Charlie Jane Anders

1 week ago | latimes.com | Charlie Jane Anders

Back in 2020, I faced the bane of every writer’s existence: a blank page, in an empty notebook. I was starting my first novel for adults in years, and I always struggle to find a way into the story. Except this time, I had a secret weapon in my back pocket: I’d written three young-adult novels, and writing YA had taught me so much — and given my pen a whole new lease on life. Don’t let anybody tell you that young-adult books are easy to write.

1 week ago | issues.org | Charlie Jane Anders

Rey Velasquez Sagcal Future Tense Fiction “The deliveries,” Vera says from behind the counter, “they just haven’t been showing up.” This story was originally published in Slate in January 2018. It is republished here as a part of the Future Tense Fiction project, presented by Issues in collaboration with ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination. Author’s note: I’ve only gotten more worried about mass starvation since I wrote “The Minnesota Diet” back in 2017.

3 weeks ago | uncannymagazine.com | Charlie Jane Anders |Clockpunk Studios

1. Jamie has never known what to say to her mother. And now—when it matters most of all, when she’s on a rescue mission—she knows even less. What the hell was she thinking? Somehow Jamie had imagined just marching up to the bright red door of her mother’s tiny house. She’d knock, and then proclaim: “Listen Mom, I’m a witch, and I’m here to teach you how to do magic.”As if that was a thing a person could say to her mother, after years of barely speaking to each other. So Jamie stands frozen.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Charlie Jane Anders

No, it’s not the Halloween season — but we’re still blessed this month with a wealth of terrific books about ghosts, vampires and other nightmare-inducing creatures. Horror fiction is punching way above its weight class in raising big questions while creeping us out. And one self-proclaimed “cozy” book shows how the tricks of horror can be used to pluck your heartstrings. ‘The Haunting of Room 904’ by Erika T.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Charlie Jane Anders

We’re in a cultural moment of villain appreciation, spearheaded by films like “Wicked.” Science fiction and fantasy books have played into the trend, with recent bestsellers such as “Starter Villain,” “Assistant to the Villain” and “Long Live Evil.” Four new books explore how characters can rise to find grace even when they’ve been scapegoated as evildoers.