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Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, face your own doppelgangers and discuss Us, which premiered in the United States on Friday, March 22, 2019. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. […]

They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with award winning author Kij Johnson, […]

To quote the philosopher B. Spears: Oops. I did it again. Real talk for just a minute: I get migraines. Sometimes they are bad. Occasionally they are wretched, and I deal with them for multiple days. This was the situation last weekend. The pain was so bad that I wasn’t even able to reach out […]

Beware: Spoilers. For a couple of movies. Kylo Ren’s decision to fire on Luke Skywalker from his position inside the AT-AT is one of the best movie moments ever made, and no one can convince me otherwise. Yes, there have been many iconic movie moments in the past. From Gandalf standing against the Balrog declaring, […]

Natasha Lyonne as Nadia in Russian Doll I’m a sucker for a good time travel story. For instance, Back to the Future is a perfect example of a time travel movie and what happens when people mess with time. It’s a fun movie that plays with time loops and alternative worlds. Recently, two time traveling […]

I’m a sucker for a good time travel story. For instance, Back to the Future is a perfect example of a time travel movie and what happens when people mess with time. It’s a fun movie that plays with time loops and alternative worlds. Recently, two time traveling projects were released: the Netflix series Russian […]

Tiamat’s Wrath (2019) Written by: James S. A. Corey (pen name used by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 534 (Hardcover) Series: Book Eight of The Expanse Publisher: Orbit Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from Orbit for the purpose of review. Why I Chose It: The Expanse is […]

There’s a long history of women using pseudonyms, initials, and the ever popular “Anonymous”.  Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte were respectively Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell.  Mary Anne Evans was George Elliot and even today, Joanne Rowling became J. K. Rowling (and Robert Galbraith).  Andrea Norton went for the ambiguous “Andre” and Alice Bradley Sheldon […]

There’s a long history of women using pseudonyms, initials, and the ever popular “Anonymous”.  Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte were respectively Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell.  Mary Anne Evans was George Elliot and even today, Joanne Rowling became J. K. Rowling (and Robert Galbraith).  Andrea Norton went for the ambiguous “Andre” and Alice Bradley Sheldon […]

They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with David Demchuk, whose debut horror […]

The Pisces (2018) Written by: Melissa Broder Genre: Fiction Pages: 270 (Hardback) Publisher: Hogarth Why I Chose It: After reading Mira Grant’s mermaid novel Into the Drowning Deep and Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus’ romantic tale about a woman and an amphibious man, The Shape of Water, a love story featuring a merman sounded […]

Editor’s note: We are pleased and honored to welcome Bobby Nash to Speculative Chic today! His article needs no introduction from us, so we will simply step aside and let him take it away. We’ve all done it. We’ve all thought up an idea for a story we would like to see one of our favorite […]

The Arcana: A Mystic Romance (2017) Developer & Publisher: Nix Hydra Games Platform: Mobile Genre: Dating Sim, RPG Mode: Single-player Why I Chose It: I’ve seen ads for The Arcana for ages. The artwork is beautiful, and I love tarot cards, which feature prominently in the game itself. One weekend, when I was incredibly stressed […]

Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, go higher, further, and faster and discuss Captain Marvel, which premiered in the United States on Friday, March 8, 2019. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily […]