July 2022

Fri Jul 29

Little Demon Is a Devilish (and DeVito) Family Affair by Molly Templeton

Five Zombie Stories That Breathe New Life Into the Undead by Cole Rush

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

Charlize Theron May Play Philip K. Dick’s Twin Sister in the Unusual Biopic Jane by Molly Templeton

Fresh Visions: Revealing New Suns 2, an Anthology Edited by Nisi Shawl by Tor.com

Thu Jul 28

Final Trailer for Third Season of Locke & Key Teases Time Travel, More Keys, and the End of the World by Vanessa Armstrong

Krysten Ritter Is Set to Star in Orphan Black Sequel, and We’re Excited! by Vanessa Armstrong

Five Chilly SF Stories to Escape the Summer Heat by James Davis Nicoll

Watch Ex-Vigilante Sylvester Stallone Get Dragged Back Into the Superhero Game in Samaritan by Vanessa Armstrong

Humanity in Exile: Gareth Powell’s Stars and Bones by Paul Weimer

Announcing the Shortlist for the Inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! by Vanessa Armstrong

The Politics of Alien Contact: A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys by Tobias Carroll

Six Odd, Unusual, and Unconventional Dragons by Randee Dawn

Why Do We Read What We Read? by Molly Templeton

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Eighty-Seven by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Jul 27

New York State of Mind: N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became (Part 4) by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Trailer for John Wick 4 Has Keanu Reeves Back in Fighting Shape and Ready to Murder Everyone by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From The King Will Kill You by Sarah Henning

Six Soap Opera Tropes in SFF by Carly Silver

Vengeance Is Mine, Sayeth the Bat — The Batman by Keith R.A. DeCandido

“I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.” — Revisiting Ghibli’s Porco Rosso 30 Years Later by Leah Schnelbach

The End of All Stories: Bidding a Fond Farewell to The Great C.S. Lewis Reread by Matt Mikalatos

Ewan McGregor Wants to Tell You a Story in the Teaser for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio by Molly Templeton

Gingerbread and Magic: Announcing After the Forest by Kell Woods by Tor.com

This Place Is Best Shunned by David Erik Nelson

Tue Jul 26

Shang-Chi Director Destin Daniel Cretton to Direct Avengers: The Kang Dynasty by Vanessa Armstrong

An Empowering Twist on a Classic: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia by Vanessa Armstrong

Trailer for X Prequel—Pearl—Gives Us an Origin Story That Looks Entertainingly Terrifying by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Valerie Valdes’ Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes

The Horrors of War: Hammer’s Slammers by David Drake by Alan Brown

Five Stone-Cold SFF Bummers That Might Make You Feel Better About Your Own Life by James Davis Nicoll

Is This the Interview With the Vampire We Deserve in 2022? by Molly Templeton

Reading The Wheel of Time: A Question of Authority in Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos (Part 26) by Sylas K Barrett

Disney+ Gets Its Own Dragons With Christopher Paolini’s Eragon by Molly Templeton

How to (Not) Fit In: The Misfit Heroine and Olivia Atwater’s Half a Soul by Jenny Hamilton

Download Kerstin Hall’s The Border Keeper — Before July 30! by Tor.com

Mon Jul 25

Erotica Author Chuck Tingle Has Some of the Best Writing Advice by Leah Schnelbach

The Wheel of Time’s Rosamund Pike Narrates Two More Robert Jordan Audiobooks by Molly Templeton

The Dark Knight Invited Us to Embrace the Chaos by Dan Persons

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

Marvel’s Multiverse Saga Is Well Underway — With So Much More to Come by Molly Templeton

Three Sandman Stories I Hope The Show Adapts by Cole Rush

SFF Bestiary Considers the Unicorn by Judith Tarr

Five Summer Reads for Star Gazers by Katrina Leno

Tread Carefully: Announcing The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed by Tor.com

Sat Jul 23

The Sandman Invites Us to Dream Dangerously in a Gorgeous New Trailer by Molly Templeton

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Lower Decks Will Meet in a Mind-Bending Crossover Episode by Molly Templeton

Fri Jul 22

Nightfire Proves Love is Real With Chuck Tingle’s Horror Novel, Camp Damascus by Tor.com

The Trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Is Here and Extremely Epic by Molly Templeton

No One’s Staying Out of Trouble in the First Vampire Academy Teaser by Molly Templeton

