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Terry Pratchett Book Club: A Hat Full of Sky, Part IIt’s time to settle in for a little light reading of Fairies and How to Avoid Them … Summary The story begins with some basic...
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Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for September and October 2023Maybe it’s the presence of autumn on the horizon; maybe it’s the entirely understandable desire to sit down with a good book when the mood gets...
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Here Are the Winners of the 2023 Aurora Awards!The Aurora Awards , presented by the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, recognize the best work done by Canadians in the...
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Ned Beauman Wins the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Venomous LumpsuckerAuthor Ned Beauman has won the 37th Arthur C. Clarke Award for his excellently named novel Venomous Lumpsucker , which The Guardian...
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Five Beguiling Gateways Into Gothic HorrorGothic horror is not like other horror. Most people tend to think of it as the quieter genre—the subtler horror that creeps in like mould in...
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Dune 2 Delayed: No Wormsign Until 2024This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film...
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Read an Excerpt From FoxgloveFate, the elusive brother of Death, has taken up residence in a sumptuous estate near Thorn Grove… We’re thrilled to share an...
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Forgotten Selves: The Lost Mind and AmnesiaAmnesia and recovered memories have become an accidental theme of recent columns, from the repressed memories of High Tide and The Dead...
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Wolf Like Me Season Two Gets Premiere Date And Reveals A Lupine PregnancyThis piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series...
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Why Read New Books?I have sufficient books on hand (paper and ebook) that I cannot possibly re-read them all in my remaining lifespan. Surrounded as I am by old...
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Our Flag Means Death Returns In October — With New Faces AboardSure, the approach of fall means cozy sweaters and seasonal beverages, but it means something more important, too: The return of Our Flag...
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Paramount Has Announced This Year’s Star Trek Day CelebrationsStar Trek debuted on September 8, 1966, and now that date is Star Trek Day, a day of festive celebrations online and off. Strange New Worlds...
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A History of Dragons in Western LiteratureIn 1504, a copper globe was built somewhere in Europe. It stood only 4.4 inches in diameter and 13.6 inches in circumference, so it was nothing...
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The Trailer for Foe Suggests One Ought to Be Wary of Men Promising Robot HusbandsAs far as premises for space exploration go, the one in Foe seems to have some flaws. Pick a guy who’s never even been on an airplane...
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Walking, Reading, and the Rhythms of the MindLast week, there was a heat wave in Portland. I won’t tell you the numbers, because everyone has their own idea of “absurdly hot,” and their...
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Elantris Reread: Chapter SeventeenGreetings, Cosmere Chickens! Are you ready for some SWORD FIGHTING? (I’m always ready for some sword fighting, personally.) This week is a...
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Apocalypse in Hand: Keith Rosson’s Fever HouseA little over two years ago, I interviewed Keith Rosson about his 2021 collection Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons . The subject of our...
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V/H/S/85 Trailer Gives Us a Bloody, Nostalgia-Packed Glimpse of Upcoming FilmThe V/H/S anthology franchise is back, and this time we’re getting some found footage set in the mid-1980s to scare the leg warmers right off...
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Decadent Party Favors: K.J. Bishop’s “Saving the Gleeful Horse”Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical...
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Ahsoka’s Premiere Brings the Animated Side of Star Wars to Live-Action With StyleAhsoka Tano nation, we’re up! Recap “Part One: Master and Apprentice” Former Calodan magistrate Morgan Elsbeth (Diana...
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Six Books You’ll (Probably) Never Be Able to ReadAs headlines have been informing us recently, censorship is very much alive and well across the United States—but there’s a difference...
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter Tackles the Deeper Themes of Stoker’s DraculaDracula, the titular vampire from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, ranks among the most prolific fictional characters in all of film. He has well over...
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Five Fast-Paced African Urban Fantasy BooksUrban fantasy is a subgenre in the continuum of the fantastic which superimposes supernatural elements onto one or more contemporary urban...
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The Three O’Clock DragonProsperity City’s corrupt mayor never guessed his greatest opponent would be a fire-breathing dragon and her unconventional platform…...
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Rebel Moon Trailer Gives Us a Space Opera With Familiar Elements From a Galaxy Far, Far AwayThis piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film...
