October 2021

Fri Oct 29

N. K. Jemisin Shares How She’s Adapting The Broken Earth Trilogy for the Big Screen by Vanessa Armstrong

It’s Important That You All Know That Wonder Woman Is a Mountain Goats Fan by Molly Templeton

The Medieval Origins of Halloween Traditions by Michael Livingston

German Robot Rom-Com I’m Your Man Weighs Data Against Desire by Natalie Zutter

A Comprehensive and Infallible Ranking of Community’s Halloween Costumes by Leah Schnelbach

The World’s Acting Strange in the Trailer for The Witcher’s Second Season by Molly Templeton

Netflix’s Three-Body Problem Casts Twelve Actors in Unknown Roles by Molly Templeton

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Small Gods, Part IV by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Mac Rogers’ Audio Drama Give Me Away Reminds Us How Compelling Small-Stakes Sci-Fi Can Be by Natalie Zutter

Thu Oct 28

Jodie Whittaker Promises Massive Doctor Who Arc Will Be Bigger, Kick Off With “The Halloween Apocalypse” by Vanessa Armstrong

Picking the Perfect Horror Movies for Halloween by Alasdair Stuart

Lynda Carter Has a New Song Out, and It’s Inspired by WW84’s Diana and Steve by Vanessa Armstrong

The Unexpected Lives and Bizarre Revelations of Un-su Kim’s The Cabinet by Tobias Carroll

The Smithsonian’s “Future Visions 2071” Includes New Fiction by Tochi Onyebuchi and Madeline Ashby by Molly Templeton

Star Trek: Prodigy Is the Best New Trek Series by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Greatest Halloween Costumes in Pop Culture by Leah Schnelbach and Emmet Asher-Perrin

You Really Don’t Have to Finish Every Book You Start by Molly Templeton

Eldritch Abominations for the SFF Soul: Five Works of Cosmic Horror by James Davis Nicoll

Skeletor Has the Power In the Masters of the Universe: Revelation — Part 2 Trailer by Molly Templeton

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Fifty-Six by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Oct 27

The Low Standards of the Legal Profession: John Connolly’s “The Fractured Atlas” (Part 6) by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

A Wonderful Use of YA Tropes: Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray by Alex Brown

Step Right Up! Five Recent Fantasy Stories Set at a Circus by James Davis Nicoll

Amazon’s New Wheel of Time Trailer Sets the Show’s Epic Stakes by Molly Templeton

Beyond Dark Academia: The Real Horror in Magic School Is Systemic Inequality by Courtney Floyd

A Murder Mystery in Space: Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson by Alexis Ong

Pixar’s Lightyear Achieves First Teaser Liftoff by Molly Templeton

Pesky Pirates and Purple Prose: Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings by Alan Brown

Telling Our Stories: When Mexican Folklore and Oral Tradition Meet Sci-Fi by Donna Barba Higuera

Netflix’s Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Gets a Snappy, Stellar Trailer by Molly Templeton

Baby Teeth by Daniel Polansky

Tue Oct 26

Read a Selection From Kim Fu’s Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

Why Fantasy Should Seem Real by Vivian Shaw

Unwelcome Is a Reminder to Always Look a Gift House in the Mouth by Molly Templeton

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

Reading the Wheel of Time: Bandits, Assassins, and Carneira in Robert Jordan’s New Spring (Part 12) by Sylas K Barrett

Fear of Desire: Dracula, Purity Culture, and the Sins of the Church by JR. Forasteros

A Modern Gothic Ghost Story: Revealing Katrina Monroe’s They Drown Our Daughters by Tor.com

Mon Oct 25

Alternate Historical Fantasy Done Right in The Shadow of Albion by Judith Tarr

13 Spooky Poems to Get You in the Mood for Halloween by Holly Kybett Smith

Welp, We Finally Have a Movie That Sure Seems Like Dune by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: Seventh Season Overview by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Reading Steven Erikson’s The God is Not Willing: Chapter Two by Bill Capossere

“Peppers” and Pink, Conspiracy and Coup on Y: The Last Man by Natalie Zutter

Apple’s Dr. Brain Looks to the Dead to Solve a Mystery by Molly Templeton

Asking the Tough Questions About Superheroes and Public Nudity by James Davis Nicoll

Let the Right One In Understands the Dark Maelstrom That Is Love by Dan Persons

Hayden Christensen’s Star Wars Renaissance Will Continue in Ahsoka by Molly Templeton

