Akwaeke Emezi’s Son of the Morning is the perfect queer, sexy paranormal romance to share with friends or indulge in on your own. Check out @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's review!

Authors Alix E. Harrow, Olivie Blake, and more raise concerns about BookCon 2026

Jo Walton ( @bluejo.bsky.social ) kicks off a new year of reading recs with some fascinating memoirs and letters, some light romance, and a sneak peek at Ada Palmer's upcoming series about Norse myth and Viking culture!

My newest article on the series best “Seven” for #Aknightofthesevenkingdoms is up at Reactor!

Open your heart and learn to believe in hope again with the latest episode of "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," which highlights all the reasons Dunk and Egg are worth rooting for, even in the grim, cynical world of Westeros...

Season 4, episode 20 of Babylon 5 was originally conceived as the series finale, without confirmation of a season five. And it actually does a pretty good job of that. Let's discuss "Rising Star"!

Today's Classic Cover of the day is Decision at Doona by Anne McCaffrey, with a cover illustration by Richard Powers!

An estate agent is forced to choose between a sale and his humanity when facing the inhuman eldritch forces that feed off rental tenants across the United Kingdom. Next week... "Agency" by @georgesandison.bsky.social Edited by @datlow.bsky.social Art by Jamie Keenan

"But I think one reason why Heated Rivalry has hooked so many of us is that Shane and Ilya’s romance insists that queer desire and love belong at the heart of the world, not on the margins. It gets you where you live." Author @oliviawaite.com on how #HeatedRivalry presents queer life as thriving:

We don't know how Spot got to the USS Enterprise, but we do know we (and Data) love her: #StarTrek

"What will get me to pull a book off the shelf?" asks @jdnicoll.bsky.social--cover art, blurbs, word of mouth...when it comes to bookstore browsing, what filters do *you* use to pick up new and unfamiliar works?

For the uninitiated www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSPm...

"I was pretty adamant that for this episode, it was our job to make this an homage, a celebration, and really a bit of a correction for what I feel has been an oversight in a lot of modern Trek." #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

It's Friday. Treat yourself to some new books with @cxorlando.bsky.social

Give yourself the gift of Ian McKellen reciting Shakespeare this weekend.

Reading Infinite Jest stands as one of the best experiences I've ever had with a book, and I really enjoyed re-reading it a few years back in conversation with Snow Crash.

Mamoru Hosada's Scarlet provides gorgeous animation and an enormous flying electricity dragon within a gender-swapped Hamlet retelling, even when it struggles with its own stakes:

On the 30th Anniversary of Infinite Jest, we revisit Leah Schnelbach's discussion of the DFW's classic alongside Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, asking how two different stories might imagine comparable dystopias: #InfiniteJest

Scary Movie 4 Writer to Adapt Baldur's Gate 3 For HBO

Recommending some romantasy books by Black authors for your TBR 🌸🪄❤️

‘Lord Of The Rings’ Reader Can’t Believe How Long It Taking Sam And Frodo To Fuck https://theonion.com/lord-of-the-rings-reader-cant-believe-how-long-it-taking-sam-and-frodo-to-fuck/

An estate agent is forced to choose between a sale and his humanity when facing the inhuman eldritch forces that feed off rental tenants across the United Kingdom. Next week... "Agency" by @georgesandison.bsky.social Edited by @datlow.bsky.social Art by Jamie Keenan

The Witch is dead. Dorothy will claim her throne on broadcast television once more. May she have mercy on us all.

A24 is the only studio willing to confront the analog horror of podcasting:

"Stewart Hotston’s Project Hanuman is an epic story of life and death ripped from Hindu folklore and filtered through the wilds of space opera...at once thoughtful and rollicking." Check out @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's review of Project Hanuman!

February welcomes an influx of cats and magical bookstores from across the genre space. Plus a kpop idol's ghost trapped in a vacuum. Here's all the SFF crossover books coming out this month!

Deadly bargains vs. deadly bodies vs. deadly summer camp vs. deadly duels... It's a difficult time to be a YA protagonist. Everything is trying to kill you. We offer them these new books in this trying time:

Wake up! Michael Shannon will star in a remake of the 1920 horror silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari:

Today's Starfleet Academy episode moved @kradec.bsky.social to tears. Make sure you stay past the credits in "Series Acclimation Mil" #StarfleetAcademy

Did you forget about Disney+'s Eragon (re)adaptation? It didn't forget about you:

this one's a rerun but, you know, it felt relevant!!!!

In a time of book bannings, AI, and decreased library funding, the best thing you can do to support books is be very, very loud about them. @mollytempleton.com on how we can help the authors we love:

It's always fascinating when science fiction conjures up a truly alien perspective--here are five short stories presented through a non-human point of view, including classics by Peter Watts, Terry Bisson, and Iain M. Banks!

We are delighted to share the cover for F. A. Davidson's debut YA fantasy Flickerstate!! Norah Sullivan must use her power over probability to compete in the Academy of Navigation's trials and save her father...we predict a high chance of release on July 28, 2026 from Sourcebooks Fire 🎲

born to jest. forced to joust. 😔

Some alternate titles for season four of From: The Fromining Get Frommed 2 From 2 Furious The Man From From

Humans must be silent. Humans must be obedient. Humans must be good. We're excited to share an excerpt from @edashtonwriting.bsky.social's buddy comedy/alien invasion story/workplace satire After The Fall!

The following attractive suitors have invited you to dinner. Would you like to fill your Valentine's Day plans with: - A handsome werewolf - A cursed gargoyle warrior - A smelly fisherman? #romantasy

Perfect time of the year to cuddle up with your Valentine and read- oh, you thought this was the romantasy list. We're actually recommending cannibalism. Here's all the new horror novels of February 2026! #horror #horrorbooks

How long can Fallout Season 2 avoid the game's canon? @mbyrd.bsky.social breaks down how each of the endings looks so far...including which we can eliminate completely: #Fallout

This week, Reading the Weird concludes their read of Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy Snyder! Hope you packed for Carcosa. And tune in to hear what the next book will be... 🧛📝🦬

Today's Classic Cover is Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb! This is the UK First Edition, illustrated by John Howe.

The Sci Fi Film Club kicks off a month of movies about curious aliens trying to survive on Earth with this charming, thoughtful Argentinian arthouse film that deserves a much wider audience: "Man Facing Southeast" (1986)

There's a book about a dinosaur rodeo coming out this month. What else do you need to know?? (But just in case, here's all the fantasy books releasing in February 2026)

There's more adult science fiction than fantasy this February; we've got cybernetic prizefights, a library of human consciousness, and a brand-new Nnedi Okorafor novel 🌌 What are you reading first?

2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.

We are excited to announce The Secret Lives of Zombie Wives, a witty new horror novel from Of Monsters and Mainframes author @barbaratruelove.bsky.social! Prepare to eat brains live on stream with Nightfire in Winter 2027 🧠

A commenter declared this to be the best article they had ever seen on @reactorsff.bsky.social. I can't think of a better one myself. Excellent stuff here.

Cullen Bunn brings his experience writing twisty comics to Wilson Island, North Carolina, which has more than the usual serial killer disrupting its small town. @tobiascarroll.bsky.social reviews Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World: