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Ready to find your next book to dive into? Our September 15, 2026 new releases video takes a fresh look at this week’s latest arrivals in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult fiction. This week brings another mix of imaginative settings, epic journeys, chilling encounters, supernatural mysteries, and engaging YA stories.

Montréal 2027, the 85th World Science Fiction Convention, has added Linda D. Addison and Cory Doctorow as guests of honor. Doctorow will be toastmaster for Montréal 2027. Addison and Doctorow join previously announced guests of honor Chris Barkley, Jeph Jacques, Yves Meynard, and Jo Walton. Montréal 2027 Worldcon will be held September 2-6, 2027 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal in Québec, Canada. For more information, see the official website.

The National Book Foundation has announced that it will present Salman Rushdie with the 2026 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL) at this year’s National Book Awards Ceremony on November 18, 2026. Author Kiran Desai will present the award. The DCAL Medal was created in 1988 “to recognize a lifetime of literary achievement.” Prior recipients of genre interest include Ursula K. Le Guin, Toni Morrison, and Walter Mosley.

Foundling Fathers, Meg Elison (Tachyon 978-1-61696-458-0, $16.95, 192pp, tp) June 2026. From the painfully absent to the inescapably present, both biological and symbolic, it seems to be the season of fathers in my review queue this month. Meg Elison’s Foundling Fathers is only the most open about it.

Visit our bookshop.org page to purchase this week’s new books and support your local bookstore. And us! Astic, Guy & Lafond, Frank: The Art and Craft of Stephen King (Hachette/Black Dog & Leventhal 979-8894141954, SF novel, final book in the House of Atreus series set in a world where the ancient Greek gods were actually corrupted ancient artificial intelligences.

WENDY N. WAGNER is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Nightmare Magazine and senior editor of Lightspeed “to focus on her own writing.” Founding editor John Joseph Adams will resume the role at Nightmare starting with the January 2027 issue; in her place, associate publisher Christie Yant will assume the role of senior editor. C. RHOAD ELLIS sold The Poison Vein, first in the Saga of Ruined Saints trilogy, with two more books to Anne Groell at Del Rey via James McGowan of BookEnds.

Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, Paul Tremblay (Morrow 978-0-06339-846-7, $30.00, 336pp, hc) June 2026. Cover by Robert Beatty. Paul Tremblay is always pushing boundaries (and giving layout people headaches) and Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, his latest, is no different while also being completely dissimilar. Julia Flang is a former semiprofessional gamer stuck in two gigs she hates and living a small life with her retired uncle.

The shorthand for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is slipstream slasher, although it’s more funny than frightening so it’s not actually a horror film. It’s also earnestly weird so, despite the humor, not a satire. Teenage Sex and Death is a love letter to the subgenre.

David Bruce, Irene Bruce, Sheila Williams, Juliet Bruce Asimov’s editor Sheila Williams’ journey back from her serious health issues continues slowly apace. As Medicare will no longer cover her rehab, her daughters have launched a GoFundMe to help support their parents’ move into a longer-term care facility.

The Sunburst Award Society has announced Helen Marshall, author of The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death (Titan) [amazon / bookshop], as the winner of this year’s Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Other shortlisted works include: Marshall receives a medallion with the Sunburst logo and a cash prize of CAD $3,000. The jurors for the 2026 Award were A.G. Pasquella, Daniel Perry, and A.C. Wise.