down [tpb] 05.18.26 / 4 x 59 -7 x xxx xxx
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 232 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 56 -16 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 158 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 82 + xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 269 xxx.. xxx.. 89 + xxx.. xxx.. 42 +9 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 145 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 90 -35
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 189 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 70 -27 xxx..
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 111 xxx.. 7 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 454 xxx.. 84 -14
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb] 10.03.22 / 81 4 -1 1 +1 4 +2 x 12 -3 26 +2 5 -3
Yarros, Fourth Wing [tpb] 09.16.24 / 89 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 14 +13 x
Yarros, Iron Flame [tpb] 06.02.25 / 50 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 16 +6 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.14		 LAT
06.07		 USAT
05.31		 PW
06.08		 Amz
(06.08)		 UK:
Amz UK
(06.08)		 Canada:
Amz.ca
(06.08)
This cell color indicates rankings on children’s bestsellers lists This cell color indicates rankings of books based on pre-publication sales [Italics and brackets, and/or this cell color, indicate stale data — rankings from one or more weeks before — and do not contribute to the cumulative weeks on any list totals]

The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x’s: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.

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2026 Ignyte Awards Finalists @ Locus Online

The Ignyte Awards Committee has announced the finalists for the 2026 Ignyte Awards, which “seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts toward inclusivity of the genre.”Ignyte Awards logo

Outstanding Novel: Adult

Outstanding Novel: YA

Outstanding Middle Grade

  • Afia in the Land of Wonders, Mia Araujo (Scholastic)
  • The Glade, Naseem Jamnia (Bittersweet)
  • The Island of Forgotten Gods, Victor Piñeiro (Sourcebooks Young Readers)
  • Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, Ally Russel (Delacorte)
  • Candace, the Universe, and Everything, Sherri L. Smith (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)

Outstanding Novella

  • The Iron Below Remembers, Sharang Biswas (Neon Hemlock)
  • Audition for the Fox, Martin Cahill (Tachyon)
  • The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom)
  • Psychopomp & Circumstance, Eden Royce (Tordotcom)
  • Descent, Wole Talabi (Clarkesworld)

Outstanding Novelette

  • “Uncertain Sons”, Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons)
  • “We Begin Where Infinity Ends”, Somto Ihezue (Clarkesworld 2/25)
  • “What I Saw Before the War”, Alaya Dawn Johnson (Reactor 1/22/25)
  • “Human Voices”, Isabel J. Kim (Lightspeed 9/25)
  • “Never Eaten Vegetables”, H.H. Pak (Clarkesworld 1/25)

Outstanding Short Story

  • “Ichthyosis”, M.L. Krishnan (Fantasy 1/2/25)
  • “Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels”, Albert Nkereuwem (Will This Be a Problem? Issue V)
  • “Because I Held His Name Like a Key”, Aimee Ogden (Strange Horizons 6/16/25)
  • “Autogas Ferryman”, Champ Wongsatayanont (Nightmare 9/25)
  • “The Octopus Dreams of Personhood”, Hannah Yang (Diabolical Plots 4/16/25)

Outstanding Speculative Poetry

  • “The oblique light at Kakushima (a memory of persimmons)”, Ryu Ando | 安堵 龍 (Strange Horizons 2/24/25)
  • “Set It Off (1996) – Fans’ Cut”, Nova Cypress Black (Strange Horizons 6/30/25)
  • “In an attempt to seduce Death my sister starts calling him Love”, Karan Kapoor (Strange Horizons 2/17/25)
  • “The Language of Fireflies”, Angela Liu (The Deadlands 2/13/25)
  • “After the Storm”, Ishita Basu Mallik (The Deadlands 5/5/25)

Critics Award

  • Alex Brown
  • Vanessa Fogg
  • Maria Haskins
  • Gabino Iglesias
  • The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Outstanding Fiction Podcast

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies
  • Escape Pod
  • khōréō
  • Lightspeed
  • Nightmare

Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works

  • Call and Response, Christopher Caldwell (Neon Hemlock)
  • The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories, André M. Carrington, ed. (Luna Press Publishing)
  • We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope, Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz & Malka Older, eds. (Saga)
  • Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, Lee Mandelo, ed. (Erewhon)
  • As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories, Terese Mason Pierre, ed. (Spiderline)

Outstanding Creative Nonfiction

  • “Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence”, Tanvir Ahmed (Strange Horizons 11/24/25)
  • The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction, Gautam Bhatia (Alter 11/22/25)
  • The Outspoken and the Incendiary: Interviews with Radical Speculative Fiction Writers, Terry Bisson (PM)
  • Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, Susana M. Morris (Amistad)
  • “A Conjuror’s Manifesto: Notes on the Afrosurreal”, Shyheim Williams (Strange Horizons 6/30/25)

Ember Award

  • Maurice Broaddus
  • Karen Lord
  • Dave Ring
  • Arley Sorg
  • Martha Wells

Community Award

  • Augur
  • Jason Sanford’s Genre Grapevine
  • Sistah Scifi
  • Strange Horizons
  • Will This Be a Problem?

Public voting for the winners is open now through August 16, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. For more information, see the Ignyte Awards website.

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‘Jem and the Holograms’ Could Be Making a Live-Action Comeback @ io9

The production team behind 'Westworld' and 'Fallout' may bring a new version of the '80s musical series to Amazon.

Apple’s AI Siri Update Is Finally Here @ io9

After being announced in 2024, this is the closest thing we've gotten to Apple's promised AI-powered Siri upgrade.

Apple Fixes the Illegible Liquid Glass Elements on macOS @ io9

macOS Golden Gate will be suffused with AI-enhanced Siri, but what you'll really care about is a more legible Finder menu.

Apple Announces iOS 27 for iPhone With New Liquid Glass Slider @ io9

The software update will be supported on iPhones as old as the iPhone 11 series.

Gas-X Recalled Over Possible Contamination With Machine Coolant @ io9

Machine coolant is not known for relieving gastric distress.

Ridley Scott Is Bringing Pirates Back With Hugh Jackman and ‘Treasure Island’ @ io9

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Meta Says Thousands of Instagram Accounts Were Breached Through Its AI Support Assistant @ io9

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‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ Have Both Crossed the $200 Million Mark @ io9

The indie horror movies have been terrifying audiences and breaking box-office records in equal measure.

Scientists Capture First Photo Evidence of Dwarf Island Fox Not Seen in 20 Years @ io9

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2026 Tomorrow Prize and Green Feather Winners @ Locus Online

The Omega Sci-Fi Awards has revealed the winners of its Tomorrow Prize short story competition:Omega Sci-Fi Awards logo

  • FIRST PLACE: “File: Anna Bishop”, Abigail Lee
  • SECOND PLACE: “The Continuity States of America”, Jadyn Manguera Shin
  • THIRD PLACE: “Bellwethers”, Theodore Kinsella

Other finalists include:

  • “The Drought Code”, Hanaa Belkacemi
  • “Mother”, Yedsen Troy Dela Cruz

Honorable mentions were given to the following stories:

  • “A Tale of Loneliness”, Kelly Chen
  • “Hybrid City”, Kyra Feliciano
  • “The Lovelies”, Erin Foss
  • “The Distilled Soul”, Olivia Hammond & Kayla Thompson
  • “In Cision”, Chiara Hoffman
  • “Half Human”, Wenen Tan

Results of the 2026 Green Feather Award competition were also announced. The winner is “Last Life” by Michaela Tobitt.

Honorable mentions were given to the following stories:

  • “Capital of Air”, Noah Bernstein & Kata Murayoshi
  • “The Filth Gate”, Jaedyn Flowers
  • “Parable of the Scorched Earth”, Zoe Gibson
  • “Aftermath”, Preston Hinds

The Tomorrow Prize and the Green Feather Award are open to Los Angeles County high school students. The Tomorrow Prize first-place winner receives $250 and publication in L.A. Parent Magazine, second prize is $150, and third prize is $100. The Green Feather Award gives $250 and publication by the Nature Nexus Institute for an eco-themed SF story.

All finalists had their stories performed by celebrity guests during the culminating event in Pasadena, CA in May 2026.

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2026 Commonwealth Prize Regional Winners and AI Controversy @ Locus Online

Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2026 logoThe five regional winners of the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been announced. Works and authors of genre interest include “Mehendi Nights” by Sharon Aruparayil. The winning stories have been published online by Granta.

After a final round of judging, the overall winner will be announced in an online ceremony June 30, 2026. The winner receives £5,000, while the regional winners each receive £2,500.

The Prize has recently been the subject of suspicions of AI. In particular, according to The New York Times, readers have expressed suspicion that “The Serpent in the Grove” by Jamir Nazir was written using AI. Social media users have noted that AI checker Pangram rated the story as 100% AI-created. According to Publishers Lunch, while AI detectors are not always accurate, “Pangram is among the more well-respected tools.”

NYT quotes the director-general of the Commonwealth Foundation, Razmi Farook, responding in a statement: “We’re confident in the rigor of our process, but we’re conscious that this is an evolving technological environment.”

On the Granta website, each published story is preceded by a statement:

Since 2012 Granta has hosted the winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize on our website. Granta editors were not involved with these stories or their selection beyond copy-editing them upon receipt. This year, there has been speculation that some of the stories may have been at least partially AI-generated. The suggestion that writers have submitted material not authentically their own is a charge we take seriously, but until definite evidence comes to light we will keep these stories on our website.

Granta publisher Sigrid Rausing also shared in a public statement that Granta had asked Claude.ai whether “The Serpent in the Grove” was AI-generated. “The response was long, concluding that it was ‘almost certainly not produced unaided by a human.’ It may be that the judges have now awarded a prize to an instance of A.I. plagiarism — we don’t yet know, and perhaps we never will know.”

This comes after the recent news covered by Locus that Hachette was pulling horror novel Shy Girl by Mia Ballard from shelves after a review of the text for AI-generated contents.

For more information, see the NYT article, the Publishers Lunch article, and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize web page.

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Subterranean Press to Close @ Locus Online

Subterranean Press logoAfter a long career of publishing gorgeous limited editions, collections, art books, and novellas, publisher Bill Schafer has shared the news that Subterranean Press will be permanently closing in the coming years. Subterranean intends to continue publishing work through the end of 2027, “which may bleed into 2028 as we wrap things up.” Schafer says,

We want to handle this in a structured, orderly fashion, which will include communicating with a large number of writers, artists, as well as publishers we license rights from.

One goal of our plan is that we either complete a number of ongoing series, or place them with other presses, to be continued in the same style as our volumes, so long-time customers will have a uniform set.

I hope that answers a few questions. Answers to others will have to wait until more of this process unfolds. I ask that you not deluge us with them.

From their website: Based in Burton, Michigan, Subterranean Press has been putting out approximately 45 titles each year. Since it began in 1995, both the publisher and numerous works it has produced have been honored with accolades including the World Fantasy, Locus, Horror Writers Association, and Hugo Awards.

Among the authors Subterranean has published are Kelley Armstrong, Ted Chiang, Alix E. Harrow, Joe Hill, Fonda Lee, N.K. Jemisin, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Joe R. Lansdale, Arkady Martine, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Tamsyn Muir, John Scalzi, Robert Silverberg, and many more.

Our books have included artwork by Rovina Cai, Jon Foster, Victo Ngai, Dave McKean, Matt Mahurin, and many others.

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2026 Clarke Award Shortlist @ Locus Online

The shortlist for the 39th annual Arthur C. Clarke Award, celebrating the best science fiction novel published in the UK, has been announced.

