April 2022

Fri Apr 29

Peter V. Brett’s The Warded Man Book Is Getting a Television Adaptation by Vanessa Armstrong

Watch the Gorgeous Opening Titles for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds by Molly Templeton

Six Bizarro Made-for-TV SFF Movies That Actually Exist by Robert Repino

Read an Excerpt From Vincent Tirado’s Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

Hunger Games Prequel Adaptation The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Is Coming Next Year by Molly Templeton

Lexi Alexander’s Absolute Dominion Puts a Post-Apocalyptic Spin on Martial Arts Championships by Molly Templeton

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Interesting Times, Part III by Emmet Asher-Perrin

5 SFF Adaptations That Need To Happen by Foz Meadows

Thu Apr 28

The Semblance of a Point — Star Trek: Picard’s “Hide and Seek” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Iron Man 2 Apparently Went Through A Lot Of “Writing Gyrations,” None Of Which, Sadly, Involved Justin Hammer by Vanessa Armstrong

Royal Romance and Equal Partnership: Dana Swift’s Wickery Series by Federica Bocco

The Next Quiet Place Movie Has a Title by Molly Templeton

Season Two of Russian Doll Shows Us How Necessary — and Awful — Reconciling Trauma Can Be by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Chris Pratt Makes a Promise to a Dinosaur in the Latest Trailer for Jurassic World Dominion by Molly Templeton

Eight SFF Stories About the Joys of Bread and Baking by Lindsay Eagar

Is Series Fatigue Real? by Molly Templeton

Let’s Rank All the Needledrops in Our Flag Means Death by Leah Schnelbach

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

Wed Apr 27

LAIKA’s Next Stop-Motion Film Is Based On a Fantasy Novel by the Lead Singer of The Decemberists by Vanessa Armstrong

The Ol’ “Just Invite Me In” Con: J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla (Part 6) by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Harley Quinn Series Spinoff Is Heading to HBO MAX Starring Everyone’s Favorite Lug, Kite Man by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Rose Szabo’s We All Fall Down by Rose Szabo

Memory Palace, or Prison? Moon Knight: “The Asylum” by Leah Schnelbach

The Books We Read as Children Always Change Us — Let’s Embrace It by Kali Wallace

Consumerism Run Amok: The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth by Alan Brown

Five SFF Stories That Are Much Funnier Than They Sound by James Davis Nicoll

Robert Pattinson’s Batman Will Haunt Gotham Once Again by Molly Templeton

The Long View by Susan Palwick

Tue Apr 26

Trailer For Bodies Bodies Bodies Reveals That One of Those Bodies Is Lee Pace by Vanessa Armstrong

The Black Phone Is Dialing Up the Scariness Factor by Vanessa Armstrong

700 Pages of Pure Narrative Magic: Saint Death’s Daughter by C. S. E. Cooney by Martin Cahill

Everything Everywhere All at Once Is the Non-Diaspora Diaspora Story We’ve Been Waiting For by R.F. Kuang

Optimism, Identity, and the Fourth Doctor’s Scarf by Sarah Welch-Larson

There’s Too Much Wickedness for Just One Film, Apparently by Molly Templeton

5 SFF Books About Technology and Grief by Dante Medema

Reading The Wheel of Time: Death, Heritage, and Aes Sedai Gold in Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos (Part 17) by Sylas K Barrett

Tom Hardy’s Great Symbiotic Love Story Will Continue in Venom 3 by Molly Templeton

Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey7 Adaptation Has the Potential to Be a Truly Great Science Fiction Movie by Anastasia Klimchynskaya

Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for May and June 2022 by Tobias Carroll

Mon Apr 25

Star Trek: Lower Decks Teaser Reveals a Very Not-So-Smart Plan to Steal the U.S.S. Cerritos by Vanessa Armstrong

Bid On Cool Props From Wachowski Films and Support Trans Rights at the Same Time by Vanessa Armstrong

Knife Fights, Lockpicking, and Other Things That Helped Me Become a Better Writer by April Henry

