Reading Time: 3 minutesBlue Origin, Boeing and Sierra Space join forces on new commercial space station, Orbital Reef, to be operational the second half of this decade.
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Reading Time: 15 minutesWhen the unsuspecting pharmacologist bumps into her former flame in a South London pub, she learns that the very future of the planet may depend on the outcome of her conversation with the drunken professor.
Reading Time: 13 minutesI subscribe to dozens of writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe trailer for the documentary Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time, has just been released. The documentary, follows the science fiction writer from 1982 until his death in 2007, and is based on the 25-year friendship between the author and filmmaker Robert Weide.
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Reading Time: 12 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list includes time travel, EMP survival, and six books in Will Wight’s best-selling Cradle series.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Oct. 22, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn a time when death is no longer final, how many ghosts walk among us?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThese books will make you realize that immortality is really not so great for some people.
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Reading Time: 20 minutesI played around with a dozen AI-writing tools. They can’t write a coherent story, but they can still be useful depending on your writing goals.
Reading Time: 4 minutesMarilia has a beast to conquer. It may not have scales or sharp teeth, but it’s just as terrifying all the same. Will this strange metal machine consume her, or will she find a glimmer of hope to hold onto?
Reading Time: 10 minutesI subscribe to dozens of writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
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Reading Time: 12 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list includes time travel, dragons, goblins, fairies, epic fantasy battles, police detectives and zombies.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Oct. 15, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesLove is blind. It feels like a gift from heaven but when it is vengeful there is hell to pay.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis is my top six all-time scariest movies list. Watch them if you dare.
Reading Time: 4 minutesEarlier today, actor William Shatner — who played Star Trek’s iconic Captain Kirk on television and in the movies — became the oldest person to ever go to space and helped demonstrate that power of sci-fi to inspire space exploration.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesTattoos. High-fantasy identities. Zeppelins. Magic. Diversity and Inclusion. Oppression. Hope.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe read the top three books on Amazon’s list of best-selling sci-fi books. Today’s list includes a mysterious run-down English cottage, sea pirates, and a dystopian future.
Reading Time: 7 minutesI subscribe to dozens of writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Oct. 10 Read More »
Reading Time: 9 minutesThe ghost of Edgar Allan Poe gets more than he bargained for.
Reading Time: 15 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a creepy cult, werewolves, witches, and lots of dragons.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Oct. 8, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 30 minutesA young woman purchases a set of beads from an old crone and the adventure of her life begins.
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Reading Time: 9 minutesI subscribe to dozens of writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
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Reading Time: 9 minutesI compare the top website hosting providers, and take you through setting up a Wordpress website with my top recommendation, DreamHost.
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Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list includes the daughter of Morgan le Fae, alien lovers, post-apocalyptic creepiness, lesbian space pirates, a crime-solving witch, and a crime-solving vampire.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Oct. 1, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesHere are four ghost stories that will thrill and chill you as Halloween approaches.
Reading Time: 4 minutesGrace is a cult survivor who is called to identify the body of her former cult’s leader and captor.
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhat would lead someone to claim that a fantasy role-playing game like Dungeons and Dragons was a recruiting tool for satan?
Reading Time: 10 minutesA lonely alien seeks friendship and fulfillment at an Alaska farmers market.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA particle traveling from the beginning of time to the end and back contemplates the balance between hope and fate. Though powerless to control its direction, the particle still has choices.
Reading Time: 10 minutesI subscribe to dozens of writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
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Reading Time: 13 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list includes magical academies, vampires, sexy shapeshifters, and a clone of Jack Reacher.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Sep. 24, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe cultural relevance of urban fantasy can be traced back to the time period of its birth — the early nineteenth century — where many were struggling to respond to industrial change and a new economic system.
Urban fantasy novels: why they matter and which ones to read first Read More »
Reading Time: 25 minutes5 ways to add a row of book covers to your Wordpress website.
Reading Time: 14 minutesI subscribe to dozens of writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Sep. 19 Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesThese holograms, created with mirrors and jets of air, could be the first steps towards a Star Trek-style holodeck.
Scientists created holograms you can touch – you could soon shake a virtual hand Read More »
Reading Time: 15 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list includes magical academies, space colonies, witches, and, yup, some sexy shapeshifters.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Sep. 17, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen reaching out to the stars above, the space beyond or the ether, we allocate disproportionate energy into preparing to cast the nets over catching the fish. What do we do with it?
Reading Time: 5 minutesA must-read article for anyone looking to adopt a new dragon.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe fall submission cycle for original speculative fiction begins on October 1 and closes at midnight on October 31.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Dark Souls videogame shares many elements with the literature of British artists in the Romantic era such as Lord Byron and others from the early 1800s.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe allure of prospecting a deserted Mars becomes so compelling that nothing else matters. Not even love.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe votes for the annual Dragon Awards are in, and Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary won for best sci-fi novel, and Jim Butcher’s Battle Ground for best fantasy novel.
Reading Time: 17 minutesI subscribe to dozens of writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
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Reading Time: 8 minutesWould you really want to go to magic school? Here are some magic schools you would — or would not — want to attend.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you’re planning to write a novel during this year’s National Novel Writing Month, you can announce it now.
Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list includes magical academies, space colonies, witches, and, yup, some sexy shapeshifters.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Sep. 10, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 10 minutesWhen Dominic saved his sister from a monster, he didn’t anticipate he would become one too. Now, he might be the most dangerous creature in the woods and if he doesn’t get help, he could hurt the people he loves.
Reading Time: 7 minutesYou can find a lot of free sci-fi and fantasy short stories on Amazon — but the free promotions go fast. Get these books now.
Reading Time: 17 minutesI show you how to create a free author site that looks like that of the big names in the industry.
Reading Time: 17 minutesArmed with a magic talisman, Nathan must find the next Buddha – a thirteen-year-old boy in Chicago – before humanity is plunged into extinction.
Reading Time: 16 minutesWhen Olivia gets bored in class and doodles a stickman on her arm, she has no idea what she’s in for. When it is brought to life by a rival girl, everything changes.
