Locus Decemberr 2021

The December 2021 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and a spotlight on artist Gary Villarreal. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through September 2022. Stories include the World Fantasy Awards and convention report, a report on the 2021 Writers and Illustrators of the Future event, the Department of Justice challenge to the PRH and S&S merger, the creation of “Weird Tales Presents”, the Chesley Awards finalists, and more. People and publishing includes news this issue about Bradley P. Beaulieu, Mercedes Lackey, Tobias S. Buckell, Cadwell Turnbull, and many others. Petra Mayer, Robert Thurston, Jim Fiscus, and Catherine M. Morrison are remembered with obituaries and appreciations. Reviews cover new titles by Saad Z. Hossain, Gautam Bhatia, Tarun K. Saint (ed.), Neal Stephenson, T. Kingfisher, K.J. Parker, Charles Stross, Greg Egan, Lauren Blackwood, Sacha Wunsch, Lilliam Rivera, Ari Honarvar, Cynthia Zhang, Un-Su Kim, Violet Kupersmith, Erica L. Satifka, Robert Freeman Wexler, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (ed.), London Shah, Natashia Deón, Fonda Lee, Caitlin Starling, and others.