Locus Online has announced a slate of new releases in science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres, primarily set for February 24, 2026. The list features debut novels, series continuations, and limited editions from various publishers. Highlights include gothic fantasies and post-apocalyptic tales.
Locus Online, a magazine covering science fiction, fantasy, and horror, published its roundup of new book releases dated February 24, 2026. The selection spans multiple subgenres and formats, including hardcovers, ebooks, and audiobooks, with prices ranging from $12.95 to $99 for limited editions.
Among the releases is Heba Al-Wasity's debut gothic fantasy Weavingshaw (Penguin Random House/Del Rey, $30.00, 464pp), the first in a trilogy where a young woman who sees the dead strikes a deal with the Saint of Silence to save her brother. Edward Ashton's After the Fall (St. Martin’s, $29.00, 288pp) depicts a post-collapse world where humans serve alien grays, following protagonist John as collateral in a scheme.
Lois McMaster Bujold's The Adventure of the Demonic Ox (Subterranean Press, $45.00, 200pp), a fantasy novella in the World of the Five Gods series, involves Penric tutoring his daughter amid a possessed ox incident; it's a signed limited edition of 1,250 copies, first in print form.
Other notable titles include Joey Graceffa's young-adult fantasy The Twelve (HarperCollins, $19.99, 368pp), about orphan twins joining a coven of Zodiac Witches; Katrina Kwan's The Legend of the Nine-Tailed Fox (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, $19.00, 320pp), featuring a shape-shifting fox banished to hell; and Cameron Sullivan's historical fantasy The Red Winter (Tor, $29.99, 544pp), where monster hunter Sebastian Grave pursues the Beast of Gévaudan in 1785.
Several books release on March 1, 2026, such as Matt Harry's post-apocalyptic Ash Land (IFWG Publishing International, $15.99, 268pp) and Dwain Worrell's SF adventure Otherworldly (Amazon/47North, $16.99, 301pp). One earlier title, Francis Spufford's historical fantasy Nonesuch (Faber & Faber UK, £20.00, 496pp), arrives February 16, set in 1939 London amid time passages and a fascist threat.
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