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Sighted Justice by Dave Creek – FREE STORY
Here’s a good police procedural story, but seeing where you’re reading it, there’s a bit extra added into the procedure. A story from the hard streets of the big city, where not even your thoughts […]
Try This One Weird Trick to Stop Fae from Destroying Your Garden by Sarina Dorie – FREE STORY
It’s tough to make your garden successful; seems sometimes you’ve got to use supernatural ways to do it. Well, sometimes, it might be more supernatural than natural, and sometimes, not so super… I didn’t realize […]
A Grain of Sand by Elana Gomel – FREE STORY
A tale on the distant future, almost post-civilization, about the state of a human mind, the near-immortal capacity of humans, and the tolerance of death. Can it be avoided? Yes, but it’s not how you […]
The Stone Witch by Tom Thompson – FREE STORY
A happy and productive village leads good lives for all, but take heed, for there is a hint of evil once banished, evil that once again may visit, with a vengeance… It was a fine […]
They Scream Brightest Just Before Death by Olin Wish – FREE STORY
The Rookie is learning quickly how to deal with the trail of destruction and ruin, caused by those most wasteful of all DNA-based beings, those legendary and horrible Humyns. They have left their mark everywhere… […]
News
Time Machine: November 30, 2025
Noticias Literatura 29-11 The Big Idea: Vanessa Ricci-Thode RETRO REVIEW REDUX: DAMN YANKEES (1958) Matt’s Reviews: Autonomous by Annalee Newitz New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for NOV 26 Novedades de Noviembre 1 en Hispanoamérica […]
Novedades de Noviembre 1 en Hispanoamérica
LIBROS Maquinaciones Narrativas ha publicado el libro «Objetos personales» de Élton Honores. Speedwagon ha publicado el libro «Insania» de Miguel Solano. Dendro Ediciones ha publicado «Preludio a los delirios de un joven pianista sin cabeza» […]
Time Machine: November 23, 2025
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: November 23, 2025 The Friends of the Merril Collection Announce “Crafting Worlds: Pitching, Publishing and Promoting Your SF/Fantasy Ideas” Should You Opt Out Of Gmail’s AI Data Sharing? The Big Idea: […]
OpEd
Scott Edelman Withdraws All Submissions From Must Read Magazines Titles
Scott Edelman, former editor of Science Fiction Age magazine (1992-2000) and the media titles Sci Fi Entertainment and Science Fiction Weekly, not to mention an author of both DC and Marvel comics, knows a little […]
Whatever Happened to THE OUTER LIMITS?
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Science Fiction
Sighted Justice by Dave Creek – FREE STORY
Here’s a good police procedural story, but seeing where you’re reading it, there’s a bit extra added into the procedure. A story from the hard streets of the big city, where not even your thoughts […]
Matt’s Reviews: Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Publisher: Tor Books Publication date: September 19, 2017 Duration: 10 hours 27 minutes ASIN: B0753K8CVK Print ISBN-10: 0765392070 Print ISBN-13: 978-0765392077 Author: Annalee Newitz Read by: Jennifer Ikeda Autonomous by Annalee […]
Novedades de Noviembre 1 en Hispanoamérica
LIBROS Maquinaciones Narrativas ha publicado el libro «Objetos personales» de Élton Honores. Speedwagon ha publicado el libro «Insania» de Miguel Solano. Dendro Ediciones ha publicado «Preludio a los delirios de un joven pianista sin cabeza» […]
Excerpt: Artificial Truth by J. M. Lee, Translated by Sean Lin Halbert
From J.M. Lee, a bestselling phenomenon in Korea, comes a haunting and mind-bending novel about the revolutionary possibilities of AI and the infinite mysteries of what it means to be human. In the virtual city […]
Try This One Weird Trick to Stop Fae from Destroying Your Garden by Sarina Dorie – FREE STORY
It’s tough to make your garden successful; seems sometimes you’ve got to use supernatural ways to do it. Well, sometimes, it might be more supernatural than natural, and sometimes, not so super… I didn’t realize […]
SIDEWISE AWARDS WELCOMES THREE NEW JUDGES
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 21, 2025 SIDEWISE AWARDS WELCOMES THREE NEW JUDGES The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History will see a change in the judging panel beginning with the reading list for 2025 […]
BACK TO A FUTURE—Howdershelt’s 3rd World Products (and self-publishing)
This week Steve reviews a series that he spoke about ten years ago; the author recently died, and Steve has taken another look at the series. He thinks you might find it interesting. (You may thank him or curse him depending on how the books hit you.)
Fantasy
The Big Idea: Vanessa Ricci-Thode
What goes better together than dragons, revolution, and being queer? Not much, and author Vanessa Ricci-Thode is here to show that with her newest novel, The Dragon Next Door. Dive in to her Big Idea […]
RETRO REVIEW REDUX: DAMN YANKEES (1958)
This week Steve retro reviews what he considers to be a fun and very good Broadway musical on film. Do you like musicals? He does, and he gives us the whole story (yes, with spoilers). Read on…
Novedades de Noviembre 1 en Hispanoamérica
LIBROS Maquinaciones Narrativas ha publicado el libro «Objetos personales» de Élton Honores. Speedwagon ha publicado el libro «Insania» de Miguel Solano. Dendro Ediciones ha publicado «Preludio a los delirios de un joven pianista sin cabeza» […]
The Big Idea: Cadwell Turnbull
Reality can oftentimes be stranger than fiction. Author Cadwell Turnbull speculates on this funny thing we call reality in the Big Idea for his newest novel, A Ruin, Great and Free. Follow along to… Source: […]
Science
Matt’s Reviews: Multiple Quick Reviews (Pretties, The Municipalists, Broken Place Outer Spaces, Great by Choice)
I’ve been reading too many books lately, plus trying to find time to write my next novel (follow me here if you want to see when that comes out), and I haven’t been finding the […]
Sun Fires Blast Straight at Interstellar Object Cruising Through Solar System
The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS has been fascinating astronomers since its discovery in early July.The object, generally believed to be a comet, is screaming through the solar system at around 137,000 mph, and is expected […]
Nuclear Rockets—An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?
This essay is based on the research for the panel “Nuclear Rockets—An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?” that I was honored to moderate for 2025 Seattle WorldCon. The panelists were Bob Hranek, Charles J. Walther, […]
Matt’s Reviews: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling (with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund)
Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication date: April 2018 Print length: 352 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-250-10781-7 Authors: Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are […]
Can AI learn Through Story?
Dear Reader, Hope you’re well. Sorry for being out of touch. Grief is a peculiarly strange condition. I publish this as an experiment. It is part epistle, part conversation. Everything here is “true” in the […]
Vera C. Rubin “Largest Camera Ever Made” Telescope Shares First Images
A full report on this astronomical achievement is available at Rubinobservatory.org. Vera C. Rubin helped establish the existence of “dark matter”. The observatory, built in Chile, is comprised of the largest digital camera ever created. […]
Matt’s Reviews: 1959: The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan
Publisher: TURNER PUBLISHING CO (TN) Publication date: 04/01/2010 Copyright Date: 2009 Pages: 344 ISBN: 978-0-470-60203-4 Author: Fred Kaplan 1959: The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan is not a book I would normally review […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Dechronization of Sam Magruder by George Gaylord Simpson
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; First Edition Published Date: April 15, 1997) Pages: 160 pages ISBN-10: 031215514X ISBN-13: 978-0312155148 Author: George Gaylord Simpson Additional Content: Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Jay Gould, Joan Simpson Burns The […]
