January 2023

Tue Jan 31

Check Out These Behind-The-Scenes Clips Before Knock At the Cabin Comes Out Friday by Vanessa Armstrong

How a Vampire Got Her Punk Rock Groove Back: Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen by Mahvesh Murad

New DC Studios Heads James Gunn and Peter Safran Reveal Their First Ten Projects by Molly Templeton

Weird Cosmologies and Unsubtle Monsters: The Shared Terrors of H.P. Lovecraft and Christopher Pike by Sarah McCarry

Why Do People Still Balk at Animation and How Can We Change Their Minds? by Cole Rush

FX Cancels Kindred After Just One Season by Molly Templeton

Reading The Wheel of Time: New Old Faces in Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 12) by Sylas K Barrett

Five YA SFF Books Featuring Crews You’ll Want to Join by Shannon Dittemore

Magic, Monsters, and Mayhem: Revealing Richard Kadrey & Cassandra Khaw’s The Dead Take the A Train by Tor.com

Mon Jan 30

Viking Wolf Trailer Suggests a Dark, Lupine Tale From the Woods of Norway by Vanessa Armstrong

Sisterhood, Subversion, and Sacrifice in Rebecca Roanhorse’s Tread of Angels by Maya Gittelman

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

Read an Excerpt From Fonda Lee’s Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

John Scalzi and R.F. Kuang Are 2023 Alex Awards Winners! by Molly Templeton

From Comedy to Horror: The Transformations of Teen Wolf by Judith Tarr

Bad Company: Five Evil SF Corporations by James Davis Nicoll

Jean-Luc Should Trust No One in the Final Season of Star Trek Picard by Molly Templeton

Fri Jan 27

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Is Producing a Series About Working in Hell by Molly Templeton

The Harrowing Journey of The Last of Us Will Continue in a Second Season by Molly Templeton

6 Books to Read While You Wait for Season Two of Yellowjackets by Theresa DeLucci

Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Truth, Part III by Emmet Asher-Perrin

11 Very Good Dogs Who Make Everything Better (Even the End of the World) by Lorna Wallace

Thu Jan 26

Percy Jackson TV Series Casts Its Zeus and Poseidon by Vanessa Armstrong

A Unique Fantasy Adventure: Empire of Exiles by Erin M. Evans by Martin Cahill

Shazam! Fury of the Gods Trailer Has A Dragon and Helen Mirren — What More Could You Want? by Vanessa Armstrong

Get Creeped Out By Cornfields (Again) When a New Children of the Corn Arrives in March by Molly Templeton

Secrets of the Wilderness: Christopher Pike’s Spellbound and Fall Into Darkness  by Alissa Burger

Five SF Works About Ruined Civilizations by James Davis Nicoll

Netflix’s We Have a Ghost Is a Movie About Being Trapped in a House With David Harbour by Molly Templeton

What Makes a Story Comforting? by Molly Templeton

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Six by Lyndsey Luther and Paige Vest

Doom Patrol and Titans Will Both End With Their Current Seasons by Molly Templeton

Leave Your Mark: Revealing How to Be Remembered by Tor.com

Wed Jan 25

Here Are Some of the Spideys (and Universes) We’ll See in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse by Vanessa Armstrong

Barbarian Writer-Director Zach Cregger Closes Eight-Figure Deal For His Next Horror Film, Weapons by Vanessa Armstrong

In the Eye of the Buyer: Adam-Troy Castro’s “Glimpses in Amber” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Frog and Toad Children’s Animated Series Will Premiere on Apple TV+ This Spring by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Rubicon by J. S. Dewes

Where to Start With the Wondrously Strange Stories of Karin Tidbeck by Jonathan Thornton

“Only the most broken people can be great leaders” — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Arrival and Final Destination 5 Are the Same Movie by Leah Schnelbach

Five Ways to Make Sure Technology Doesn’t Get in the Way of Storytelling by James Davis Nicoll

Revealing Nghi Vo’s Mammoths at the Gates, a New Novella in the Singing Hills Cycle by Tor.com

Tue Jan 24

A Vivid and Gripping Quest: The Keeper’s Six by Kate Elliott by Liz Bourke

The Horror Writers Association Releases the 2022 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot by Vanessa Armstrong

Admiring Five of Fantasy’s Best Cats by Cole Rush

A Different Approach to Juvenile SF: Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein by Alan Brown

How To Sell a Haunted House: So You’ve Bought a Haunted House… Now What? by Grady Hendrix

Everything Everywhere All at Once Leads This Year’s Oscar Nominations by Molly Templeton

Reading The Wheel of Time: Unexpected Attacks in Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 11) by Sylas K Barrett

Ryka Aoki and Rivers Solomon Win the 2021 Otherwise Award by Molly Templeton

Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ General Krell Arc Is a Treatise on Humanity, Loyalty, Duty, and War by Dan Persons

Revealing System Collapse, a New Murderbot Novel From Martha Wells by Tor.com

Mon Jan 23

Pulp Horror and Shared Trauma: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix by Lee Mandelo

Trailer for Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special Shows Lots of Wonderful, NSFW Loving by Vanessa Armstrong

