The Black Tides of Heaven (2017) Written by: JY Yang Genre: Fantasy/Silkpunk Pages: 240 (Trade Paperback) Publisher: Tor Why I Chose It: Several reasons. First, it’s another contender for the Nebula award. Second, I’ve been admiring that glorious cover since the release of the Publisher’s Weekly review last August. Lastly, I I’m drawn to books […]

Imagine a world where making a sound will literally get you killed by creatures with hyper-sensitive hearing. That’s the synopsis of the film, A Quiet Place, the first surprise horror hit this year. Written and directed by John Krasinski, the movie centers on a family living in this new world. Krasinski and real-life wife, Emily […]

So, back around the turn of the year, several of our contributors here at Speculative Chic made New Year’s Resolutions, committing to movies or books or authors that, at some point, they’d given short shrift, or moments in pop culture that had passed them by. At the time, I was at a loss for my […]

There’s a magical side to the element of sexuality that can be found only in fantasy. These lands include (drum roll, please) the mystical land of Imajica, Embassytown, and … Oz. Oz? Surely, I jest. The fluid nature of sexuality is usually the provenance of science fiction – from Ursula’s K. LeGuin (The Left Hand […]

This year I resolved to read George R. R. Martin‘s A Song of Ice and Fire and watch HBO’s Game of Thrones, both series. For all of you who have seen the entire series and/or read all the books, here is your chance to experience it for the first time all over again! Why I Chose […]

For my 2018 Resolution Project, I decided to take a page out of Lane’s book and do my own Silver Screen Resolution (hence the Take Two part of the title). There are a lot of movies out there I haven’t seen but feel like I should have, or movies that I’ve simply wanted to see […]

After last year’s successful resolution, I decided to dip my toes into a new-to-me spec-fic area — podcasts. The rules as I laid them out originally* for 2018: I will listen to twelve spec-fic oriented podcasts, one per month. For each podcast, I will listen to a minimum of five episodes per podcast before I […]

On September 11, 2016, I went to my local movie theater for an experience that I never thought would happen in my lifetime. One of my favorite films, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, was getting an extremely limited theater presentation, courtesy of Fathom Events. I was thrilled. I’d watched the movie over a dozen times since its 1986 […]

I admit it: I was a little braindead when the time came to think of a topic for January’s roundtable. The thing that immediately came to mind was this: it’s the first of the year. What’s the first thing that you remember that set you on the path to becoming the magnificent speculative fiction fan […]

Hello from the past, future amazing readers! I am writing to you from several days before you’re going to be reading this because, as you read this, I am hanging out at MarsCon 2019 in beautiful Williamsburg, Virginia! I am quite sure that I’m having a ball! I hope that you, too, are having a […]

Not creepy at all, right? Before Jordan Peele was an award-winning movie director and screenwriter, he spent five seasons on Key and Peele, the 30 minute comedic skit show on Comedy Central with fellow comedian Keegan-Michael Key. That’s where I became of a fan of Peele. So, when I found out he was writing and […]

Imagine a writer who is so gifted at spinning tales that when you start reading their work, you can feel yourself being pulled fully into the pages of the book. Their talent is so great that when you are forced to stop reading, you almost feel a bit of whiplash. You may wonder what sorcery […]

October 31, 2018 “I see it—coming here—hell-wind—titan blur—black wings—Yog-Sothoth save me—the three-lobed burning eye…” (The Haunter of the Dark, pg.1017) WE HAVE ARRIVED. HALLOWMASS. COME DRIFT INTO THE COSMOS WITH ME. If you’re just joining us, you can start your Lovecraftian journey here! Read More » October 31, 2018 One of the first horror movies I […]

Back in January, I made a resolution to read the entire works of NK Jemisin, which actually began in late 2017 with her Mass Effect Andromeda tie-in novel and continued with the Inheritance Trilogy. It’s August, friends, and time is running out. Because all of her books are on wait lists at the library and […]