8 Whimsical Couch Co-Op Games You Can Play With A Friend, Ranked By Difficulty by Cole Rush

The Dragon Prince Returns—With a Time Jump—In November by Molly Templeton

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

Teen Wolf: The Movie Brings a Character Back From the Dead by Molly Templeton

Becky Chambers’ Books Give Us Permission to Be Human by Molly Templeton

Thu Jul 21

The Wheel of Time Renewed for Third Season on Prime Video by Molly Templeton

Dungeons & Dragons Trailer Rolls 20 For Monsters, Thieving, Fighting and Fun by Vanessa Armstrong

Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for July and August 2022 by Tobias Carroll

Reclaiming Power: Ava Reid’s Juniper and Thorn by Martin Cahill

Coming Home to Mouth-of-Mattapoisett: Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time by Ruthanna Emrys

Five Feel-Good Comfort Reads by James Davis Nicoll

Join Tor Books at San Diego Comic-Con! by Molly Templeton

Syfy’s Resident Alien Will Return for a Third Season by Molly Templeton

Mystery, Death, and the Caretaker: Christopher Pike’s Chain Letter and Chain Letter 2  by Alissa Burger

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

Kurt and Wyatt Russell Join Apple TV+’s Godzilla Series by Molly Templeton

Wed Jul 20

Announcing the 2022 World Fantasy Award Finalists by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Everything Everywhere All At Once Heads Back to the Theaters With 8 Minutes of Outtakes by Vanessa Armstrong

House of the Dragon Trailer Reveals Many in Westeros Would Rather Die Than Have a Woman on the Throne by Vanessa Armstrong

Feed Me, Seymour: H.G. Wells’ “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Read an Excerpt From Moon Dark Smile by Tessa Gratton

The Teaser For Glorious, a Lovecraftian Horror Flick Starring a Glory Hole, Sure Is Something! by Vanessa Armstrong

Read the First Volume of The Sandman for Free on DC Infinite Universe by Molly Templeton

Ghosts of the New South: The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons by Leah Schnelbach

“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” — The King’s Man by Keith R.A. DeCandido

I Don’t Know What A Sympathetic Character Is Anymore by Sarah Gailey

Will Laurie Strode Find Closure With Halloween Ends? by Molly Templeton

The Unforgiveable Sin, Womanhood, and C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces by Matt Mikalatos

Grow by Carrie Vaughn

Tue Jul 19

Unsheathing a Violent Wave of Tenderness: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey by Lee Mandelo

An Adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book Is in the Works (Again!) by Vanessa Armstrong

5 SFF Books That Play With Magic and Its Aftermath by Melissa Albert

How Marvel’s No-Prize Helped Shape Modern Fandom by Tobias Carroll

The 30 Most Anticipated SFF Books for the Rest of 2022 by Christina Orlando

Matt Smith Can’t Remember the Dragons’ Names Either by Molly Templeton

Reading The Wheel of Time: Min, Melaine, and Mazrim in Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos (Part 25) by Sylas K Barrett

Friendship, Loss, and High School Horror by Nina Nesseth

Revealing For the First Time, Again, the Conclusion to Sylvain Neuvel’s Take Them to the Stars Trilogy by Tor.com

Mon Jul 18

Let the Sequel Flow! Dune: Part Two Starts Filming by Vanessa Armstrong

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

Peter Dinklage To Play Casca Highbottom in Hunger Games Prequel by Vanessa Armstrong

M. Night Shyamalan’s Next Film Is an Adaptation of Paul Tremblay’s The Cabin at the End of the World by Molly Templeton

The Evil Queen Gets a Rewrite in A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow by Martin Cahill

Welcome to SFF Bestiary! by Judith Tarr

Faith, Worthiness, and God Butchery in Thor: Love and Thunder by Leah Schnelbach

In Mercy, Rain by Seanan McGuire

The World Next Door: 5 SFF Stories That Travel to Alternate Earths by James Davis Nicoll

Hunting Monsters: Revealing Fonda Lee’s Untethered Sky by Tor.com

Eldritch Midwifery: Announcing A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather by Tor.com

Fri Jul 15

Pretending to Have Superpowers Is “Very Embarrassing Actually” and Other Adorable Notes From Iman Vellani’s AMA by Molly Templeton

The Rings of Power Teaser Trailer — What’s Going On Here? by Jeff LaSala

Books By Victoria Schwab and Margaret Peterson Haddix Are In Development from The Vampire Diaries’ Co-Creator by Molly Templeton

Saga Press Spring 2023 Cover Spotlight by Tor.com

Thu Jul 14

Trailer for Season 5 of The Handmaid’s Tale Has June Fighting On From Canada by Vanessa Armstrong

Secret Headquarters Trailer Reveals That Superheroes Need Help From Kids Sometimes by Vanessa Armstrong

