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an introduction to the Caribbean SFF Special Issue

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As authors across the world explore their darkest fears, horror fiction is evolving to offer a chilling reflection of our times

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A J-horror expert gives her take on the essence of the genre and the cultural roots of its creative choices.

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Many thanks to the contributors who sent the below responses. Never Whistle at Night, a haunting new anthology of dark fiction crafted by Native writers and edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van…

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Our Urban Future (garethlpowell.substack.com)
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Arcologies in science fiction

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Women writers are taking the Chinese science fiction scene by storm, with their increasing prominence one of the genre's most noticeable trends, according to participants at a major convention in Chengdu this week.

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From blood oaths to friendship bracelets, author Greta Kelly digs into why we love found family tropes.

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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 killed my favorite neighborhood and yours is next

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In the comments of a recent Instagram post, James Gunn revealed how he and Peter Safran will handle the tone of their new rebooted DC Universe.

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EXCLUSIVE: As Deadline reported earlier this week, Douglas Mackinnon, who served as executive producer, director and co-showrunner on the first two seasons of Good Omens, will not be returning for …

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When You Write A Monster (johnwiswell.substack.com)
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Some thoughts on how we treat monsters in our stories

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2023 has, so far, been a year full of innovative and mind-bending anthologies, and Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror is one of the best. With an incredible list of contributors,…

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Arcane is now an even more important part of League of Legends

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Rejoice! Star Trek: Prodigy is getting a second chance at Netflix with the show's second season coming to the streaming service in 2024.

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It's another bland exorcism movie but with 'Exorcist' branding.

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With Ahsoka, it increasingly feels like Star Wars continuity is a series of Pavlovian triggers designed to appeal to audience members who already care about the objects on screen.

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The Exorcist: Believer is a timely piece of horror cinema, a dark allegory about the way in which the modern world seems designed to pit people against one another and force them to make monstrous choices that fundamentally compromise them.

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Union interest continues to grow

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Shell knows young people are worried about climate change and hopes some Fortnite maps will fix that

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From 'Bottle Rocket' to 'The French Dispatch,' we dig into what sets famed filmmaker Wes Anderson apart from his auteur peers.

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Peter Watts' 2006 novel is a must-read for hard sci-fi fans.

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Generative AI will enrich investors and be deployed against everyone else

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A coordinated campaign to flood the internet with racist images is using Bing and DALL-E 3’s text-to-image AI tool.

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It is hard, in the era of the AR-15, to fear a vampire.

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Hollywood could do with fewer franchises. Even diehard fans seem to agree, judging by the box office numbers for everything from Fast X to the collecting post-Endgame MCU. And more is on the way—be…

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