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plus Original Fiction from Usman T. Malik To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [Tor.com Newsletter]( [Forward to a Friend]( E-BOOK CLUB [Download a Free eBook of The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood Before March 6!]( This week, the Tor.com eBook Club is offering The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood, a stunning debut fantasy about a young priestess sentenced to die, who at the last minute escapes her fate only to become an assassin for the wizard who saved her. Download your copy before 11:59 PM (ET) on March 5! [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( DO YOU REMEMBER? [Five SFF Books About Memory]( As children we wonder “what if?”...but as we get older, “what if” becomes “what if I had…?” It is no wonder that genre fiction has always been interested in memory and its intermingling of fantasy and fact. Daniel Polansky shares five books in which memory plays a central role. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( READING THE WEIRD [What Walks Alone: Final Thoughts on The Haunting of Hill House]( Shirley Jackson’s much beloved The Haunting of Hill House has been discussed and adapted many times over, and it’s easy to see why. The horror and emotional resonance balance each other so perfectly in the novel—but does that translate to the screen? Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth complete their reread of the book with a discussion of its film and television adaptations. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( DARK STARS [Five Fascinating Twists on Cosmic Horror]( Cosmic horror is an incredibly popular genre, despite the fact that humans are not always the winners. With contemporary authors reinventing and reimagining the foundational aspects of cosmic horror, there are plenty of new twists and fresh takes on the genre to enjoy. James Davis Nicoll recommends five cosmic horror novels that defy expectations. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( MAGIC & HISTORY [Protecting Ashkenazi Jewish Magic: Preservation Through Storytelling and History]( We forget, sometimes, that real magic exists in the world. The history of Ashkenazi Jewish magic has been all but destroyed, but contemporary writers like Gavriel Savit are fighting to share those stories and let the magic live on—because storytelling is used not only to entertain, but to preserve histories and cultures and values as time moves on. Savit shares his desire to preserve Jewish magic in fiction. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( BEYOND BORDERS [Not All Worldbuilding Needs to Be Meticulous to Be Effective]( Arguments about worldbuilding in SFF generally focus on realism. How can you best make a world that feels as detailed and rich and coherent as the world you’re living in now? But sometimes the goal of building a fictional world isn’t to build a world. It’s to build a metaphor. Noah Berlatsky takes a look at different approaches to worldbuilding, from Tolkien to Jacqueline Carey to Philip K. Dick. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( READING LE GUIN [Tehanu: Le Guin’s Return to Earthsea — and Her Best Novel]( Though the time has come to wrap up the Ursula K. Le Guin Reread, Sean Guynes is going out in style with what might just be the author’s best work. Tehanu sees Le Guin return to the world that helped cement her name in the fantasy halls of fame. Read along to see why. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( BREAKING APART [Five SFF Books About Division and Separation]( Divide et impera. Divide and rule: the approach of choice for many historical conquerors, and also a great way to write a novel. Breaking apart something that was once whole to examine the pieces provides the novelist with an approach fit for a whole range of subjects, so it’s exciting to see the many ways writers interpret splits and separations. Aliya Whiteley shares five books that divide and conquer. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( ORIGINAL FICTION ["#Spring Love, #Pichal Pairi" by Usman T. Malik]( A series of interviews between a young, clean-cut journalist and an alternative, independent pichal pairi turns into an unexpected romance. But their relationship is tested when the entire world around them shuts down. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( Follow Tor.com to get updates on all of our original fiction. 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