Saad Z Hossain, Djinn City: ( Djinns as jerks )
Seanan McGuire, Dying with Her Cheer Pants On:( Buffy done by McGuire )
Charles Stross, Escape from Puroland: ( what about Bob? )

Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne: ( magic and burning people )
Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This: ( what realism looks like now )
C.L. Polk, Soulstar: ( the revolution in fantasy industrial England )
Danez Smith, Homie: ( poems )
Linden A. Lewis, The First Sister: ( handmaids and swords )
C.S. Friedman, This Virtual Night: ( virtual reality in the far future )

Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary: ( Boy Scouts in space )