What does this quote make you think about? What "future" is already here? 🤔🌎 #Future #World #SpecFic

How terrifying is this idea? Is complete silence fathomable to you? 👽🌌📡 #Space #Aliens #SpecFic

Which recent trend in speculative media deserves more scholarly attention? 1️⃣ 🌿Folk Horror revival 🕯️ 2️⃣️ 🐙Cosmic Horror resurgence 🌌 3️⃣ 🤖 AI & Machine Consciousness 🧠 4️⃣ 🎨 Indie Game Aesthetics 👾 5️⃣ 📜 New Weird / Liminal Spaces 📽️ 6️⃣ Other: Comment below! 📊 Show results

The most haunting piece of art i\'ve ever seen is... 1️⃣ 🌉 The Scream by Edvard Munch 😱 2️⃣️ 🩸 Saturn Devouring His Son by Goya 🍴 3️⃣ ☁️ The Son of Man by Magritte 🍏 4️⃣ 🐜 The Persistence of Memory by Dalí 🕰️ 5️⃣ 🎨 Judith Slaying Holofernes by Gentileschi 🕯️ 📊 Show results

The scariest villain isn’t a creature — it’s… 1️⃣ 🍎 President Snow from Panem 🏹 2️⃣️ 🃏 The Joker 🃏 3️⃣ 🍄 The Cordyceps 🌿 4️⃣ 🍷 Hannibal Lecter 👨‍⚕️ 5️⃣ 🤫Annie Wilkes 🧺 6️⃣ Other: Comment Below! 📊 Show results

#Holidays #NewYear #SpecFic #SFF #HappyHolidays

🏘️👀🤝😶🔪Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery reminds us that the most terrifying monsters aren’t supernatural; they’re communal. By disguising violence as tradition, Jackson exposes how conformity and ritual can hollow out morality. The horror works because it feels ordinary.

Which do you think deserves the nomination? 🌏🏆 #GoldenGlobes #Nominations

Who else is excited for this release? Do you think it will go outperform the Game of Thrones prequel "House of the Dragon" ⚔️🩸🏰

For Lit Hub, I rounded up the best book *reviews* of the year. This time, I focused on great openers. Criticism is literature! lithub.com/the-10-best-...

With the next Avatar film on the horizon, I keep coming back to Pandora as a living speculative world—part myth, part ecological warning. Curious how Fire and Ash will reshape our understanding of conflict, nature, and identity. Thoughts? 🌱🔥 #Avatar #SFStudies

Predators or Aliens? Which are you facing? 👽🩸⚔️ #Horror #ThisorThat #Predators #Aliens

What do you think some of Stephen King's horror stories might resemble in today's world? 🎈🤡 #Horror #StephenKing

What does this quote make you feel, or maybe even realize, about reality?? ✨

The most underrated horror film of all time is… 1️⃣ 🧠Possessor 💉 2️⃣️ 📹 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon 🔪 3️⃣ 🏚️ Session 9💡 4️⃣ 🇦🇺Lake Mungo 📸 5️⃣ 🤯 In the Mouth of Madness ✍️ 📊 Show results

The book/game/movie that made me question reality was… 1️⃣ House of Leaves 👻 2️⃣️ Dark Matter 🌌 3️⃣ Neuromancer 💻 4️⃣ The Lathe of Heaven🧠 5️⃣ Dune🏜️ 6️⃣ Other: Tell us below! 📊 Show results

"Fever Dream" is a short, unsettling novella about a dying woman and a young boy in a rural clinic, told through fragmented, urgent dialogue. 🏥🩸💤 Check it out! @samantaschweblin.bsky.social

Calling all creators‼️ What are you working on right now that deserves a spotlight? 💫✏️📖

🖥️🔌🤳💫🧩🚨🌆 Welcome to Frightful Friday Series: What stood out to you most when comparing the Ghost in the Shell manga to its adaptations? Thoughts on the role of speculative fiction in manga? #Manga #SpeculativeFiction #Cyberpunk #SciFiManga #MangaTalk #BookToManga

Which would you pick? 🌏🎤 #GoldenGlobes #Nominations

For those who have read the "Wicked" book and seen the movies: Do you prefer the book over the movies? What aspects are your favorite? 📚 #Wicked #Reading #WizardOfOz #Oz

The Golden Globes, typically an indicator of which movies could win at the Academy Awards, will air in January.

📚 🔥Throwback Issue: Studies in the Fantastic #15! Revisit one of our standout editions, featuring: • Viral terror & touch in the Annabelle films • Patriarchy from The Witch to The Love Witch • And More! Read here: utampapress.org/product/stud... #ThrowbackIssue #HorrorStudies #SpeculativeFiction

The best world-building I’ve ever encountered was in… 1️⃣ 👑 Lord of the Rings 🌳 2️⃣️ 🐺 Game of Thrones 🛡️ 3️⃣ 💙 Avatar 🌌 4️⃣ ⚔️ The Witcher 🐺 5️⃣ 🏜️ Dune 🐛 6️⃣ 💬 Other: Comment below ✍️ 📊 Show results

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague.” — Edgar Allan Poe #EdgarAllanPoe #Death #Life #Poet

If you teach speculative fiction, which subgenre sparks the most classroom discussion? 1️⃣ ⛓️ Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic🔥 2️⃣️ 🤖 Science Fiction 🚀 3️⃣ 🐉 Fantasy 🔮 4️⃣ 🕰️ Alternate History / Time Travel 📜 5️⃣ 👻 Horror / Dark Fantasy 🌑 6️⃣ 📚 Other: Comment Below! ❓ 📊 Show results

What do you think it is about the unknown that is so terrifying to humanity? 🌑💫 #Fear #Emotion #Unknown #SpecFic

Monstrosity, identity, or play — which fascinates you most about how we define ‘the monster’? 1️⃣ Monstrosity 👹 2️⃣️ Identity 🧠 3️⃣ Play 🎮 4️⃣ Other: Comment Below! 📊 Show results

New on the Studies in the Fantastic blog!💫🩸📖 Rivers of Blood: Racial Capitalism and the Emergence of the British Asian Vampire Ami Nisa's essay explores the powerful emergence of the British Asian vampire in media! utampapress.org/rivers-of-bl... @horrorstudies.bsky.social #Vampire #Blog #SFF

How do you engage with the Fantastic most? 1️⃣ Reading 📖 2️⃣️ Researching 📚 3️⃣ Teaching 👩‍🏫 4️⃣ Creating ✍️ 📊 Show results

The ending that ruined me was... 1️⃣ 🏰Game of Thrones🐉 2️⃣️ 🧟‍♀️The Last of Us 🩸 3️⃣ 🔍Dexter🚨 4️⃣ 👠The Wizard of Oz🌪️ 5️⃣ 🎈It Chapter Two 🤡 6️⃣ Other: Comment Below 📊 Show results

❄️🐉⚔️ Did You Know? Game of Thrones Edition #GameOfThrones #MediaStudies #FantasyResearch

🚨 Calling all scholars and artists! 🎨📖🧬🌘 Have new art, research, or writing in speculative fiction or horror studies? DM us, we’d love to feature your work. #CallForSubmissions #SpeculativeFiction #HorrorStudies #ArtSubmissions

“Neuromancer” wasn’t just a novel, it was the stepping stone for everything from The Matrix to the way we imagine cyberspace and cyberpunk today. Agree? #Neuromancer #Cyberpunk #CyberpunkCulture @kegill.bsky.social @socialistshelf.bsky.social @thespaceshipper.com

I genuinely signed up for libro.fm just to listen to this specific audiobook. It was worth it.

Write like no one will read it. Edit like everyone will quote it. You'll be unstoppable! 🚀 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky

Is Dracula simply a document of late Victorian gender panic? 🩸⚰️ Dracula was written when there were anxieties surrounding gender roles. Some read this tale as revolving around rescuing the pure woman (Mina) and executing the sexualized one (Lucy). Do you agree? 🧐 #Dracula #SpecFic #GenderRoles

What do you think about this new adaptation of Dracula: a Love Tale?🩸🧛‍♂️⚰️ Does it give Dracula the backstory every monster deserves? #Dracula #Vampire #DraculaALoveTale #Adaptation

❤️🔥📕⚡🧠 Strange worlds, sharp minds, Issue 19 is now live. Delve into the fantastic: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55643 utampapress.org/product/stud...

The moment I realized horror could be beautiful was when… 1️⃣ Stunning cinematography made the gore art. 🎥 2️⃣️ I understood the monster was a metaphor. 🧠 3️⃣ The raw human emotion eclipsed the fear. 💔 4️⃣ Cosmic horror showed me terrifying grandeur. 🌌 5️⃣ Other: Comment Below! 💬 📊 Show results

The first time I empathized with the monster was… 1️⃣ When its creator abandoned it. 💔 2️⃣️ When I saw it suffering from its curse. 🤕 3️⃣ When its actions were purely defensive. 🛡️ 4️⃣ When it just wanted love or acceptance. ❤️ 5️⃣ Other: Comment below 📊 Show results

How does this quote from Frankenstein make you feel? What does it tell you? #Frankenstein #Horror

What do you think this quote from Bram Stoker's Dracula implies?🩸 Karma? The undead? Let us know below. #Horror #Dracula #Adaptations

The monster that says the most about humanity is… 1️⃣ 🧑‍🔬 Frankenstein's Monster🧵 2️⃣️ 🏰 Dracula🍷 3️⃣ 🧤Freddy Krueger 😴 4️⃣ 🔪 Michael Myers 🎃 5️⃣ 🎈Pennywise 🤡 6️⃣ Other: Comment below and tell us why! 📊 Show results

🌱🎮💚📚✨ Did you know? 📢 New Issue Alert! #SpeculativeFiction #MediaStudies #GameStudies @journal.transformativeworks.org @scifireader.bsky.social @sffreview.bsky.social @sequentialscholars.bsky.social @horrorlex.bsky.social @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social

✨ Welcome to our This or That series: Share your pick and tell us why—drop a comment or vote in our poll! #FilmStudies #HarryPotter #TheJoker

This or That: Villain origin story 😈 or ambiguous morality 🌀 🔴 Villain origin story 🔵 Ambiguous morality 📊 Show results

One of the things I love about Apple TV+ investing in great shows (including those in speculative fiction) is that they're investing in CREATIVES, and that is absolutely the wheelhouse Steve Jobs operated in. The merger of creativity and advancement. Feels like they understood the assignment.

What did you think about the new Frankenstein movie? 🧟‍♂️🩸 The way this adaptation focuses on forgiveness, trauma and human connection truly makes it a masterpiece. But does it take away from the true, threatening horror of the 1931 movie or even Mary Shelley's original book? 🧐 #Frankenstein

🤍✨ Hot off the press — Issue 19 is out! 💜 Don’t miss this sneak peek from “Weak Men and Strong Women” by Kenzie Gordon and Sarah Stang. 🌙📜 Read here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/235/arti... @kenzitronic.bsky.social @sarahstang.bsky.social #GameStudies #GenderedViolence #FeministCritique