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
With so many cover reveals & announcements last week, it was very hard to choose just three books to share. Take a look:
Monsters of Ohio is a heartfelt exploration of a tentacular solution to the struggles of the modern world from the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain
In many ways Richland, Ohio is the same tiny, sleepy rural village it has been for the last 150 years: The same families, the same farms, the same heartland beliefs and traditions that have sustained it for generations. But right now times are especially hard, as social and economic forces inside and outside the community roil the surface of the once-placid town.
Richland, in other words, is primed to explode… just not the way that anyone anywhere could ever have expected. And when things do explode, well, that’s when things start getting really weird.
Daniel Garvey left Richland decades back, to find his own way in the world. But when he is called back to his hometown to tie up some loose ends, he finds more going on than he bargained for, and is caught up in a sequence of events that will bring this tiny farm village to the attention of the entire world… and, perhaps, spell its doom.
Monsters of Ohio by John Scalzi. Releases in November 2026 from Tor Books. I haven’t seen an official cover reveal for this, but John Scalzi announced his next book on his blog, and the cover’s on Goodreads and Amazon, so I’m going for it! I’m very excited for this, and that cover is super cool:-)
Weeks before her retirement, a lonely small-town detective discovers that she is not alone in believing the worst about people—someone or something is exacting terrible vengeance on humanity at a scale she would never have imagined.
Detective Andy Cooper is less than two weeks away from retiring, and she’s not looking for any new cases. But while kayaking out on Lake Longdan on her day off, she comes across a grisly, decomposing body.
Her last days with the Longdan Police suddenly become more memorable than she ever wanted, and fate has an additional surprise to throw her a budding friendship with a mysterious woman. As Andy proceeds with what she thinks is her final homicide investigation, what she discovers could be the unraveling of the world as she knows it.
Eco-horror meets the detective novel in this suspenseful tale, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, Paul Tremblay, Laurel Hightower, and Kealan Patrick Burke.
Something of a Calling by Zoje Stage. Releases in September 2026 from Blackstone Publishing. I was thrilled to see this new book announced! I’ve been hoping for a new Zoje Stage book, and I love the sound of this.
In this lyrical debut, three generations of Palestinian women must put the haunting of their ancestral home to rest, before the secrets of the past drown them all. Our Cut of Salt is a powerful and intimate look at what it means to make a home, to lose it, and to return, only to find it irrevocably changed.
There is something haunting Nuhad’s childhood home in Haifa. Cats avoid its perimeter, strange noises come from within, and residents have mysteriously vanished without a trace. Although Nuhad has not returned to her home since the Nakba in 1948, she always held a place for the house in her heart.
And, in return, the house did the same for her.
After Nuhad passes away, her granddaughter, Marina, is determined to visit her grandmother’s home after a lifetime of being kept in the dark about her culture and family history. Marina’s mother, Haifa – named for the city that was lost to their family – reluctantly agrees to her trip, though she knows firsthand that some secrets are better left buried.
But the house is no longer a home. It is a painful, festering wound that infects everything it touches. The more Marina digs into her family’s past, the sicker she becomes. Despite Nuhad’s ghostly warnings, Haifa rushes to help her daughter.
As the three women converge in their ancestral home, they must put the haunting to rest before the secrets of the past drown them all.
Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm. Releases in September 2026 from Tor Nightfire. I love everything about this: the cover, the three generations of women and their ties to a possibly haunted house, and of course, those “secrets of the past.” This sounds amazing!
I think Our Cut Of Salt is already on my TBR (maybe from one of your coverless posts) but I’ll have to double check. The first sounds intriguing but the cover looks potentially too strange for me, especially given how strange the authors last book sounded to me. Yet I am curious so I’ll have to keep an eye out for your review to learn more lol. Hope you enjoy all of these.
I’m sure the Scalzi book will have plenty of strange elements, his books seem to lean that way. I’m very curious though!
Oh Our Cut of Salt sounds so good. Definitely curious for that one!
The cover of Monsters of Ohio is so good, I can’t wait to read it:-)
That Scalzi cover is so much fun. Living next to the state, I think this is one I’m going to have to pick up. Of course, the other two look great as well! Great choices.
I know nothing about Ohio except that John Scalzi lives there, so I guess it’s the perfect setting for him!
I absolutely love the sound of Our Cut of Salt and how it features three generations of Palestinian women. Adding to my TBR!
Yes me too! I can’t wait:-)
I will ALWAYS want to read a new Scalzi book!!
Me too, and this one looks like a bunch of fun:-)
wow, that first cover!!
It’s a fun cover right? Sort of retro.
A wonderful list!
Thanks Bree!
Thank you for the heads up regarding the latest Scalzi book. Despite finding the book about a cheesy moon absolute nonsense, I generally thoroughly enjoy his writing, so I’m really looking forward to tucking into this one. And Something of a Calling looks like an interesting read! As ever, you are the first with all the cool books!
I agree, his last book was very silly, but I’m hopeful for this one!
Monsters of Ohio looks interesting, especially with that octopus person on the cover!
I think it’s going to be classic John Scalzi, funny but with lots of political commentary:-)
Haha, that first cover, it definitely gave me a giggle.
Lynn 😀
So funny, right? It just screams “Scalzi.”
I think I’d really enjoy the first two.
I think both will work for you:-)
Hehe, as an Ohioan I can guarantee I’ll be reading Monsters of Ohio!
I’ll be curious to see how it works for you!
Love the cover of that first book!
Me too, it’s sort of retro!
I’m so in for Monsters of Ohio! I love John Scalzi’s books. 😀
Scalzi has a new comedic book coming? (I’m assuming that’s a comedic SF, anyway, based on the cover and the Starter Villain comp.) I hadn’t heard about that one, thanks for highlighting it!
Okay, Monsters of Ohio looks fun!
A new Scalzi book! And it looks very good.
I’m keen to check out Our Cut of Salt! Love a good horror house story.