Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for February 13, 2026

 

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with the best SFF of 2025, the upcoming Masters of the Universe live action film and Masters of the Universe in general, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and Star Trek in general, Wonder Man and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, the new Lord of the Flies, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, Cold Storage, Scarlet, Goat, The Strangers, tributes to James Van Der Beek and Bud Cort and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Emily C. Hughes shares horror novels coming out in February 2026. 
• Lish McBride shares her favourite romantic SFF books. 
• Ratika Deshpande shares nine SFF short stories that explore the meaning of love 
• Michelle Maryk shares nine speculative thrillers. 
• Saratoga Schaefer shares six novels that use isolation to create horror 
• Alex Brown shares five underrated works of asexual speculative fiction 
• Jake Casella Brookins discusses speculative anti-imperialism and the myth of internal resistance in James S.A. Corey’s The Mercy of Gods  
• Laura Miller shares her appreciation for the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman. 
• Jo Walton shares her reading list for January 2026. 
• James Davis Nicoll discusses what lures readers into picking up an unfamiliar book 
• Janie Chang shares her experiences writing a gothic novel   
• Ashley Vega reports that the Harry Potter character Draco Malfoy has become an unlikely good luck symbol for the Chinese New Year thanks to a punny translation  
• The Guardian reports that US judges have dismissed lawsuits accusing Neil Gaiman of sexual assault of his former nanny, declaring that this case falls into the jurisdiction of New Zealand. 
• Meredith G. White shares an obituary for James Sallis.  
• SFF writer and editor M. Christian has died.
• Science fiction writer Jeffrey A. Carver has died aged 76. 

 

Best of 2025:

• Colleen Mondor shares her favourite SFF works of 2025.
• Tim Melody Pratt shares their favourite SFF works of 2025. 
• Arley Sorg shares his favourite SFF works of 2025.  
• Ian Mond shares his favourite SFF works of 2025. 

  

Comics and Art:

• Robin Marx reviews Conan the Barbarian #26 by Jib Zub and Fernando Dagnino.
• James Whitbrook reviews the Jar Jar Binks one-shot, written by Ahmed Best and Marc Guggenheim with art by Kieran McKeown, Laura Braga and Mike Atiyeh
• Tom Gauld shares a cartoon about preparing to meet the editor
• Illustrator Hudson Talbott has died aged 76. 
• Science fiction artist Bob Layzell has died aged 85. 

 

Film and TV: 

• Steven Greene discusses Primal and the art of bringing a character back from the dead 
• Isaiah Colbert calls the anime Marriage Toxin an adult cast romance about a poison assassin seeking love 
• Peter Bradshaw calls the animated film Little Amélie a tender and poignant study of the fragility of early childhood 
• Leslie Felperin declares that Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up offers fresh cartoon antics, updated for the modern day.  
• Mike McCahill calls Stitch Head an animated adaptation of a Frankenstinian tale that hangs loosely together 
• Rai Furniss-Greasley calls  28 Years Later: The Bone Temple an intense film that disturbs and, simultaneously, provokes thought on some grand themes.
• Mik McCahill calls Whistle a smart, sympathetic spin on the cursed-artefact horror film.
• Keith Stuart wonders if the surprise box-office hit Iron Lung is the future of video game films 
• Chris Garcia shares his thoughts on the time travel movie Fireflies in the Dusk.
• Cheryl Eddy declares that the documentary The Last Sacrifice explores the (maybe?) occult crime that inspired The Wicker Man.  
• Cheryl Eddy lists everything to remember about the post-apocalypse of Paradise before season 2  
• Leah Thomas explains how setting shapes horror anime 
• Marco Vito Oddo shares his seven favourite science fiction films about artificial intelligence. 
• Matthew Byrd lists every romantasy movie and TV adaptation currently in development 
• Jessica Holmes revisits the 1971 Timeslip serial “The Year Of The Burn Up”  
• Kali Wallace revisits the 1976 science fiction film The Man Who Fell to Earth 
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the 1997 Babylon 5 episode “Rising Star” 
• Justin Carter revisits the 2016 superhero film Deadpool
• Erik Adams takes a look at the many attempts to reboot The Muppet Show. 
• Rich Pelley interviews Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. 
• Germain Lussier interviews Phil Lord and Chris Miller, directors of Project Hail Mary. 
• Germain Lussier interviews Dan Trachtenberg, director of Prey and Predator: Badlands 
• Winston Cho reports about a lawsuit about the rights to Ghostface ahead of the release of Scream 7. 
• Steve Vertlieb celebrates the 94th birthday of legendary film composer John Williams. 

Tributes to James Van Der Beek:

• James Van Der Beek, best known for his roles in Dawson's Creek, Rules of Attraction, Scary Movie, Labor Day, Don't Trust the B-- in Apartment 23, Varsity Blues and many others, has died aged 48.
• Stuart Heritage declares that James Van Der Beek was so much more than just Dawson 
• Michaela Zee shares tributes from several co-stars to James Van Der Beek. 
• Armando Tinoco shares the tribute of Krysten Ritter, who co-starred with James Van Der Beek in Don't Trust the B-- in Apartment 23, to the late actor.  
• The Guardian shares photos from James Van Der Beek's career. 
• Emily Longeretta reports that friends have launched a GoFundMe to support James Van Der Beek's family after his untimely death. 

  

Tributes to Bud Cort: 

•  Actor Bud Cort, best known for his appearances in Harold and Maude, Brewster McCloud, Heat Dogma, The Life Aquatic as well as the voice of Toyman in several animated DC series, has died aged 77. 
• William Hughes remembers Bud Cort. 

 

Comments on Masters of the Universe in general:

• Ben Travis interviews Travis Knight, director of the upcoming Masters of the Universe live action film, about the character of Skeletor. 
• Ben Travis interviews Idris Elba who plays Duncan a.k.a. Man-at-Arms in the upcoming Masters of the Universe live action movie. 
• Jukka Issakainen takes a look at the many disguises Evil-Lyn has used over the years. 
• James Eatock takes a look at the unusual transformation sequence in the Filmation Masters of the Universe episode "Keeper of the Ancient Ruins".

 

Comments on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and Star Trek in general: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Come, Let's Away”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.  
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Come, Let's Away”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.  
• Scott Collura shares his thoughts on "Come, Let's Away”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.   
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "Series Acclimation Mil”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.   
• James Whitbrook declares that the latest episode of Starfleet Academy eulogised what mattered most about Captain Sisko 
• Marisa Williams explains how a third Deep Space 9 character appeared in "Series Acclimation Mil”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.   
• Anthony Pascale interviews Tawny Newsome, who voiced Beckett Marriner in Star Trek: Lower Decks and co-wrote "Series Acclimation Mil”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.  
• Camestros Felapton talks about the androids of Star Trek. 
• Judth Tarr shares her appreciation for Spot, Data's cat from Star Trek: The Next Generation. 

 

Comments on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: 

• Tyler Dean shares his thoughts on “Seven”, the latest episode of  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. 
• Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on “Seven”, the latest episode of  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.  
• Cheryl Eddy shares her thoughts on “Seven”, the latest episode of  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.   
• Louise Griffin interviews Henry Ashton who plays Daeron Targaryen in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
• James Whitbrook shares the history behind the Trial of Seven in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. 
• James Whitbrook explains why a specific line from the novella The Hedge Knight by George R.R. Martin is missing from A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. 
• James Whitbrook declares that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is using the Game of Thrones theme better than House of the Dragon ever did 

 

Comments on Wonder Man and the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe in general:

• Emmet Asher-Perrin declares that Wonder Man was great, but Disney corporate synergy still messed it up 
• Saloni Gajjar notes that Wonder Man offers nods to the wider Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe without feeling like homework.  
• Ben Child shares the most far-out fan theories about Avengers: Doomsday
• Tom Phillips interviews Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of  Avengers Doomsday.
• Anthony Breznican looks ahead at the Spider-Noir TV-series.  
• J.N. Benjamin interviews Simone Ledward Boseman, widow of Chadwick Boseman who is best known for playing T'Challa a.k.a. Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 
• Watch a trailer for Spider-Noir. 

 

Comments on the new Lord of the Flies: 

• Rhik Samadder calls the latest adaptation of Lord of the Flies such excellent, surreal horror that you will feel sick throughout  
• Lucy Mangan declares that the new adaptation of Lord of the Flies comes nowhere near the original’s power
• Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the latest adaptation of Lord of the Flies. 

 

Comments on Scarlet: 

• Leah Schnelbach declares that the anime Scarlet gives us a gender-swapped, purgatorial Hamlet retelling
• Isaiah Colbert calls Scarlet a ravishing vision undercut by a glib Hamlet reimagining 

 

Comments on Cold Storage:

• Arturo Serrano calls the zombie film Cold Storage the kind of supremely silly flick that demands out loud that you switch off your brain
• Andy Crump calls Cold Storage a silly splatter fest. 

  

Comments on Good Luck. Have Fun. Don't Die: 

• Luke Hicks calls Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die a science fiction film as annoyingly quirky as its title. 
• Benjamin Lee calls Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die review a lively yet overstuffed caper

 

Comments on The Strangers: 

• Mike McCahill declares with regard to The Strangers: Chapter 3 that this pointless remake trilogy ends with a sputter 
• Jesse Hassenger calls The Strangers a slasher anti-franchise that remains unknowable five films later

 

Comments on Goat:  

• Jesse Hassenger calls Goat a sweet-natured and fun-enough kids' movie. 
• Cath Clarke calls Goat a noisy, lightning-speed basketball animated film.  

 

Awards:

• The finalists for the 2026 Libby Book Awards have been announced.
• Nominations for the 2026 Hugo Awards are open. 

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Max Gladstone points out that writing doesn't always look the way you think 
• Walt Boyes talks about worldbuilding. 
• Jennifer van der Kleut talks about finding inspiration in Reddit's "Am I The Asshole" forum 
• Adele Parks talks about the intellectual challenge of revisiting her first characters 
• Elizabeth A. Harris bids good-bye to the mass market paperback.
• Matthew Byrd reports that Harlequin are ending their historical romance line after almost forty years. 
• Lisa Varga reports that federal funding for US libraries prevails 
• Susan Swavely reports that The Grim Reader bookstore in Atlanta, Georgia, which originally operated out of a hearse, is now getting a regular brick and mortar location.  
• Imran Qureshi profiles Anke Gowda, a retired factory worker who built a library of two million books in Pandavapura, Karnataka, India. 

 

Interviews:

• 60 Minutes interviews Margaret Atwood. 
• Elizabeth Tabler interviews Rich Larson and Izzy Wasserstein

 

Reviews: 

• Marlene Harris reviews Stolen in Death by J.D. Robb 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Sunset at Zero Point by Simon Stålenhag 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Scarlet Morning by N.D. Stevenson 
• Marlene Harris reviews The Daughter Who Remains by Nnedi Okorafor 
• Esmay Rosalyne reviews Death Show Colossus by Bill Adams
• Alex Wallace reviews These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein  
• Raven Crime Reads reviews The Hope by Paul E. Hardisty. 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Hope by Paul E. Hardisty.  
• Colleen Mondor reviews The Glass Slide World by Carrie Vaughn 
• Bill Capossere reviews Bridge of Storms by Philip Reeve 
• Alex Brown reviews The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri 
• Niall Harrison reviews The Village at the Edge of Noon by Darya Bobyleva  
• Paul Weimer reviews Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders. 
• Esmay Rosalyne reviews The Price of Fear by Miles Lyon 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Apple and The Pearl by Rym Kechacha 
• Marlene Harris reviews Nightshade and Oak by Molly O’Neill 
• Graham Sleight reviews The Rose Field by Philip Pullman
• Alex Brown reviews Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi. 
• John Mauro reviews Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence 
• Jen Lucas reviews Catherine by Essie Fox  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Grace by A.M. Shine  
• Julia Kitvaria Sarene reviews Demon by Rob J. Hayes 
• Julia Kitvaria Sarene reviews Hammerfall by Rob J. Hayes 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Unworthy by Augustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Matilda’s Retreat by Catherine Cavendish 
• Fiona Denton reviews A Forest, Darkly by A.G. Slatter 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry 
• Alexandra Pierce reviews The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Sixth Annual Collection, edited by Allan Kaster
• Arley Sorg reviews The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Volume One, edited by Michael Kelly  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews issue 3 of New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine 
• Steven Poole reviews Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald 
  
  

 Classics reviews:

• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1959 science fiction collection Nine Tomorrows by Isaac Asimov. 
• Jaclyn Adomeit revisits the 1968 fantasy novel The Last Unicorn by Peter S- Beagle. 
• Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the 1971 science fiction anthology Quark/2, edited by Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker 
• Gideon Marcus revisits the March 1971 issue of Galaxy.
• John Boston revisits the March 1971 issue of Amazing. 
   
  
  

Con and event reports:

• Mike Glyer reports that the 2028 Worldcon bid for Kigali, Rwanda, is been withdrawn.
• Travis Creason shares photos of the 2026 Capricon in Chicago, Illinois. 
• The candidates for the 2026 Transatlantic Fan Fund have been announced. 
• Molly Templeton reports that several authors have signed an open letter expressing their concern about the ties of RELX, parent company of ReedPop, organiser of BookCon in New York City, as well as other conventions, to ICE. 
• Amrit Dhillon wonders why India has more than 100 literary festivals, when most Indians don't read for pleasure. 
• Locus shares a photo of the latest Brooklyn Books & Booze event in Brooklyn, New York. 
• Catherine Shoard reports about the exhibition "Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends" at the Young V&A Museum in London, UK. 
• Mercedes Milligan also reports about the exhibition "Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends" at the Young V&A Museum in London, UK.  

 

Crowdfunding:

• New Eddge Sword and Sorcery Magazine is looking for funding for its next three issues.

 

Science and technology:

• Richard Hollingham discusses what it takes to be an astronaut on a Moon mission.
• David Nutt reports about microbes that harvest metals from meteorites aboard the International Space Station 
• Passant Rabie reports that NASA has suspended most of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory’s science operations in an effort to reduce the effects of atmospheric drag on the spacecraft and slow down its orbital decay
• Ruthanna Emrys talks about Project Orion, the late 1950s plan to power spacecraft via nuclear bombs. 
• Ari Daniel reports about a scientist who is searching for dinosaur secrets in crocodile bones 
• Marcus Harldson explains how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong 
• Margherita Bassi reports that scientists have decyphered an early astronomy text that was erased by medieval monks to reuse the parchment  
• Kevin Davis reports that a frustrated judge in New York tossed out a case after a lawyer kept submitting documents containing fake AI citations and a lengthy quote from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. 

Gaming: 

• Tom Regan calls the video game Romeo Is a Dead Man a misfire from a storied gaming provocateur 
• Nic Reuben calls the video game Reanimal as beautifully macabre as it is hard to put down 
• Kyle Orland reports about SpaceMolt, an MMO designed exclusively for AI agents to play.

 

Toys and collectibles:

• Toy Habits reviews the Mattel Masters of the Universe 200X Cartoon Collection Samurai He-Man action figure. 
• Toy Habits reviews the Mattel Masters of the Universe Masterverse New Eternia Keldor action figure. 
• James Whitbrook reports that Nacelle's upcoming wave of Star Trek action figures also allows you to build a playset of the bridge of the USS Enterprise. 
• James Whitbrook shares a look at the Hasbro Star Wars Black Series Mandalorian and Grogu action figures.  
• Justin Carter takes a look at the Hasbro Star Wars Black Series Lord Starkiller action figure.  
• Juliana LaBianca shares a look at a new LEGO Winnie the Pooh set. 
• io9 lists nerdy Valentine's Day gifts. 
• Pixel Dan reports that Mattel has acquired the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles master licence. 

 

Free online fiction: 

• "A Dirge for the Mirrorbirds" by Emily C. Skaftun in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "Like Thorns on Her Tongue" by R.Z. Held in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" by Robert Lewis Thornton in Antipodean SF. 
• "Dream Destinations (From the Lost Traveler’s Tour Guide)" by Alexander Weinstein in Lightspeed.  
• "The Worldbuilder" by Phoenix Alexander in Lightspeed. 
• " A Beautiful World" by David J. Lynch in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
• "The Iron Piper" by Fiona Moore in Clarkesworld. 
• "Three Fortunes on Alcestis as Told by the Fraud Baeliss Shudal" by Louis Inglis Hall in Clarkesworld. 
• "Realm of the Shorn" by David Bowles in The Sunday Morning Transport.
• "Rest Stop" by Pedro Iniguez in Nightmare Magazine.  
• "Agency" by George Sandison in Reactor. 
• "Nā Heʻe" by Wailana Kalama in The Dark. 

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu. 
• Watch a trailer for Supergirl. 
• Watch a trailer for Project Hail Mary. 
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of One Piece. 
• Watch a trailer for Disclosure Day.
• Watch a trailer for Obsession. 
• Watch a clip from Cold Storage. 
• Watch a trailer for Minions and Monsters. 
• Watch a trailer for The Dinosaurs. 
• Watch a trailer for Hoppers. 
• Watch a trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. 

Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for February 6, 2026

 

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with the upcoming Masters of the Universe live action film and Masters of the Universe in general, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and Star Trek in general, Wonder Man and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, season 2 of Fallout, The Muppet Show, Iron Lung, Avatar: Fire and Ash, tributes to James Sallis, X.J. Kennedy and Catherine O'Hara and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Cheryl Eddy shares sixty-nine new science fiction, fantasy and horror books coming out in February 
• Reactor shares all the new science fiction books arriving in February 2026 
• Reactor shares all the new fantasy books arriving in February 2026 
• Reactor shares all the new romantasy books arriving in February 2026 
• Reactor shares all the new horror books arriving in February 2026   
• Reactor shares all the new SFF crossover books arriving in February 2026   
• Reactor shares all the new young adult SFF books arriving in February 2026 .
• Molly Odintz shares twenty-seven new and upcoming horror novels to look out for in 2026 
• Christina Ferko explains why horror is the perfect genre for processing trauma 
• Sam Reader shares eight deeply weird post-apocalyptic fantasy novels 
• Aaron Jones discusses what it means to be human in a science fiction world. 
• Lorna Wallace shares five science fiction short stories told through an alien POV 
• Reactor shares thriteen excellent Groundhog Day-style time loop stories  
• Callie Kazumi shares five great Japanese mysteries and horror novels 
• Karen Winn lists eight novels about secret societies.  
• Christopher Lockett shares some thoughts on mythology and historical accuracy. 
• James Machell takes a look at the titular castle in the Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake. 
• Alex Brown shares SFF reading recommendations for the characters of Heated Rivalry 
• Timothy Snyder discusses a lecture about dragons that J.R.R. Tolkien held in 1938. 
• David Barnett reports that Neil Gaiman claims that the sexual assault allegations against him are the result of a smear campaign.

 

Tributes to James Sallis: 

• J. Kingston Pierce remembers James Sallis.
• Adrian McKinty remembers James Sallis. 
• Locus remembers James Sallis. 
• Arley Sorg shares an interview with the late James Sallis. 

 

Tributes to X.J. Kennedy:

• SFF writer, fan, poet and academic X. J. Kennedy has died aged 96. 
• Rebecca Chace shares an obituary for X.J. Kennedy, focussing on his poetry. 

 

Best of 2025:

• The 2025 Locus recommended reading list has been announced.   
• Gary K. Wolfe shares his favourite SFF works of 2025. 
• Archita Mittra shares her favourite SFF works of 2025.  
• Wole Talabi shares his favourite African speculative fiction stories of 2025. 

  

Comics and Art:

• Isaiah Colbert calls After God by Sumi Eno an underrated dystopian dark fantasy manga
• Amelia Meyers reviews The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A.  
• Tom Gauld shares a cartoon on the rewards of enhanced reading.  

 

Film and TV: 

• Alasdair Stuart declares that Mercy might have been fun as a B-movie made thirty years ago, but times have changed. 
• Justin Carter calls Pretty Please, I Don’t Want to Be a Magical Girl an animated indie darling. 
• Cheryl Eddy declares that Whistle puts a pleasingly freaky spin on a familiar horror tale  
• C.T. Phipps shares his thoughts on The Mighty Nein. 
• Isaiah Colbert declares that the plot of the animated series The Darwin Incident may be bananas, but he's gotta see what that monkey does next  
• Ben Child notes that the Star Wars franchise is hamstrung by a massive identity crisis 
• Cheryl Eddy declares that the horror film Rock Springs brings horror from the past into its tale of contemporary grief  
• Catherine Bray calls V/H/S/Halloween the latest helping of the engaging horror anthology series.
• Germin Lussier interviews Gore Verbinski, director of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die,
• Ryan Hefferman shares his eight favourite hidden-gem fantasy masterpieces of the twenty-first century 
• Amber Dubin revisits the 1971 Night Gallery episodes "Room with a View", "The Little Black Bag" and "The Nature of the Enemy".
• Kali Wallace revisits the 1986 Argentinian science fiction film Man Facing Southeast 
• Germain Lussier revisits the 1989 post-apocalyptic movie The Blood of Heroes. 
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the 1997 Babylon 5 episode “Endgame”
• Dan Persons revisits the 2014 science fiction film Ex Machina. 
• Judith Tarr shares her appreciation for Jonesy the cat from the Alien movies. 
• John Summers theorises that Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street might be a Time Lord. 
• James Hibberd reports about a backlash against the Arthurian fantasy series The Pendragon Chronicles, since you have to subscribe to a right-wing streaming service to view the show. 
• Simon Abrams notes that Netflix was as surprised as anybody else by the massive success of KPop Demon Hunters.  
• Jake Kanter reports that according to a new report, the BBC should avoid "clunky colour-blind casting" and "preachy anti-colonial storylines" in shows like Doctor Who and various Agatha Christie adaptations. 
• Actor Desmond Wilson, star of Sanford and Son, has died aged 79 

Tributes to Catherine O'Hara:

• Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara, best known for her roles in A Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Home Alone, The Last of Us, Schitt's Creek and The Studio, has died aged 71. 
• Benjamin Lee remembers Catherine O'Hara. 
• Jesse Hassenger remembers Catherine O'Hara. 
• Germain Lussier remembers Catherine O'Hara. 
• Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Catherine O'Hara. 
• Justin Carter shares tributes to Catherine O'Hara from former co-stars. 
• Jim Hedge shares photos from Catherine O'Hara's lengthy career. 

  

Comments on Masters of the Universe in general:

• Ben Travis reports about the upcoming Masters of the Universe live action movie. 
• Colt Crane interviews Tim Seeley, writer of the Dark Horse Masters of the Universe comics. 
• James Eatock points out that the Masters of the Universe character Mekaneck almost had a very different colour scheme.

 

Comments on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and Star Trek in general: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Series Acclimation Mil”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.  
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Series Acclimation Mil”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.  
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "Vox in Excelso", the third episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.   
• Erin Underwood shares her issues with the episode ordering of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
• Vanessa Armstrong interviews Noga Landau, co-showrunner of Starfleet Academy. 
• James Whitbrook is irritated by former late night talkshow host Stephen Colbert voicing the Digital Dean of Students in Starfleet Academy. 
• James Whitbrook discusses the origin of the some of the Klingon ships seen in Starfleet Academy. 
• Arthur Quintalino revisits the 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Chain of Command” 

 

Comments on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: 

• Tyler Dean shares his thoughts on “The Squire”, the latest episode of  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. 
• Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on “The Squire”, the latest episode of  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.  
• Cheryl Eddy shares her thoughts on “The Squire”, the latest episode of  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.   
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Ira Parker, showrunner of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
• Caroline Siede talks about what A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms reveals about the Targaryen dynasty. 
• James Whitbrook reports that the success of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is influencing HBO's plans for other Game of Thrones spin-offs. 

 

Comments on Wonder Man and the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe in general:

• Arturo Serrano calls Wonder Man a refreshing superhero series. 
• Ben Francisco declares that Wonder Man brings a cozy Hollywood bromance to the Marvel Cinematic Universe 
• Adam B. Vary declares that Wonder Man pushes Marvel into unfamiliar territory

 

Comments on the new Muppet Show: 

• Rhik Samadder calls the new Muppet Show a thrilling return is so great he can’t even count how many times he laughed
• Lucy Mangan declares with regard to the new The Muppet Show that we all deserve a brief bit of happiness right now
• Cheryl Eddy declares that The Muppet Show returns for a cute and nostalgic special 

 

Comments on season 2 of Fallout: 

• William Hughes declares that the season 2 finale of Fallout wastes its shot 
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on the season 2 finale of Fallout. 
• Matthew Byrd explains how season 2 of Fallout avoided making any of the optional endings of the video fame Fallout: New Vegas canon  
• William Hughes interviews Jon Daly, one of the stars of Fallout.   

 

Comments on Iron Lung: 

• Mike McCahill calls Iron Lung a barebones science fiction horror film about a convict on a vague intergalactic mission
• Simon Abrams calls Iron Lung a satisfying DIY submarine horror film. 
• James Whitbrook reports that Iron Lung beat the documentary Melania at the box office and narrowly came in second to Send Help. 

 

Comments on Avatar: Fire and Ash:  

• Dan Sarto interviews Dan Barrett and Eric Saindon, special effect supervisors for Avatar: Fire and Ash  
• Ingrid Schmidt interviews Deborah Scott, costume designer for Avatar: Fire and Ash.  

 

Awards:

• The shortlists for the 2025 Aurealis Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2026 Pulp Factory Awards have been announced.
• The finalists for the 2025 Clarkesworld Reader’s Poll have been announced. 
• Martha Wells has received the 2026 Copperhead Award. 
• The shortlists for the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Awards have been announced.
• The recipient of the 2026 Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award has been announced. 
• The 2025 Locus Award poll is open for voting. 

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Molly Templeton explains what you can do to support your favourite authors and books. 
• Sam Spratford reports that the Washington Post is shuttering its books section amid widespread layoffs  
• Zach Rabiroff interviews Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

Interviews:

• The Oxford Union interviews George R.R. Martin.
• Locus interviews Nnedi Okorafor. 
• Arley Sorg interviews Michael Swanwick. 
• Scott Edelman interviews Emily Mitchell. 
• Elizabeth Tabler interviews T.R. Napper and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne 

 

Reviews: 

• Lesa Holstine reviews Stolen in Death by J.D. Robb  
• Sandra Mangan reviews Vivian Dies Again by C.E. Hulse  
• Alex Brown reviews Project Hanuman by Stewart Hotston 
• C.T, Phipps reviews Twelve Months by Jim Butcher 
• Marlene Harris reviews Junkyard Riders by Faith Hunter
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Night Ship by Alex Woodroe
• Runalong the Shelves reviews All That Is In The Earth by Andrew Knighton 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed 
• Julia Kitvaria Sarene reviews The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Whisper in the Wind by Luke Arnold
• Paul Weimer reviews The Astral Library by Kate Quinn  
• Julia Kitvaria Sarene reviews An Inheritance of Magic by Benedict Jacka
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Fate’s Bane by C. L. Clark 
• Alex Brown reviews All of Us Murderers by K.J. Charles.
• Blue Book Balloon reviews What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews In This City, Where It Rains by Lyndsey Croal 
• Tobias Carroll reviews Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World by Cullen Bunn.
• Stew Hotston reviews Hyo the Hellmaker by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh  
• Esmay Rosalyne reviews I, Medusa by Ayana Gray 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Girl from the West by Nahoko Uehashi, translated by Cathy Hirano.  
• Ian Mond reviews Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski  
• Ed Crocler reviews First Date by Gemma Amor 
• Sharon Richardson reviews The Hope by Paul E. Hardisty 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Regicide Report by Charles Stross  
• Paul Weimer reviews The Universe Box by Michael Swanwick. 
• Alvaro Zinos-Amaro reviews Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Susana M. Morris
  
  

 Classics reviews:

• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1901 lost world novel An Aerial Runaway by W.P. and C.P. Chipman 
• David Agranoff, John Battisberger and Cora Buhlert revisit the 1950 science fiction story "The Little Black Bag" by C.M. Kornbluth. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1951 science fiction novel The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein 
• Gideon Marcus revisits the February 1971 issue of Analog
• David Levinson revisits the March/April 1971 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1985 Merovingen Nights science fantasy novel Angel With a Sword by C.J. Cherryh 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1987 science fiction novel Golden Sunlands by Christopher Rowley. 
• Alan Brown revisits the 1988 science fiction novel The Big Lifters by Dean Ing
• Alissa Burger revisits the 1993 YA horror novel The Dead Girlfriend by R.L. Stine and Guilty by Diane Hoh.  
• Clara Cohen revisits the 2014 epic fantasy novel Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb.
   
  
  

Con and event reports:

• Mike Glyer reports that the website for the Nuremberg in 2028 Worldcon bid is now live. 
• The 2026 Going Under GUFF fan fund to send a fan from Europe to Australia is open for nominations. 
• Andrew J. Campa reports that the Haunted Mansion attraction in Disneyland in Anaheim, California, can be rented for weddings. 
• Germain Lussier reports that Disney is worried about fewer international visitors to its US parks due to Donald Trump's anti-immigration policies. 
• Jake Kanter reports that J.K. Rowling claims that she didn’t invite Jeffrey Epstein to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child and that Epstein was turned away at the door, when he showed up. 