5 of the Creepiest Monsters in Fantasy by Aliette de Bodard

Zen Cho Wins the Bradbury Prize for Spirits Abroad by Tor.com

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Fallen Hero” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Act of Grace: Masculinity, Monstrosity, and Queer Catharsis in Our Flag Means Death by Maya Gittelman

Imagining and Understanding the Alien: Insects in Science Fiction by Jonathan Thornton

Epix’s Creepy Town Series, From, Will Return for Season Two by Molly Templeton

Laugh-Out-Loud Fantasy Mayhem: Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands by Cole Rush

Five Books Featuring Uploaded Minds and Memories by James Davis Nicoll

Fri Apr 22

See If Your Home Is Lousy With Dinosaurs, According to Jurassic World Dominion by Vanessa Armstrong

Learn More About Moon Knight’s Elusive Character, Mork Sphincter by Vanessa Armstrong

Come Gaze at Amazon’s Night Sky With Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons by Molly Templeton

8 Stories to Help You Rebuild After an Ecological Catastrophe by Stubby the Rocket

Playwrights, Magicians, and Zombies: 19 Fictional Shakespeares by Stubby the Rocket

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Interesting Times, Part II by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Books Featuring Shocking Revelations and Forbidden Knowledge by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Apr 21

Space Races and Other Pursuits: Sylvain Neuvel’s Until the Last of Me by Tobias Carroll

Coming Soon to Netflix: Spiderhead, The Chris Hemsworth-Starring Sci-Fi Movie Based on a George Saunders Story by Vanessa Armstrong

D&D Gives Us Shohreh Aghdashloo, Spelljammer Update, and a Title for Their Chris Pine Movie by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke by Katherine Locke

Emptiness and Fear — Star Trek: Picard’s “Mercy” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Ever Fonder in the Trailer for HBO’s The Time Traveler’s Wife by Molly Templeton

I Was (Sort Of) A Teenage Vampire: Caroline B. Cooney’s The Cheerleader and Christopher Pike’s The Last Vampire  by Alissa Burger

Lightyear Inches Closer to Launch With a New Trailer by Molly Templeton

Georgiou Is a Jealous God—Feminine Power and the Jewish Divine in Star Trek: Discovery by Lisa Huberman

Miles Morales Won’t Swing Across the Spider-Verse Until 2023 by Molly Templeton

Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg: A Dying Earth Fantasy Unlike Any Other by Brian Collins

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

Wed Apr 20

Space Lampreys and Singing Earthworms: Amelia Gorman’s Field Guide to Invasive Species of Minnesota by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Read an Excerpt From A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

An Adaptation of Walter Tevis’ Mockingbird Is in the Works by Molly Templeton

Mummies! Hippos! Ominous Goats! Moon Knight Gives Us Everything in “The Tomb” by Leah Schnelbach

12 Books About Mermaids, Sirens, and Sea Gods by Taiwo Balogun

The Gods on Trial: C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces by Matt Mikalatos

Zig-Zagging through The Zone: Zona by Geoff Dyer by Leah Schnelbach

Men, Women, and Chainsaws by Stephen Graham Jones

Tue Apr 19

The Art of Spear: Rovina Cai’s Illustrations for Nicola Griffith’s Spear by Nicola Griffith and Rovina Cai

Matt Reeves Confirms This Riddler-Specific Easter Egg in The Batman by Vanessa Armstrong

Piracy Provides Perfect Cover to Talk About Your Feelings in Doctor Who’s “Legend of the Sea Devils” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Eleven Irresistible Musical Numbers From Animated Movies by Sasha Lee

Exploding Kittens Gets a Mobile Game and Animated Show On Netflix by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Janelle Monáe’s The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe

Living Religions, Living Myths: On Retelling the Ramayana by Vaishnavi Patel

Will the Minecraft Movie Actually Happen if Jason Momoa Signs On? by Molly Templeton

Four Characters Who Prove There’s More to Life Than Being Super Smart by James Davis Nicoll

Announcing the Shortlist for the 2022 Ignyte Awards by Tor.com

The Thirteenth Doctor’s Final Episode Will See the Return of Two Beloved Companions by Molly Templeton

Star Trek: The Motion Picture Wonders if the Human Adventure Is at Heart a Solitary One by Dan Persons

