book reviews Alan Moore's new whimsical, wonderful, and wordy novel Thom Dunn

podcast Incredible paranormal podcast shares unexplainable and creepy stories Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets Finally, AI that understands you're a little weird Boing Boing's Shop

politics Elf Queen Tilda Swinton Cast as James Bond, Doctor Who and Chosen as Pope Rob Beschizza

video games First original Silent Hill game in 13 years revealed Grant St. Clair

fish Black demon of the sea caught on video Allan Rose Hill

Jocelyn Wildenstein, famed for catlike cosmetic surgery, dead at 79 or maybe 84 Rob Beschizza

art Watch what happens when you pour molten metal into a vat of Orbeez Jennifer Sandlin

books Lost sci-fi masterpieces return with stunning cover designs by cartoonist Seth Mark Frauenfelder

water When two tides meet, striking geometric patterns appear on the water's surface Popkin

oops "Lovely aurora" seen over town was something else entirely Allan Rose Hill

Space Io: Jupiter's hellish and beautiful moon where rivers of lava never stop flowing Popkin

Meow Wolf Otherworldly radio station crashes into Houston: Meow Wolf's mind-bending new exhibit Ellsworth Toohey

Funny Adorable monkey looks like cryptid from afar Popkin

fantasy Peter Bebergal's "Appendix N" in a revised, expanded edition Gareth Branwyn

Comic Books Legendary artist Caza's "Arkadi and the Lost Titan' finally sees English release Gareth Branwyn

Science Backyard astronomer captures amazing solar flare images Gail Sherman

Science California's amazing geographic oddities B.R. O'Deal

experimental music Hurdy-gurdy cover of Teardrop by Massive Attack Natalie Dressed

art Stunningly dreamlike paintings of a UFO, monolith, spirit guides, and other high weirdness David Pescovitz