 

Crowdfunding:

• The Cookout, a speculative fiction anthology by black authors, is looking for funding.
• Dean Wesley Smith is looking for funding for four essential indie publishing books.
• Roger Sweet, co-creator of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, has dementia and needs help with nursing home costs. 

 

Science and technology:

• Marcia Dunn reports that NASA is delaying the first Artemis moonshot with astronauts on board because of extreme cold at the launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• Joey Roulette reports that NASA's Artemis II Moon mission has been postponed until March 
• Sharmila Kuthunur insists that it's time to think about human reproduction in space 
• Gayoung Lee reports that NASA let AI drive the Mars rover Perseverance. 
• Maia Davies reports that Elon Musk wants to clutter orbit with one million satellite AI data centers.
• John Ruwitch reports about Moltbook, a new social media platform just for AI bots 
• Davide Castelvecchi reports that usable quantum computers could be here in a decade.  
• Alex Conroy points out that there is no proto-dragon and that dragons appear in all cultures all over the world. 
• Isabelle Schuler talks about the horrors and contrasts of the seventeenth century
  
  

Gaming: 

• Dominik Diamond explains why Wii Bowling remains his mother’s favourite game of all time
• Alex Wallace revisits the 2007 strategy game War Front: Turning Point 
• Rebekah Valentine reports that shareholders of Hasbro have sued the company and its directors alleging that the company leadership has mismanaged Magic: The Gathering by overprinting sets of cards, thereby devaluing existing ones.

 

Toys and collectibles:

• James Whitbrook looks ahead at LEGO sets coming out in February.
• The Yesterdaze Podcast takes a look at the 1985 toyline Golden Girls and the Guardians of the Gemstones by Galoob. 
• James Whitbrook reports that LEGO will offer KPop Demon Hunter sets in 2026. 
• BrickSet reports that LEGO has announced a Project Hail Mary set. 
• James Whitbrook also shares a look at the upcoming LEGO Project Hail Mary set. 
• Greg Gately shares a look at the DC Comics 90th anniversary collectible popcorn buckets 

 

Free online fiction: 

• "The Memory Hounds of Bak-Ankham" by A. W. Prihandita in Uncanny Magazine 
• "Precipice Sun" by Ewen Ma in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "Medusa’s Ship, or The Thing About Bodies" by Natalia Theodoridou in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "Six Sides of a Fairy Tale" by Audrey Zhou in Lightspeed.
• "Death Echoes Overlapping" by Megan Chee in Lightspeed.  
• "The Ghost in Apartment 5K" by Everdeen Mason in Nightmare Magazine.  
• "Deficiency Agent" by Andrew Liptak in Future Tense Fiction.
• "In Absentia" by Suzan Palumbo in The Dark. 
• "Remember Me in the Meat" by Sarah Pauling in Clarkesworld. 
• "Think of Me Before I Disappear" by Raahem Alvi in Clarkesworld.
• "The Self-Made Women’s Circle" by Marisca Pichette in The Deadlands. 
• "Marked" by Anita Noelle Green in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85. 
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. 
• Watch a trailer for the latest incarnation of Ghost in the Shell.
• Watch a trailer for In the Blink of an Eye. 
• Watch a trailer for Resident Evil Requiem. 
• Watch a trailer for Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come. 
• Watch a trailer for Undertone. 
• Watch a trailer for Scream 7. 
• Watch the animated The Mandalorian short film "Knot a Toy".

Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for January 30, 2026

 

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with the upcoming Masters of the Universe live action film, the movie toys and Masters of the Universe in general, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and Star Trek in general, Sinners, Wonder Man and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Greg Ketter of Dreamhaven Books versus ICE and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Molly Odintz shares ten speculative mysteries and thrillers to check out in 2026   
• Annalise Ryan talks about monsters, myths and our desire to be scared
• Maria Tureaud talks about turning the trauma of colonialism into horror fiction. 
• Gemma Amor lists entomological horror novels to make your skin crawl 
• Lorna Wallace shares five SFF stories set during a frozen apocalypse 
• Adriane Leigh explains why we are living in the age of the unreliable narrator 
• Louise Perry notes that it's time to ditch Harry Potter. 
• The Times explains how Terry Pratchett’s novels have shed new light on dementia 
• Jason Sanford and Earl Kemp discuss how so many SFF writer came to have a second career writing erotic fiction under pen names.
• Science fiction writer, editor and reviewer James Sallis has died aged 81. 

 

Comics and Art:

• Isaiah Colbert declares that Absolute Batman is the Batman we deserve in 2026  
• Adam Rowe shares his favourite books of vintage science fiction art. 
• Jason Sacks revisits the 1971 comic book New Gods No. 1 by Jack Kirby. 
• Isaiah Colbert wonders about the future of  Dragon Ball after the death of its creator Akira Toriyama 
• Charlotte Beach interviews Katie Dimond, Melissa Scott and Chelsea Scheller who restore vintage posters. 
• Heidi McDonald reports that the latest Amazon layoffs may have shut down what remains of Comixology 
• Tom Gauld shares a cartoon about writing in January. 
• Marvel comic artist Sal Buscema has died aged 89. 
  
