I was about a third of the way through Robert Jackson Bennett’s Foundryside when I realized I was reading a fantasy novel about the future. Not in any literal sense, so far as I know; this is a sec…

In this new biweekly series, we’ll be exploring the evolution of both major and minor figures in Tolkien’s legendarium, tracing the transformations of these characters through drafts and early manu…

A dog detective is hired by a female human to investigate a murder that she committed. But of course, all is not as it seems.

I didn’t grow up reading superhero comics. There wasn’t any real reason why, except perhaps that none of the adults around me did. It does mean, though, that when I talk to people about comics, and…

Hello, Tor.com! Welcome to where this read of TROK becomes a reread–for I have now read the whole thing. And it is awesome, and now I’m gonna read it again. You should come along and read it too! (…

On October 8, 2019, Wheel of Time and Robert Jordan fans will get to experience Warrior of the Altaii, a fascinating formative work by The Wheel of Time creator, offering an abundance of the epic t…

Writers are book-lovers. It’s not surprising that the plots they devise often have to do with reading, storytelling, or the creation of works of literature. Sometimes, writers just namecheck fictio…

Lucian packed his possessions before he left. He packed his antique silver serving spoons with the f...

“How well can you take a punch?” asked Deputy Ambassador Schmidt. Lieutenant Harry Wilson blinked an...

Love has no time limits, but life does. Elizabeth Bear gives us a future where life and love and identity have so many more options than they do today.

Salipa and Telo have perfect lives in the virtual reality world that humanity has retreated to after bacteria and viruses resistant to all medications take over the outside world. But when the robo…

A horror tale about the Witch Bride, second wife of a King, and the discord between her and her young stepson.

Baltimore isn’t safe. Not even for the predatory meat that stalks its nights. Searching for victims who won’t be missed, meat doesn’t feel regret or pain—only thirst. But the meat…

Vlad has grown distant from his wife. His son has trouble at school. And he has to keep his sharp teeth hidden.

“Fabulous Beasts” by Priya Sharma is a horror novelette about a strange woman living in luxury with her lover, but irrevocably tied to her childhood of deprivation and dark secrets in n…

An alternate history short story looking at decisions and consequences, and what it takes to pull the trigger.

The planet of Quányuán is arid to the point of being uninhabitable. Wetness is a concept left back on Earth. That doesn’t stop one elderly woman from stepping outside the safety of the colony whene…

Anger is an energy. A young girl, a slave in the South, is presented with a moment where she can grasp for freedom, for change, for life. She grabs it with both hands, fiercely and intensely, and t…

The beginnings of a tentative friendship between two roboticists complicate over career envy, female beauty, and a stolen robot designed to resemble a famous Korean actor.

I am American. We are all Americans. The year is 1942. A Japanese-American girl’s life is turned upside down by Executive Order 9066, and she must cope with a life confined to the barbed wire…

Read Among the Silvering Herd, a Tor.com original fantasy story by A.M. Dellamonica

Shtetl Days by Harry Turtledove

In Miho’s world, nanos, plastic surgery, and robot girlfriends can fix just about anything — or break it.

A Clean Sweep With All the Trimmings: A Tor.com Original story by James Alan Gardner

Six Months, Three Days by Charlie Jane Anders

The Dala Horse by Michael Swanwick

Original story Hello, Moto by Nnedi Okorafor

A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel by Yoon Ha Lee

A powerful near future story about two people on a whale-processing rig: one a researcher, the other a worker—and the discovery they make by listening to whale song.

A dog detective is hired by a female human to investigate a murder that she committed. But of course, all is not as it seems.