Matthew Kressel

My publisher forwarded me this really great review of The Rainseekers in Locus Magazine by Alexandra Pierce.

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I had the pleasure of being on the Galactic Terrors podcast last night, hosted by James Chambers and Carol Gyzander. It was a really great time! I got to read and talk a bit about the THE RAINSEEKERS, and hear …

There’s a new interview with me by Martin Cahill over at Reactor Magazine, where I talk about The Rainseekers, writing science fiction, character-driven plots, being vulnerable, and more. This was a lot of fun! 

Read the interview here.…

I’ve a new short story out in Lightspeed magazine today, “Espie Droger Dreams of War.” It’s a dark science fiction tale about a government employee working in the basement of a building who is haunted by a …

If you’d like to vote for my debut collection, Histories Within Us, it’s listed under Best Collection in the Locus Awards poll. **Anyone can vote** (you don’t have to be a subscriber). 

You can vote here.

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It’s finally here! My novella The Rainseekers is out today from Tordotcom Publishing!

I’m so excited about this book.

The Rainseekers is about a former social media influencer who is hired by a magazine to document the adventure of a …

The Rainseekers gets a third mention in NewScientist, this time alongside a review of Vigil, a George Saunders novella. The article is behind a paywall, so here are some excerpts:

“Lovely and poetic… Kressel is very good at …

Here’s a short video about my forthcoming novella The Rainseekers, coming out February 17th from Tordotcom Publishing! Available at your favorite bookstore!

You can get a copy here

https://matthewkressel.substack.com/p/the-rainseekers-by-matthew-kressel

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How cool! Lit Hub lists THE RAINSEEKERS as one of February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books. …

I’m very honored that my first collection, Histories Within Us, has made the Locus Recommended Reading List with so many fine authors and their works.

The full list is available here.

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Woke up this morning to learn that The Rainseekers gets another mention in NewScientist, this time in the article titled, “The best new science fiction books of February 2026.”

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I had a wonderful time talking with Mookie Spitz on The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory podcast. We discuss writing, culture, optimism, hope, and my forthcoming novella THE RAINSEEKERS.

Listen here or on your favorite podcast app.

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With all the holiday hubbub I forgot to post about my most recent appearance on Geeks Guide to the Galaxy. In the latest episode, we discuss the Stephen King movie adaptations of The Running Man, The Long Walk, The Dead …

Happy new year folks! On New Year’s Day, I woke up to this nice review of my story “Model Collapse” in Locus Magazine today:

“Among the best of Reactor Magazine’s recent original fiction is Matthew Kressel’s dark SF tale …

In other cool news, NewScientist lists THE RAINSEEKERS as one of the best new science fiction books of ’26, along with books from Ann Leckie, Neil Jordan, Adrian Tchaikovsky and more. The full article (behind paywall) can be found here…

We’re very excited to announce that our novella, Threat Assessment (co-written with David Mercurio Rivera) has been selected for reprint in The Year’s Best Hard Science Fiction for 2025, edited by Allan Kaster.

Threat Assessment is about a …