The Smol Bean Emperor
Science fiction and fantasy films tend to be fairly unsubtle in their depiction of authoritarianism. Children of Men is the exception.
Swelter and Shade
SHORT FICTION by Wendy Nikel We used to live in the city, until the day Mr. Fitz's A/C died in a traffic jam. By the time they found him and pried his car doors open, the old man was dead, the back
Myerscough & Skelton
SHORT FICTION by Tim Jeffreys They came only on grey days, or so it seemed to Victor. Foreshadowed. They came on quiet days. Damp days. Tuesdays. Nothing days. They came on days when the sky was overcast and the color seemed bleached out of
Ostensible Projected Forms
How an Obscure Short Story by David Foster Wallace Almost Predicted Our Imminent Deepfakes Hellscape by Owen Morawitz Throughout much of its history as a form of genre storytelling, science fiction has consistently explored the tensions and contours that exist between the
Interview: Laird Barron on Cosmic Horror
Since the debut of his first published work, "Shiva, Open Your Eye" in 2001 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, author Laird Barron has become a leading voice in cosmic horror, weird, and crime fiction. Across five novels