May 2023

Wed May 31

“That means a man for me”: Hilary Mantel’s Beyond Black (Part 10) by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Read an Excerpt From Hero Me Not by Chesya Burke

You Can Now Watch the Entire First Season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for Free by Vanessa Armstrong

Joe Abercrombie’s Best Served Cold to Get Adaptation, With Rebecca Ferguson and Deadpool Director On Board by Vanessa Armstrong

What Do You Spy in the Title Sequence for Good Omens 2? by Molly Templeton

A Lavish, Crunchy Fantasy: Witch King by Martha Wells by Alex Brown

Eight Movies Featuring the Biggest, Creepiest Bugs by Lorna Wallace

Mandy Moore and Kumail Nanjiani Will Star in Insidious Spinoff Thread by Molly Templeton

Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future Versions of San Francisco by James Davis Nicoll

It’s Turtles vs. Superfly in the Trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem by Molly Templeton

Black Mirror Turns Red (Briefly) in a New Trailer for Season Six by Molly Templeton

Five Authors Who Adapted Others’ Stories (Plus Their Own) by Randee Dawn

Dark Horse Comics Is Releasing a Deluxe Collection of Neil Gaiman’s Entire Norse Mythology by Vanessa Armstrong

Revealing Sky’s End, the YA Fantasy Debut From Marc J Gregson by Tor.com

Tue May 30

Live-Action How To Train Your Dragon Feature Casts Its Astrid and Hiccup by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From The Light at the End of the World by Siddhartha Deb

Jack Quaid to Star in Sci-Fi Thriller, Companion, Produced by Team Behind Barbarian by Vanessa Armstrong

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

Being & Loving The Monster in The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw by Em Nordling

Making Science Fiction Respectable: Tiger by the Tail by Alan E. Nourse by Alan Brown

Shifter Romances, Dragon Style: Elva Birch’s Royal Dragons of Alaska by Judith Tarr

Reading The Wheel of Time: The Unexpected Skill of the Current Age in The Path of Daggers (Part 2) by Sylas K Barrett

The Biggest Character of the Summer Arrives in Boots Riley’s I’m a Virgo by Molly Templeton

Four Works That Are Not SFF, But Feel Like They Could Be… by James Davis Nicoll

Fri May 26

Karen Gillan Takes Us Behind-The-Scenes Of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Whether Marvel Wants Her to or Not by Vanessa Armstrong

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Clip Gives Us Glimpse of Una’s Trial by Vanessa Armstrong

5 SFF Road Trip Stories to Fuel Your Wanderlust by R.W.W. Greene

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

The Pain, Humanity, and Ascension of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” by Mari Ness

Thu May 25

Mortal Kombat Sequel Casts Its Kitana and Jade by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From A Crooked Mark by Linda Kao

“This is the story Anequs told”: To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose by Alex Brown

Barbie Is Basically Neo in the New Trailer for Barbie by Molly Templeton

Do You Know Who Illustrated This Classic Wrinkle in Time Cover? by Molly Templeton

How Do I Talk About Mrs. Davis? by Leah Schnelbach

Place and Tome: On Two Kinds of Unforgettable Reading Experiences by Molly Templeton

Five Books That Help Me Face Anxiety and Feel Better About the World by Cole Rush

Announcing the Shortlist for the 2023 Ignyte Awards by Molly Templeton

Wed May 24

Transformative Disruption: Molly Tanzer’s “Go, Go, Go, Said the Byakee” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Read an Excerpt From The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule

Five Surprisingly Sympathetic Supervillains by James Davis Nicoll

A Reminder That Talking to Ewoks Is the Most Important Thing That Ever Happened in Star Wars by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Did Doctor Who Just Cast Indira Varma as a Time Lord? by Molly Templeton

Get Your First Look at the Lower Decks Crossover in the New Trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds by Molly Templeton

Buzz Buzz! Recommended Reading for the Characters of Yellowjackets by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Five of the Scariest Scenes From Animated Kids Movies by Lorna Wallace

The Wheel of Time Finally Has a Season 2 Premiere Date by Molly Templeton

The Battle Is Heating Up: Revealing Wicked Problems by Max Gladstone by Tor.com

Pretty Good Neighbor by Jeffrey Ford

Tue May 23

Read the First Three Chapters From Kelly Robson’s High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson

Teaser for Skull Island Anime Gives Us Lots of Monsters, Including Kong by Vanessa Armstrong

Forget the Plot, the Characters Were the Reason to Watch DC’s Titans by Monita Mohan

All Hail Aunt Nora, Jumanji’s Adultiest Adult by Melissa Kagen

Five Fantasy Stories in Which the Moon Is More Than a Moon by Cole Rush

Reading The Wheel of Time: It’s Too Late to Turn Back in The Path of Daggers (Part 1) by Sylas K Barrett

Dissecting The Dark Descent: Stephen King’s “The Reach,” and Why Reading Order Matters by Sam Reader

John Wick Meets Dungeons & Dragons: Revealing P. Djèlí Clark’s The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by Tor.com

Mon May 22

Contained Horror on a Generation Ship: Ness Brown’s The Scourge Between Stars by Charles Bonkowsky

Read an Excerpt From Of Light and Shadow by Tanaz Bhathena

An Andy Serkis-Narrated Audiobook of The Silmarillion Is Coming Out in June by Vanessa Armstrong

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

Back to the Future Part II Rewrites the Rules of the Blockbuster Sequel by Dan Persons

Cozy Shapeshifters: Alyssa Day’s Tiger’s Eye Mysteries by Judith Tarr

Five Ways SF Writers Sidestep the Problem of Relativity by James Davis Nicoll

Fri May 19

5 Feel-Good Comfort Reads by James Davis Nicoll

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

Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for May and June 2023 by Tobias Carroll

You Have Seven Days to Watch Willow, Y: The Last Man, and Many More Series That Disney Is Removing From Streaming by Molly Templeton

Thu May 18

The Flash Showrunner Hopes Series Finale Isn’t the End of the Arrowverse by Vanessa Armstrong

An Uncommon Pirate Tale: The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty by Vanessa Armstrong

Patrick Rothfuss Has A New Novella, And You Can Read It This November by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Maeve Fly by CJ Leede

Go Back to the Future With New Episodes of Futurama in July by Molly Templeton

Vignettes of Horror and Thirteen: 13 Tales of Horror by 13 Masters of Horror  by Alissa Burger

Love, Art, and the Unexpected: The Novels and Short Stories of Tove Jansson by Jonathan Thornton

A Few Reading Suggestions for When You Really Ought To Stop Playing Tears of the Kingdom by Molly Templeton

The Nimona Movie Shapeshifts Into Our Hearts Next Month by Molly Templeton

Finding the Perfect Animated Movies for People Who Avoid Cartoons by Cole Rush

Wed May 17

Twister Sequel Gets Its Cast, Which Doesn’t Include Helen Hunt by Vanessa Armstrong

Though She Be but Sixteen, She Is Fierce: That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams by Maura Krause

Final Trailer for The Blackening Suggests Movie Will Be One Worth Watching in the Theater by Vanessa Armstrong

Read the First Two Chapters of S.L. Huang’s The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

The Creator Trailer: New Sci-Fi Film From Rogue One Director Gives Us Evil AI…Or Does It? by Vanessa Armstrong

A Powerful Homecoming: Dead Country by Max Gladstone by Martin Cahill

Slaughterhouse-Five: Revisiting Vonnegut’s Four-Dimensional Masterpiece by Dan Holmes

Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Motorbikes: Yep, It’s a New Trailer for Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One by Molly Templeton

8 Fantasy Books About Working in the Afterlife by Elisa Shoenberger

A Too-Short Five Nights at Freddy’s Teaser Welcomes You to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza by Molly Templeton

The Power of Sight in AMC’s Interview with the Vampire by Ashia Monet

Loki Is Back in October — and Echo Gets an Odd Premiere a Month Later by Molly Templeton

Two Worlds. Two Minds. One Life. Revealing Twice Lived by Joma West by Tor.com

Tue May 16

Arnold Schwarzenegger Wants to the Next Conan to Give Us Unforgiven Vibes by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao

Staving Off Starvation on Ganymede: Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein by Alan Brown

Pairing Five Fantasy Worlds With the Perfect Soundtrack by Ratika Deshpande

Let’s Talk About How the Guardians Attack and Dethrone God… Sort Of by Leah Schnelbach

Listen to the First Two Chapters of Martha Wells’ Witch King by Tor.com

Be Sure You Want to Step Inside Disney’s Haunted Mansion by Molly Templeton

Six Authors Who’ve Successfully Adapted Their Own Work by Randee Dawn

Revealing The Black Girl Survives in This One, a New Anthology of YA Horror by Tor.com

