Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite (@oliviawaite)
Dorothy Gentleman, ship’s detective and no-nonsense auntie, is called to a new case when an infant is mysteriously left on her nephew’s doorstep. The catch: they’re on an interstellar generation starship, and no one should be having children right now, much less abandoning them. Follow along as Olivia Waite brings the cozy mystery genre to the stars in this second installment of a delightful novella series.
Moss’d in Space by Rebecca Thorne (@rebeccathornewrites)
Torian Razner has finally bought a starship—a century-old, moss-covered abandoned relic, but at least it’s hers. Except Torian discovers that there’s more to this moss than meets the eye, and that the immortal alien that had built the ship never abandoned it at all. And now the immortal alien wants its starship back, and Torian really looks like she just stole the ship, moss and all.
Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders (@charliejaneanders)
Relationships with mothers are complicated—doubly so when there are secrets and magic involved. In this queer family drama, Charlie Jane Anders explores the thorny tangle of family, love, grief, academia, and magic.
Out in paperback August 11, 2026!
The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang
Linguist Ro has spent his entire life studying for a single purpose: to jump into the body of one of the mysterious Star Eaters—the alien race who mines the elusive element needed to sustain a myriad intergalactic civilizations. To do so, he must do more than just learn the Star Eater language; he must become one of them.
It never occurs to him that the mere act of understanding can destroy.
When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee (@bywenyilee)
Singapore, 1972: beneath the glamorous, rapidly modernizing surface of the city, gangsters and secret societies vie for power while channeling the magic of their ancestors’ gods. When Adeline Siow’s mother dies in an impossible conflagration, Adeline hunts down the only clue she has: the girls with butterfly tattoos, members of an all-girl gang that swear fealty to a vengeful fire goddess.
Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle (@drchucktingle)
Fashion influencer by day and grave robber by night, Poppy Stringer is on call when Eddie Michaels—a flamboyant, piano-slamming rockstar and queer icon—unexpectedly dies. All Poppy has to do is retrieve Eddie’s body from the medical examiner’s office, but what starts as a routine delivery quickly goes awry when Eddie wakes up.
Cabaret in Flames by Hache Pueyo
In a glittering, alternative Brazil, Ariadne is the all-too-human doctor for the powerful, near-immortal vampiric guls. Five years ago, her mentor went missing; now, a gul claiming to be her mentor's old paramour shows up on her doorstep with the news that her mentor may still be alive—and in need of their rescue. Dark, luscious, mysterious, and bloody, Cabaret in Flames wanders eerie nighttime alleyways and haunted hallways of memory, grappling with what it means to love—and be loved by—monsters.
Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske (@fahye)
In order to graduate the Academie of the Grand Duchy of Sieuxerr, every mage with a healer’s gift must endure a five-day trial, but solving a classmate’s murder was never on the curriculum. Five scholars. Five secrets. Five days to solve a murder and pass the most important exam of their lives, and maybe uncover a secret large enough to change the world.
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