Zombies Need Brains…and You! Kickstarter Campaign
The SFWA qualifying small press Zombies Need Brains launches a Kickstarter. If you have any of your own (brains, that is) you’ll want to support this effort.
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Excerpt from The Whispering Skull by Ed Greenwood
Wolf attacks…strange voices in the night…odd things are happening in this excerpt from Ed Greenwood’s new novel, The Whispering Skull.
Guest Editorial: Words Matter, Actions Matter and Race Definitely Matters by Chris M. Barkley
“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
When I finished reading Christopher Nuttal’s editorial, “A Character Who Happens To Be Black” for the first time, I found myself remembering an oft told story about Nichelle Nichols, the actress who played Lt. Uhura on Star Trek.
Guest Editorial: Humanity’s’ R&D Department – Science Fiction by David Gerrold
This is the primary function of science fiction — to be the Research and Development Division of the Human Species. This literature is the laboratory in which we consider the universe and our place in it. It is the place where we ask, “Who are we and what is our purpose here? What does it mean to be a human being?”
No other genre is as ambitious, no other genre considers as many powerful and disturbing questions. All the other branches of literature are about the past, they’re about how we got here, as if here is a static place. Only science fiction is about the future. Only science fiction is about change.
RAISING DAVE by Jack Strange
I woke up a third time because I sensed I wasn’t alone.
I wasn’t.
Raising Dave continues.
Out of Register
Your girlfriend has been brutally murdered. Except…she walks back into your life. What the hell is going on?
Blogger Invitado. Cristián Londoño Proaño: Tal vez los dioses si existen.
What would happen if we discovered another universe inhabited by gods. Would we even be able to comprehend them? Jorge Alberto Collao poses these and other questions in his latest novel.
A Brief History of Worldcons From NYCon to Discon, 1939-1962
The early years of fandom, and especially Worldcons, were wild and wonderful, featuring outsized personalities and innovations that are now standard features.
Guest Post by Foz Meadows: Unempathic Bipeds of Failure: The Relationship Between Stories and Politics
Owing to recent political developments, I’ve been thinking a lot recently about politics in SFF, not just as a general concept, but in relation to my own history with the genre.
Penny of Tharsis Montes by Sean Monaghan
A potentially deadly asteroid fall causes a Martian farmer to remember the days he spent on the red planet…and, perhaps, the days to come. A Gernsback Contest winning short story.
Lost Phoenixes by Stuart Barton
Survivors of a doomed Earth approach the moon, not certain if the people who fled there decades earlier will view them as friends or enemies. A Gernsback Contest winning short story.
The Size of the Fight by Matt Downer
A space veterinarian gets more than she bargained for when she moves – not voluntarily – to a small asteroid mining community. A Gernsback Contest winning short story.
A Clean Start by James Gordon Harper
Under the best of circumstances, making art is hard. Making art on the moon with your window of opportunity quickly closing up? That takes a special kind of inspiration… A Gernsback Contest winning short story.
Awake the Snorting Citizens by Trent Walters
Trapped in a damaged tin can floating in space, Roberto has to resort to desperate measures to survive, A Gernsback Contest winning short story.
The Mesmerist by Karen Skovmand
For some, the best way to deal with the apocalypse is to retreat into memory. For some of them, there is a man who can help… A Gernsback Contest winning short story.
The Sounding Cataract by Stephen S. Power
Ernie is convinced that a plume of fire holds the answers that it has been sent to Pluto to seek, but Mission Control believes that the plume is too dangerous to get near. What is a poor land rover to do? A Gernsback Contest winning short story.
Parental Guidance Recommended by Vince Liberato
Mars needs a drink. Her parents try to stop her. An old story is given a futuristic twist. A Gernsback Contest winning short story.
How Gaia and the Guardian Saved the World by Alex Shvartsman
The Guardian has to protect Earth from imminent destruction by incoming meteor; the biggest obstacle to it completing its mission may be its own programming. A Gernsback Contest winning short story.
Bob the Hipster Knight by Jeremy Lichtman
Never trust an app in the form of a woman you don’t know, even if you are a hipster knight. A Gernsback Contest winning short story.
I Dreamed of a Science Fiction Future Bright and Shiny
A guest post on the wonder of living in a science fiction world.
Abandon All Hope – Why We’d Be Screwed if Aliens Invaded
Weston Ochse has a bit to say in this guest post about alien invasions: short version: We’re toast!
An Interview with Author Anton Marks
This interview with Anton Marks is a cross-posting from Journey Planet, conducted by James Bacon. (April 1, 2015) and kindly brought to our attention by contributor Erin Underwood Anton Marks is an author of genre fiction […]
Diversity in Fantasy by K. Ceres Wright
K. Ceres Wright expands on her participation on a panel on diversity at World Fantasy Con
On Writing Horror: Short Stories vs. Novels by Dale Bailey
Dale Bailey’s novels and short story collection are now available at Open Road Media.
The Secrets Behind Wingman’s Battle Scenes
“Where do you get your ideas from?” Mack Maloney, author of the Wingman series, answers the perennial question.
The Islamic Moonbase Conspiracy by Tom Easton
Arthur C. Clarke’s star may not have been the only Middle Eastern astronomical observation that’s been misinterpreted.
Excerpt: WHO WACKED ROGER RABBIT by Gary K. Wolf
An excerpt from Gary K. Wolf’s third Roger Rabbit novel. This time with Gary Cooper, not to mention our favorite slobbering rabbit and his too good to be a toon wife, Jessica.
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