Seven Thrilling Murder Mysteries With SFF Flair by Elisa Shoenberger

Fri Oct 22

Vampire Weeknight: Does Night Teeth Bite Off More Than It Can Chew? by Leah Schnelbach

Cast a Spell With Nine Literary Witches and Warlocks by Rachel Brittain

Listen to a Clip From Lindsay Ellis’ Truth of the Divine by Lindsay Ellis

An Outsider’s Perspective on a Classic of American Gothic Literature by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Thu Oct 21

5 SFF Homes from Hell by James Davis Nicoll

The Precious Art of Yoon Ha Lee’s The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales by Martin Cahill

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Endgame” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Hometown Horrors: The Blair Witch Project and the Power of Local Legends by S.A. Hunt

Lee Pace Reads Science Fiction, So Obviously His Characters Do Too by Molly Templeton

The Good, the Bad, and the Awesome — Star Trek: Lower Decks Second Season Overview by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Trailer for Uncharted Covers Familiar Ground by Molly Templeton

Five Experimental SFF Works by Writers From London by Alex Pheby

The Wheel of Time’s Rosamund Pike Narrates a New Audiobook of The Eye of the World by Molly Templeton

Parallel Romance: Revealing The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz by Tor.com

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Fifty-Five by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Oct 20

Gossip Man Was Not Meant to Know: Fritz Leiber’s “To Arkham and the Stars” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

A Jittery, Near-future Thriller: Femlandia by Christina Dalcher by Mahvesh Murad

You Should Really Be Reading Victoria Goddard’s Nine Worlds Series by Alexandra Rowland

The Desolation of Smaug Soars to New Highs and Plummets to New Lows by Austin Gilkeson

Malacandra as Utopia: Plato’s Republic as Reflected in C.S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet by Matt Mikalatos

Five SFF Books About Road Trips by R.W.W. Greene

Walk Among Dreams: Announcing The Last Dreamwalker by Rita Woods by Tor.com

Small Monsters by E. Lily Yu

Tue Oct 19

Read an Excerpt From the First English Translation of the Classic Japanese Novel How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino and Bruno Navasky

Claudia Black’s Sci-Fi Advice to a Young James McAvoy Proves Timeless by Molly Templeton

Beware the Evil Eye in Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood by Vanessa Armstrong

Halloween Kills Is a Cautionary Tale Against True Crime and Vigilante Justice by Natalie Zutter

Droning and Dread: How Hereditary Gets Under Your Skin by Sarah Brunstad

Tricks, Treats, and Halloween Hijinks: Richie Tanskersley Cusick’s Trick or Treat and R.L. Stine’s Halloween Night duo by Alissa Burger

Superstition Was a Compass: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw by Lee Mandelo

The Mystery of Aes Sedai Agelessness by Sylas K Barrett

Chivalry Is Undead: Kink, Sword Lesbians, and The Locked Tomb by Grace Johnson and Carolin Dithrich

It’s Noodles First in Cowboy Bebop’s “Lost Session” by Molly Templeton

The First Annual Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction will be Awarded in 2022! by Tor.com

5 Books for People Who Crave More Vampires by Linden A. Lewis

Mon Oct 18

Horses and Star Trek: Considering Captain Picard’s Saddle by Judith Tarr

Rebecca Campbell Wins This Year’s Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From Chloe Gong’s Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

A New Trailer Gives Us a Much Better Look At Doctor Who’s 13th Season by Andrew Liptak

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Renaissance Man” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

All the News from This Year’s DC FanDome by Andrew Liptak

Reading Steven Erikson’s The God Is Not Willing: Chapter One by Bill Capossere

Movie Musical Chairs Continues With New Release Dates for Black Panther 2, The Marvels, Doctor Strange 2, and More by Molly Templeton

The Latest Trailer for The Batman Shows Off Its Numerous Villains by Andrew Liptak

Y: The Last Man Won’t Return to FX on Hulu by Molly Templeton

“Ready. Aim. Fire.” on Y: The Last Man by Natalie Zutter

The Muslimness of Dune: A Close Reading of “Appendix II: The Religion of Dune” by Haris Durrani

Fifteen Classic SFF Works By Three Extremely Prolific Authors by James Davis Nicoll

Fri Oct 15

Why I Love Haunted Honeymoon, Gene Wilder’s Underrated Horror-Comedy by Jeff LaSala

The Trailer for Shudder’s Horror Noire Showcases Six Stories of Black Horror by Andrew Liptak