  

 

Film and TV: 

• Petrana Radulovic shares all the SFF movies premiering in February 
• Petrana Radulovic shares all the SFF TV-shows premiering in February  
• Arturo Serrano declares that if you had to endure ninety minutes of garbage like Mercy, you’d legalize summary executions too 
• Cath Clarke calls the anime Another World a kaleidoscopic afterlife fairytale with the dark fury of a Greek tragedy 
• Isaiah Colbert declares that Arco is as close to an instant animated classic as it gets 
• Peter Bradshaw calls Rabbit Trap an eerie fairy folk rock horror film. 
• Matt Larkin calls the Indian film Aranyak well worth a watch for those who enjoy gritty mysteries with potential supernatural angles 
• Leslie Felperin calls Witchboard a fun occult thriller 
• Benjamin Lee calls Wicker an inventive but uneven fantasy film. 
• Justin Carter notes that season 3 of Jujutsu Kaisen keeps looking so damn good  
• Rai Furniss-Greasley calls the latest incarnation of The Running Man well-paced and visually slick 
• Jacob Oller calls Return To Silent Hill the series' worst film adaptation yet
• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Fallout.  
• Justin Carter is happy to see Darth Maul return once again. 
• Lucy Mangan shares her thoughts on the documentary Mission to Space with Francis Bourgeois and wonders whether we really needed to see him be sick in zero gravity? 
• Rich Pelley interviews Nick Frost, star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Attack the Block and many others. 
• Michael Hogan lists ten TV characters who died and came back. 
• Jessica Holmes revisits the 1971 Doctor Who serial "Terror of the Autons". 
• Leah Thomas revisits the 1982 anime series Magical Princess Minky Momo and why the final episode is believed to be cursed. 
• Olivia Rutigliano revisits the 1984 science fiction film The Terminator. 
• Kali Wallace revisits the 1987 science fiction satire RoboCop. 
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the 1997 Babylon 5 episode “Between the Darkness and the Light”  
• Yvonne Lime, star of I Was A Teenage Werewolf, High School Hellcats, Speed Crazy, Dragstrip Riot, Father Knows Best and many other has died aged 90.
• Roger Allers, director, storyboard artist and writer for many animated Disney films such as The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, has died aged 76. 

Comments on Masters of the Universe in general:

• The Spirit of Grayskull Podcast shares their thoughts on the Masters of the Universe trailer. 
• Todd Luck shares his thoughts on the Masters of the Universe trailer. 
• Former Filmation writer and storyboard artist Robert Lamb shares his thoughts on the Masters of the Universe trailer. 
• Former brand manager Scott Neitlich shares his thoughts on the Masters of the Universe trailer.  
• Pixel Dan shares his thoughts on the Masters of the Universe trailer. 
• Ben Child laments that the Masters of the Universe movie appears to be taking itself too seriously and once again proves that he has no idea what Masters of the Universe is all about. 
• Wesley Stenzel reports that some far right would-be culture warriors are upset about pronoun gag in the trailer in Masters of the Universe live action movie.
• Marcus Wratten also reports that some far right would-be culture warriors try to stroke an uproar about Adam's pronouns in the Masters of the Universe trailer.  
• James Eatock shares fifty things about Frosta. 

 

Comments on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and Star Trek in general: 

• Ann Michelle Harris declares that Star Trek: Starfleet Academy hits the sweet spot for youthful adventure mixed with Gen X cynicism 
• Liz Barr shares her appreciation for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. 
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Vox in Excelso”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.  
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Vox in Excelso”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.  
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "Vitus Reflux", the third episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.   
• Jeff Spry interviews Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, showrunners of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. 
• Jacob Hall interviews Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau
• Samantha Coley interviews Robert Picardo who plays the Emergency Medical Hologram in Star Trek: Boyager and Starfleet Academy. 
• James Whitbrook shares a brief history of fictional Star Trek sports 
• James Whitbrook revisits the 1996 Star Trek Voyager episode "Threshold", often considered one of the worst episodes of that series and all of Star Trek. 

 

Comments on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: 

• Tyler Dean shares his thoughts on “Hard Salt Beef”, the latest episode of  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. 
• Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on “Hard Salt Beef”, the latest episode of  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.  
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Ira Parker, showrunner of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
• Katie Campione reports that the premiere of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has gotten respectable ratings. 

 

Comments on Wonder Man and the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe in general:

• Germain Lussier declares that Wonder Man may be Marvel’s best show yet 
• Stephen Robinson calls Wonder Man a mostly pleasant binge with some unexpectedly moving moments 
• Lucy Mangan calls Wonder Man a Marvel TV show with almost no superhero action... and it’s all the better for it 
• Germain Lussier shares nine things he liked and three he didn’t about Wonder Man. 
• Sydney Bucksbaum interviews Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest, creators of Wonder Man. 
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again. 
• Watch a video of Doctor Doom advertising holidays in Latveria.  

 

Comments on Sinners: 

• Lanre Bakare interviews Delroy Lindo, one of the stars of Sinners.  
• Trevor Hogg interviews Michael Ralla, visual effects supervisor for Sinners. 

 

Comments on 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple: 

• Alasdair Stuart shares his appreciation for 28 Years Later. The Bone Temple.
• Amy Wild discusses why US cinemagoers are dressing as Jimmy Savile to see 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 

 

Awards:

• The preliminary ballots for the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards have been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2026 Tähtivaeltaja Award has been announced. 
• The winners of the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards have been announced.
• The finalists for the 2026 Audie Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2026 Bafta Film Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2026 Saturn Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2026 Writers Guild Awards have been announced.
• The finalists for the 2026 Eddie Awards have been announced. 

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Val McDermid talks about her writing rituals and routines. 
• L.A. Stratton talks about being a crossgenre writer. 
• The Authors Guild share their concerns about the Amazon Kindle’s new “Ask This Book” AI feature
• Mike Glyer reports that a video of Greg Ketter, founder of Dreamhaven Books in Minneapolis, Minnesota, standing amidst teargar clouds and cursing ICE agents after the murder of nurse Alex Pretti by ICE agents.  
• Nick Lunemann and Erin Hassanzadeh interview Greg Ketter and report that Dreamhaven Books has seen an uptick of sales after its owner went viral on social media.
• Carson Hartzog also profiles Greg Ketter. 
• Greg Ketter shares a statement about the viral video and his anger at ICE agents murdering Alex Pretti. 
• Claire Kirch reports that both Dreamhaven Books and Comma Bookshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota, have seen sales spike after they made their opposition to ICE operations in Minneapolis public.  
• Publisher and anti-racism activist Eric Huntley has died aged 96. 

