October 2019

Thu Oct 31

Book Twitter is Getting Into the #ScaryStories Tag and Grady Hendrix is Scaring Us to Death Yet Again by Stubby the Rocket

Cherokee Folklore Horror Tale “Spearfinger” Being Adapted for Film by Stubby the Rocket

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Indie Bookseller Picks: American Book Center in Amsterdam by Tiemen Zwaan

Nebula Award Winner Alyssa Wong to Write New Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Comic by Stubby the Rocket

It Was Varys With the Starbucks Cup on the Set of Game of Thrones! by Stubby the Rocket

All the New Genre-Bending Books Coming out in November! by Tor.com

Michael Chabon Says Wrath of Khan Director Made Him Want to Be a Professional Writer by Ryan Britt

The Claw of the Conciliator, Part 3: Revelations and Ritual by Fabio Fernandes

Alex Bledsoe’s The Tufa Series Optioned for Television by Stubby the Rocket

Watch the New Trailer for The Witcher, Arriving December 20 by Stubby the Rocket

Five Funny Books About Very Bad Witches by Tina Connolly

Dawn of the Jedi? David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Reportedly Wanted to Explore the Origins of the Jedi by Andrew Liptak

Exploring the People of Middle-earth: The Witch-King of Angmar, Lord of the Nazgûl by Megan N. Fontenot

Drinking Mezcal With The Dead: Celebrating Día de los Muertos by Aiden Thomas

Matt Reeves Confirms Jeffrey Wright Will Play Commissioner Gordon in The Batman by Stubby the Rocket

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter One Hundred Three by Alice Arneson

Good Conjure and African-Inspired Fantasy: Announcing Andrea Hairston’s Master of Poisons by Tor.com

Wed Oct 30

George R.R. Martin Sheds Some Light on House of the Dragon by Andrew Liptak

Not Nervous or Imaginative, We Swear: F. Marion Crawford’s “The Screaming Skull” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

All the New Young Adult SFF Books Coming Out in November! by Tor.com

In Search of Afro-Solarpunk, Part 2: Social Justice is Survival Technology by Rob Cameron

Gideon’s Guide to Getting Galactic Swole: An Epic Tale of Skele-Flex Trashbaggery by Kelcifer Rose

Revealing The Memory of Souls, Book 3 in Jenn Lyons’ A Chorus of Dragons Series by Tor.com

Doctor Who Seasons 13 and 14 Confirmed, Coming to HBO Max by Stubby the Rocket

Neither Allegory Nor Lion: Aslan and the Chronicles of Narnia by Matt Mikalatos

The Team Behind Castlevania Are Making a Ramayana-Inspired Animated Action Series for Netflix by Stubby the Rocket

10 Horror Classics You Can Stream This Halloween by Joe George

Ridley Scott’s Android Sci-Fi Series Raised By Wolves Moves to HBO Max by Stubby the Rocket

Revealing The Doors of Eden, a New Novel from Adrian Tchaikovsky by Bella Pagan

The Powerful Legacy of The Twilight Zone by Leah Schnelbach

The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

Tue Oct 29

HBO Announces Game of Thrones Spinoff, House of the Dragon by Andrew Liptak

Arrowverse Creator Greg Berlanti Is Developing a Green Lantern Series for HBO Max by Andrew Liptak

In Final Knives Out Trailer, Even the Dog Is a Comedian by Stubby the Rocket

Netflix Orders Second Season of Katie Sackhoff’s Another Life by Andrew Liptak

HBO Has Axed Its Game of Thrones Spinoff Starring Naomi Watts by Andrew Liptak

Sleeps With Monsters: Very Different Debuts by Liz Bourke

Listen to China Miéville’s “The Design”, a Free Audiobook Horror Story by Tor.com

All the New Science Fiction Books Coming out in November! by Tor.com

Nicholas Meyer on Sherlock Holmes Tackling Real-Life Hoaxes in The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Ryan Britt

The Dark, Soulwalking Fantasy of Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland by Maya Gittelman

Tim Burton’s Films Hide Stories of Powerful Women in Plain Sight by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Lucifer’s Final Season Will Be Released In Two Batches by Stubby the Rocket

In Search of Afro-Solarpunk, Part 1: Elements of Afrofuturism by Rob Cameron

Juno Dawson’s Hollow Pike Will Be a TV Series by Stubby the Rocket

5 Haunting Audiobooks for the Spooky Season by Sarah Pannenberg

Reading the Wheel of Time: Lews Therin’s Loves in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 8) by Sylas K Barrett

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Drop Star Wars Project by Andrew Liptak

Mon Oct 28

The New Trailer for The Mandalorian Shows off the Wild Side of the Galaxy by Andrew Liptak

Physician and Author Michael Blumlein, 1948-2019 by Tor.com

Watch the Trailer for Little Joe, the Story of a Plant That Makes You Happy and Where Nothing Goes Wrong at All by Stubby the Rocket

The CW is Developing a Supergirl Spinoff: Superman & Lois by Andrew Liptak

SFF Horse Breeds: Attack of the Pony Brain by Judith Tarr

All the New Fantasy Books Coming out in November! by Tor.com

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 14 — Octavia Butler and the War on Cancer by Kelly Lagor

Five Classic Sword-and-Planet Sagas by Howard Andrew Jones and Todd McAulty

Watch the First Trailer for the New Version of The Grudge by Stubby the Rocket

The Appeal of Gothic Horror by Seanan McGuire

Stephen and Robbie Amell Play Criminals With Superpowers in the First Teaser for Code 8 by Stubby the Rocket

5 Possible Classic Star Wars Twists We Want in The Mandalorian by Stubby the Rocket

Watch the First Teaser for BBC’s New Dracula Series, from the Creators of Sherlock by Stubby the Rocket

Announcing The Glass Immortals, a New Epic Fantasy Series from Brian McClellan by Tor.com

Get a Sneak Peek at The Folio Society’s Illustrated Edition of A Hero Born by Tor.com

Sun Oct 27

This Week’s Watchmen Asks Riveting Questions by Leah Schnelbach

Fri Oct 25

Disney Brings on Chernobyl Creator Craig Mazin to Reboot Pirates of the Caribbean by Andrew Liptak

The CW Gives Batwoman a Full Season by Andrew Liptak

Jean-Luc’s New Admiral Uniform From Star Trek: Picard Means Flashbacks Are Coming by Stubby the Rocket

Homestuck Is Officially Back…as Homestuck^2 by Stubby the Rocket

“Whatever’s going on with you, I hope you figure it out” — Spider-Man: Homecoming by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Here’s the Production Schedule and Episode Count for Stranger Things Season 4 by Stubby the Rocket

Announcing the 2019 Nommo Award Winners by Tor.com

Celebrating Practical Magic, the Witchy Rom-Com About the Bonds Between Women by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Fiction Podcasts That Go Bump in the Night by Christina Orlando

The CW Is Making a Backdoor Pilot for a Prequel Series to The 100 by Stubby the Rocket

Freeform Has Cancelled Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger by Andrew Liptak

Five Books Where Criminals Save the Day by Alexandra Christo

Thu Oct 24

Orbit Books Acquires New Trilogy From Author Alex White by Stubby the Rocket

Trailer for She-Ra Season Four Reveals a Spy Among the Princess Alliance by Stubby the Rocket

Wounds Brings Nathan Ballingrud’s Horror to the Screen by Theresa DeLucci

Listen to Alyssa Wong’s “Rabbit Heart”, a Free Audiobook Horror Story by Tor.com

The Bodies of the Girls Who Made Me: On Fanfic and Storytelling by Seanan McGuire

Taylor Kisch Will Lead Neill Blomkamp’s Next Film, Inferno by Andrew Liptak

James Marsters Will Be Narrating the Audiobook for the Next Dresden Files Book, Peace Talks by Stubby the Rocket

Superscience and Evil Space Pirates: Triplanetary by E. E. “Doc” Smith by Alan Brown

Good News, Ewoks! The Death Star II Didn’t Crash On Your Moon! by Stubby the Rocket

Hocus Pocus 2 Is Reportedly Underway at Disney+ by Stubby the Rocket

Queer Healing and Acceptance in The Last Herald-Mage of Valdemar by Tessa Gratton

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter One Hundred Two by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson

Wed Oct 23

Adventure Time Is Back With Four New Specials From HBO Max by Stubby the Rocket

Hope Is the Thing With… — Simon Strantzas’s “Antripuu” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

This Wonderful Map Charts Out The Wide World of Literature by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From Peter F. Hamilton’s Salvation Lost by Peter F. Hamilton

In Cixin Liu’s Supernova Era, Kids Inherit the Earth (for Better or Worse) by Erik Henriksen

