Blade

Blade

It's easy to forget now that comic book tie-ins are the only kind of movie Hollywood makes. But the genre was closer to Cultural Ground Zero than perhaps even sci fi in general. The summer of 1997 brought the fan and critic-panned disaster Batman and Robin. That movie was such…
April 14, 20238 Comments
Best of Planetary

Best of Planetary

Did you miss the stellar Planetary anthologies featuring stories by my expert editor Jagi Wright, her husband, sci fi grandmaster John C. Wright, and more? If so, they're happy to present you with a second chance: Welcome to this remastered best-of collection to showcase the highlights of the entire out-of-print…
April 13, 2023
negativity

Say No to Negativity

A major occupational hazard of being a dissident is the tendency to get black pilled. In terms of theology, aka real psychology, black pilling is the condition that results when someone's powers of observation have become so acute at detecting negatives - i.e. "noticing" - that they're dulled to discerning…
April 12, 20234 Comments
Rio Grande Valley Cryptid

It Was in the Park

A second cryptid caught on camera in Texas within a year raises the question: What is going on in the Lone Star State? Courtesy of the New York Post ... A “mystery animal” spotted in the Rio Grande Valley left Texas park officials — and the general public — stumped.…
April 11, 20236 Comments
Fantasy Church

Deliver Us From the Evil Church of Evil

World building is the one element that sets speculative fiction apart from every other category of writing. When designing a secondary world, it’s crucial to establish a foundation of internally consistent principles to help readers suspend their disbelief. With the Easter season upon us, let's zoom in on an often-underdeveloped…
April 10, 202323 Comments
Glencairn Pieta

It Is Finished

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). Here they crucified him, and with him two others–one on each side and Jesus in the middle. Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened…
April 7, 20232 Comments
Silence & Starsong

Silence and Starsong

Volume 1 of the latest newpub genre fiction anthology magazine is here! The inaugural issue of Silence and Starsong Magazine contains stories in a variety of genres from science fiction and horror to fantasy and action/adventure. There are authors you already know and love as well as promising newcomers. All…
April 6, 2023
Trump Arrest

Hypocracy

Loyal readers know I've said since Biden was installed that the regime would railroad Donald Trump to neutralize his candidacy through lawfare. This is just the most recent example. Yesterday, a High Party DA finally kept a promise the party had been making to its zealot contingent since 2016. Trump…
April 5, 20237 Comments
High Tension

High Tension

Of all the elements that go into a story, pacing is among the most misunderstood. Most writers think they know what makes a book feel fast-paced. A majority of them are wrong. Stringing short, clipped sentences into wall-of-text paragraphs within rapid-fire chapters doesn't always give readers a sense of speed.…
April 4, 202312 Comments
Pope Francis Puffer

The Cure for Francis Derangement Syndrome

Just as it is incumbent upon every son to defend his mother and father from spurious insults, it is every Catholic's duty to defend Holy Mother Church and her visible head on Earth, the Holy Father. In that regard, an ongoing project of this blog has been refuting the steady…
April 3, 202320 Comments