 

Interviews:

• Betsy Aoki interviews Marie Brennan. 
• Michael Coulombe interviews Jendia Gammon. 
• Ali Karim interviews Dean Koontz  
• Locus interviews Michael Kelly.
• Alex Puncekar interviews Johnny Compton. 

 

Reviews: 

• Mark Yon reviews Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Pioneers by Allen Stroud 
• Marlene Harris reviews Boy with Accidental Dinosaur by Ian McDonald 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Daughter Who Remains by Nnedi Okorafor 
• John Hertz reviews The Mills of the Gods by Tim Powers.
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Ring the Bells by C.K. McDonnell   
• Alex Brown reviews Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells. 
• Fiona Denton reviews Paralyze by S.K. Putt
• Paul Weimer reviews The Sleep of Empires by David Annandale   
• Julia Kitvaria Sarene reviews The Envoys of War by Dave Lawson
• Julia Kitvaria Sarene reviews The Threadlight Series by Zack Argyle 
• Christine D. Baker reviews City of Others by Jared Poon 
• Alex Brown reviews City of Others by Jared Poon  
• Colleen Mondor reviews The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell
• Rai Furniss-Greasley reviews The Tower of the Tyrant by J. T. Greathouse
• Alexandra Pierce reviews No Man’s Land by Richard K. Morgan 
• Marlene Harris reviews Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire 
• Jenny Hamilton reviews The Last Vampire by Romina Garber 
• Mahvesh Murad reviews I, Medusa by Ayana Gray 
• Alex Brown reviews An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole 
• Chris Kluwe reviews Strange Animals by Jarod K. Anderson 
• Bill Capossere reviews Hum by Helen Phillips 
• Colleen Mondor reviews The Salvage by Anbara Salam 
• Maya Gittelman reviews The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo 
• Rob Bedford reviews On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield.
• Esmay Rosalyne reviews A Dark Forgetting by Kristen Ciccarelli 
• Ian Mond reviews Song of Spores by Bogi Takács
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Positive Obsession - The Life And Times of Octavia E Butler by Susana M. Morris
  
  

 Classics reviews:

• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1899 lost world novel The Secret of the Earth by Charles Willing Beale 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1974 apocalyptic novel The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1983 Hourse of Kendreth fantasy novel When Voiha Wakes by Joy Chant 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1997 Metropolitan fantasy novel City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams  
• Esmay Rosylne revisits the 2013 science fantasy novel The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
   
  
  

Con and event reports:

• The 2026 European Fan Fund Race to send a fan to Metropolcon in Berlin, Germany, the 2026 Eurocon, is now open. 
• Tom Regan reports about the opening of PokéPark Kanto, a Pokémon theme park in Tokyo, Japan.

 

Crowdfunding:

• Dubious Pleasures, a collection of original short stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror by Greg Cox, is looking for funding.
• Publishing for Minnesota has organised an auction to benefit the people in Minnesota affected by the ongoing ICE raids.  

 

Science and technology:

• Katrina Miller reports that astronomers have announced the discovery of a starless cloud of hydrogen gas, a pristine relic of the cosmos that is almost as old as time itself.
• Robert Lea reports that scientists just got the clearest picture of the dark universe yet
• Stephen Clark interviews former astronaut Kate Rubins about the lunar spacesuits for the upcoming Artemis mission.  
• Patrick McNameeKing remembers teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe who died aboard the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986.  
• Scott Tong and Adam Higginbotham discuss what NASA learned from the Challenger disaster.  
• Kaye Dee shares a round-up of space news from 1971. 
• Yulija Talmazan reports that the earliest known hand-held wooden tools, used by our early human ancestors around 430 000 years ago, have been uncovered at an archeological site in Greece. 
• Ed Simon talks about the legends of the Brazen Head.
  
  

Gaming: 

• Fiona Denton reviews the video game Still Wakes the Deep
• Michael Thomsen talks about V.I.P. programs for phone and online games that keep gamers spending money.
• Salvador Hernandez reports that California has been hit by a wave of Pokémon card thefts and robberies of collectibles stores, 
• Jon Gann and Sarah McCammon report about a surge of interest in Mahjong 

 

Toys and collectibles:

• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the first few Masters of the Universe movie action figures revealed at Nuremberg Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany.  
• Gerrard Hall shares a look at the first wave of Masters of the Universe Chronicles movie tie-in toys.  
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the first wave of Masters of the Universe Chronicles movie figures. 
• Dade Hayes shares a look at some KPop Demon Hunters dolls and merchandise that was unveiled at Nuremberg Toy Fair. 
• Cheryl Eddy shares a look at the new Hot Toys KPop Demon Hunters action figures 
• James Whitbrook shares a look at some new Lego Star Wars Smart Play sets 
• Kimberlee Kruesi reports that Rhode Island is considering removing Mr. Potato Head from licence plates after Hasbro announced that they will be moving their headquarters from Rhode Island to Boston, Massachussetts.

 

Free online fiction: 

• "The Skull of Francisco Xalbec" by Alan M. Fisher in The Deadlands. 
• "The Rat Queen" by Dan Maloney in Swords and Sorcerry Magazine.
• "I Met You on the Train" by J.R. Dawson in Uncanny Magazine 
• "The Earth Inside Us" by Abigail Kemske in The Dark.
• "Fingerprints on Glass and Clay" by Fernanda Coutinho Teixeira in Strange Horizons  
• "The Desolate Order of the Head in the Water" by A. W. Prihandita in Clarkesworld. 
• "Space is Deep" by Seth Chambers in Clarkesworld. 
• "A Brief Public Announcement" by Eli Brown in Lightspeed.  
• "The Moving Finger" by Adam-Troy Castro in Lightspeed. 
• "The Egg" by Andy Weir at GalactaNet.
• "Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation by K. N. Sirsi and Sandra Botkin" by Cameron Reed in Reactor. 

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Supergirl. 
• Watch a trailer for the latest attempt to revive The Muppets Show. 
• Watch a trailer for the final season of Outlander. 
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Paradise.  
• Watch a trailer for Dracula in Space.
• Watch a trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.