Thor’s Existential Journey Begins With the First Teaser for Thor: Love and Thunder by Molly Templeton

Revealing Stephanie Feldman’s Saturnalia by Tor.com

Mon Apr 18

Transcending Words: The Real Fantasy of Human-Animal Communication by Judith Tarr

5 Sympathetic Science Fiction Bureaucrats by James Davis Nicoll

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Vox Sola” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Where to Begin Reading the Work of Nicola Griffith by Jonathan Thornton

A Nostalgic SFF Playlist for the Stressed Out Millennial by Alex Brown

11 Modern Fantasy Stories Based in Classic Mythology by Carly Silver

Fri Apr 15

21 Bunnies (and Other Strange, Rabbit-Type Creatures) in SFF by Bridget McGovern

Return to the Hub in the Trailer for Made for Love’s Second Season by Molly Templeton

Five Darkly Comic SFF Books by Anna Carey

Neil Gaiman’s Dead Boy Detectives Are Officially Headed to HBO Max by Molly Templeton

Read an Excerpt From Guy Gavriel Kay’s All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay

Five Unlikely SFF Friendships by Cole Rush

Thu Apr 14

Come Sail Away Aboard the Best Boats of Fantasy Fiction by Fran Wilde

Read the Fourth Chapter of Nghi Vo’s Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Jurassic World Dominion Featurette Reminds Us That Nostalgia Is Far From Extinct by Vanessa Armstrong

“It’s not my job to be interesting” — Star Trek: Picard’s “Monsters” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Five Unconventional SFF Heists by Marion Deeds

The Witcher’s Cast Gets Even Bigger for Season Three by Molly Templeton

Cheering for the Unsung: The Specific Joy of Reading Hidden Gems by Molly Templeton

David Cronenberg Returns With a Horrifying Teaser for Crimes of the Future by Molly Templeton

Life of Brian: The Gospel According to Monty Python by Leah Schnelbach

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

Wed Apr 13

Men Don’t Explain Things to Me: J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla (Part 5) by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Read the Third Chapter of Nghi Vo’s Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Khonshu Pushes the Sky Away in Moon Knight: “The Friendly Type” by Leah Schnelbach

Please Adapt: TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea by Cole Rush

Accidental Adventure: Adrift in the Stratosphere by “Professor” A. M. Low by Alan Brown

Announcing the Third Annual TorCon! by Tor.com

The Dominion of Leviathan by Manish Melwani

Tue Apr 12

Chosen Ones Are Overrated: Kel Kade’s Destiny of the Dead by Tobias Carroll

Read the Second Chapter of Nghi Vo’s Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

The Stunning Artistry of BTS’s “Black Swan” by Delia Harrington

13 Gothic Horror Books That Will Unsettle You in 2022 by Taiwo Balogun

Reading The Wheel of Time: An Embassy and a Youngling Arrive in Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos (Part 16) by Sylas K Barrett

War Is Coming In the New Stranger Things Trailer by Molly Templeton

The Adam Project’s Walker Scobell Will Play Percy Jackson by Molly Templeton

Artificial Intelligence in Fiction, Fact, and Our Dreams of the Future by Fran Wilde

Ten Heartbreakingly Brilliant Works of Animation by Dan Persons

Mon Apr 11

Five SF Novels Featuring Different Kinds of Wormholes by James Davis Nicoll

Realm’s Marigold Breach Starts With a Single Compelling Idea, But Fails to Deliver by T.H. Ponders

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Detained” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Starting a Home Lending Library Has Made Me a Better Friend by Cole Rush

The Nimona Movie has Shapeshifted into a Netflix Release by Leah Schnelbach

Read the First Chapter of Nghi Vo’s Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

How the Science Fictional West Was Won: Michael Crichton’s Westworld by Noah Berlatsky

Revealing Sim Kern’s Real Sugar is Hard to Find by Tor.com

Fri Apr 8

You Are the Hero: Learning Storytelling From Video Games by Sarah Maria Griffin

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

5 Captivating SFF Mystery Novels by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Apr 7

Fantasy Feature Damsel Snags Angela Bassett to Co-Star With Millie Bobby Brown by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath by Ian Green

Sapphic Romance and Magic: Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May by Vanessa Armstrong

Russian Doll’s Season Two Trailer Has Natasha Lyonne Traveling Through Time and Multiple Existential Crises by Vanessa Armstrong

Whoopi Goldberg Is Anansi Boys’ Bird Woman by Molly Templeton

“How much worse could it possibly get?” — Star Trek: Picard’s “Two of One” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Everything Is Better With Velociraptors, Including West Side Story by Molly Templeton

Corsages, Romance, and Death: Lael Littke’s Prom Dress and Diane Hoh’s Prom Date by Alissa Burger

Announcing the 2022 Hugo Award Finalists by Tor.com

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

Jo Walton’s Reading List: March 2022 by Jo Walton

Revealing Gemma Amor’s Full Immersion by Tor.com

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

Wed Apr 6

Vampires of Madison Avenue: Fritz Leiber’s “The Girl With the Hungry Eyes” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

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

Read an Excerpt From Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor

Netflix’s Locke and Key Will End After Third Season by Vanessa Armstrong

The Mirror Cracks in Moon Knight: “Summon the Suit” by Leah Schnelbach

The Queer Joy of Our Flag Means Death by Alex Brown

5 Books to Pair With a Good Cup of Tea by Judy I. Lin

Severance Will Get Back to Work for a Second Season by Molly Templeton

Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction for March 2022 by Alex Brown

Sword & Spore by Dominica Phetteplace

Tue Apr 5

HBO Max and Robert Downey Jr. Are Building a Sherlock Holmes Universe by Vanessa Armstrong

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

Watch Josh Brolin Cowboy It Up in This Creepy Outer Range Trailer by Vanessa Armstrong

Read the First Two Chapters From T. Kingfisher’s Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Star Trek: Picard Boldly Goes Back to the Cast of The Next Generation by Molly Templeton

5 Books About Telepathy by Brendan P. Bellecourt

On the Importance of Art Spiegelman’s Maus by Leela Corman

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On Makes His Tiny Way to the Big Screen by Molly Templeton

Reading The Wheel of Time: Pure Mat Cauthon and Unusual Sammael in Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos (Part 15) by Sylas K Barrett

Slang, Accents, and Linguistic Worldbuilding in Lara Elena Donnelly’s Amberlough by CD Covington

Revisiting Long Book Series by Jo Walton

Mon Apr 4

Let Shelly Webster Be the Hero of The Crow Reboot, You Cowards by Molly Templeton

New Dino Doc Will Show T-Rex’s Parenting Style Set to Hans Zimmer Score by Vanessa Armstrong

Understanding Horses: Changing Seasons by Judith Tarr

An Intimate Mystery: Sara A. Mueller’s The Bone Orchard by Molly Templeton

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Oasis” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Science Has Determined That the Fremen Could Live Better On Arrakis If They Moved by Molly Templeton

Five of the Best Zombie Movies from Around the World by Lorna Wallace

It’s Yo Ho Ho and a Ship Full of Sea Devils In the Next Doctor Who Special by Molly Templeton

A Deal For The Devils: Tor Books To Publish New Epic Fantasy From Joe Abercrombie by Tor.com

Radical, Wild, and Wise: Angela Carter’s Subversive Fantasy by Jonathan Thornton

Captain Pike Loves His Job In the New Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Trailer by Molly Templeton

Which John Scalzi Novel Should You Read Next? by Renay Williams

Fri Apr 1

A Guide to Preparing Your Supernatural Advance Directive by Jessica Lévai

Watch the First Ever Public Screening of George A. Romero’s Short Film Jacaranda Joe by Molly Templeton

Here’s What Brandon Sanderson’s Four Kickstarter Books Are About by Vanessa Armstrong

Syfy’s The Ark, From Two Stargate Writers, Has Begun Bringing Cast Aboard by Molly Templeton

Rating 15 of the Best Time Travel Movies Ever Made by Joe George

Dragon or Balrog: Who Would Win in the Ultimate Middle-earth Showdown? by Austin Gilkeson

Five SFF Stories About Lawyers and the Law by James Davis Nicoll