Arthur C. Clarke Award logo

The winner will be announced on August 12, 2026 and receives an engraved bookend and £2,026 in prize money. The 2026 judges are Eliza Claudia Filimon and Antony Jones for the British Science Fiction Association, Tiffani Angus and John Coxon for the Science Fiction Foundation, and Esther MacCallum-Stewart for the SCI-FI-LONDON film festival. Andrew M. Butler represented the Clarke Award directors as non-voting Chair of the Judges.

Butler says,

For four decades, our Clarke judges have whittled hundreds of books down to shortlists and then to the books they feel is the best sf novel published in Britain. This is never easy. The current judges debated over 130 volumes and picked the six they liked best. There’s a strong thread of memory running through the shortlist – and I think this might be a memorable year.

Award Director Tom Hunter said,

Sir Arthur was always passionate that the award’s definition of science fiction be as diverse and open as possible, and I believe he would have both applauded the record levels of new SF being published today and the formidable challenge this created for our judging panel.

Following Sir Arthur’s passing, the award faced the real possibility of being forced to close after its 25th year. I am delighted that we have been able to steward the award successfully all the way to its 40th anniversary, and am happy to report the directors are already making plans for celebrating in 2036.

For more information, see the Clarke Award website.

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2025 Stoker Awards Winners @ Locus Online

Horror Writers Association (HWA) logo, featuring a crow on a stack of booksThe Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the winners of the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards at an awards banquet during StokerCon 2026, held June 4-7, 2026 in Pittsburgh PA and streamed virtually.

Superior Achievement in a Novel

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

  • WINNER: Shiny Happy People, Clay McLeod Chapman (Delacorte) amazon / bookshop

  • Beautiful Brutal Bodies, Linda Cheng (Roaring Brook) amazon / bookshop
  • We’re Not Safe Here, Rin Chupeco (Sourcebooks) amazon / bookshop
  • The Silenced, Diana Rodriguez Wallach (Delacorte) amazon / bookshop
  • A Girl Walks into the Forest, Madeleine Roux (Quill Tree) amazon / bookshop

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel

  • WINNER: Ride or Die, Delilah S. Dawson (Delacorte) amazon / bookshop

  • The Girl in the Walls, Meg Eden Kuyatt (Scholastic) amazon / bookshop
  • Broken Dolls, Ally Malinenko (HarperCollins Children’s) amazon / bookshop
  • The House Next Door, Ellen Oh (HarperCollins Children’s) amazon / bookshop
  • Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, Ally Russell (Delacorte) amazon / bookshop

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

  • “Uncertain Sons”, Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons) amazon / bookshop
  • “Squid Teeth”, Sarah Langan (Reactor 5/7/25)
  • Pam Kowolski is a Monster!, Sarah Langan (Raw Dog Screaming) amazon / bookshop

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

  • WINNER: Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions, John Langan (Word Horde) amazon / bookshop

  • Acquired Taste, Clay McLeod Chapman (Titan) amazon / bookshop
  • Little Horn: Stories, Gemma Files (Shortwave) amazon / bookshop
  • Teenage Girls Can Be Demons, Hailey Piper (Titan) amazon / bookshop
  • Cyanide Constellations: And Other Stories, Sara Tantlinger (Dark Matter INK) amazon / bookshop

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

Superior Achievement in Long Non-Fiction

  • WINNER: Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Fiction, Becky Siegel Spratford, ed. (Saga) amazon / bookshop

  • Global Indigenous Horror, Naomi Simone Borwein, ed. (University Press of Mississippi) amazon / bookshop
  • The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters, Brandon R. Grafius & John W. Morehead, eds. (Oxford University Press) amazon / bookshop
  • America’s Most Gothic, Leanna Renee Hieber & Andrea Janes (Citadel) amazon / bookshop
  • Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can’t Look Away, Coltan Scrivner (Penguin Random House) amazon / bookshop

Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction

  • WINNER: “My Long Road to Horror”, Tananarive Due (Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Fiction) amazon / bookshop

  • “Deathwish Wolf Man: The Tragic Hero at the Heart of the Universal Monsters“, Patrick Barb (Interstellar Flight 10/3/25)
  • “Why Horror”, Stephen Graham Jones (Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Fiction) amazon / bookshop
  • “Haunted Thresholds: Liminal Horror and the Psychological Disintegration of Women from Post-Partum, Grief, Trauma and Religious Fanaticism”, Mo Moshaty (Darkest Margins: 24 Essays on Liminality and Liminal Spaces in the Horror Genre)
  • “My Mother Was Margaret White”, Cynthia Pelayo (Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Fiction) amazon / bookshop

Superior Achievement in Poetry

  • WINNER: Everything Endless, Linda D. Addison & Jamal Hodge (Raw Dog Screaming) amazon / bookshop

  • Songs of Enough: An Inferno All My Own, Maxwell I. Gold (Hippocampus) amazon / bookshop
  • The Uterus is an Impossible Forest, Shannon Kearns (Raw Dog Screaming) amazon / bookshop
  • The Haunting, Cate Peebles (Tupelo) amazon / bookshop
  • Allegories of Beauty & Violence: A Collection of Gothic Romance Poems, MarieAnn C. Raguso (Analyze This) amazon

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

  • WINNER: Bowling With Corpses and Other Tales from Lands Unknown, Mike Mignola (Dark Horse) amazon / bookshop

  • Jumpscare, Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Danny Luckert (Dark Horse) amazon / bookshop
  • John Carpenter’s Tales for a HalloweeNight Vol. 11, Sandy King, ed. (Storm King) amazon / bookshop
  • Athanasia, Daniel Kraus, illustrated by Dani (Vault) amazon / bookshop
  • Let This One Be a Devil, Steve Foxe & James Tynion IV, illustrated by Piotr Kowalski (Dark Horse) amazon / bookshop

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay

  • WINNER: Sinners, Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros., Domain, Proximity)

  • Weapons, Zach Cregger (New Line Cinema, Domain, Subconscious)
  • 28 Years Later, Alex Garland (Sony, Columbia Pictures, TSG Entertainment)
  • Companion, Drew Hancock (New Line Cinema, BoulderLight Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment)
  • Bring Her Back, Bill Hinzman & Danny Philippou (Causeway Films, Salmira Productions, The South Australian Film Corporation)

As previously announced, Bad Hand Books is the recipient of the Specialty Press Award, the Richard Laymon President’s Award went to Marc L Abbott, Sarah Read won the Karen Lansdale Silver Hammer Award, Eric Guignard was named Mentor of the Year Award, and this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winners were Jonathan Maberry and Lisa Morton. All winners were honored on June 6 at the StokerCon 2026 awards banquet.

For more information, see the Stoker Awards website or the awards livestream on YouTube.

The post 2025 Stoker Awards Winners appeared first on Locus.

Watch NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Break the Sound Barrier for the First Time @ io9

X-59 will soon fly over several U.S. communities to demonstrate its quiet thump noise.

Big Tech Is Quietly Admitting That If It Wants to Sell People on AI, It Better Be Cheap @ io9

“Tokenmaxxing” is out. The Great Token Panic is setting in.

Prada and Axiom Space Unveil Form-Fitting Inner Layer of Luxury Spacesuit @ io9

NASA is returning to the Moon in style.

Smart Glasses Would Legally Require a Recording Light Under Proposed Law @ io9

Some lawmakers in Pennsylvania would rather not leave privacy up to the discretion of Meta and other tech companies.

The New Xbox Is Cool, Nostalgic, and Really Freaking Green @ io9

You can also get a sweet, transparent green Xbox controller sometime in November.

Fog Is Teeming With Life—But What It Eats Is the Weird Part @ io9

The ratio of water to microbial life in fog rivals that of oceans and lakes, new research has found. Sounds gross, but it's actually good news.

The Star-Studded Cast of ‘Among Us’ Talk Beans, Betrayal, and Whether They’re Actually Gamers @ io9

Elijah Wood, Yvette Nicole Brown, Randall Park, and Kimiko Glenn share their gamer history and whether they think they'd last as crewmates in 'Among Us.'

2026 Locus Awards Winners @ Worlds Without End

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the winners for the 2026 Locus Awards, during the Locus Awards Weekend. The winners in the novel categories are:

Death of the Author Locus Science Fiction Novel

Locus Science Fiction Novel:

The Everlasting Locus Fantasy Novel

Locus Fantasy Novel:

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Locus Horror Novel

Locus Horror Novel:

Sour Cherry Locus First Novel

Locus First Novel:

Starstrike Locus Young Adult Book

Locus Young Adult Book:

For the complete list of winners in all categories check out the official press release from Locus. Our congratulations to all the winners and nominees!

The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Cartoon Gets a Title and Release Window @ io9

Plus, filming halts on 'The Last of Us' season three.

‘Scary Movie’ Laughs to Franchise-Best Opening Weekend @ io9

After 13 years, the 'Scary Movie' franchise is back, and it's got the money to prove it.

Student Protesters Accidentally Discovered an Ancient Roman Villa Beneath Their School @ io9

Student activists discovered a mid-Imperial Roman mansion under their high school gym while occupying buildings during a protest.

Dreame and Steam Form an Unstoppable Team With the New Aero Pro Steam, and This Promo Code Makes It Even Better @ io9

Unleash the incredible cleaning power of 392°F chemical-free steam mopping on your floors.

Asus’ VivoWatch 6 Plus Can Send Health Data to Your Doctor @ io9

The Asus AI Agent now works in healthcare.

The Guy Who May Have Finally Fixed Siri Is Reportedly Not Getting Much Credit @ io9

Despite all his hard work, Mike Rockwell is reportedly not getting a moment in the spotlight.

Entertainment Firsts | Dorky Geeky Nerdy Mini 84 @ Bureau 42

It’s time for some firsts. Entertainment firsts. Various milestones in the entertainment world from technology to awards.

Ten quick questions to get your brains moving on a Monday. Got it? Good. Let’s go.

Connect with the show:

DorkyGeekyNerdy.com
Patreon
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Facebook
Spotify
Discord
Reddit

Ro Laren returns in Star Trek: Shadow Frontier @ Bureau 42

A new horror-themed Star Trek game coming “soon”. It was nice to see Forbes return in Picard, Season 3. But her death was way too fast and kind of meaningless. It’s nice she’s getting a heroic outing. It’s also nice to see Star Trek get a big budget game for a change.

More Carriers Expected to Follow in Spirit’s Footsteps as Fuel Crisis Slashes Airline Profits in Half @ io9

That also means high ticket prices will likely continue.

‘Spyro the Dragon’ is Back With His First New Game in Years @ io9

Toys for Bob takes everyone's favorite dragon off the shelf for 2027's 'Spyro: A Realm Beyond.'

Hunter Biden’s New Crypto Obsession May Have a Depressingly Familiar Next Act @ io9

“I believe in the meme token," Biden recently told Candace Owens.

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Finally Makes $1 Billion @ io9

It took two months, but 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' reached the same milestone as the first movie.

‘Chat Is Dead’: OpenAI Reportedly Planning Radical Changes to ChatGPT @ io9

It’s not the first time OpenAI has hinted at something like this.

If ‘Infamous’ Returns, It Needs to Rethink Its Morals @ io9

Sucker Punch's superhero saga can't really come back without evolving its Karma and characters.

‘Star Trek’ Goes To the Scary Frontier in Next Major Video Game @ io9

Prepare to boldy go into horror and psychological thrills with Bloober Team's 'Star Trek: Shadow Frontier.'

