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JACK O’DANDER

Priya Sharma
Wed Oct 4, 2023 9:00am 4 comments 9 Favorites [+]

The sister of an abducted child is haunted by a sinister figure who may or may
not be real. . .

 

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FORM 8774-D

Alex Irvine
Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:00am 12 comments 32 Favorites [+]

It’s just business as usual at the Bureau of Metahuman, Mutant, and Occult
Affairs until an employee for the government agency begins to wonder if work is
following her home. . .

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 * Original Fiction


THE TALE OF CLANCY THE SCRIVENER

Ramsey Shehadeh
Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:00am 6 comments 18 Favorites [+]

After a fraught, improbably long life, a post-apocalyptic archivist resigned to
cataloging ephemera from the “old world” times finds his life upended by an
orphaned girl. . .

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THE PASSING OF THE DRAGON

Ken Liu
Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:00am 10 comments 19 Favorites [+]

A woman who fears she’s failing as a painter and as an artist seeks inspiration
from one of her favorite poets and finds something even more wondrous, but also
more impossible to capture on canvas…

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 * Original Fiction


THE JOB AT THE END OF THE WORLD

Ray Nayler
Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:00am 11 comments 22 Favorites [+]

A weary resilience worker should know better than anyone: no one is safe when
the world is always ending…

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 * Original Fiction


THE THREE O’CLOCK DRAGON

John Wiswell
Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:00am 5 comments 31 Favorites [+]

Prosperity City’s corrupt mayor never guessed his greatest opponent would be a
fire-breathing dragon and her unconventional platform…

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 * Original Fiction


HEADHUNTING

Rich Larson
Wed Aug 9, 2023 9:00am 5 comments 22 Favorites [+]

A private eye plagued by hallucinations is hired to retrieve a mummified monk’s
head stolen from a cathedral–but why would someone want it?
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FIVE WAYS GENERATION SHIPS ARE DOOMED TO FAIL IN SCIENCE FICTION

James Davis Nicoll
Wed Oct 4, 2023 11:00am 59 comments 7 Favorites [+]

The laws of physics being what they are (and ruling out the Bussard ramjets so
popular in late 20th century SF), getting from one solar system to another is
likely to consume entire human lifetimes. This is fine for robot probes, but
what about human passengers? How will they fare with journeys that require one
generation to commit their descendants to lives spent in the dark between the
stars?

Unless travelers are fortunate enough to be on a ship crewed by Quakers, odds
are the voyage will end very badly. Here are just five of the many failure modes
for generation ships…

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 * biopics


LITERARY LIVES: NINE MOVIES ABOUT REAL-LIFE WRITERS

Randee Dawn
Wed Oct 4, 2023 1:00pm 29 comments 1 Favorite [+]

A working writer’s life doesn’t seem like it would make for compelling cinema.
All that typing! Editing! Staring out a window blankly, trying to get the gears
to turn! How can those moments of mundanity compete with superheroes and spies
and sweeping romance? But that hasn’t stopped Hollywood from lionizing the more,
shall we say, colorful scribes among us—and when those authors’ lives haven’t
been cinematic enough, they’ve just added a bit of fiction here and there. After
all, who among us lives a life that couldn’t do with a little… revision?

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 * Wheel of Time recaps


THE WHEEL OF TIME CONFRONTS THE NATURE OF FATE IN “WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE”

Sylas K Barrett
Fri Oct 6, 2023 12:00pm 19 comments 2 Favorites [+]

It’s the season finale for The Wheel of Time, and it’s full of big
confrontations. Whitecloaks vs Seanchan, Egwene vs Renna, Mat vs his own
personal demons, and of course, Rand vs Ishamael. Moiraine and Lan get some
closure while Nynaeve does not, and all in all, it’s a pretty exciting ride in
episode eight, “What Was Meant to Be.”

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NOT THE MOST ROMANTIC THING

Carrie Vaughn
Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:00am Post a comment Favorite This

On one of their earliest Visigoth assignments, Graff and Ell stumble into each
other’s secrets (and one significant surprise) while conducting a recovery
mission on a mining asteroid scheduled for imminent pulverization. . .

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READ AN EXCERPT FROM THE NIGHT HUNT

Alexandra Christo
Tue Oct 10, 2023 3:00pm Post a comment Favorite This

Atia is a monster who feeds on fear.

We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from The Night Hunt by Alexandra Christo, out
from Feiwel & Friends on October 10.

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 * news


BUFFY CAST TALKS ABOUT RETURNING TO THEIR ROLES FOR SLAYERS AUDIOBOOK

Vanessa Armstrong
Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:53pm 1 Favorite [+]
Screenshot: 20th Century Television

There’s a new installment in the Buffyverse, and this one—co-written by
Christopher Golden and Amber Benson, the latter of whom played Tara in the
original series—is not only bringing back Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter), Spike
(Jonathan Marsters), Drusilla (Juliet Landau), Giles (Anthony Head), Anya (Emma
Caulfield Ford), Clem (James Charles Leary), and ghost!Jonathan (Danny Strong),
but also introducing us to two new Slayers—one of them being Cordelia! Read More
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 * SFF Bestiary


JUST A FROTHY LITTLE BUBBLE: SPLASH TACKLES THE MERMAID GENRE

Judith Tarr
Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:00pm 9 comments 1 Favorite [+]
Image: Touchstone Films

After the Nordic darkness of The Merman’s Children, I’m in the mood for
something light and frothy and not very complicated. Which is pretty much the
definition of the Eighties romcom, Splash. Even the title is straightforward,
one syllable, no muss or fuss. It anticipates the one-word-moniker trend in
everything from restaurants to tv shows by decades. (I am still quite put out to
have to call good old Masterpiece Theatre just Masterpiece. I mean. Come on.)

Splash is so Eighties. The hair. The chunky sweaters. The sexism. Upskirting as
a running gag, haw haw. It will be a long time before Me Too becomes a thing.

It’s still a cute film, even with the winceworthy parts.

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 * The Exorcist: Believer


THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER WILL MAKE YOU DOUBT YOUR FAITH IN MOVIES

Leah Schnelbach
Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:30pm Post a comment 2 Favorites [+]
Image: Universal Pictures

I don’t even know where to start with this one.

Actually, yeah I do: go watch the two season of The Exorcist TV show, on Hulu,
right now. The show takes place in the world of the first Exorcist film and
serves as a far better sequel, with far better worldbuilding and better horror,
than anything in this movie.

“Tubular Bells” should gain sentience so it can sue to be taken out of The
Exorcist: Believer.

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 * Dissecting the Dark Descent


GROTESQUE AND GOTHIC RETRIBUTION: “MR. JUSTICE HARBOTTLE” BY J. SHERIDAN LE FANU

Sam Reader
Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:00pm 3 comments 1 Favorite [+]

Welcome back to Dissecting The Dark Descent, where we lovingly delve into the
guts of David Hartwell’s seminal 1987 anthology story by story, and in the
process, explore the underpinnings of a genre we all love. For an in-depth
introduction, here’s the intro post.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is a name that looms large in the gothic landscape.
Perhaps most famous for his novella Carmilla (featured alongside “Mr. Justice
Harbottle” in the collection In a Glass Darkly), which codified and popularized
the lesbian vampire in fiction, he’s also deeply influential to a number of
writers we’ve covered in this column— M.R. James edited a collection of Le
Fanu’s ghost stories, H.P. Lovecraft name-checked him in “Supernatural Horror,”
and Hartwell considers him in the same class as Poe in terms of mastery of
gothic fiction and social commentary.

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 * Horror


10 OVERLOOKED GEMS TO KICK OFF SPOOKY SEASON

JR. Forasteros
Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:00pm 4 comments Favorite This
Photo: Sabina Music Rich [via Unsplash]

It’s October, which means it’s time for another round-up of Spooky Gems you
might have missed! Some are old, some are new. Some are scary, some are silly.
But they’ll all help you get ready to observe the creepy-crawliest of holidays.
Here’s my list—what else should be on here?

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 * The Wheel of Time


READING THE WHEEL OF TIME: NOT THE BEGINNING, BUT A BEGINNING IN ROBERT JORDAN’S
THE PATH OF DAGGERS (PART 16)

Sylas K Barrett
Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:00am 17 comments 5 Favorites [+]

This week in Reading The Wheel of Time, we are finishing up The Path of Daggers.
There’s an interesting juxtaposition with Min and Rand fleeing Cairhien while
Egwene is finally about to arrive in Tar Valon, with Perrin trying diplomacy
with Masema while Faile is captured by Shaido, who are breaking traditional Aiel
laws in doing so. Also we have one of the saddest deaths so far in the series,
which… is really saying something.

