Obsession is a love story, but far from a romance. @rubigb.bsky.social reviews a new horror movie from the director of Milk & Serial:

This weekend, we are bogmaxxing. And big-bookmaxxing.

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.

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

reactormag.com/split-perspe... HOLY HELL WE GOT A NEW POST AT @reactorsff.bsky.social! 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.

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...

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...

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.

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!

"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:

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!

Will the upcoming Lanterns show provide a backstory on Guy Gardner's bowl cut?

13 seasons of Doctor Who are coming to AMC+!

NEW WORDS BY ME NEXT WEEK :D also god i love the art for this story so much...

books actually weigh a lot. is anyone looking into this.

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

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:

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!

If you find a particular scene in episode two of The Terror: Devil in Silver to be unusually gross...director Karyn Kusama agrees:

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-...

Humphrey Bogart, but make him Nic Cage... I mean Spider-Man 🕸️

Leah Schnelbach and exorcisms go together like peanut butter and jelly. Angels and demons. Left sock and right sock.

"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!

Whimsy....heart....and most importantly...COLOR!!! The Magic Faraway Tree is on its way:

"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

Petition to create a "home renovation romance" subgenre?? @readingtheend.bsky.social reviews Moorea Corrigan's Faerie romance Thistlemarsh!

We need an etymological breakdown of Fae/Fairy/Faerie/Faery/Fey in romantasy novels

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

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 reactormag.com/theyre-frien...

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...

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 🧪

A new Laika movie with a magical forest, dark fairytale, and hint of nostalgia...? THAT'S MY FAVORITE FOOD!!

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...

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!

A queer couple escapes persecution by buying a home in an almost identical dimension... "This Is Not My Timeline" by @jrdawson.bsky.social is free to read at Reactor now! Art by Ash Kwak Lukashevsky Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social

Today is the day! My @reactorsff.bsky.social story is out in the world! A queer couple escapes persecution by buying a home in an almost identical dimension. reactormag.com/this-is-not-...

Local Loser Stages Corporate Takeover, If Only He Can Figure Out What That Means: We're sharing an excerpt from J.P. Lacrampe's whimsical sci-fi novel Valet!

What's the worst gas station bathroom you've ever been to? And what if there were a movie about that?

John Chu's The Subtle Art of Folding Space defies easy categorization: sliding between genres while challenging ideas about families and the choices made around them. @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends it for readers of the complex and creative:

It's feeling like 2006 in the May and June Romantasy Report: prophecies, court intrigue, and DnD-inspired worlds are IN. What sizzling escapades are you most excited for?

This 1976 anthology, edited by Brian Aldiss, is an odd, sometimes uneven, but largely entertaining mix of stories featuring some classics, some clunkers, and a few unexpected gems, from writers such as Clarke, Asimov, Anderson, and Simak:

Get ready for a wild read as my 80s Fantasy Film Club column over at @reactorsff.bsky.social takes on the Cannon Film “classic” Hercules featuring some of the wildest interpretations of Greek Mythology this side of Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (albeit much much worse). reactormag.com/hercules-a-c...

✨witch hat atelier✨ Qifrey 🌟~🌟~🌟~🌟~🌟~🌟~🌟~🌟~🌟~🌟 #illustration #art #witchhatatelier

In a town haunted by cannibals and killer clowns, the real monster of Widow's Bay installs a coffee machine. @mbyrd.bsky.social on small towns, Jaws, and incompetent bureaucrats: #WidowsBay

Have sex, stop time, do crimes. What's not to love? Imogen Poots and John Reynolds will be participating in such activities in Prime Video's adaptation of Sex Criminals:

Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing is officially underway at Prime, and Michael B. Jordan is also there: #Booksky

Remember the time Hercules (as played by The Incredible Hulk's Lou Ferrigno) punched a bear into space...and somehow it wasn't the most confusing thing to happen in the movie? Let's discuss Greek myth, robo-centaurs, and Cannon Films!

We are delighted to announce The Architect to Elsewhere, a thoughtful cozy fantasy about life, death, and divine porcupines, coming 2028 from Charlene Challenger and @erewhonbooks.bsky.social!

We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.