- Pixel Scroll 2/15/25 When The Scroll Is Pixelled Up Yonder, I’ll Be There
(1) THRILLERS OF GENRE INTEREST. CrimeReads shows an interesting group of cross-genre thrillers will arrive in bookstores this year: “Speculative Murder Mysteries and Alternative History Thrillers Out in 2025”. Here’s a promising example. Cory O’Brien, Two Truths and a Lie(Pantheon, March … Continue reading
- Liam Betts Wins 2025 Dell Magazines Award
The winner of the 2025 Dell Magazines Award For Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing was announced on February 12. The award goes to the best unpublished and unsold science fiction or fantasy short story submitted by a full-time undergraduate … Continue reading
- HWA’s Seventh Annual Summer Scares Reading List
The Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership in partnership with Booklist, Book Riot, iREAD, and NoveList®, a division of EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), has announced the seventh annual Summer Scares reading list, with titles selected by a panel of authors … Continue reading
- 2024 CYBILS Awards Winners
The 2024 Cybils Awards winners (Children’s & YA Book Lovers’ Literary Awards.) were announced on February 14. Here are the results from the two speculative fiction categories. The complete list of winners is here. ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE GRADE SPECULATIVE FICTION Impossible CreaturesKatherine Rundell, illustrated by … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 2/14/25 Pixels. Can There Be Too Many?
(1) THE FULL HULK PALETTE. Gizmodo offers readers “A Field Guide to Marvel’s Multicolored Hulks”. We all know the Incredible Hulk. He’s big, we won’t like it when he’s angry, and, of course, he’s very, very green. But that’s not the … Continue reading
- 2025 D.I.C.E. Awards
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) announced the winners of the 28th annual D.I.C.E. Awards on February 13. The night’s big winner Astro Bot took home Game of the Year and won four more categories, Outstanding Achievement in Animation, … Continue reading
- International Film Music Critics Association Awards 2024 Nominees
The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) today announced the nominees for the 21st annual IFMCA Awards, for excellence in musical scoring in 2024. Composer Bear McCreary leads the list of composer nominees with six nominations, followed by Kris Bowers, who … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 2/13/25 And Singin’, “This’ll Be The Day That I File, This’ll Be The Day That I File”
(1) HOW BLACK HORROR BEGAN. Linda D. Addison goes back to the beginning in “Genesis – The First Black Horror Writers/Storytellers” at the Horror Writers Association blog. Who were the first Black horror writers in a country that made enslaved … Continue reading
- Tony Lewis (1941-2025)
“Dr. Tony Lewis, one of the last surviving founders of NESFA, Chairman of Noreascon, and longtime Press Czar of NESFA Press passed away yesterday at home,” announced Gay Ellen Dennett on Facebook on February 12. “Both Suford and Alice [his … Continue reading
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