“The Invisible Bond” – A Mystery and Its Solution
The Mystery: Sheena, Queen of the Jungle got her start as a comic book character. Created by the same man who gave us The Spirit, Read More
Science Fiction Themes: What Has Changed?
One of the darlings of the Gernsback magazines was author, Clare Winger Harris (1891-1968). She may be the first official “fan-girl” of that era. (C. Read More
The Nursery Corner: Where Monsters Go To Die
This post begins: This piece is really about toys. Only we have to take a detour first…For you see, the monsters of the 1930s and Read More
The Strange Moon Saga of Edgar Rice Burroughs by D. K. Latta
American writer, Edgar Rice Burroughs, was a prolific creator of pulp and adventure stories. Burroughs wrote — as he himself would admit — for the Read More
Dark Worlds Magazine
Dark Worlds Magazine was an effort to recapture the excitement of the old days of the pulp magazines. Magazines like Amazing Stories and Astounding Science Fiction and Weird Tales. It was Read More
Outstanding Dramatic Series: Game of Thrones
Congratulations to Game of Thrones, winner of the 2018 Emmy award for Outstanding Dramatic Series!
Game of Emmys: The 2018 Emmy Awards
UPDATE: Congratulations to Peter Dinklage for his win for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series, to Black Mirror: USS Callister for winning best TV Movie, Read More
The 2018 Hugo Award Winners
The 76th Annual World Science Fiction Convention was held over the weekend in San Jose, California. During the convention the coveted (and controversial) Hugo Awards Read More
Heralded by Blood and Other Tales
Jack Mackenzie’s collection of Dark Fantasy stories is now available from Rage Machine Books. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G8HHWC7 From the book’s introduction: If you ever feel that you Read More
You Don’t Know Dick
Phillip Kindred Dick was an unusual man. He was a science fiction writer, which (in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s at least) makes him Read More