Mon May 15

Movie Trailer for Inland, Starring Mark Rylance, Is Creepy as Heck by Vanessa Armstrong

A Dragon, a Heist, and a Whole Lot of Dangerous Secrets: Dragonfall by L.R. Lam by Liz Bourke

Netflix Cancels Lockwood & Co. Adaptation After One Season by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From The Library of Broken Worlds by Alaya Dawn Johnson

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

A Tiny Teaser Reveals the Episode Titles for the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials by Molly Templeton

Here’s the 2023 Aurora Award Ballot! by Molly Templeton

Body Horror and Folklore: Cassandra Khaw in Coversation With Lee Mandelo by Tor.com

Tor Books Acquires Four Books From Hugo Award-Winning Author Amal El-Mohtar by Tor.com

Expanding the Teen Shapeshifter Genre: Pixar’s Turning Red by Judith Tarr

Five Classic SF Novels Featuring Advanced Body Modifications by James Davis Nicoll

Here Are the Winners of the 2022 Nebula Awards! by Molly Templeton

Revealing Tobias S. Buckell’s The Stranger in the Citadel by Tor.com

Fri May 12

Five Memorable Takes on Artificial Intelligence by Cole Rush

Listen to Snippets From the Audiobook of Christopher Paolini’s Fractal Noise, Read by Jennifer Hale by Tor.com

What Breath of the Wild Can Teach Us About Storytelling (and Life) by Kali Wallace

Thu May 11

The Scream Team Is Making a Monster Movie at Universal, Dan Stevens and Others On Board by Vanessa Armstrong

A Master Class in Atmosphere: Rachel Eve Moulton’s The Insatiable Volt Sisters by Gabino Iglesias

Want To Watch Dungeons & Dragons Stuff 24/7? There Will Soon Be a Channel for That by Vanessa Armstrong

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: April 2023 by Alex Brown

Black Mirror Season Six Has Five Episodes, And Based on Their Descriptions, They’re Properly Effed Up by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From The Judas Blossom by Stephen Aryan

Zombies Take Manhattan in the Trailer for The Walking Dead: Dead City by Molly Templeton

Looking Back on The Owl House by Michele Kirichanskaya

The Magic of the Internet Has Turned This Is How You Lose the Time War Into a Belated Bestseller by Molly Templeton

Building Our Personal Libraries, and the Books We Leave Behind by Molly Templeton

All Empires Fall, But the One in Foundation Is Taking Its Sweet Time by Molly Templeton

Cosmere Cashmere: Finding the Best Fit for Sanderson’s Cosmere Planets by Cole Rush

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things Cannot Get Here Fast Enough by Molly Templeton

Wed May 10

The Horror Comedy Teeth Is Getting a Stage Musical Adaptation And We Have Questions by Vanessa Armstrong

A Plague of Psychic Shows: Hilary Mantel’s Beyond Black (Part 9) by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Animated Babylon 5 Film Has A Name And Will See the Return Of Many An Original Cast Member by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou

A Matter of Death and Death: Jacqueline Holland’s The God of Endings by Molly Templeton

Good Omens 2 Will Heat Up Your Summer Starting in July by Molly Templeton

New Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy for May & June 2023 by Alex Brown

Mother and the Wolf: Maternal Power in Fairy Tales by Julie Phillips

Five Authors Who Wrote Sequels to Someone Else’s Work by James Davis Nicoll

Somebody Must Have Said His Name Too Many Times, Because Beetlejuice 2 Is Officially Happening by Molly Templeton

The Puppetmaster by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Tue May 9

Don’t Look! The Bird Box Universe Is Expanding With Bird Box Barcelona by Vanessa Armstrong

Secrets and Lies and Gods in America: Spring’s Arcana by Lilith Saintcrow by Liz Bourke

Book It! for a New Millennium by Vanessa Armstrong

The First Ten Minutes of Evil Dead Rise Is Available Online, If You Can Handle It by Vanessa Armstrong

The Fall: Read an Excerpt From Martha Wells’ Witch King by Martha Wells

“The Monkey” Is the Next Stephen King Story Headed to the Big Screen by Molly Templeton

SFF Reading Recommendations for the Characters of Ted Lasso by Alex Brown

Reading The Wheel of Time: Sammael and Shadar Logoth in Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 23) by Sylas K Barrett

Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill Team Up for Mike Flanagan’s Next Stephen King Adaptation by Molly Templeton

All Happy Families: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Maternal Journey by Julie Phillips

Three Sharks Are Better Than One in the Trailer for Meg 2: The Trench by Molly Templeton

Mon May 8

Fantastical Horror Rooted in Real History: We Don’t Swim Here by Vincent Tirado by Alex Brown

The Little Mermaid Behind-the-Scenes Clip Gives Us The Real Live-Action Sebastian and Scuttle by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Doctor’s Orders” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 is Messy and Overstuffed, and It’ll Probably Make You Cry by Leah Schnelbach

The Sum of Too Many Fears: Star Trek’s Changelings by Judith Tarr

Five SFF Characters Who Could Have Greatly Benefited From Therapy by James Davis Nicoll

Fri May 5

Deleted Scene From 65 Has Adam Driver Trying to Keep Everyone Calm Inside a Dead Dino by Vanessa Armstrong

Johnny Cage Will Be in Upcoming Mortal Kombat Sequel and Karl Urban Will Likely Play Him by Vanessa Armstrong

Five Television Intros You Just Can’t Skip by Cole Rush

A Secret History Comes Full Circle: Sylvain Neuvel’s For the First Time, Again by Tobias Carroll

Five SFF Stories Featuring Magical Paintings by James Davis Nicoll

Thu May 4

Read an Excerpt From Dual Memory by Sue Burke

Home Sweet Horror: R.L. Stine’s 99 Fear Street Trilogy  by Alissa Burger

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

Jo Walton’s Reading List: April 2023 by Jo Walton

A Reader Is Not a Consumer of Books by Molly Templeton

You All Forgot That Luke Skywalker Is the GOAT by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Wed May 3

Cabbage Patch Kids: C.L. Taylor’s “The Limb Garden” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Read an Excerpt From The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence

J. Michael Straczynski Reveals Babylon 5 Is Getting Animated! by Vanessa Armstrong

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

Shai-Hulud Takes Center Stage in the Dune: Part Two Trailer by Molly Templeton

Diet Culture Dystopia: The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter by Alexis Ong

Sixties Fantasy Sitcoms and the Rise of Cozy Fantasy by R. Nassor

Sweet Tooth Will End With Its Already-Produced Third Season by Molly Templeton

Roleplaying the Craft Sequence: TTRPG Systems to Replicate Max Gladstone’s Universe by Max Gladstone

Life’s a Witch and Then You Die: Revealing The Feast Makers by H. A. Clarke by Tor.com

Tue May 2

Drinking from Graveyard Wells: Yvette Lisa Ndlovu’s Unmissable Debut by Maya Gittelman

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

New Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Video Breaks Down That Portal Heist by Vanessa Armstrong

Suit Up for Battle: Body Armor: 2000, Edited by Joe Haldeman, Charles G. Waugh, and Martin Harry Greenberg by Alan Brown

Why Did Star Trek: Picard’s Final Season Focus On the Wrong Family? by Emmet Asher-Perrin

FX’s Alien Prequel Series Will Star Sydney Chandler by Molly Templeton

Reading The Wheel of Time: Sea Folk, Seanchan, and Shaido in Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 22) by Sylas K Barrett

Black Mirror Makes Its Long-Awaited Return in June by Molly Templeton

Power, Responsibility, and Revenge: Ancillary Justice Ten Years On by Adrienne Martini

Taika Waititi Is in Talks to Direct an Adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun by Molly Templeton

Revealing The Tusks of Extinction, a Tense Eco-Thriller From Author Ray Nayler by Tor.com

Mon May 1

Cult Supernatural Horror Flick Witchboard Is Getting A Remake With Cast And Director Already Attached by Vanessa Armstrong

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

You’ll Be Able to Watch Amazon’s Wheel of Time For Free Before Season Two Premiere by Vanessa Armstrong

Seven Stories About Scary (and Possibly Sentient) Plants by Lorna Wallace

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

Evil Dead Rise Is a Delightful Update to the Series by Leah Schnelbach

Big Cat, Big Trouble: Faith Hunter’s Raven Cursed by Judith Tarr

Five Cautionary SF Tales About Enhanced Intelligence by James Davis Nicoll

Revealing The Siren, the Song, and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall by Tor.com