Welcome to Future Fiction, my reimagining of the Waiting on Wednesday meme! There are so many amazing new books coming out, that I can no longer pick just one. My goal with Future Fiction is to share at least three new books each week, a combination of recent cover reveals and books that I’ve recently added to my TBR pile. I’m still going to be linking up with Wishful Endings/Can’t Wait Wednesday, and I also want to give a shout out to Jill at Breaking the Spine for starting the original Waiting on Wednesday meme. I hope you’ll find some new books to add to your TBR piles, and as always, I look forward to hearing what YOU’RE looking forward to:-D
It’s the final Future Fiction post for Wyrd & Wonder, and I’ve got three new fantasy cover reveals from Tor.com to share (all Tor.com simply because they are the only publisher doing cover reveals lately!)
Everyone knows of the horses of Iceland—wild, and small, and free—but no one really knows their story. All the Horses of Iceland weaves the myth of their origin, a myth that follows one Icelander across the steppes, and unfolds with a ghostly magic that transcends the borders between civilizations.
All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie. Releases in March 2022 from Tor.com. This cover is fantastic, wouldn’t you agree? Not much of a story description, but I’m intrigued. I don’t know anything about Icelandic horses, but if it’s anything like the mystique surrounding the horses of Chincoteague, which I was obsessed with when I was little, I think I’m going to love this.
Andrea Hairston’s Redwood and Wildfire features blues singers, filmmakers, haints, healers, romance, and magic from Georgia to Chicago!
At the turn of the 20th century, minstrel shows transform into vaudeville which slides into moving pictures. Hunkering together in dark theatres, diverse audiences marvel at flickering images. This “dreaming in public” becomes common culture and part of what transforms immigrants and “native” born into Americans.
Redwood, an African American woman, and Aidan, a Seminole Irish man, journey from Georgia to Chicago, from haunted swampland to a “city of the future.” They are gifted performers and hoodoo conjurors, struggling to call up the wondrous world they imagine, not just on stage and screen, but on city streets, in front parlors, in wounded hearts. The power of hoodoo is the power of the community that believes in its capacities to heal and determine the course of today and tomorrow.
Living in a system stacked against them, Redwood and Aidan’s power and talent are torment and joy. Their search for a place to be who they want to be is an exhilarating, painful, magical adventure. Blues singers, filmmakers, haints, healers, and actors work their mojo for adventure, romance, and magic from Georgia to Chicago!
Redwood and Wildfire by Andrea Hairston. Releases in February 2022 from Tor.com. This has so many appealing elements, like the turn of the century setting, blues singers and magic, and I’m very curious to read it. This is a full length novel, not a novella.
A spellbinding and subversive queer recasting of Arthurian myth by the legendary author of Hild.
The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring breeze, and when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she knows that her future lies at his court.
And so, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her mother and, with a broken hunting spear and mended armour, rides on a bony gelding to Caer Leon. On her adventures she will meet great knights and steal the hearts of beautiful women. She will fight warriors and sorcerers. And she will find her love, and the lake, and her fate.
Nebula and Lambda Award-winning author Nicola Griffith returns with Spear, a glorious queer retelling of Arthurian legend, full of dazzling magic and intoxicating adventure.
Spear by Nicola Griffith. Releases in April 2022 from Tor.com. I have heard really good things about Griffith’s book Hild, and this upcoming novella sounds really good. I feel like I need to read more Arthurian myth influenced stories:-)
All the Horses of Iceland has a really beautiful cover. I’m sure it’s going to be an amazing and magical read! Redwood and Wildfire also sounds like a great read. I love books set around the turn of the 20th century. Such an interesting era! And a queer recasting of Arthurian myth?! I LOVE IT ALREADY!
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I love turn of the century time period too:-)
Three intriguing books! I didn’t know there were horses in Iceland. I’d want to read that one first just to learn more about their origins.
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That’s my plan exactly:-)
“Everyone knows of the horses of Iceland…” Well, including you, Priscilla and I, there’s at least 3 of us who don’t. 🙂 But I agree, it does make one curious and I do like the cover.
Ha ha I have a feeling there aren’t actually any horses in Iceland, lol.
The Iceland book looks amazing! That’s going to be one to look forward to, for sure!
The cover was enough to grab me:-)
Add me to the list of people who do not know about Icelandic horses. 🙂 Sounds like we should though! Tolmie’s book has me curious! Both Spear and Redwood and Wildfire sound awesome. I will have to add all of these to my wish list. I hope you enjoy them when you read them! Happy reading, Tammy!
Thank you Wendy!
I’m hugely excited for Spear as well – it sounds just about perfect, and Griffith is always a fantastic read.
I haven’t read her yet, maybe this will be my first Griffith:-)
The cover for All the Horses of Iceland is dreamy!
I know! I love it:-)
All I had to hear was from the author of Hild! 🙂
I haven’t read Hild but I want to!
I highly recommend Hild. Why not read it while you’re waiting for Spear? And like everyone else I’m intrigued by All the Horses of Iceland. Redwood & Wilfire sounds really good too. If my TBR were physical (thank goodness for ebooks) I’d need to rent an apartment for it!
Good idea, Margo:-) I will definitely check out Hild:-)
Don’t mind me, I’m just adding even more books to my TBR after seeing this post! I think All the Horses of Icelands sounds exceptionally amazing and enticing to me. 🙂
Yes, I agree! There’s something about a story about horses:-)
These all sound good and I featured Redwood and Wildfire last week. I am so curious about the horse book – sounds so magical.
I remember seeing Redwood and Wildfire on your blog, I just love the cover:-)
I think Redwood and Wildfire may be a reprint from small press, which is really cool! The Horses of Iceland has a great title and cover too, but I’m hoping for more story info to make a decision.
Yes it is a reprint, I saw another cover posted when I was working on my post. Now that she has another book under her belt, I’m glad Tor is reprinting an older book of hers!
Wow, i love all the retellings lately, and Rdwood looks awesome.
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Me too, there are a lot of retellings to choose from:-)
The covers of all of these are sooo good, but the premise for Spear got my attention rightaway!!
Yes, it does sound good!
I am with you on the Chincoteague obsession, Tammy! I even watched the ponies swim across the bay for the round-up! Looking back on it, I’m unsure about the whole process, but I will always loved the books and Misty! Also, this horse book sounds amazing, and you are right about that cover!
I’m glad we both have that memory of Misty and Chincoteague:-)
Well, your picks this week are original and unique, each of them in their own way!
Thanks Susy, I only showcase unique books;-)
All the Horses of Iceland has such a pretty cover! Spear has a fantastic cover, too, and I’m super curious about that one!
My wish is for all books with beautiful covers to be amazing:-)
I’ve been meaning to read something by Andrea Hairston for a while, and I love historical settings, so this might be it! Can’t say I’m terribly impressed with the cover though.
Yeah, the cover is sort of generic fantasy, right?
I’m so intrigued by All the Horses of Iceland. The cover is gorgeous and, like you, I immediately thought of the Chincoteague Ponies as I read the description.
I’m surprised how many bloggers know what the Chincoteague ponies are!
These all sound fantastic!
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Man that cover for Spear is SO. GOOD.
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I think the last one is my favorite of this bunch. I didn’t get a Wednesday post this week since I was trying to recover from vertigo last weekend and also it was the last week of school. But I always enjoy seeing what you’ve picked!
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I was also unaware of the horses of Iceland but I’m definitely intrigued now – and lovely cover.
Lynn 😀