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SERIES: READING THE WHEEL OF TIME

 * Science Fiction


FIVE SF CLASSICS FEATURING SOON-TO-BE OBSOLETE SPACESHIPS

James Davis Nicoll
Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:00am 41 comments 3 Favorites [+]
Space Shuttle concept art by Spencer Taylor (Credit: NASA)

One of the frustrating aspects of this ever-changing world in which we’re living
is that no sooner does one become accustomed to paddle-wheelers than bang!—less
than a century into the golden age of modern paddle-wheelers, some bright chap
invents screw propellers and renders an entire class of ships virtually obsolete
overnight.

SF authors have gotten a lot of milage imagining transitions like the ones from
sail to steam or from paddles to screw propellers…but in the context of
starships. Consider these five vintage examples.

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 * news


THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES ADAPTATION LANDS AT ROKU

Molly Templeton
Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:59am Favorite This

Strange fairies and eerie homes will be on your screens after all! The series
adaptation of Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi’s The Spiderwick Chronicles has
found a new home at Roku. The eight-episode first season is expected to air
early next year.

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FACING THE MUSIC: REVEALING ANDREA HAIRSTON’S ARCHANGELS OF FUNK

Tor.com
Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:00am 1 comment 1 Favorite [+]
Photo credit: Micala Sidore

Run from your past. Hide from your future. Protect your present.

We’re pleased to share the cover for Andrea Hairston’s Archangels of Funk, a
story of music, resistance, and acceptance–forthcoming May 7, 2024 from
Tordotcom Publishing.

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 * news


EVER WONDERED WHAT AHSOKA‘S TV INTRO WOULD BE IF THE SERIES CAME OUT IN 1986?

Vanessa Armstrong
Fri Oct 6, 2023 2:33pm 1 Favorite [+]


The Ahsoka series is now over on Disney+, but if you want more Star Wars-related
goodness in your eyeballs I have good news for you — there’s a video on the
Internet that gives us a spoof on the show’s intro by imagining what it would
look like if the series came out in 1986!

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 * news


FEATURETTE FOR THE SPACE RACE SHOWCASES THE UNITED STATES’ FIRST BLACK ASTRONAUT

Vanessa Armstrong
Fri Oct 6, 2023 1:53pm 2 Favorites [+]


The Space Race is a new documentary coming out next year that centers around the
stories of Black astronauts coming up through NASA. This week, in honor of World
Space Week (happy World Space Week, to those who celebrate!), National
Geographic has released a short video about one of those astronauts: Ed Dwight.

Read More »

 * interview
 * The Wheel of Time


THE WHEEL OF TIME SHOWRUNNER RAFE JUDKINS TALKS SEASON 2 FINALE, AMONG OTHER
THINGS

Vanessa Armstrong
Fri Oct 6, 2023 12:30pm 5 comments 2 Favorites [+]
Credit: Jan Thijs/Prime Video

The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, and in Prime Video’s adaptation of Robert
Jordan’s Wheel of Time novels, that wheel imagery weaves strong in season two.

“We try to use a lot of circular motifs, both visually and storytelling wise,
where you see something and then you come back around to it at the beginning or
end of an episode or season, or even sometimes across two seasons,” series
showrunner Rafe Judkins told me in an interview that took place after the
writers’ strike officially ended. “That feeling of repetition and the circular
nature of time—I think it gives something subconscious to the audience that lets
them get some of that Wheel of Time philosophy as they’re watching the show.”

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 * Wheel of Time recaps


THE WHEEL OF TIME CONFRONTS THE NATURE OF FATE IN “WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE”

Sylas K Barrett
Fri Oct 6, 2023 12:00pm 19 comments 2 Favorites [+]
Screenshot: Prime Video

It’s the season finale for The Wheel of Time, and it’s full of big
confrontations. Whitecloaks vs Seanchan, Egwene vs Renna, Mat vs his own
personal demons, and of course, Rand vs Ishamael. Moiraine and Lan get some
closure while Nynaeve does not, and all in all, it’s a pretty exciting ride in
episode eight, “What Was Meant to Be.”

Read More »

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