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Behold Some Fantastic Fan Art of Ursula Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness
There have been some fantastic depictions of the worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin in recent years. The Folio Society produced some fantastic editions of The Left Hand of Darkness and A Wizard of Earthsea,...
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Preview New Art From the Illustrated Edition of Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s...
April 2020 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice, the book that introduced readers to FitzChivalry Farseer and his mysterious, often maddening friend the Fool and...
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6 Big Surprises We Could See In the Forthcoming Star Trek: Discovery Season 3...
The future of the future has never been more mysterious. In season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery, the beloved and seemingly immortal sci-fi franchise will go where it’s never gone before: 950 years into...
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Lev Grossman Is Adapting His Short Story “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things”...
Lev Grossman‘s YA take on Groundhog Day-style time loops is going to be a movie! Deadline has reported that the Magicians author will be adapting his own short story, “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things”...
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When the Ends Justify the Means: Five Villains Who See Themselves as Heroes
Let’s talk villains. Yes, I know, there have been other lists about villains before. But I want to talk about a very special sort of villain. The kind whose motivation isn’t greed or lust for power,...
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Horror Recommendations for All Tolerance Levels
As an avid horror reader who’s quick to recommend books to anyone who stays still long enough, I’ve gotten very used to fielding follow-up questions like “But how scary is it really?” and “I can’t...
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The First Trailer for Birds of Prey Is Here
No more Mistah J! The first trailer for Birds of Prey (full title: Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is here, and it’s a glorious, fast-talkin’, ass-kickin’,...
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Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 66 and 67
I can see you’re out of aces, Tor.com, but don’t worry, I’ve got a RROK up my sleeve! AND, a special announcement at the end about my other project, take a look! This blog series will be covering The...
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Hex Life and Why We Need Our Witches
Hex Life is a collection of 18 “wicked new tales of witchery”, edited by Christopher Golden and Rachel Autumn Deering. The witchery—an excellent word!—within takes many forms. There are fairy...
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Four Speculative Novels Featuring Important Elections
My nation (which may not be yours) is in the midst of another election. On the one hand, it’s a glorious celebration of our right to choose who runs the nation for the next four years. On the other...
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The Starless Sea Sweepstakes!
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless...
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Sleeps With Monsters: New (and Old) and Well Worth Reading
The two books I want to tell you about today are tonally very different to each other. One’s light and open and generally about people who mean well; the other is dark and claustrophobic and has a cast...
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Check Out the Cover for Hannah Abigail Clarke’s The Scapegracers
We’re excited to share the cover for Hannah Abigail Clarke’s debut novel The Scapegracers, a fantasy that combines the perennially popular genres of witches and high school society. Head below for the...
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When Horror Becomes Strength: Queer Armor in Stephen King’s IT
I grew up terrified. When I was 12, I wasn’t particularly afraid of clowns or monsters or troubled ghosts, but as puberty hit at the start of middle school, I was terrified of myself. I was a gay boy...
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Ava DuVernay Will Direct an HBO Max Pilot Roughly Based on Brian Wood’s DMZ...
Ava DuVernay‘s next TV project will take on a post-apocalyptic New York! Variety has reported that the director will be directing a pilot for HBO Max based on Brian Wood’s DMZ comic. Here’s the comic’s...
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Building a Vision of the Future: The Myth of the Shipwright
Shipwrights have always possessed space within our stories. How many of us grew up with the fable of Noah, the arc-builder destined to save humanity? Others of us probably heard tales of Manu, king of...
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Director André Øvredal’s Next Movie Could...
What could be more metal than a horror/thriller about a vampire at sea? The answer to that of course, is a nautical horror/thriller about THE vampire, Count Dracula himself. According to The Hollywood...
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Leigh Bardugo Shares Cast List and First Cast Photo of Netflix’s Upcoming...
It’s here! Leigh Bardugo surprised fans by sharing a cast list and the first cast photo of Shadow and Bone, Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of her Grishaverse series. So delighted to finally(!!) share...
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9 Characters I Love Because They Are Hurting (and So Am I)
Due to personal reasons, I am incapable of talking about pain without humor. It’s a defense mechanism, I admit—when you’re dealing with it a lot (chronic pain is a thing I’ve been accustomed to for the...
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Check Out the First Footage from the Wheel of Time Show’s Table-Read
What a delightful #WoTWednesday surprise! Last month, the cast and crew of Amazon Prime’s Wheel of Time adaptation sat down to read through episode 1, and this week, the show’s official Twitter...
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