This blog post connects the heavy metal song "Death and Glitz" by Avatar to Red Dress Day, exploring media narratives and violence against Indigenous women.

Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time series explores the evolution of empathy and community, featuring uplifted spiders, octopuses, and corvids bridging the gap between conflict and connection. Across the novels, the narrative highlights how shared intelligence and proactive communication, rather than violence, overcome xenophobia and ensure survival against apocalyptic threats.

Explore the surreal horror of Persona by Aoife Josie Clements. A trans woman finds mysterious content of herself in this eerie, eldritch tale of identity.

A review of the Project Hail Mary film and a critique of the white male nerd archetype in sci-fi. Can Hollywood move beyond the same old formula?

Discover R.F. Kuang’s Taipei Story, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s 2026 releases, 2025 Oscar film reflections, and the profound prose of Kai Cheng Thom. Read more here!

Can you fight a war you can’t remember? Discover why qntm’s SCP-inspired ‘There Is No Antimemetics Division’ is a must-read sci-fi masterpiece.

Take care of ourselves, and show up when we can. It sucks we can't solve every problem! But better one at a time, building our strength as we go, than none, and dissolving in an acidic blend of guilt and hopelessness.

These days, queer inclusion in media often boils down to a binary yes-or-no answer. Here's why it's a lot more complex – and interesting – than that.

While I've chosen just two songs to focus on today, there are probably at least a dozen you could point to as being relevant to my topic. After all, Ghost are consistently interested in subverting Catholic themes: so where a church service is all about securing that sweet sweet life after death, Ghost is here to remind you to live your life before death too.

Rest in peace Alex Pretti, Renée Good, the dozens more murdered by ICE; the millions of victims of genocide, civil wars and invasions over the past year.

Back in 1965, Frank Herbert envisioned a world where humanity had overcome its reliance on and subjugation by machines. When will we make that dream a reality?

The Devils is different in many ways to Joe Abercrombie's most famous works, but also falls into a few of the same pitfalls. Is it worth the read?

I love this book; the way it meaningfully brings together real traumatic history with a fascinating personal vampire story.