Technically, all literature is art. But for certain subtleties exist. There are (many) instances literature is essentially a factory pro...

Reading only about ten collections and anthologies (old and new) per year, I’m not the most immersed reader in science fiction and fantasy...

Cyberpunk has its gods.  Every genre reader knows the names Gibson, Sterling, and Cadigan.  But tinkering in the shadows, and some in pl...

This is essentially an extension of my review of Alter Reiss' Sunset Mantle .  Not entirely review material, however, more commentary,...

Little Johnny, if we have A, B, and C, what comes next? “D!” Correct Johnny, good job. And what is two plus two? “Four!” And followin...

Fairy godmother Desiderata Hollow has passed away, leaving one unfinished task to her successor Magrat Garlick: go to the city of Genua an...

For anyone with a passing knowledge of speculative fiction’s history, there is an awareness that Harlan Ellison, love or hate the man’s pe...

Short Review : Nick Harkaway’s Angelmaker is the same type of story but notably better from nearly every perspective.  Why read Pulley’...

What is it these days with stories that are obviously YA (i.e. juvenile content) marketed as adult fiction? “The Drowning Eyes” by Emily...

The annual Burning Man gathering in the deserts of Nevada is by turns surreal and decadent. Artistic expression prized most, the concept...