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Divided We Fall by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

We Are the Weirdos, Mister: Power, Rage, and Teenage Witches by Kate Racculia

The Evolution of Dragons in Western Literature: A History by Yvonne Shiau

Production on The Expanse’s Fifth Season Has Already Begun by Andrew Liptak

Watch the First Teaser for Netflix’s Ghost in the Shell Series by Stubby the Rocket

Five Ways to Benefit If Planet 9 Turns out to Be a Black Hole by James Davis Nicoll

As the Last I May Know by S.L. Huang

Tue Oct 22

All the Lore We’ve Learned so Far From HBO’s Watchmen Site by Stubby the Rocket

Marvel Television’s Jeph Loeb is Stepping Down as a New Phase of the MCU Dawns by Andrew Liptak

Lee Pace and Jared Harris Will Star in Apple’s Adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation by Stubby the Rocket

Read an Excerpt from Naomi Kritzer’s Catfishing on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Indie Bookseller Picks: Books Are Magic in Brooklyn, NY by Abby Rauscher

Beyond Frankenstein: 7 Contemporary Monster Books Written by Women by Mallory O’Meara

Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse Delivers on Tense Psychological Horror by Leah Schnelbach

Science Fictional Rulers, from Undying Emperors to Starlike Sovereigns by James Davis Nicoll

The Lord of the Rings Villain Will Be Game of Thrones’ Joseph Mawle by Stubby the Rocket

Announcing The Blacktongue Thief, Christopher Buehlman’s Fantasy Debut by Tor.com

Reading The Wheel of Time: Egwene Questions the Fish and the Bird in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 7) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Oct 21

See Your Friends “One Last Time” in the Final Trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by Stubby the Rocket

Jacob Tobia to Play Non-Binary Character for She-Ra Season 4 by Stubby the Rocket

The World Goes Haywire in the First Trailer for Amazon’s The Feed by Andrew Liptak

Twists and Turns in Andre Norton’s Android at Arms by Judith Tarr

New Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Teaser (Seemingly) Promises Massive Resistance Fleet by Stubby the Rocket

We Are Very Into the Idea of Michael Keaton Returning as Batman for a Batman Beyond Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Listen to Cassandra Khaw’s “These Deathless Bones”, a Free Audiobook Horror Story by Tor.com

Court Intrigue Beyond Europe: S.C. Emmett’s The Throne of the Five Winds by Paul Weimer

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Falls Just Short of the Epic Treatment it Deserves by Emmet Asher-Perrin

30 Minutes Till Madness: Power and Male Derangement in The Wheel of Time by Tochi Onyebuchi

There May Be More Than a Year Between His Dark Materials Seasons 1 and 2 by Stubby the Rocket

The Terror: Infamy Is a Frustrating, Groundbreaking, and Timely Exploration of History and Horror by Karin L Kross

Through Doorways: Portal Fantasies and Queer Escape by A.J. Hackwith

Announcing the 2019 British Fantasy Award Winners by Stubby the Rocket

18 Spooky Stories Recommended by Dracula, the Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s Creature, and Other Classic Monsters by Leah Schnelbach

Sun Oct 20

The Premiere Episode of Watchmen Is Rich, Terrifying, and Takes Us in Surprising Directions by Leah Schnelbach

Fri Oct 18

Mackenzie Davis and Himesh Patel Will Headline HBO Max’s Station Eleven by Andrew Liptak

Orphan Black: The Next Chapter’s Midseason Finale Blows Clone Club Wide Open by Natalie Zutter

Disney is Releasing 40 Translated Star Wars Novels in China to Build Fanbase by Andrew Liptak

Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Legacy Series Optioned By Lionsgate, “Working Toward” a Series on Starz by Stubby the Rocket

“No, you move” — Captain America: Civil War by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Zombieland: Double Tap Delivers the Same Fun of the Original, Which Is All It Needs to Do by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Jade Bartlett Will Reportedly Write Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness by Stubby the Rocket

A Travel Guide to the Worlds of Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children Series by Alex Brown

Greg Kinnear Joins the Cast of CBS’ The Stand Adaptation by Stubby the Rocket

Watch the First Trailer for HBO’s Stephen King Adaptation, The Outsider by Stubby the Rocket