Lego Announces Largest Set Ever, a 12,060-Piece Replica of the Sagrada Família @ io9

Have you got $800 and 150 years to spare? Knock yourself out!

Weekly New Releases – June 9, 2026 @ Bureau 42

Alien Nine
Amazon
Comments A dark anime series from 2001 about a group of middle school girls fighting aliens after school, with a incomplete story that is finished in the manga, which is currently not available in English (it had been previously licensed in its entirety by Central Park Media).
Arcane: League of Legends
Amazon
Bowfinger
Amazon
Burbs
Amazon
Cats and Dogs
Amazon
Cell (Arrow)
Amazon
Comments This is the psychological horror film directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Jennifer Lopez.
Chronicles of Riddick
Amazon
Chum
Amazon
Clash of the Titans (2010)
Amazon
Clockwork Orange
Amazon
Communion
Amazon
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Amazon
Death at Love House
Amazon
Death in Paradise
Amazon
Devil’s Advocate / Insomnia
Amazon
Diana: A Definitive Portrait of the Princess
Amazon
Dirty Harry / Magnum Force
Amazon
Don Juan DeMarco
Amazon
Dr. Strange (1978)
Amazon
Comments The made-for-TV movie, not the Benedict Cumberbatch version.
Due Date
Amazon
Edge of Darkness
Amazon
Elvis Collection
Amazon
Comments Includes Elvis on Tour, Viva Las Vegas, and Jailhouse Rock.
Exorcist
Amazon
Gay Desperado
Amazon
Good Night and Good Luck
Amazon
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Amazon
Hereafter
Amazon
Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope
Amazon
Comments Anime short film about an android implanted with someone else’s memories and a girl who is losing her own memory.
Jonah Hex
Amazon
Let’s Love
Amazon
Lorne
Amazon
Marlowe (Arrow)
Amazon
Comments James Garner plays Philip Marlowe, private investigator, following movies starring Dick Powell and Humphrey Bogart in the same role. The film also features Bruce Lee in a supporting role.
Michael
Amazon
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Amazon
Mortal Kombat II
Amazon
Ms .45 (Arrow)
Amazon
Notting Hill
Amazon
Originals
Amazon
Patriot
Amazon
Psycho Killer
Amazon
Sailor Moon Crystal
Amazon
Comments This is the more manga-faithful adaptation of the Sailor Moon series.
Scarlet Pimpernel
Amazon
Scream 4
Amazon
Space Truckers
Amazon
Steven Spielberg: The Spotlight Collection
Amazon
Comments Includes Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, and War of the Worlds.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy (Arrow)
Amazon
Comments Contains the three live action films from the 80s and 90s, including the alternative, nunchucks free, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles cut from the UK.
Tom and Jerry: Hijinks and Shrieks
Amazon
Wagner
Amazon
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Zulu Dawn
Amazon

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “If you don’t have the films in the Spielberg Spotlight Collection, and have the scratch to pick it up, then I’d recommend getting that. Otherwise, I’m going with the TMNT collection (if you don’t have it in 4K already, or can’t play 4K disks).” Blaine says, “my picks are the same as Alex’s picks this week.”

What We’re Expecting at Apple’s WWDC 2026 @ io9

Apple has to Siri-ously deliver on AI this time.

‘The Odyssey’ Ticket Sales Have Already Made AMC a Winner @ io9

Premium formats are the way to go for 'The Odyssey,' and AMC's already reaping the rewards of early ticket sales.

This Ultrasonic Knife Is More Than Just a Gimmick—at Least Sometimes @ io9

Seattle Ultrasonics' C-200 knife will make tomatoes tremble in fear.

OpenAI Announces Unnerving New ChatGPT Feature Named ‘Lockdown Mode’ @ io9

"Lockdown Mode is not intended for everyone," OpenAI's blog post says. In other words, you're probably not important enough.

