News Jim Henson Idea Man Trailer for Jim Henson Idea Man Documentary Gets Emotional The documentary takes a look at Henson’s life and legacy as the man behind The Muppets By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on April 24, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share There’s a new documentary on Jim Henson set to start streaming on Disney+ in the near future, and the Ron Howard production has just released its first trailer. In it, we see a lot of footage from Henson’s early years as well as several of his colleagues talking about his boundless imagination. Here’s the official synopsis for the doc ..read more

Book Recommendations Young Adult Read an Excerpt From Leanne Schwartz’ To a Darker Shore When her best friend is sacrificed to the devil, she’ll go to hell and back for him. By Leanne Schwartz | Published on April 24, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from To a Darker Shore, a new young adult fantasy novel by Leanne Schwartz, out from Page Street Publishing on April 30th. Plain, poor, plus-size, and autistic, Alesta grew up trying to convince her beauty-obsessed kingdom that she’s too useful to be sacrificed. Their god blessed their island Solad ..read more

News Outlander: Blood of My Blood Outlander: Blood of My Blood Further Fleshes Out Its Cast Several characters have been recast as younger versions of themselves By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on April 24, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share The Outlander prequel is coming! Starz has just announced another slew of actors who have joined the cast of Outlander: Blood of My Blood, and some are playing younger versions of characters we’ve seen in the flagship series. Blood of My Blood centers on the parents of Jamie Fraser (played in Outlander, of course, by Sam Heughan) as well as th ..read more

Book Recommendations Reading the Weird Poetry Month 2024: Marisca Pichette’s Rivers in Your Skin, Sirens in Your Hair How do we decide what’s not normal? By Ruthanna Emrys, Anne M. Pillsworth | Published on April 24, 2024 Comment 2 Share New Share Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we cover the first five poems in Marisca Pichette’s Rivers in Your Skin, Sirens in Your Hair, first published in 2023. Spoilers ahead, to the de ..read more

News Space Mountain A Space Mountain Movie Is One Step Closer to Being a Real, Actual Thing Stop the ride, I wanna get off. By Molly Templeton | Published on April 24, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share Every week, some very good books are published that could be adapted into very good movies. Every day, probably, someone somewhere is writing a screenplay that could make a very interesting film. But in this timeline, we get Space Mountain instead. The latest adaptation—I’m using that word quite loosely—of a Disney theme park ride has been in development for years, apparently (some ..read more

Book Recommendations Seanan McGuire A New Home for Seanan McGuire’s Toby Daye and InCryptid Series New series installments coming in 2025! By Reactor | Published on April 24, 2024 Comment 1 Share New Share In 2009, Seanan McGuire published her debut novel, Rosemary and Rue, to great acclaim. This novel not only launched the enduringly popular October Daye urban fantasy series, but formed the bedrock upon which Seanan’s career would bloom. Since this auspicious beginning, Seanan has so far published 18 novels in the series, alongside novellas and shorter fiction. Three years lat ..read more

Column Science Fiction Film Club Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Yearning for a Place in the Cosmos Friendly aliens, adorable moppets, and breathtaking special effects—what’s not to love about Spielberg’s first big-budget science fiction film? By Kali Wallace | Published on April 24, 2024 Credit: Columbia Pictures Comment 4 Share New Share Credit: Columbia Pictures Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, and François Truffaut. Screenplay by Steven Spielberg. Everybody knows that the l ..read more

Book Recommendations mystery Five SFF Mysteries That I Couldn’t Put Down From murder investigations to the mysteries of the universe, these five genre-blending books will have you hooked… By Cole Rush | Published on April 24, 2024 Photo by Markus Winkler [via Unsplash] Comment 8 Share New Share Photo by Markus Winkler [via Unsplash] Don your best sleuthing cloaks, adjust your deerstalker hats, and prepare for adventure! Today, we’re investigating the nebulous space between genres. SFF and mysteries often share common threads: dastardly villains, fateful twists, and plucky ..read more

Book Recommendations Horror Read an Excerpt From Nick Medina’s Indian Burial Ground On this reservation, not all is what it seems… By Nick Medina | Published on April 23, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina, a mythological horror novel available now from Berkley. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on—just like her beloved Uncle Louie before her—things are finally looking up for Noemi. Until ..read more

News The Ritual Al Pacino and Dan Stevens to Exorcise Each Other (and Demons, I Guess) in The Ritual Pretty much the opposite of The Devil’s Advocate? By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on April 23, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share Exorcism movies are so hot right now. There was the much-maligned The Exorcist: Believer, the first in a promised trilogy set to take place in the world of The Exorcist. There was also the Russell Crowe-starring feature The Pope’s Exorcist in 2023 and the exorcism-adjacent The First Omen, which came out earlier this month.   A-list actors Al Pacino ..read more