Wow! Signal: July 2026

Jake Casella Brookins Hello all! It’s been another hectic month for me: in addition to all the usual things, I was on the road to present a paper at the SFRA conference in East Lansing (which was wonderful), and am in the midst of moving house. The upside: very slightly bigger podcast “studio”. The downside: moving books, which has made “next time in a hearse” my refrain for the move. I wasn’t able to arrange a podcast episode for SFRA; I just ran out of time & energy to set up something coherent for it. But, I am planning on some audio reporting on Readercon & Worldcon, which are both coming up fast. Also, I believe we’ll be having an announcement about some upcoming podcast things soon, stay tuned for that. ARB contributors and editors have some lovely articles on the way for July. In the meantime, some great pieces on speculative fiction from around the web: * * * Articles, Reviews, and More: Octavia Cade’s “The Climate Fiction Prize Shortlist 2026” for Strange HorizonsGreat…