2025 Nebula Awards Winners @ Locus Online

SFWA 2020 logoThe Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has released the winners of the 2025 Nebula Awards.

Novel

Novella

Novelette

Short Story

Poetry

Andre Norton Award

  • WINNER: Into the Wild Magic, Michelle Knudsen (Candlewick) amazon / bookshop

  • The Tower, David Anaxagoras, narrated by Christopher Gebauer (Recorded Books) amazon
  • Gemini Rising, Jonathan Brazee (Semper Fi) amazon / bookshop
  • Wishing Well, Wishing Well, Jubilee Cho (Atthis Arts) amazon / bookshop
  • Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) amazon / bookshop
  • Goblin Girl, K.A. Mielke (self-published) amazon / bookshop

Comic

  • WINNER: Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: The Killing Stone, Jessica Maison, illustrated by Anna Wieszczyk (Wicked Tree) amazon

  • Second Shift, Kit Anderson (Avery Hill) amazon / bookshop
  • Carmilla Volume 3: The Eternal, Amy Chu, illustrated by Sal Cipriano & Soo Lee (Berger) amazon / bookshop
  • Helen of Wyndhorn, Tom King, illustrated by Bilquis Evely & Matheus Lopes, lettered by Clayton Cowles (Dark Horse) amazon / bookshop
  • Fishflies, Jeff Lemire (Image) amazon / bookshop
  • Strange Bedfellows, Ariel Slamet Ries (HarperAlley) amazon / bookshop
  • The Flip Side, Jason Walz (Rocky Pond) amazon / bookshop
  • The Stoneshore Register, G. Willow Wilson, illustrated by M.K. Perker, lettered by Richard Bruning (Berger) amazon / bookshop

Ray Bradbury Award

  • WINNER: Murderbot Season One

  • KPop Demon Hunters*
  • Pluribus Season One*
  • Severance: “Chikhai Bardo”*
  • Sinners*
  • Superman*

Game Writing

  • WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Blue Prince
  • Dispatch
  • Hades II
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong*
  • Spire, Surge, and Sea

*Provisional nomination; awaiting acceptance and response on LLM-use.

Winners were announced at the 2026 Nebula Conference and Awards, held June 3-7, 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center in Chicago IL, and virtually online. Many winners, including all short story, novelette, and poem finalists, will be republished in the Nebula Awards Showcase 61 [amazon / bookshop] on June 9, 2026.

For more, see the SFWA website.

The post 2025 Nebula Awards Winners appeared first on Locus.

The Leopard Is Eating David Sacks’s Face @ io9

"Nationalization of AI will accelerate the corporate-government fusion we’re already sliding toward," wrote Sacks.

Supposedly, the Unveiling of a Hovering Tesla Has Not Been Canceled. Just Postponed Until August @ io9

Elon Musk says a lot of things are coming soon. One of those things is a thruster-powered, hovering car.

‘Fatal Fury’ Steps Into the Ring of Video Game Adaptations @ io9

Now that 'Fatal Fury' has reentered the fighting game spotlight, Hollywood wants to give it not one, but *two* movies, and a little something extra.

Kalshi Asks Influencers to Take Down Sponsored Conspiracy Posts About the LA Election @ io9

Polymarket's policy about similar posts remains unclear.

Paramount Does a Paramount, Kills ‘Avatar’ Game @ io9

If you were looking forward to Saber's 'Avatar' action-RPG, you should go on ahead and get that fighting game next month.

US States Will Sue Paramount to Prevent Warner Bros. Merger @ io9

No one wants Paramount to get control of Warner Bros., so California and some other statres are doing something about it.

The Jeff Bezos-Backed EV Pickup Reportedly Has a Deal with Carvana Ahead of Sales Launch @ io9

It's a clue about how buyers might get their hands on a sub-$30,000 EV truck.

The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Trailers at Summer Game Fest 2026 @ io9

The Summer Game Fest showcase has come and gone for 2026, so we've put down our favorite trailers of the giant lot.

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