She Came From The Woods Trailer Confirms That Summer Camp Is Still a Murderous Affair by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo

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

Learning to Love Paper Books Again by James Davis Nicoll

Woman and Wolf: Alice Borchardt’s The Silver Wolf by Judith Tarr

Definitely Some Thieves, Maybe Not So Much Honor in the Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Trailer by Molly Templeton

Monsters, Snow, and Survival: Five Horror Stories Set During Winter by Lorna Wallace

A Queer Tale of Cosmic Horror: Revealing Lina Rather’s A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Tor.com

Fri Jan 20

Stephen King’s The Boogeyman Moves From Hulu to Theatrical Release by Vanessa Armstrong

Allen Demands a Specific Date for Season 2 in New Invincible Trailer by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Queen Among the Dead by Lesley Livingston

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

Five Stories About Accepting Help From Supernatural Sources by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Jan 19

Outlander Will End With Its Eighth Season — But a Prequel Series Is Officially Coming by Molly Templeton

Mr. Breakfast Serves a Banquet to Jonathan Carroll’s Fans by Matthew Keeley

Frances Hardinge’s Unraveller Unties a Complex Knot of History, Anger, and Change by Molly Templeton

The Big Door Prize Trailer Wants You to Work Up to Your Potential by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From TJ Klune’s In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: 12 Works You May Have Missed in 2022 by Alex Brown

There Are Too Many Ghostfaces on the Subway in the Trailer for Scream VI by Molly Templeton

Every Book in Its Right Time by Molly Templeton

Africa Risen Receives NAACP Image Award Nomination for Outstanding Literary Work by Molly Templeton

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Five by Lyndsey Luther and Paige Vest

M3GAN 2.0 Will Menace 2025 by Molly Templeton

Wed Jan 18

Mind-Reading Doesn’t Always Help: Hilary Mantel’s Beyond Black (Part 1) by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Read an Excerpt From Wild Massive by Scotto Moore

Hello Tomorrow! Trailer Gives Us a Retro Future Where Selling Lunar Timeshares Has a Dark Side by Vanessa Armstrong

A Film Adaptation of Hunter’s Run — Co-Authored by George R. R. Martin, Daniel Abraham, and Gardner Dozois — Is in the Works by Molly Templeton

Something Old Yet New: Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire by Alex Brown

We Need a Little Hopepunk: Why Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers Would Make for Excellent TV by Cole Rush

30 SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2023 by Christina Orlando

Room to Play: The Real Surprise of HBO’s The Last of Us by Theresa DeLucci

Netflix’s 2023 Movie Preview Is a Mixed Bag by Molly Templeton

Five Cautionary Tales About Artificial Intelligence by James Davis Nicoll

Professional Nerd Stephen Colbert Is Producing a Chronicles of Amber Series by Molly Templeton

How to Cook and Eat the Rich by Sunyi Dean

Tue Jan 17

Congrats to the 2023 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees! by Vanessa Armstrong

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

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Really Wants To Fight in Marvel’s Thunderbolts by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Exclusive Excerpt From Kelly Barnhill’s The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

Will Channing Tatum Get Sexy With a Pottery Wheel in a Ghost Remake? by Molly Templeton

Joking With Therapy Chatbots by Melissa Kagen

How To Sell a Haunted House: The Pros and Cons of Ghost Tourism by Grady Hendrix

Chucky and Reginald the Vampire Will Keep Haunting Syfy by Molly Templeton

Reading The Wheel of Time: Everyone Wants a Piece of Mat in Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 10) by Sylas K Barrett

TNT Won’t Air Snowpiercer’s Fourth and Final Season by Molly Templeton

The Triumph of the Id: The Company of Wolves by Judith Tarr

The Mandalorian Will Show Grogu the Galaxy When Season 3 Returns in March by Molly Templeton

Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti Reunite in The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older by Tor.com

Fri Jan 13

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Trailer Teases an Utterly Delightful-Looking Animated Series by Vanessa Armstrong

Disney Gives Phineas and Ferb a 40-Episode Revival by Vanessa Armstrong

It’s Happening Again In the Trailer for Season 2 of Yellowjackets by Molly Templeton

A Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Series Is in the Works by Molly Templeton

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

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

CameOH MY: Five Excellent George Takei Voice Acting Roles by Cole Rush

Thu Jan 12

Read an Excerpt From Another Dimension of Us by Mike Albo

Ghosts Will Haunt CBS for a Third Season by Molly Templeton

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

Sarah Michelle Gellar Faces a New Kind of Supernatural Horror in the Trailer for Wolf Pack by Molly Templeton

Winter Chills: R.L. Stine’s The Snowman and Caroline B. Cooney’s Freeze Tag  by Alissa Burger

Attack the Block’s Joe Cornish Brings Ghost-Hunting to Netflix with Lockwood & Co. by Molly Templeton

In Search of New Reading Rituals by Molly Templeton

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Four by Lyndsey Luther and Paige Vest

Wed Jan 11

Letitia Wright Says Black Panther 3 Is in the Works by Vanessa Armstrong

Trailer for Velma Gives Us Glimpse of This New Rendition of the Scooby Gang by Vanessa Armstrong

Night Swim, A Horror Movie Centered Around a Swimming Pool, Will Star Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon by Vanessa Armstrong

We Want Ghosts — No, Wait, Not Like That: Fitz-James O’Brien’s “What Was It? A Mystery” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Jena Malone Plays Peek-a-Boo With Creepy Nuns in Consecration by Molly Templeton

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

We Don’t Need Another Hero — Black Adam by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction for December 2022 by Alex Brown

Five SFF Worlds Threatened by Endless Winter by James Davis Nicoll

Time: Marked and Mended by Carrie Vaughn

Tue Jan 10

Read an Excerpt From Stephen Graham Jones’ Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

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

An Explosion of Ideas: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson by Alan Brown

Fear the Walking Dead Will Shamble to Its End With Season Eight by Molly Templeton

How To Sell a Haunted House: The Economic Realities of Owning a Haunted Property by Grady Hendrix

Reading The Wheel of Time: Sea Folk, Whitecloaks, and a Darkfriend in Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 9) by Sylas K Barrett

The World Is Out to Get Joaquin Phoenix in the Trailer for Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid by Molly Templeton

Remembering Five Authors We Lost Much Too Soon by James Davis Nicoll

Kang Has a Deal to Offer in the Latest Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Trailer by Molly Templeton

Rediscover Martha Wells in City of Bones, Reissued by Tordotcom Publishing by Tor.com

Mon Jan 9

Rebuilding a Better Tomorrow: The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin by Martin Cahill

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

Trailer for Carnival Row’s Second Season Shows Bigotry Is Alive and Well in The Burgue by Vanessa Armstrong

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: Second Season Overview by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Five SFF Books That Offer Unique Takes on Music by Cole Rush

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Wakes Up in a Hellish Hospital in Disquiet by Molly Templeton

Change of Life: Catherine Lundoff’s Wolf’s Point Novels by Judith Tarr

AMC Cancels Pantheon, Despite a Completed Second Season by Molly Templeton

Looking for the Girl With One Shoe: Six Retellings of “Cinderella” by Rachel Ayers

Might We Interest You in a Tor.com Newsletter? by Tor.com

Fri Jan 6

Trailer for Horror Film Sick Suggests Serial Killers Didn’t Rest During the Pandemic by Vanessa Armstrong

Netflix’s Wednesday Will Continue to Be Full of Woe in a Second Season by Molly Templeton

Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for January and February 2023 by Tobias Carroll

Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Fifth Elephant, Part IV by Emmet Asher-Perrin

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

Thu Jan 5

New Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy for January & February 2023 by Alex Brown

Michael Giacchino to Direct Remake of 1950s Sci-Fi Monster Movie, Them! by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Rebel, Brave and Brutal by Shannon Dittemore

It All Comes Together at the End of Star Trek: Prodigy’s First Season by Keith R.A. DeCandido

In Poker Face, Natasha Lyonne’s Intuition Is Not Like a Tampon Commercial by Molly Templeton

SF and Fantasy Governments: A Semi-Scientific Survey by James Davis Nicoll

The Case for Touching All Your Books by Molly Templeton

Nicholas Hoult Has the Boss from Hell in the First Trailer for Renfield by Molly Templeton

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Three by Lyndsey Luther and Paige Vest

Wed Jan 4

Here’s a Rundown of the Bewitching Cast in Marvel’s Disney+ Series, Agatha: Coven of Chaos by Vanessa Armstrong

The CW’s Final Flash Season Will See Stephen Amell Back as Arrow’s Oliver Queen by Vanessa Armstrong

Joy Is Joy, Even at the End of the World: N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became (Part 15) by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Read an Excerpt From Unraveller by Frances Hardinge

Trailer for SYFY’s The Ark Shows Things Aren’t Going So Great On This Generation Spaceship by Vanessa Armstrong

Mommy Doesn’t Look So Good in the Trailer for Evil Dead Rise by Molly Templeton

Here’s Another Clue for Us All: Glass Onion Is a Multifaceted Mystery by Leah Schnelbach

There’s a New Crisis in Apple’s Sneak Peek at Foundation’s Second Season by Molly Templeton

“Things start to fall apart when you stop caring” — Samaritan by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Land Beyond Spacetime: Dinosaurs and Cosmic Horror by Fletcher Wortmann

Pedro Pascal Is Happy to “Double Dip” With The Mandalorian and The Last of Us by Molly Templeton

Five Works of SFF That Draw on Greek Mythology by Cole Rush

Tue Jan 3

A Hammer Horror Classic: The Curse of the Werewolf by Judith Tarr

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

“Love Takes a Million Forms”: His Dark Materials’ Series Finale by Tyler Dean

Four Surprise Cameos in SFF Cover Art by James Davis Nicoll

Things Get Real Weird Down Under in Hulu’s Koala Man by Molly Templeton

7 Escapist Adventure Fantasy Books by A.K. Larkwood

Netflix Ends 1899’s Journey After One Season by Molly Templeton

What’s the First Line of the First Book You’re Reading in 2023? by Stubby the Rocket