Emily X.R. Pan’s An Arrow to the Moon Is an Elegant, Compassionate Reimagining by Maya Gittelman

Prey for the Devil Trailer Will Have You Praying for No Nightmares After Watching by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Joma West’s Face by Joma West

Hook, Line & Genocide: The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey by Mahvesh Murad

The Adventures of Captain Daddy and the Gang — Star Trek: Strange New Worlds First Season Overview by Keith R.A. DeCandido

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

What to Read When You Can’t Seem to Stop Staring at the Television by Molly Templeton

The Enemy Is Out There in the New Trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power by Molly Templeton

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

Wed Jul 13

Jeff Goldblum Is Replacing Hugh Grant as Zeus on Netflix Series Kaos by Vanessa Armstrong

New Images From The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Shows Middle-earth Looking Good by Vanessa Armstrong

Steel-Toed Boots of the Soul: N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became (Part 3) by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Star Trek: Lower Decks Returns in Just a Few Weeks by Molly Templeton

Read the First Two Chapters of The First Binding by R.R. Virdi

Zazie Beetz, Aaron Paul, and Josh Hartnett Are Among the Cast for Black Mirror Season 6 by Molly Templeton

Ms. Marvel Sticks the Landing and Blows Our Minds in “No Normal” by Leah Schnelbach

Back Into the Spider-Verse — Spider-Man: No Way Home by Keith R.A. DeCandido

DAW Books Acquired By Astra Publishing House by Molly Templeton

Five Impractical Reasons to Establish Space Colonies by James Davis Nicoll

Queer Meditations on Meaning in Becky Chambers’ A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Maya Gittelman

Victory or Death: Revealing Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh’s Debut Novel by Tor.com

The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch by Garth Nix

Tue Jul 12

Harley and Ivy Have a Flawless Plan in the Trailer for Harley Quinn’s Third Season by Molly Templeton

What if The Abyss, But Lesbians: Julia Armfield’s Our Wives Under the Sea by Sarah McCarry

SFF Makes a Solid Showing In This Year’s Emmy Nominations by Molly Templeton

I’ll Bloom Where I’m Planted: Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne by Lee Mandelo

A New World Awaits: Xenozoic by Mark Schultz by Alan Brown

How Sailor Moon Revolutionized the Magical Girl Genre by Katie Gill

Reading The Wheel of Time: Conversations About Intent in Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos (Part 24) by Sylas K Barrett

Read the First Chapter of Sunyi Dean’s The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

See the World Through Animal Eyes: Revealing Lee Mandelo’s Feed them Silence by Tor.com

Mon Jul 11

Fourth Captain America Movie Lands Cloverfield Paradox Director Julius Onah by Vanessa Armstrong

SFF Equines Revisits the Classics: Black Beauty by Judith Tarr

Day Shift Trailer Reveals That Pool Cleaning Means Vampire Killing for Jamie Foxx by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “A Night in Sickbay” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Thor: Love and Thunder Isn’t Really the Romance We Were Promised—and That’s a Good Thing by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Queerness in Fanfiction: Gender, Queer Bodies, and the Omegaverse by Hannah M.

New Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror for July & August 2022 by Alex Brown

Fri Jul 8

Announcing the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist by Molly Templeton

Five Fantasy Cafes I’d Love To Visit by Cole Rush

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Feet of Clay, Part IV by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Terror of Balance — Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “A Quality of Mercy” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Thu Jul 7

The Long Road Through the Underworld: Hannah Whitten’s For the Throne by Molly Templeton

Read an Excerpt From The Stone Road by Trent Jamieson

Five SF Stories About Long-Vanished Forerunners by James Davis Nicoll

Help Wanted: Summer Jobs and Survival in Mother’s Helper and The Claw  by Alissa Burger

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

Wed Jul 6

More Evil Will Be Coming Our Way! Paramount+ Renews Series for a Fourth Season by Vanessa Armstrong

Lions Drinking With Jackals: Molly Tanzer’s “Grave-Worms” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Here’s How Taika Waititi Decides Who He’ll Play In His Own Projects by Vanessa Armstrong

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

The Wrong Kind of Retro — Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “All Those Who Wander” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

An Adaptation of Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London Series Is In the Works (Again) by Molly Templeton

Ms. Marvel Gives Love a Good Name in “Time and Again” by Leah Schnelbach

Waste of Time — Timecop and Timecop: The Berlin Decision by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Our Recent Past Is No Fun at All For Amazon’s Time-Traveling Paper Girls by Molly Templeton

5 Fantasy Villains You Love to Hate by Adalyn Grace