About A. E. Lanier

A.E. Lanier is a fantasy and horror writer with stories at The Arcanist, Metastellar, and Daily Science Fiction. She lives in Central Texas where she teaches tweens about the past. She enjoys caves, silent reading, and other people’s cats.

A. E. Lanier is a short fiction writer and educator living in Central Texas. More about her work can be found at aelanier.com.

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Premee Mohamed, "The Siege of Burning Grass" (Solaris, 2024)

August 2, 2024

The Siege of Burning Grass

Premee Mohamed
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Premee Mohamed’s novel The Siege of Burning Grass (Solaris, 2024) is set during an ongoing war between two empires: Varkal and Med’ariz and follows Al…

Dana Elmendorf, "In the Hour of Crows" (Mira Books, 2024)

June 23, 2024

In the Hour of Crows

Dana Elmendorf
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Dana Elmendorf’s novel In The Hour of Crows (Mira Books, 2024) takes place in small town Appalachia and follows Weatherly Opal Wilder, a young woman w…

Eliza Chan, "Fathomfolk" (Orbit, 2024)

May 8, 2024

Fathomfolk

Eliza Chan
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Eliza Chan’s debut novel Fathomfolk (Orbit, 2024) takes place in the semi-submerged city of Tiankawi, where humans and fathomfolk - a collection of pe…

Alix E. Harrow, "Starling House" (Tor Books, 2023)

January 26, 2024

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow
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Alix E. Harrow’s new novel Starling House (Tor Books, 2023) is named for the infamous old mansion in the otherwise unremarkable town of Eden, Kentucky…

Wole Talabi, "Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon" (Daw Books, 2023)

November 19, 2023

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

Wole Talabi
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Wole Talabi’s debut novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (Daw Books, 2023) follows Shigidi–a former nightmare god–and his partner, the succubu…

Hannah Kaner, "Godkiller" (Harper Voyager, 2023)

September 17, 2023

Godkiller

Hannah Kaner
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Hannah Kaner’s debut novel Godkiller (Harper Voyager, 2023) takes place in Middren, a country where gods have been banned as the result of a brutal ci…

Aparna Verma, "The Phoenix King" (Orbit, 2023)

August 28, 2023

The Phoenix King

Aparna Verma
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Aparna Verma’s debut novel The Phoenix King (Orbit, 2023) takes place in the desert kingdom of Ravence as war brews on its borders and the king is set…

Garth Nix, "Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer" (Harper Voyager, 2023)

August 23, 2023

Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz

Garth Nix
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Garth Nix’s new collection Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Pupper Sorcerer (Harper Voyager, 2023) gathers together s…

M. A. Carrick, "Labyrinth's Heart" (Orbit, 2023)

August 12, 2023

Labyrinth's Heart

M. A. Carrick
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M. A. Carrick’s newest novel Labyrinth’s Heart (Orbit, 2023) is the culmination of their Rook and Rose trilogy, which chronicles the life of the thief…

T. Kingfisher, "Thornhedge" (Tor, 2023)

August 3, 2023

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher
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T. Kingfisher’s newest novel Thornhedge (Tor, 2023) is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty that follows Toadling, the person in charge of keeping the fair …

L. R. Lam, "Dragonfall" (DAW, 2023)

June 22, 2023

Dragonfall

L. R. Lam
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Today I talked to L. R. Lam about Dragonfall (DAW, 2023). Long ago, humans betrayed dragons, stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying world…

Daniel M. Ford, "The Warden" (Tor, 2023)

April 18, 2023

The Warden

Daniel M. Ford
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Daniel M. Ford’s new novel The Warden (Tor, 2023) follows Aelis de Lenti, a young necromancer in her first year as the Warden of Lone Pine—a small fro…