science fiction Help the Alpha Young Writers Workshop for its 20th anniversary Thom Dunn

special effects Watch "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957) for free on the Internet Archive Mark Frauenfelder

video games Someone just created a House of Leaves-style DOOM mod Thom Dunn

trumpism Watch 1958's "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" a sci-fi horror allegory for ideological fanaticism Mark Frauenfelder

books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro

Return to the sinister hospital in Romford Remembering Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Elías Villoro

Comics Ed Brubaker's crime comic masterpiece Criminal is getting a live-action adaptation Devin Nealy

happy mutants 20th Century Men brilliantly flips the Cold War on its head, with superheroes Thom Dunn

tabletop gaming What's new in tabletop gaming Gareth Branwyn

movies Step aside, Winnie the Pooh; Peter Pan is getting a horror movie next Devin Nealy

Games Ikea threatens developer of indie horror game set in parody of store David Pescovitz

Comics Let's remember EC Comics this Halloween Devin Nealy

books Toil and Trouble: a brief history of women using the occult as a form of resistance Thom Dunn

music Psycho by Eddie Noak: a country song that tells a chilling horror story Popkin

birthdays Happy birthday, Stephen King Devin Nealy

HDSF What is an "inhuman"? A new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Jesse Sheidlower

Comic Books Heavy Metal magazine is taking another crack at movie making Thom Dunn

Comics Comic legend Alex Ross takes Marvel's first family into uncharted territory in "Fantastic Four: Full Circle" Devin Nealy

strange beasts of the present These eel gobies look like science fiction monsters Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids 100 reasons to love America (and several reasons to hate it) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan