Unexpected Questions with Caitlin Rozakis

New York Times best-selling author Caitlin Rozakis writes fantasy with a satirical twist and a cozy heart. Her debut novel is DREADFUL, but turned out not to be dreadful at all. Her next book, THE GRIMOIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL […]

Ciencia ficción, erotismo y tecnología

César Verduguez, como compilador, publicó una antología de poesía y cuentos eróticos de escritores bolivianos con el título de “Eros en Bolivia: Profundidades voluptuosas” con la participación de 40 escritores, varones y mujeres. Este experimento […]

Have YOU Become Acquainted with Ardor Benn?

As we went into the New Year, I found myself browsing the hundreds of books in my library, and reflecting on which series in particular stand out from the norm. Not an easy thing to […]

The Big Idea: Alan Smale

  When you have the chance to write a sequel, you do it… right? Well, for Alan Smale, the answer was not as straightforward as all that. Come find out why he hesitated at first […]

Free Stories!

Cover for "The Crafts" by Raya Yarbrough Publish Jan 13 2025

The Crafts by Raya Yarbrough – FREE STORY

An alien visitation comes to everyone, and everyone’s reaction to the aliens and the hum they make is different. They give everyone a different impression, and then, all reality changes… She’d arrived at work on […]

News

Novedades de Enero 1 y 2

(Y algunas cosas de diciembre que se me quedaron en el tintero) LIBROS Historias Worter ha publicado el libro «Halloween: Antología de cuentos de terror», resultado de la II convocatoria que hicieran en octubre. Pueden […]

AMAZING NEWS: 1/19/25 – The Eve of the Apocalypse

This Week’s News Is Brought To You By – FanScene, Amazing Stories’ (now) Monthly Newsletter, available to registered members only. Of Special Note Tanith Lee does not get the credit or the attention that is […]

OpEd

Barry Malzberg 1939-2024

I first met Barry, I don’t remember exactly when.  It was certainly at a convention at least somewhat adjacent to New Jersey, where we both lived.  The fact that we shared a state of origin […]

The Big Idea: Lauren C. Teffeau

  When does science become magic? Or is all magic really just science? Author Lauren C. Teffeau explores this in the Big Idea for her newest novella, A Hunger With No Name. Read on to […]

Science Fiction

Ciencia ficción, erotismo y tecnología

César Verduguez, como compilador, publicó una antología de poesía y cuentos eróticos de escritores bolivianos con el título de “Eros en Bolivia: Profundidades voluptuosas” con la participación de 40 escritores, varones y mujeres. Este experimento […]

The Big Idea: Alan Smale

  When you have the chance to write a sequel, you do it… right? Well, for Alan Smale, the answer was not as straightforward as all that. Come find out why he hesitated at first […]

Novedades de Enero 1 y 2

(Y algunas cosas de diciembre que se me quedaron en el tintero) LIBROS Historias Worter ha publicado el libro «Halloween: Antología de cuentos de terror», resultado de la II convocatoria que hicieran en octubre. Pueden […]

CLUBHOUSE: Review: Pulp Literature Magazine #44 – Autumn 2024

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Pulp Literature Magazine #44 Autumn 2024 Published by Pulp Literature Press, Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Winter 2024. Editor in Chief: Jennifer Landels; Senior Editor: Melanie […]

book cover: Mind of My Mind by Octavia Butler

Matt’s Reviews: Mind Of My Mind by Octavia Butler

ISBN:                      9780446361880 Publication date:  08/01/1994 Publisher:               HACHETTE BOOK GROUP Pages:                      224 Copyright Year:    1977 Author:                  Octavia E Butler Mind Of My Mind by Octavia Butler is the 2nd book in the Patternist series. I have […]

Fantasy

Have YOU Become Acquainted with Ardor Benn?

As we went into the New Year, I found myself browsing the hundreds of books in my library, and reflecting on which series in particular stand out from the norm. Not an easy thing to […]

The Big Idea: William C. Tracy

  Let’s get physical – about a type of fantasy activity that generally not thought to be physical at all. But as William C. Tracy explains in this Big Idea for Physical Magic, incorporating the […]

Otherworlds

This poem was written in response to an exhibit of Australian aboriginal art at the Chazen Museum. What struck me was the absence of defining borders between the physical world and the dreaming world, between […]

Science

Sky Show Tonight! Geminids Peak This Evening

The Geminid Meteor Show will peak tonight at around midnight (at least for east-coasters). If you are in a relatively dark skies area, go outside an hour before or after midnight and look up. Maybe […]

SpaceX Attempts Fifth Test Launch Of Starship – NOW

SpaceX will attempt its fifth test launch of the monstrous Starship rocket…and this time they may even attempt to capture the booster on landing. Multiple Youtube channels are providing live coverage, including SpaceFlightNow. You can […]

Book Cover: The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley

Matt’s Reviews: The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley

  Publisher:               Harper Perennial Publication date:  06/07/2011 Pages:                     480 ISBN:                      9780061452062 Author:                  Matt Ridley The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley begins with the premise that overall, the world has been improving […]

Book Cover: Clade by James Bradley

Matt’s Reviews: Clade by James Bradley

  Publisher:              Titan Books (UK)   Publication date: 09/05/2017   Pages:                   320   ISBN:                    9781785654145   Author:                 James Bradley Clade by James Bradley is a dystopian tale of a self-destructing Earth in the not too distant […]

Robot Reading

Reality and Artificial Intelligence

Given the nature of the current artificial intelligence or AI landscape, any attempt to discuss the technology is like trying to describe an ocean wave racing towards you. You might posit that the wave’s amplitude […]