The author of “Dark Matter” on great reading that introduces a mind-bending concept.
Some authors fit the stereotype of artists toiling at their craft in silence. Others just can’t keep their pens to themselves, stirring up trouble by tossing their opinions around on every subject under the sun. Both groups produce some amazing work, but boy is it a lot more fun to read about the second. Nothing […]
The sci-fi and fantasy genres are filled with arbitrary rules and definitions. That’s okay, because civilization itself is basically a collection of arbitrary rules we all agree to abide by, because the alternative is Mad Max: Fury Road. (Heck even in Mad Max’s future dystopia there are rules, like don’t kidnap Immortan Joe’s pregnant concubines.) These […]
Co-authors and husband and wife team Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris, have been writing together for the last five years. Their most recent release is the steampunk mystery The Diamond Conspiracy. Below, they share a few of the inspirations for their alternate history world.
In The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half-Baked Heroes from Comic Book History, author Jon Morris uncovers the saddest costumed avengers from the long history of funny books, heroes probably better left crumpled in a ball at the bottom of their creators’ trash cans. Luckily, they hit print, if usually only for an issue or two, providing plenty of hilarious material […]