Sigourney Weaver compares her characters across Alien, Star Wars, and Avatar in a new interview (but we still think Ripley is the coolest, obviously):

Fire can serve many purposes, depending on who's wielding it–here are five short stories featuring fire as a magical force, as a curse, as something to be tended and protected and something to be survived...

"5 Times The Animatronic Fox On Splash Mountain Addressed Me By Name And Told Me He Was Going To Marry My Dad" (+Noirvember recs for your weekend)

What is a "SFF Crossover" book? Well, in November, it might be a cli-fi anthology, or a mythological retelling of Aphrodite, or perhaps a magical realism novel following the reincarnation of a dead family member–just to throw a few examples out there.

Kylie Lee Baker takes a break from adult horror to dip into YA fantasy, plus teenage girl werewolf packs and a healthy dose of mutating sea monsters. The young adult books of November are perfect for monster lovers ⚰️

ICYMI!

In a future where people travel back in time and do anything they want without consequences, one disgruntled young man decides to visit his parents two years earlier. Next week. "The Belle of the Ball" by @sgj.bsky.social! Art by Leonardo Santamaria Edited by @datlow.bsky.social!

When you hear vermin do you think of bugs or rodents?

Prey's Naru won't appear in Predator: Badlands, but that doesn't mean we won't see her again in the future:

"Maybe it’ll forget me. Maybe something else will take its attention. Maybe it’s time to run." We're excited to share an excerpt from @angelaslatter.bsky.social's witchy new fantasy novel A Forest, Darkly!

Even more Stranger Things is coming, this time as an animated spinoff:

On a cold, blustery night, we invite you to recline by the fire and recount your romantic escapades involving disgraced saints, princes of Hell, and harems of vampires... Ahem, here's the new romantasy books coming out in November 2025!

October may have ended, but the horror books shall continue until scares improves. From a Filipino Gothic to Appalachian folklore, here's all the new horror books of November 2025!

Gremlins 3 will horrify an entirely new generation of kids who wake up in the middle of the night with the TV still on:

With Khan's time on Ceti Alpha V standing as one of the greatest unexplored eras of Star Trek history, the audio drama Star Trek: Khan attempts to fill in some of the gaps. @kradec.bsky.social discusses the show's successes–and where it might go next:

How can a microhistory about cooking and kitchen implements inspire speculative fiction? Here's @r-emrys.bsky.social on how "Consider the Fork" may change the way you think about the technological and cultural aspects of food 🍴

still adjusting to the fact that I have become a person who absolutely must read a new-to-me author's entire back catalog. this is not an efficient use of time, sometimes? but it's so SATISFYING.

In the newest Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com discusses completionism: how we navigate an author's catalogue, and when a story finds us at the right time reactormag.com/the-accident...

i have been DYING to share this cover for SO LONG so everyone please look at it and not my face.

We are delighted to reveal the cover for @isabel.kim's debut novel Sublimation, a story of immigration, identity, and paradox from the author of "Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole"

As we near the end of the year, the last thing you might want is a big, chunky fantasy or science fiction book to drag into the new year. Good thing @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's got 5 underrated novellas to recommend instead!

Look! Look! Gorgeous new cover for the First Stop, coming July 14, 2026 from Ace Books. Read more and remember, we've got a pre-order campaign for the US & Canada.

Guillermo del Toro fans can't stop winning:

We're thrilled to share an excerpt from one of our most anticipated books of the year, @victormanibo.com's Filipino gothic The Villa, Once Beloved!

From cracked time loops to God's bartender staging a revolution, we're breaching containment to tell you about the science fiction books coming out in November 2025!

Good news for fans of magical bookshops, murdered kings, and The Black Company: November 2025 is packed full of excellent new books, and you can find a list of all of them here!

Boys Go To Jupiter just hit VOD, and Reactor asked director/writer/producer Julian Glander about delivery driver culture, science fiction, and the weirdness of Florida in this freshly-squeezed interview 🍊

REAL pumpkinheads know that spooky season is just beginning. With that in mind, Reading the Weird jumps into @johnlangan.bsky.social's weird, metatextual, dare we say analog horror short story "Errata"! reactormag.com/reader-bewar...

