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The moment you've all been waiting for... Senior Books Editor
@cxorlando.bsky.social
's 30 MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS for 2026!!! Selecting the science fiction, fantasy, and horror reads from the first half of the year you can't miss:
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30 SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2026 - Reactor
And other SFF book highlights for the new year!
https://reactormag.com/30-sff-titles-to-look-forward-to-in-2026/
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A new Ella Enchanted series seems like it will take stronger inspiration from the books
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Disney+ Is Developing an Ella Enchanted Series; Anne Hathaway Is Involved - Reactor
Hathaway starred in the movie adaptation of the book that came out over 20 years ago
https://reactormag.com/disney-ella-enchanted-series-anne-hathaway/
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We hear people are discussing the best 100 books again... not knowing that Reactor has already delivered the final word on this subject
#Booksky
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The Most Iconic Speculative Fiction Books of the 21st Century - Reactor
We surveyed some of our favorite writers and asked them to share their choices for the most iconic books of the 21st century (so far).
https://reactormag.com/the-most-iconic-speculative-fiction-books-of-the-21st-century/
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Outlander's finale delivers an emotional end to a beloved love story ahead of Diana Gabaldon's last book in the series.
@zutsuit.bsky.social
reviews the earnest, the romantic, and the occasionally cheesy of the ending:
#Outlander
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The Outlander Series Finale Brings Jamie and Claire’s Love Story Full Circle - Reactor
Love is a time loop in a finale that puts new meaning into “meant to be.”
https://reactormag.com/tv-review-the-outlander-series-finale-brings-jamie-and-claires-love-story-full-circle/
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I’m so excited to share the cover of my YA fantasy mystery, DEATH IN VERSE! You can read a sneak preview of the opening chapters on Reactor (and if you want more it’s available to request on NetGalley now!) 🎉
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Bloody tears and precognition: Marie NDiaye's novel of witches and conflict across generations has finally arrived for English readers.
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social
reviews this recent entry on the International Booker Prize shortlist
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Traditions and Machinations: The Witch by Marie NDiaye - Reactor
Tobias Carroll reviews a concisely-told story that raises unnerving questions both within and outside of its text.
https://reactormag.com/book-review-the-witch-by-marie-ndiaye/
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“As Mr. Garibaldi says, I think I’ll wait for the movie.” Season 5, episode 12 of Babylon 5 should be more compelling than it is, with Garibaldi's relapse and G’Kar’s rise to fame. But maybe you have different feelings about "The Ragged Edge":
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Babylon 5 Rewatch: “The Ragged Edge” - Reactor
Garibaldi's alcohol problem complicates an investigation, and G'Kar is surprised to find himself a revered religious figure...
https://reactormag.com/babylon-5-rewatch-the-ragged-edge/
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What is the weirdest speculative fiction book, adult or YA, you've read in the last 10 years or so?
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In the modern period drama, everyone talks about situationships and wears the same corset. Historian
@ellerygillian.bsky.social
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The Rise of Wonky Costume Dramas Is Getting Weird - Reactor
Modernity is creeping into historical fiction in increasingly thoughtless ways.
https://reactormag.com/the-rise-of-wonky-costume-dramas-is-getting-weird/
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Equalish Rites
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Lanterns is for fans of grumpy experienced fighters who have to work together with reckless youths. And also for fans of amorphous green goo.
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Lanterns Trailer Shows Off Laura Linney, Superpowers, and Super Attitude - Reactor
We will refrain from making too many
https://reactormag.com/lanterns-teaser-trailer-2-laura-linney/
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Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows struggled on publication. But within a few decades, this story of talking animals and motorcar misadventures had captured the imagination of readers everywhere 🦡🐀🌳
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Epic on the Riverbank: Revisiting The Wind in the Willows - Reactor
Like all great children’s stories, the adventures of Mole and Rat and Mr. Toad speaks to readers of all ages...
https://reactormag.com/epic-on-the-riverbank-the-wind-in-the-willows/
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“Cannes’ craziest movie" involves aliens and the director of The Wailing 👽
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Na Hong-jin’s Alien Invasion Film Hope Gets a First Trailer—and a Possible Sequel - Reactor
The new film from the director of The Wailing is coming this fall
https://reactormag.com/na-hong-jin-hope-teaser-trailer/
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If you're a lifelong reader, chances are you've spent a fair amount of time getting lost in the overstuffed shelves of your favorite used bookstores;
@jdnicoll.bsky.social
looks back at his favorite spots for literary treasure hunting!
#Booksky
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Let's Talk About Our Favorite Used Bookstores - Reactor
Here's to digging for treasure in the endless shelves of bookstores past and present…
https://reactormag.com/lets-talk-about-our-favorite-used-bookstores/
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Tobias Carroll
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This week at
@reactorsff.bsky.social
, I wrote about Maile Chapman's THE SPOIL, which goes to subtly disquieting places in ways I didn't realize were possible.
reactormag.com/book-review-...
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In the Hallucinatory Outskirts: The Spoil by Maile Chapman - Reactor
Tobias Carroll reviews a novel about "the challenges of wrapping our minds around what had previously been unthinkable."
https://reactormag.com/book-review-the-spoil-by-maile-chapman/
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Also at
@reactorsff.bsky.social
, I wrote about the early 90s SF series Wild Palms, which is well worth tracking down (and which I genuinely hope gets a proper streaming release one of these days.)
reactormag.com/wild-palms-r...
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Dispatches From the State Perceptory: The Unruly Legacy of Wild Palms - Reactor
A cult TV show that gives us a portal to the '90s and a prescient view of our present.
https://reactormag.com/wild-palms-retrospective/
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Obsession is a love story, but far from a romance.
@rubigb.bsky.social
reviews a new horror movie from the director of Milk & Serial:
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Obsession Makes an Old Story New Again With Astonishing Acting - Reactor
This new take on a "be careful what you wish for" premise is dark as it gets.
https://reactormag.com/obsession-movie-review/
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This weekend, we are bogmaxxing. And big-bookmaxxing.
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What to Watch and Read This Weekend: The Bogs are Trending and the Trees are Calling - Reactor
Plus: Some good news about how your favorite art is keeping you alive
https://reactormag.com/what-to-watch-read-this-weekend-may-15-2026/
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Today's Classic Cover of the Day is Port Eternity by CJ Cherryh! This 1982 DAW edition was illustrated by Ken Kelly, who was also commissioned to create art for Conan the Barbarian, Tarzan, and Kiss.
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Welcome back, Murderbot! To celebrate the release of Platform Decay,
@mbyrd.bsky.social
asked
@marthawells.com
about emotional growth, The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon, and what's next for our favorite SecUnit
#Murderbot
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Martha Wells on Platform Decay, Found Families, and What's Next for Murderbot - Reactor
"I kind of feel like I've taken it to a place where Murderbot is in a really good place right now."
https://reactormag.com/martha-wells-on-platform-decay-found-families-and-whats-next-for-murderbot/
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HOLY HELL WE GOT A NEW POST AT
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! LFGOOOOOOOO Also if you haven't been able to tell since I've been booksplaining again, might be another one I'm almost sending off.
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Split Perspective: Seven Uniquely Memorable Books With Multiple Narrators - Reactor
Works that weave a variety of viewpoints into strange and unforgettable stories...
https://reactormag.com/split-perspective-seven-uniquely-memorable-books-with-multiple-narrators/
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J.R. Dawson
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I have a Patreon, & all tiers can see Deep Dive into my
@reactorsff.bsky.social
short story, "This is Not My Timeline." I chat about what inspired this story, what you can do to help the queer community, and how a story from
@charliejane.bsky.social
changed my life.
www.patreon.com/posts/deep-d...
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Deep Dive: "This is Not My Timeline" | J.R. Dawson
Deep Dive: "This is Not My Timeline" by J.R. Dawson on Patreon. Join J.R. Dawson's community for exclusive content and updates.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/deep-dive-this-158298537?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
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Tobias Carroll
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Many thanks to
@leahschnelbach.bsky.social
at
@reactorsff.bsky.social
for letting me write at length about Wild Palms, a prestige miniseries that aired in the wake of Twin Peaks and has a lot to say about technology, surveillance, and corporate power.
reactormag.com/wild-palms-r...
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Dispatches From the State Perceptory: The Unruly Legacy of Wild Palms - Reactor
A cult TV show that gives us a portal to the '90s and a prescient view of our present.
https://reactormag.com/wild-palms-retrospective/
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Isabel J. Kim
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does anyone want to read a normal book. okay, two chapters from a normal book. okay, two chapters from a non normal book. what were we talking about.
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Would you kill your double? Don't ask Soyoung Rose Kang. She might have an answer in mind. We're thrilled to share an excerpt from
@isabel.kim
's Sublimation, coming June 2nd from
@torbooks.bsky.social
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Read an Excerpt From Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim - Reactor
Doppelgängers, corporate intrigue, heartbreak, betrayal, and the harsh permanence of the border.
https://reactormag.com/excerpts-sublimation-by-isabel-j-kim/
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"It is a rare occasion when the backmatter of a novel leads you to reconsider much of what you’ve just read."
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social
reviews Maile Chapman's The Spoil, a book sprouting bugs, timelines, and hauntings while daring the reader to follow it down:
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In the Hallucinatory Outskirts: The Spoil by Maile Chapman - Reactor
Tobias Carroll reviews a novel about "the challenges of wrapping our minds around what had previously been unthinkable."
https://reactormag.com/book-review-the-spoil-by-maile-chapman/
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Things take a turn for the metatextual in the newest episode of The Terror: Devil in Silver–have your book club edition of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ready.
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
discusses episode two!
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The Terror: Devil in Silver Is Altering the Themes of Its Source Material in "Disturbed" - Reactor
The rat will, sadly, not be getting a POV episode.
https://reactormag.com/tv-review-the-terror-devil-in-silver-disturbed/
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Will the upcoming Lanterns show provide a backstory on Guy Gardner's bowl cut?
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Lanterns Showrunner Explains How His Show Fits Into the Current DCU Timeline - Reactor
What's Guy Gardner doing in a Very Serious Detective Program?
https://reactormag.com/lanterns-timelines-dcu-guy-gardner/
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13 seasons of Doctor Who are coming to AMC+!
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A Lot of Doctor Who Will Soon Be Streaming on AMC+ - Reactor
Let me explain... No, there is too much. Let me summarize
https://reactormag.com/doctor-who-streaming-amc-plus/
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NEW WORDS BY ME NEXT WEEK :D also god i love the art for this story so much...
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Isabel J. Kim
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books actually weigh a lot. is anyone looking into this.
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A time-traveling transgalactic delivery worker's latest parcel has less to do with galactic events, and more to do with her own personal history. Next week. "The Perpetual Post" by
@isabel.kim
! Art by Yiran Jia Edited by
@englelaird.bsky.social
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What Twin Peaks was to the police procedural, Wild Palms was to noir.
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social
reflects on your "cult favorite's cult favorite," examining near-future cultural horrors and early explorations of cyberspace:
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Dispatches From the State Perceptory: The Unruly Legacy of Wild Palms - Reactor
A cult TV show that gives us a portal to the '90s and a prescient view of our present.
https://reactormag.com/wild-palms-retrospective/
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Fighting vampires? Grab a stake. Pursued by werewolves? Better melt down some silver. But what can you do when the thing hunting you is a seemingly unstoppable creature, curse, or malevolent force? Here are 5 books and stories about inescapable threats!
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Five Horror Stories About Unstoppable, Inescapable Forces - Reactor
How can you hope to defeat a curse or monster that's utterly relentless?
https://reactormag.com/five-horror-stories-about-unstoppable-forces/
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If you find a particular scene in episode two of The Terror: Devil in Silver to be unusually gross...director Karyn Kusama agrees:
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The Terror: Devil in Silver’s Karyn Kusama Explains Second Episode’s Very Messy Scene - Reactor
In interviews with Reactor, the director, as well as co-showrunner Chris Cantwell, share how Pepper differs from the book
https://reactormag.com/the-terror-devil-in-silvers-karyn-kusama-explains-second-episodes-very-messy-scene/
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John Chu
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The Subtle Art of Folding Space gets a terrific review from
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
at
@reactorsff.bsky.social
! "a stunning achievement from a creative powerhouse."
reactormag.com/book-review-...
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The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu is Layered and Uncategorizable - Reactor
Alex Brown reviews "a stunning achievement from a creative powerhouse."
https://reactormag.com/book-review-the-subtle-art-of-folding-space-by-john-chu/
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Humphrey Bogart, but make him Nic Cage... I mean Spider-Man 🕸️
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Spider-Noir Is a “Distant Cousin” to Spider-Verse, With a Bogart-Leaning Bent - Reactor
Humphrey Bogart, but make him Nic Cage... I mean Spider-Man
https://reactormag.com/spider-noir-distant-cousin-spider-verse-bogart/
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Leah Schnelbach and exorcisms go together like peanut butter and jelly. Angels and demons. Left sock and right sock.
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"Perhaps Elisabet Turner is a witch after all." We're charmed to share an excerpt from Inkpot Gods, the fourth entry in
@seananmcguire.bsky.social
's iconic Alchemical Journeys series!