Metropolis Meets Afrofuturism: The Genius of Janelle Monáe by LaShawn M. Wanak

Thu Oct 17

Paul Dano Cast as Riddler for The Batman, Jonah Hill Drops Out by Stubby the Rocket

Adding Complexity to Pulp: The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl by Theodora Goss by Liz Bourke

5 Books Where Gods Walk the Earth by L. Penelope

The Mundane and the Monstrous: Inside Benjamin Percy’s Suicide Woods by Tobias Carroll

The Claw of the Conciliator, Part 2: Unholy Communions by Fabio Fernandes

Stephen and Tabitha King Plan to Turn Maine Home into Archive and Writers Retreat by Andrew Liptak

“It’s not skimmed over.” Daisy Ridley Says “Reylo” Will Be Addressed in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by Stubby the Rocket

No Longer The ‘Only Gay in the Village’ — Queer Communities and Found-Family in Speculative Fiction by Ginn Hale

One of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford Houses Has Gone Up for Sale by Stubby the Rocket

The People of Middle-earth: Yavanna Kementári, Giver of Good Gifts by Megan N. Fontenot

Iron Fist’s Jessica Henwick Is in Talks to Play One of the Matrix 4 Leads by Stubby the Rocket

“You Used to Be Optimistic”: Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth by Sarah McCarry

Read Editor Carmen Maria Machado’s Intro to The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 by Carmen Maria Machado

New Horror Imprint Nightfire Announces Come Join Us by the Fire, an Audio Horror Anthology by Tor.com

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter One Hundred One by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Oct 16

Dissonance and Myth: Stefan Spjut’s Trolls by Tobias Carroll

Lovecraft’s Faintest Fingerprints: C.M. Eddy Jr.’s and H.P. Lovecraft’s “Ashes” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

In the Shadow of Our Kin: Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma by Em Nordling

Watch a New Trailer for the Final Season of The Man in the High Castle by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt from The Sky Weaver, the Final Book in Kristen Ciccarelli’s Iskari Series by Kristen Ciccarelli

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You by Dorothy Bryant by Bogi Takács

Jodie Whittaker Becomes First Doctor to Play The Doctor by Stubby the Rocket

The Goddesses Are the Future: The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco by Maya Gittelman

Watch the Trailer for Never Surrender, a Documentary About Galaxy Quest by Stubby the Rocket

8 Sweet, Funny, and Thrilling Queer Fiction Podcasts by Natalie Zutter

Highlights from Brent Weeks’ r/Fantasy AMA by Stubby the Rocket

The Messy, Beautiful Worldbuilding of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Matt Mikalatos

What We Are Writing About When We Write About Ghosts by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

Ryan Reynolds and John Krasinski Are Teaming Up for a Fantasy Comedy Called Imaginary Friends by Stubby the Rocket

Revealing The Fiery Crown, Book Two in the Forgotten Empires Series by Tor.com

Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed by Bradley Denton

Tue Oct 15

Disney Has Found a Writer For Its Cassian Andor Star Wars Show by Andrew Liptak

Apple Has Renewed For All Mankind For a Second Season by Andrew Liptak

Live-Action Lady and the Tramp Trailer Teases Spaghetti Scene, Gets Our Office Talking About Dogs Kissing. Again. by Stubby the Rocket

Sleeps With Monsters: Queen of Coin and Whispers by Liz Bourke

It’s No Game: Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson by Nisi Shawl

Far Apart, Close By: Homesick by Nino Cipri by Lee Mandelo

Gormenghast With Hooves: Learning the Art of Dark Storytelling From My Little Pony by Seanan McGuire

My Gift Was Memory: On Ta-Nehisi Coates’s The Water Dancer by Tochi Onyebuchi

Kali Wallace’s Salvation Day Is Becoming a Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Download a Free Ebook of The Tiger’s Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera Before Oct. 19! by Tor.com

Hopefully Ryan Reynolds is Meeting With Marvel Studios for a Deadpool Phase 4 Cameo (With Spider-Man?) by Stubby the Rocket

History and SFF Storytelling: A New Monthly Column by Erika Harlitz-Kern

Robert Jordan’s Warrior of the Altaii: Full Spoiler Review and Wheel of Time Parallels by Leigh Butler

Five Books About the Horror of Girlhood by Damien Angelica Walters

Zoë Kravitz Will Reportedly Play Catwoman in Matt Reeves’ The Batman by Stubby the Rocket

Reading the Wheel of Time: Romance and Choices in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 6) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Oct 14

