science fiction Review: Paul Di Filippo trips the multiverse fantastic in "Vangie's Ghosts" Gareth Branwyn
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short stories Movie trailer for Cat Person turns the viral short story into a high-stakes thriller Thom Dunn
special effects Watch "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957) for free on the Internet Archive Mark Frauenfelder
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books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy 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