From Elphaba to Zelma Stanton, witches in pop culture teach us to push back–and raise hell-–in the face of oppression. In this featured essay, Asa West explains how witches can help us to imagine a better world and encourage us to fight against authoritarianism, propaganda, and censorship.
Drawing inspiration from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author Laura Elliott reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction.
Ever wonder what it would be like to have the power of a Mistborn, Surgebinder, or Sand Master? Cole Rush pairs six video games with Brandon Sanderson's various magic systems!
Your standard 9-5 office job is already unglamorous. But if a rogue dragon was also there? Mark Waddell, author of Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World, recommends 5 books with unusual corporate demands.
Ijon Tichy may be Stanislaw Lem's greatest creation–a funny, bumbling, imperfect protagonist who refuses to surrender his optimism in the face of absurdity or despair. Here's where to start with his stories...
In a new featured essay, Don Kaye reappraises Bernard Quatermass, an early star of serialized television and sci-fi horror who would go on to influence John Carpenter, Doctor Who, and The X-Files 👽
With E.T., Spielberg changed the movie business forever, offering a gentle, uncynical view of family life and growing up in '80s America. It took the world by storm in 1982, but does it still resonate today?
A minor deva drudging away in the gleaming offices of Buddhist heaven discovers there are easier ways to improve his karma than kind thoughts and spiritual deeds.
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