SFF Horse Breeds: “And I Want a Pony.” by Judith Tarr

The Joker Can Fit Any Story You Prefer to Tell by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Hot Girl Summer Is Over, Long Live Hot Nerd Fall by Stubby the Rocket

The James Tiptree, Jr. Award Will Become the Otherwise Award by Stubby the Rocket

Harry Potter and the Conspiracy of Queers: Discovering Myself in Fandom and Roleplay by Victoria Lee

Watch the First Trailer for Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Dolittle Reboot by Stubby the Rocket

5 Frankenstein-Inspired Stories That Recontextualize the Monster by Natalie Zutter

Fri Oct 11

Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering With You Gets an English-Subbed Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Disney’s Jungle Cruise Comes to Life in Its First Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Music, Mayhem, and the Making of an Audiobook: The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz by Sarah Pannenberg

Ragnarok and Ruin — Thor: Ragnarok by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Them’s Good Eatin’! — Star Trek’s “The Trouble with Edward” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Is Gemini Man a Movie? Or Something New? by Leah Schnelbach

Nicolas Winding Refn Will Reboot Maniac Cop for HBO by Stubby the Rocket

Five Books About the Lives of Artificial Objects by Andrew Skinner

From the Zombie Post-Apocalypse to a Haunted Underworld: Where to Start with Seanan McGuire’s Books by Natalie Zutter

Thu Oct 10

Popular Webtoon Series Lore Olympus Being Developed as an Animated Series by Gabriella Tutino

A New Expanse Novella Is Coming This December by Andrew Liptak

Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House Picked up by Amazon Studios by Stubby the Rocket

Science Fantasy in SPAAAACE: K Eason’s How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by Paul Weimer

Celebrating the Best of Supernatural by Alex Brown

Blumhouse and iHeartMedia Are Teaming Up for Original Horror Podcasts by Stubby the Rocket

A Tale of Two Arthurs: On Mental Health, Joker, and The Tick by Leah Schnelbach

Erin A. Craig’s House of Salt and Sorrows Will Be a TV Series by Stubby the Rocket

Rebel Pilot Wedge Antilles Will Reportedly Return to Star Wars in The Rise of Skywalker by Andrew Liptak

More Sorcery, Less Swordplay: Jirel of Joiry by C. L. Moore by Alan Brown

Two Elf-Brothers Try to Summon Their Dead Dad in the First Trailer for Pixar’s Onward by Stubby the Rocket

Watch the Trailer for The Turning, a Henry James Adaptation Starring Finn Wolfhard and Mackenzie Davis by Stubby the Rocket

The Pain of Elantris: Depression in the Fantasy of Brandon Sanderson by Paige Vest and Ross Newberry

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter One Hundred by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson

Wed Oct 9

I’m Not Superstitious: Lisa Mannetti’s “Houdini: The Egyptian Paradigm” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Netflix Greenlights Ghee Happy, An Animated Series about Hindu Deities by Stubby the Rocket

The Best Horror Stories Commit to Sincerity by Seanan McGuire

Once More Unto the Breach: A Kingdom For a Stage by Heidi Heilig by Alex Brown

Read the Prologue and First Chapter From R.A. Salvatore’s Song of the Risen God by R. A. Salvatore

The Signifier and the Signified: Semiotics and China Miéville’s Embassytown by CD Covington

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Will Play One of the Matrix 4 Leads by Stubby the Rocket

Tearing Down the Throne: Interrogating Power Structures in Western Epic Fantasy by Jenn Lyons

Here’s How to Get That Cigarette Smoke Smell Out of Your Books, You Classic Beauty You by Stubby the Rocket

Watch the Trailer for Portals, a New Sci-Fi Horror Anthology Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Introducing the Great C.S. Lewis Reread by Matt Mikalatos

Here’s the Cast List for Marvel’s Helstrom by Stubby the Rocket

Finding Freedom and Unexpected Heroes in Mike Carey’s Lucifer by A.M. Strickland

Water: A History by KJ Kabza

Tue Oct 8

Science Fiction Talk Show “Hour of the Wolf” Goes Offline Amidst Studio Dispute by Andrew Liptak

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Makes Weird Seem Organic by Tyler Hayes

New Short Treks Trailer Hilariously Reboots the Tribbles by Stubby the Rocket

Read an Excerpt From Kim Liggett’s The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

Akwaeke Emezi’s Pet and Marlon James’ Black Leopard, Red Wolf are Finalists for the 2019 National Book Award by Stubby the Rocket

A Jolt of Power: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo by Alex Brown

7 Classic Horror Novels From the Heyday of Mass Market Paperbacks by Craig Davidson

Getting to the Heart of SFF’s Most-Tear Inducing Moments: The ‘Riders of Rohan’ Phenomenon by Samantha Edmonds

Robert Jordan’s Warrior of the Altaii: Non-Spoiler Review by Leigh Butler

Exploring Venus’ Mysterious Past (and Hellish Present) by James Davis Nicoll

Mon Oct 7

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Father Christmas Letters Are Getting a Beautiful New Edition by Andrew Liptak

Batwoman Finds a Way to Make the Caped Crusader Fun Again by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Again, All Too Timely: Andre Norton’s Secret of the Lost Race by Judith Tarr

The Five Most Badass Vampires of All Time by Renee Ahdieh

It Was Standing Room-Only in the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy NYCC Panel by Stubby the Rocket

Joker’s Dismissal of Pop Culture Narratives Is Precisely What Brings It Down by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Season 4 of The Expanse Opens Up New Worlds by Andrew Liptak

Elevator Pitch — Star Trek’s “Q & A” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Imagining Other Worlds in Diana Wynne Jones’ Witch Week by A.K. Larkwood

The First Trailer for the New Walking Dead Spin-Off Is Here by Stubby the Rocket

The “Smartest Rick” and “Mortiest Morty” Are Back in Rick and Morty Season 4 by Stubby the Rocket

Revealing We Free the Stars, Book 2 in Hafsah Faizal’s Sands of Arawiya Series by Tor.com

Sun Oct 6

Is the Future Optimistic or Pessimistic? N.K. Jemisin, Paul Tremblay, and More Look Forward in New Sci-Fi Collection by Natalie Zutter

Not Another Race Panel: “Geeks of Color” Celebrates Fandom Joy at NYCC by Christina Orlando

Rovina Cai Illustrates Seanan McGuire’s Come Tumbling Down by Stubby the Rocket

Check Out a Teaser for She-Ra and The Princesses of Power, Returning to Netflix on November 5th! by Stubby the Rocket

Release Date For The Dragon Prince Season 3 Announced at NYCC! by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Sat Oct 5

6 Big Questions About the Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Trailer: Is this Roddenberry’s Future? by Ryan Britt

Back to the Future? Your First Look at Outlander Season 5! by Stubby the Rocket

Get Your Mallets Ready: Annie Wilkes Has Arrived in Castle Rock! by Stubby the Rocket

New Star Trek Short Treks Episode “Q &A” Explains Why Spock Is Spock by Stubby the Rocket

Will Robinson Searches For His Robot in Lost in Space Season 2 Trailer! by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Jean-Luc Goes Rogue and Talks to Riker In New Star Trek: Picard Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Watch the New Trailer for Amazon’s The Expanse by Andrew Liptak

The Future Looks Dark! Watch the Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

“Lots Of Cursing And Sex”: Authors Laurell K. Hamilton And Sarah J. Maas On Pleasure & Violence In Paranormal Romance by Christina Orlando

Fri Oct 4

Rachel Maddow Has a Surprise Role in CW’s Batwoman by Stubby the Rocket

Damon Lindelof Screens Watchmen Pilot and Introduces a Very Special Guest at NYCC 2019! by Stubby the Rocket

New Trailer for Marvel’s Runaways Season 3 Has a Cloak and Dagger Crossover! by Stubby the Rocket

Berger Books Announces Peter Milligan’s New Series, Tomorrow, and a Deluxe Edition of Enigma at NYCC 2019 by Stubby the Rocket

Are You Afraid of the Dark Returns with a Creepy New Clip! by Stubby the Rocket

Using Magic as a Way to Democratize Force? Talking Magic x Mayhem at NYCC 2019 by Stubby the Rocket

“I Have Been Incredibly Privileged to Write the Full Arc of Fitz’s Story”: Robin Hobb on 25 Years of Assassin’s Apprentice by Natalie Zutter

Lucasfilm Publishing Teases “Project Luminous”, New Thrawn Trilogy, and More at Star Wars Books Panel by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Jo Walton’s Reading List: September 2019 by Jo Walton

Steven Universe Premieres a New Opening Sequence, and A Shiny New Title! by Leah Schnelbach

“It’s not about you” — Doctor Strange (2016) by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Spooks, Haunts, and the Patriarchy in Monster She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson by Em Nordling

Discussing Mental Health in Sci-Fi / Fantasy with Shaun Hamill, Stephen Graham Jones, Lauren Shippen, and Princess Weekes by Stubby the Rocket

Batwoman and the Importance of Feminine Costuming Choices by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Title and Cover of Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games Prequel Revealed! by Stubby the Rocket

SF Stories in Which Earth Is Liberated by an Alien Empire by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Oct 3

Sam Raimi and Director Nicolas Pesce Tease a New, R-Rated Version of The Grudge! by Leah Schnelbach

John Wick Writer to Bring V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic to Film by Stubby the Rocket

The Rook and Rose Trilogy by M.A. Carrick Acquired by Orbit Books by Stubby the Rocket

The Full Trailer for His Dark Materials Promises a Dark Epic and an Angry Polar Bear by Stubby the Rocket

New Footage from The CW’s Batwoman Features Kissing, Hedge Clippers, Rabbit Henchmen by Stubby the Rocket

More Than Human: Frankissstein: A Love Story By Jeanette Winterson by Mahvesh Murad

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Up the Walls of the World by James Tiptree, Jr. by Bogi Takács

“Now Is the Right Time for It More Than Ever”: Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra Revisit Y: The Last Man at NYCC by Natalie Zutter

Christopher Eccleston Talks at Length about Doctor Who (and His Nerdy Loves) at NYCC 2019 by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Claw of the Conciliator, Part 1: Holding the Power of Life and Death by Fabio Fernandes

Brian K. Vaughan Gives the Latest Update on the Y: The Last Man TV Show by Natalie Zutter

Five Sci-Fi Books Featuring Futuristic Technology by Veronica Roth

The Encyclopedia Galactica and the Enlightenment Roots of Asimov’s Foundation by Matthew Raese

Ryan Coogler Will Produce a Movie Adaptation of the Bitter Root Comics by Stubby the Rocket

Fathers and Sons and Star Trek Action Figures by Jonathan Alexandratos

Announcing Sorrowland, a New Work of Gothic Fiction from Rivers Solomon by Tor.com

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Ninety-Nine by Alice Arneson, Paige Vest and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Oct 2

Dark Horse Comics Is Publishing a Massive Collection of Neil Gaiman Short Fiction by Andrew Liptak

The Shadow Right on Time: Sonia Greene’s “Four O’clock” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Read an Excerpt from Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Fan-Made Recreation of Missing Doctor Who Episode Premieres on BBC and YouTube by Stubby the Rocket

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Gateways #4: Demons of Air and Darkness and “Horn and Ivory” by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Check Out the First Footage from the Wheel of Time Show’s Table-Read by Stubby the Rocket

9 Characters I Love Because They Are Hurting (and So Am I) by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Leigh Bardugo Shares Cast List and First Cast Photo of Netflix’s Upcoming Shadow and Bone Adaptation by Stubby the Rocket

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Director André Øvredal’s Next Movie Could Be a Dracula Spin-off by Stubby the Rocket

Building a Vision of the Future: The Myth of the Shipwright by Linda H. Codega

Ava DuVernay Will Direct an HBO Max Pilot Roughly Based on Brian Wood’s DMZ Comic by Stubby the Rocket

When Horror Becomes Strength: Queer Armor in Stephen King’s IT by Alex London

Check Out the Cover for Hannah Abigail Clarke’s The Scapegracers by Tor.com

Tue Oct 1

Sleeps With Monsters: New (and Old) and Well Worth Reading by Liz Bourke

Four Speculative Novels Featuring Important Elections by James Davis Nicoll

Hex Life and Why We Need Our Witches by Jared Shurin

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 66 and 67 by Leigh Butler

The First Trailer for Birds of Prey Is Here by Stubby the Rocket

Horror Recommendations for All Tolerance Levels by Emily Hughes

When the Ends Justify the Means: Five Villains Who See Themselves as Heroes by Jenn Lyons

Lev Grossman Is Adapting His Short Story “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” Into a Movie by Stubby the Rocket

6 Big Surprises We Could See In the Forthcoming Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Trailer by Ryan Britt

Preview New Art From the Illustrated Edition of Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice by Tor.com

Download the Summer 2019 Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter by Tor.com