The Universe Simply Can’t Seem to Kill Bruce Willis in the Trailer for Apex by Molly Templeton

Managing My Ever-Expanding TBR Stack by Alex Brown

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Small Gods, Part III by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Stories in Which Changing the Laws of Physics Leads to Bigger Problems by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Oct 14

Being a Saint Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be: Margaret Rogerson’s Vespertine by Molly Templeton

Read an Excerpt From The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Homestead” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

We’ll Get a Second Serving of Hawkeye for Thanksgiving by Molly Templeton

Five Dark Historical Gothics to Savor This Fall by Holly Kybett Smith

Out of the Woods: In Search of More Ominous Landscapes by Molly Templeton

It’s Captain Freeman Day! — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “First First Contact” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Dune Is Apparently Coming a Day Early to HBO Max by Andrew Liptak

The Roots and Rebirth of the Anthology Series by Faefyx Collington

Survive a Hot and Poisoned Landscape: Announcing Desert Creatures by Kay Chronister by Tor.com

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Fifty-Four by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Oct 13

The First Trailer for Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone Looks Creepy AF by Andrew Liptak

An American Werewolf in Piedmont: Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle by Alex Brown

Read an Excerpt From Garth Nix’s Terciel & Elinor by Garth Nix

Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction for September 2021 by Alex Brown

Actually, Théoden Has the Best Dialogue in The Lord of the Rings by Elayne Audrey Becker

The Very Model of a Major Modern Gothic: The Keep by Jennifer Egan by Leah Schnelbach

A Glimpse Into the Calrissian Chronicles: Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu by L. Neil Smith by Alan Brown

What Makes John Carpenter’s The Thing So Effing Scary? by Robert Repino

Revealing The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean by Tor.com

Sand by Jasmin Kirkbride

Tue Oct 12

A Shadow of Things to Come: Andre Norton’s Huon of the Horn by Judith Tarr

AMC Has Greenlit a Walking Dead Anthology Series by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From Gregory Maguire’s The Brides of Maracoor by Gregory Maguire

Breakup Brownies and Great Big Feelings Cookies: The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta by Alex Brown

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Natural Law” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Moviegoing During a Pandemic by Leah Schnelbach, Christina Orlando and Emmet Asher-Perrin

25 Years Later, Scream’s Ghostface Is Still Calling On a Landline by Molly Templeton

Brent Spiner and Gates McFadden Talk in Launch for Spiner’s First Book! by Emmet Asher-Perrin

First Trailer for Star Trek: Discovery’s Fourth Season Shows Off Giant Planet-Eating Anomaly by Andrew Liptak

Reading the Wheel of Time: An Oath and a Grudge in Robert Jordan’s New Spring (Part 11) by Sylas K Barrett

Moving Beyond Binaries in Gender-Based Magic Systems: The Wheel of Time and Iron Widow by Allison Alexander

Doctor Who: Flux Is Just a Few Weeks Away by Molly Templeton

Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga Returns in January 2022 by Andrew Liptak

Revealing J. M. Miro’s Ordinary Monsters by Tor.com

Mon Oct 11

Horror Recommendations for Every Mood by Emily Hughes

Your Guide to the Fantastical Worlds of Rebecca Roanhorse by Zoraida Córdova

Reading Steven Erikson’s The God Is Not Willing: Prologue by Bill Capossere

Y: The Last Man Has a Problem: “My Mother Saw a Monkey” by Natalie Zutter

Anti-Doorstoppers: Ten Great SFF Novellas and Novelettes by Alex Brown

Read “Wait for Night” by Stephen Graham Jones by Stephen Graham Jones

Fri Oct 8

The Wheel of Time Debuts Key Scene, First Piece From Series Soundtrack by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Expanse’s Final Season Arrives in December by Molly Templeton

Five SF Novels Featuring Ancient Alien Artifacts by James Davis Nicoll

Sabrina Spellman Will — Somehow — Show Up In the Next Season of Riverdale by Molly Templeton

Apple’s Foundation Is Coming Back for a Second Season by Andrew Liptak

Baseball, Body Modification, and Murder: Lincoln Michel’s The Body Scout by Tobias Carroll

All the New Horror and Genre-Bending Books Arriving in October! by Tor.com

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Small Gods, Part II by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Jo Walton’s Reading List: September 2021 by Jo Walton

Thu Oct 7

JAMIE WEPT: Jamie Clayton to Play Pinhead in Hulu’s Hellraiser Reboot by Leah Schnelbach

