Finally hit season 5 of Babylon 5 and... boy, right off a cliff, hey?

Can you read English cursive? Ever wanted to volunteer from the comfort of home for a useful cause? Have I got an offer for you... The Newberry Library in Chicago is always in need of transcribers to help decipher historical handwritten documents. If this is you, learn more about it below:

Few have contributed as much to our understanding of the genre as Alexandra Heller-Nicholas. This is a reminder that even the most accomplished people can be struggling in ways we don't know about - Alex needs a boost if you can spare a little kindness.

I am loath to do this, but I need your help. My 20+ year marriage has unexpectedly imploded. There's a kid involved. Aside from Lupus, Autism and a shitty 2009 Mazda, I have nothing. Things are fairly desperate right now, so if you can help out now in any way at all I'd be really grateful ❤️

Alexandra is one of Australia's finest film critics, with an infectious joy for cinema. Please consider dropping her a few bucks, things sound pretty horrid and you'll feel good about yourself all day.

New episode of SciFrights out now with guest @travisjj.bsky.social We talk all things John Carpenter, with a bit of a tangent about some formative childhood viewing experiences.

The funniest thing about this is she didn't quit over any of the vile shit that Sandilands has said and done over the years, it was because he made fun of astrology.

Woke up to find I've been added to a blocklist by some random AI evangelist.

This is amazing.

Snakeskin Press is proud to reveal the title of its first publication: PROMETHEUS: A FUTURISTIC QUEER HORROR ANTHOLOGY. PROMETHEUS is the first volume of SNAKESKIN TALES and features 16 authors. It's steeped in queerness, with diverse rep, all the subgenres of horror you can think of. 🌈📚️ 📚️😱

I've been working my way through Babylon 5, having dipped in and out of it over the years but generally bounced off, and man, it's a real curate's egg. Much to admire, much to criticise. Can't fault its ambition, though. And Jurasik and Katsulas are fantastic.

A historical fumble, perhaps only beaten by how the ABC didn't think Bluey merch rights were worth holding onto.

There'll be a Stan miniseries within 18 months. Possibly Binge.

If you help me make this movie. You'll become a producer, and at a certain level you can get a portion of the money we net selling the film. It's an actual investment, not just a way to be nice to me. www.gofundme.com/f/help-scout...

I don't think it's doomsaying to note that we're on the brink of some truly epochal changes and that, whatever the world looks like on the other side of all this, there's not gonna be a normal to go back to.

Bet they get real cagey when you ask 'em about emperors, though.

Crazy but true: Preston Sturges was born Edmund Preston Biden, and was likely a distant relative of Joe Biden; his second wife—whom he eloped with over her parents’ objections—was the daughter of Marjorie Merriweather Post, who built & originally owned Mar-a-Lago in the 1920s with her husband.

1– Hey everyone. This is something hard to ask. It’s very personal but I’m going to have to be straight forward because I don’t know where else to ask. Truly, I don’t. My brother took his own life. The funeral is *literally* across the country and I need to be there by Monday.

Did you know you can grab all three ebooks in the Tales From The Gulp for only AU$12.50 (~US$9.00) directly from me? I get all the royalties, you get all the horror. Surely the greatest deal going. (Signed paperback deal also available.) #WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky

Critics: you don't have to review Harry Potter 2.0 either. Unless it's a staff gig and the orders come down graven in stone, you can - and should - ignore the fucking thing.

Writing takes longer than reading. This is broadly applicable.

Some old covers. #sonjasunday

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is pretty good for a movie that should have been shot over weekends for about two years for under half a mil. Unfortunately, it wasn't.

Please join us on 12th April 2026 at 6.30 pm BST, online, for a very special event in the We Keep Telling series, the launch of "Rain Was Once A Promise" by Lama Alharazin, published by @zinesfromgaza in March 2026. buytickets.at/sdhepress/21...

I'm a big fan of all involved, but Jennifer Kent confidently saying on Blank Check that Australia is classless made me laugh my fucking ass off.

Ba-bow.

One birthday, two great artists: Brian Bolland and Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Bolland drew one of my early DC stories (the science-fiction short "Falling Down To Heaven") and Garcia-Lopez drew my first full-length superhero story in BRAVE AND THE BOLD. How lucky was I? Happy birthday to both of them!

They're gonna put the kids on puberty blockers.

It should never be forgotten that MEL BROOKS had the World Premiere of BLAZING SADDLES (1974) take place at the Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank, Los Angeles for 250 invited guests - ALL ON HORSEBACK.

It's Akira Kurosawa's birthday, so in honour of that, as always, here is that picture of him visiting the set of Kindergarten Cop

It’s Akira Kurosawa’s birthday. This is what it’s all about.

We’ve told all the casting agents that the Weird Al biopic sequel is currently on hold, but they just keep sending in headshots.

Much to my delight and appreciation, my shop stock is steadily being depleted! If you'd like to help make some room for whatever awesome stuff is going to come next, these are almost gone! Specifically there are: 4 Drapers, 4 Quints, 2 Brides, and 1 Carrie left! www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products

My new novel – Model Actress Whatever – is due from Titan Books in May. I’ve commissioned a series of mock-up comic book covers from ace artist Paul McCaffrey to visualise the world of MAW. More details here ... johnnyalucard.com/2024/11/01/n...

Make sure you check out Netflix's The Dinosaurs to hear Morgan Freeman say "thagomizer". A tiny delight.

Oh, hey, this is fucking incredible.

RIP Sam Kieth. What an artist.

I'm great with kids. Honest.

The Maxx was on SBS on Saturday nights along with Eat Carpet and Liquid Television, leaving a permanent mark on a generation of Australians waiting for the drugs to kick in before they went to the club. RIP, Sam Kieth.

Fun fact: the werewolf howl is taken from An American Werewolf in London, which may be the first time a movie was sampled for a video game (if I'm wrong, let me know).

Also, did this article the other day! KNB EFX's work on John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1994) Once again, the article in the link has many more images and info on how the film's effects were made! makeupeffectsarchive.blogspot.com/2026/03/in-m...

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

This kid is 20.

Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.

I wrote this dive into the world of Daggerheart third-party ecosystem last year but the publisher for it ended up falling through. I hoped to find another but the piece has been sitting in my drafts for long enough that I felt it ought be published while it's timely www.multiplier.au/daggerhearts...

I've done a lot of really engaging press about 1000 Women in Horror this past week, but this interview with the great Heather O Petrocelli at Phantasm Mag especially dives DEEP