Patricia McKillip was one of science fiction and fantasy's most elegant storytellers; @alexdueben.bsky.social pays tribute to her brilliance and the sense of wonder and magic that draws readers back to her work again and again reactormag.com/revisiting-p...

Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto will not Trek another Star: reactormag.com/paramount-sk...

the real ones know spooky season has just begun

At a pivotal point in the Space Race, 1964's Robinson Crusoe on Mars delivered a fun sci fi take on one of literature’s most familiar survival stories, starring a stranded astronaut and his woolly monkey.

Let us celebrate the classic bisexual awakening film by making another one! reactormag.com/the-mummy-re...

Kate's work is brilliant. If you've not read her, here's a perfect place to begin. (then grab her novels and call in sick for a fortnight.) You won't want to put them down.

You've probably heard some version of this tale of sibling rivalry, revenge, and singing bones–here are 6 retellings of a classic folk ballad known as "The Cruel Sister," "Twa Sisters," "The Wind and Rain," etc. reactormag.com/folklore-mee...

We're delighted to share the fancy new cover for @taowong.bsky.social's The First Stop, book 2 in the epic progression fantasy series A Thousand Li, coming July 14, 2026 from Ace Books!! reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall. "Barnacle" by @kateelliottsff.bsky.social is out now at Reactor!! Art by @juanbernabeu.bsky.social Edited by @watership-up.bsky.social

A really beautiful essay by Maddie Martinez at @reactorsff.bsky.social reactormag.com/lady-golem-a...

We've got more news on what's coming up for Luffy and the Straw Hats in One Piece: Into the Grand Line, including a behind-the-scenes featurette and episode titles! reactormag.com/one-piece-se...

Now that Peacemaker's second season has come to an end, the characters finally have time to catch up on their TBRs. Luckily Alex Brown (@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social) is here to recommend books for each of them—and never fear, they found something perfect for Eagly. reactormag.com/sff-reading-...

The second episode of IT: Welcome to Derry gives us more time with the Grogan and Hanlon families, a rough time for poor Lilly Bainbridge, a proper introduction to a favorite King character, and two nerve-rattling confrontations with IT that are joys to behold. reactormag.com/tv-review-it...

This week on the Babylon 5 Rewatch, Delenn returns to Minbar to enter the Dreaming, and account for her choice of Sheridan—but along the way she learns a brutal truth from her past. @kradec.bsky.social discusses “Atonement”! reactormag.com/babylon-5-re...

Once upon a time, multiple human species shared the earth— @jdnicoll.bsky.social offers five intriguing suggestions for ways science fiction stories could tap into a greater variety of humans/hominids. reactormag.com/five-ways-sc...

Keanu Reeves + deadly time loop + sharks??? Sci-fi thriller Shiver sounds like the best possible follow-up to Reeves' run in Waiting for Godot on Broadway. 🦈 reactormag.com/keanu-reeves...

The winners of the 2025 World Fantasy Awards have been announced—congratulations to all! reactormag.com/here-are-the...

“...an animal that lives for centuries, in our own world, not in a fantasy novel, really is amazing.” This week's SFF Bestiary celebrates an ancient wonder, as Judith Tarr discusses the Greenland Shark! reactormag.com/oldest-of-th...

Day Nine draws to a close, with a missing champion, our heroes in disarray, and the fate of the world very much in doubt—join the discussion as our WIND AND TRUTH Reread approaches the beginning of the end... reactormag.com/wind-and-tru...

Godzilla Minus One was one of the best films of 2023, so we're pretty excited that it's getting a follow-up: prepare yourselves for Godzilla Minus Zero! reactormag.com/godzilla-min...

We here at Reactor know that Halloween is SERIOUS BUSINESS. Enjoy this collection of haunted libraries, terrifying TV recs, squirming vermin, spoooky boooks, films that go bump in the night, even a chilling cocktail or two. 🎃 Click through and peruse—if you DARE. reactormag.com/tag/spooky-s...