science fiction Review: Paul Di Filippo trips the multiverse fantastic in "Vangie's Ghosts" Gareth Branwyn
interview Interview with Case Esparros, independent filmmaker and director of "The Absence of Milk in the Mouths of the Lost" Natalie Dressed
supernatural Home with freaky black hole in the bedroom and other "strange energy" up for sale David Pescovitz
vanity plates DEZNUUTZ, 2HI, VENMO, and 3,000 other vanity license plates rejected by New York's DMV David Pescovitz
tabloids Trump's sex slave, a photogenic ghost, and Madonna going bald in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
halloween Usher in Halloween vibes with this dramatic reading of classic Chick Tract "The Trick" Jennifer Sandlin
Comics Sneak peek of The Devil's Cut, the first book from the much-hyped new comic book publisher DLSTRY Thom Dunn
torture US military judge acknowledges that forcing Ensure up a detainee's anus is indeed torture Thom Dunn
women Women talk about judging people's laundry, the art of hanging clothes, and chores, in vintage 'Clotheslines' documentary Rusty Blazenhoff
illustration From underground comix to Oscar nominations: Terry Zwigoff's career celebrated in new Drew Friedman portrait Mark Frauenfelder
graphic novels Under the Banner of King Death is a new graphic novel about piracy rebellion and democracy Elías Villoro