Read an Excerpt From The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker

Swift and Strange: Harold R. Johnson’s The Björkan Sagas by Matthew Keeley

A Lot Is Going On in This Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Trailer by Molly Templeton

Lucasfilm Announced New Star Wars Novels Featuring Luke & Lando and Anakin & Obi-Wan by Andrew Liptak

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Friendship One” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Best Space Family Is Back in Teaser for the Final Season of Lost in Space by Molly Templeton

All Aboard! Five SFF Stories About Trains and Railways by James Davis Nicoll

All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in October! by Tor.com

It’s Still Agatha (All Along): WandaVision’s Witchy Neighbor Is Getting Her Own Series by Molly Templeton

What to Read When You Are Worn Out on World-Saving by Molly Templeton

The Wild and Tender Magic of Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars by Maya Gittelman

ghuS choQpu’ — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “wej Duj” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Revealing a New Audiobook Cover for Frank Herbert’s Dune by Tor.com

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Fifty-Three by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Oct 6

The Universe as Unreliable Narrator: John Connolly’s “The Fractured Atlas” (Part 5) by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Read the Third Chapter of Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

Watch a New Trailer for the Second Season of Netflix’s Locke & Key by Andrew Liptak

AMC’s Interview With the Vampire Has Cast Its Central Trio by Molly Templeton

Mike Flanagan’s Next Series for Netflix Is Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall Of The House Of Usher by Andrew Liptak

Asimov’s Foundation and Finding Hope in Crisis by Ben Gierhart

Five Books With BIPOC Chosen Ones by June CL Tan

What If… “The Watcher Broke his Oath?” Ties Up a Multiverse of Loose Ends by Leah Schnelbach

Hnau and the Nature of Humanity in C.S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet by Matt Mikalatos

All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in October! by Tor.com

A Manga for the Transgender Soul: Rumiko Takahashi’s Ranma 1/2 by Ryka Aoki

Dark Magic and Twisted Family Secrets: Revealing The Path of Thorns by A.G. Slatter by Tor.com

The Bookstore at the End of America by Charlie Jane Anders

Tue Oct 5

A Light Will Always Burn, But So Will Dark Desires: Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat by Natalie Zutter

Read the Second Chapter of Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed to Become TV Series by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Once, Twice, Infinite Times Upon a Dream: Alix E. Harrow’s A Spindle Splintered by Natalie Zutter

I Sold My Soul to Arcade Satan for the YA Horror Novel Game Over by Henry Hoke

Femme Fatales and Toxic Masculinity in Christopher Pike’s Die Softly and Master of Murder by Alissa Burger

Tilda Swinton and George MacKay Will Sing About Being the Last Humans on Earth by Molly Templeton

Shang-Chi Director to Helm American Born Chinese Series for Disney+ by Andrew Liptak

Reading the Wheel of Time: The Black Ajah Revealed in Robert Jordan’s New Spring (Part 10) by Sylas K Barrett

Somebody’s Outfit Is Too Tight in the First Clip From HBO Max’s Peacemaker by Molly Templeton

Art, Myth, and Magic Come Alive in Terri Windling’s The Wood Wife by Jonathan Thornton

House of the Dragon’s First Teaser Shows Off Plenty of People and Some Dragons by Andrew Liptak

All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in October! by Tor.com

Download a Free eBook of Gideon the Ninth This Bonestober — Before October 9th! by Tor.com

Mon Oct 4

Dreaming of Wild Horses by Judith Tarr

Read the First Chapter of Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

The Sparrow Academy Doesn’t Care About Your Stupid Umbrella Academy Friends by Molly Templeton

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Author, Author” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Malazan Refresher: Everything You Need to Know Before Reading The God Is Not Willing by Bill Capossere

Y: The Last Man Mourns the Greats in “Weird Al is Dead” by Natalie Zutter

Five African-inspired YA Fantasy Novels by Lauren Blackwood

Winter Came, Now Spring Arrives: Announcing the Table of Contents for The Way Spring Arrives by Tor.com

Fri Oct 1

Under the Skin: Shape-Changing in Mexican Folklore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Religious Horror and Horrific Religion in Midnight Mass by Leah Schnelbach

David Tennant and Michael Sheen Reprise Roles for New Good Omens Audiobook by Andrew Liptak

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Small Gods, Part I by Emmet Asher-Perrin

When History Echoes: Monica Byrne’s The Actual Star by Tobias Carroll