The Big Idea: Jes Honard & Marie Parks
Great minds think alike. For authors Jes Honard and Marie Parks, their great minds had to do just that to co-author the second novel of their Grigori Cycle series. Come along in their Big Idea […]
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Andrew Liptak Interviews John Scalzi
Andrew Liptak (Transfer Orbit) sat down with Scalzi at the Fletcher Free Library during the Green Mountain Book Festival in Vermont and interviewed him about his career, writing, science fiction, and quite a bit more. […]
New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for DEC 3
Here’s the weekly post from my author blog on the new releases I found to be of interest in my three favorite romance genres (which are also the ones I write in!), and related areas […]
LA Worldcon Will Offer Poetry Hugo Award
LAcon V, the 2026 Worldcon, announced on December 1, 2025 that they would use their authority under Section 3.3.20 of the WSFS Constitution to present a Hugo Award for Best Poem as part of the 2026 Hugo […]
mare nubium
When we look up at the night sky, what do we see? What surrounds us, and what do we, in turn, surround with the mists of our aggregate particles? Photo by Daniel Absi: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-black-sand-952670/ mare […]
The Big Idea: Mike Allen | Whatever
Creepy crawlies can become less creepy when you characterize them. Such is the case for author Mike Allen, who shares with us his initial fear of spiders that has turned into more of a cautious […]
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 […]
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 […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: November 30, 2025
A File 770 Special Convention Report: Starbase Indy 2025, Part One By Chris M. Barkley: For the most part, many sff fans spend their Thanksgiving weekend with their families. There are others who may spend the […]
Noticias Literatura 29-11
Ya disponibles todos los vídeos de la pasada jornada de la Terbi Ya están disponibles todos los vídeos de la pasada jornada de la Terbi: -La ciencia ficción ya lo predijo, por Ricardo Manzanaro -Los […]
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…
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 […]
New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for NOV 26
Here’s the weekly post from my author blog on the new releases I found to be of interest in my three favorite romance genres (which are also the ones I write in!), and related areas […]
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: Gary Jackson
Move over, Shakespeare in the Park, today we’ve got poet Gary Jackson and the Big Idea for his newest collection of poetry. Follow along to see how small lives speaks to the reader in an […]
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 […]
What Did We Stream Last Week? Just Watch Lets You Know
30% genre penetration across the board. For more in-depth analysis, check out these videos: Top 10 Movies – YouTube Short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jnmdnsur_IA Top 10 TV Shows – YouTube Short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0sPh6-z9IrY from Just Watch: Highlights: Wicked claims […]
Excerpt: Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
With only a few dollars to her name and her beloved dog Copper by her side, Selena flees her past in the city to claim her late aunt’s house in the desert town of Quartz […]
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 […]
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: […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: November 23, 2025
British SF Conventions Volume 4: 1958-1965 Is New TAFF Release. In Rob Hansen’s British SF Conventions Volume 4: 1958-1965, the latest addition to TAFF’s library of free downloads, he promises — Among the burning questions of the […]
The Friends of the Merril Collection Announce “Crafting Worlds: Pitching, Publishing and Promoting Your SF/Fantasy Ideas”
The Friends of the Merril Collection are pleased to announce our return with a panel discussion on Saturday, Dec 6th at 2 PM on the topic of “Crafting Worlds: Pitching, Publishing and Promoting Your SF/Fantasy […]
Should You Opt Out Of Gmail’s AI Data Sharing?
According to this article, Gmail users were automatically opted in to a new update that will share their email data for AI training. Gmail users were automatically opted in when the service launched. If you […]
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: […]
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.)
About Author
Steve has been an active fan since the 1970s, when he founded the Palouse Empire Science Fiction Association (PESFA) and the more-or-less late MosCon in Pullman, WA and Moscow, ID, though he started reading SF/F in the early-to-mid 1950s, when he was just a sprat. He moved to Canada in 1985 and quickly became involved with chairing or helping run Canadian cons, including ConText (’89 and ’81) and VCON. As a fan, he’s published a Hugo-nominated (one nomination) fanzine, New Venture, and he’s founded two writing groups (Writers’ Bloc and Writers of the Lost, Ink). He’s emceed and auctioned art at many West Coast and Northwest conventions including one Westercon. As a writer, he’s published a couple of books and a number of short stories (including one in Compostella [Tesseracts 20], and has collaborated with his two-time Aurora-winning wife Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk on a number of art projects. As of this writing he’s the proofreader for R. Graeme Cameron’s Polar Borealis and Rhea Rose’s Polar Starlight publications. He’s been writing for Amazing Stories off and on since the early 1980s. His column can be found on Amazing Stories most Fridays.
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