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Read an Excerpt From Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire - Reactor
Can the gods of today defeat the evils of their maker, or will the legacy of the most powerful alchemist the world has ever known be their undoing?
https://reactormag.com/excerpts-inkpot-gods-by-seanan-mcguire/
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Whimsy....heart....and most importantly...COLOR!!! The Magic Faraway Tree is on its way:
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Adaptation of Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree Gets a Release Date in New Trailer - Reactor
Vertical announced the release day along with a new trailer to celebrate the news
https://reactormag.com/the-magic-faraway-tree-trailer-release-date/
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"One Last Kill is basically a proof-of-concept for another Punisher series that goes absolutely nowhere and contains more bland violence than a Doom speedrun." The Punisher returns for "one more" NYC-job-slash-television-special...except maybe he shouldn't:
#ThePunisher
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The Punisher: One Last Kill Is a Baffling, Purge-like Foray Into… Nothing Much - Reactor
The fact that it’s supposed to run concurrent with Daredevil: Born Again season two is laughable.
https://reactormag.com/the-punisher-one-last-kill-review/
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Petition to create a "home renovation romance" subgenre??
@readingtheend.bsky.social
reviews Moorea Corrigan's Faerie romance Thistlemarsh!
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An Inherited Estate and a Faerie Bargain: Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan - Reactor
A romantasy featuring a potentially unwise bargain with a Faerie… and home renovation.
https://reactormag.com/book-review-thistlemarsh-by-moorea-corrigan/
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We need an etymological breakdown of Fae/Fairy/Faerie/Faery/Fey in romantasy novels
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Star Wars hasn't always known what to do with aromantic and asexual characters; in a universe populated with romance, keeping to yourself signals villainy. But as
@adillondev.bsky.social
argues, Darth Maul's new series takes a different approach:
#StarWars
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“They’re Friends!”: Queer Villainy in Maul — Shadow Lord - Reactor
Star Wars doesn't have a great track record with asexual or aromantic villainy… which makes a certain former Sith stand out from the crowd.
https://reactormag.com/theyre-friends-queer-villainy-in-maul-shadow-lord/
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James Coruscanti Diner III
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It's here!! I am so excited that I had a chance to write at
@reactorsff.bsky.social
about three of my favorite topics: aromanticism, asexuality, and Maul.
#MaulShadowLord
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“They’re Friends!”: Queer Villainy in Maul — Shadow Lord - Reactor
Star Wars doesn't have a great track record with asexual or aromantic villainy… which makes a certain former Sith stand out from the crowd.
https://reactormag.com/theyre-friends-queer-villainy-in-maul-shadow-lord/
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We return to our reread of Stephen Graham Jones' The Buffalo Hunter Hunter with chapters 12 and 13, in which Good Stab is visited by a certain trickster demigod, and both he and Arthur wrestle with their appetites and identities...
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Eat for the Job You Want: Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Part 7) - Reactor
Good Stab encounters a trickster demigod, and obsesses over the purity of his diet…
https://reactormag.com/eat-for-the-job-you-want-stephen-graham-jones-the-buffalo-hunter-hunter-part-7/
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The Sci Fi Film Club continues its foray into dubious experiments in speculative psychology and neuroscience with Ken Russell's Altered States (1980), starring William Hurt, his hubris, an isolation tank, and some powerful hallucinogens 🧪
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Altered States: Bad Trips, Dodgy Science, and the Untapped Depths of the Human Mind - Reactor
Ken Russell, an isolation tank, and some powerful hallucinogens—what could go wrong?
https://reactormag.com/altered-states-bad-trips-dodgy-science-and-the-untapped-depths-of-the-human-mind/
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A new Laika movie with a magical forest, dark fairytale, and hint of nostalgia...? THAT'S MY FAVORITE FOOD!!
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Wildwood Trailer Uncovers the Dark Fantasy Hidden in Portland’s Woods - Reactor
They're really good woods, I promise
https://reactormag.com/wildwood-laika-trailer/
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Many speculative and horror stories utilize multiple, shifting POVs to draw readers into their world; here are seven compelling, sometimes chilling, often disorienting books with two or more narrators that pull off the trick better than most...
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Split Perspective: Seven Uniquely Memorable Books With Multiple Narrators - Reactor
Works that weave a variety of viewpoints into strange and unforgettable stories...
https://reactormag.com/split-perspective-seven-uniquely-memorable-books-with-multiple-narrators/
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We are delighted to share the cover and TWO chapters from Death in Verse by
@julielew.bsky.social
!! Step into a haunting school for magical poets–and the murder mystery within–this fall with Union Square and Co!
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Read the First Two Chapters of Death in Verse by Julie Lew - Reactor
A dark academia mystery arriving fall 2026
https://reactormag.com/cover-reveal-and-excerpt-death-in-verse-by-julie-lew/
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