Free Stories!
All-Inclusive by Bruce Strand – FREE STORY
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and as will happen, the Apocalypse is a tourist attraction aboard a cruise ship. Impending doom brings out the best and worst in people as […]
The ICE Man Goeth by Tom Easton – FREE STORY
The news tells us about the activities of ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Fandom tells us about the activities of SCA, Society for Creative Anachronism. What happens when ICE meets SCA? Ah, fireworks… WABI […]
SomniCorp by John Leahy – FREE STORY
In this futuristic age, you’d think that sleep and dreams would be the last totally private refuge. Go a little further into the future, and you will find that it’s not necessarily so. Pleasant dreams, […]
Old-Timer by Tom Prentice & Andy Daniel – FREE STORY
The life of a spy is never the best, especially when time travel is concerned. You never know who you might meet in your travels. Might even be a relative… The long fall really sobers […]
Little Balls of Chaos by Sarah Arnette – FREE STORY
In the administration of law, the future will require all types, not just human. And in getting the job done, the tools required may be just as diverse. We just have to make sure that […]
News
In Memoriam 2025
IN MEMORIAM 2025 January Director Jeff Baena (b.1977) died on January 3. Baena wrote and directed the film Life After Beth and also worked on the movie What Lies Beneath. Author Andrew Pyper (b.1968) died […]
Time Machine: February 8, 2026
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: February 8, 2026 The Big Idea: Lance Rubin The Big Idea: Justin C. Key Whatever Happened to The SON OF KONG? MOVIE REVIEW – DUST BUNNY Matt’s Reviews: On The Road […]
James Sallis 1944-2026
The family of author and editor James Sallis announced via his website on January 27th that he had passed “peacefully with his wife Karyn by his side” that same day. James Sallis began his SF […]
OpEd
What Happened to the EAGLE TRANSPORTERS from SPACE 1999?
Use code DANMONROEFB50 to get 50% OFF plus free shipping on your first Factor box at https://www.factor75.com/ JAMES SMALL MODELS: https://www.smallartworks.ca/ EAGLE OBSESSION TRAILER: EAGLE OBSESSION WEBSITE: Home SXV AUCTIONS: https://www.sxv.art/ __________________________________________________ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: […]
It’s Happening Again, and Like the Last Time, We Don’t See It
Petrea Mitchell’s excellent SMOF News (Volume 5, Issue 23, January 28th 2026) noted that anti-AI art policies are getting harsher at conventions, with, among other actions, Comic Con International changing its policy from segregated and […]
Whatever Happened to BRIDE of FRANKENSTEIN?
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://buymeacoffee.com/moviesmusicmonsters CHANNEL MERCHANDISE: https://moviesmusicmonsters.myspreadshop.com/ WEBSITE: https://www.moviesmusicmonsters.com DAN’S FORBIDDEN ZONE TRADING POST: Toys / Collectibles / Media https://ForbiddenZoneTrading.com
What Happened to the JUPITER 2 Flight Deck from LOST iN SPACE?
FANTASTICON INFO / TICKETS: https://www.fantasticon.net RON GROSS Lost in Space Books: http://www.amazon.com/author/rongross SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://buymeacoffee.com/moviesmusicmonsters CHANNEL MERCHANDISE: https://moviesmusicmonsters.myspreadshop.com/ WEBSITE: https://www.moviesmusicmonsters.com DAN’S FORBIDDEN ZONE TRADING POST: Toys / Collectibles / Media https://ForbiddenZoneTrading.com
Movies, Music & Monsters!!
Hey my friends! Just getting some new promo spots up to spread the word and grow OUR channel!! Cheers, Dan 🙂 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://buymeacoffee.com/moviesmusicmonsters CHANNEL MERCHANDISE: https://moviesmusicmonsters.myspreadshop.com/ WEBSITE: https://www.moviesmusicmonsters.com DAN’S FORBIDDEN ZONE TRADING POST: […]
Science Fiction
All-Inclusive by Bruce Strand – FREE STORY
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and as will happen, the Apocalypse is a tourist attraction aboard a cruise ship. Impending doom brings out the best and worst in people as […]
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Fusion Fragment Magazine #25
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. FUSION FRAGMENT MAGAZINE #25 – June 2025. Publisher: Fusion Fragment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Editor: Cavan Terrill Cover Art: by Nickolej Villiger Dear New Tenant – […]
The Big Idea: Justin C. Key
A good beside manner makes all the difference in your medical care. So how polite could a robot doctor or AI nurse be? Justin C. Key makes the argument that human connection in medicine is […]
Matt’s Reviews: On The Road To Cinnabar – The Complete Works of Edward Bryant Volume One
Publisher : Belanger Books LLC Publication date : August 3, 2025 Language : English Print length : 510 pages ISBN-10 : 3633644946 ISBN-13 : […]
The ICE Man Goeth by Tom Easton – FREE STORY
The news tells us about the activities of ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Fandom tells us about the activities of SCA, Society for Creative Anachronism. What happens when ICE meets SCA? Ah, fireworks… WABI […]
Matt’s Reviews: Speaker For The Dead by Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publish Date: 2002 Print Published: 1986 Duration: 14 hours 10 minutes Author: Orson Scott Card Read By: David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki Audible ASIN: B000079XXN Print ISBN: 978-1250773067 Book 2 of 6 in […]
SomniCorp by John Leahy – FREE STORY
In this futuristic age, you’d think that sleep and dreams would be the last totally private refuge. Go a little further into the future, and you will find that it’s not necessarily so. Pleasant dreams, […]
Fantasy
The Big Idea: Nicole Glover
I always found it a severe disappointment when I realized as a child that I was living in a world where tea pots weren’t enchanted, ravens didn’t linger on fence posts to give me a […]
Matt’s Reviews: On The Road To Cinnabar – The Complete Works of Edward Bryant Volume One
Publisher : Belanger Books LLC Publication date : August 3, 2025 Language : English Print length : 510 pages ISBN-10 : 3633644946 ISBN-13 : […]
´Novedades de Enero 2026 (Primera y Segunda Semana)
LIBROS Apogeo Ediciones ha publicado el libro «Madeleine» de Edison Mucha Soto. Sietch Ediciones nos presentan sus novedades de este año. «Dardos Corporales» de Jean Véliz, el eBook «La tribu Astral» Alejandro Farías Ugarte D’Angelo […]
The Big Idea: Madeleine E. Robins
Eras in the past had a focus on manners — a word that in itself was a code for something more controlling. For her novel The Doxies Penalty, author Madeleine E. Robins revisits a past […]
REVIEW – BRIGHT WEAVING BY MARTIN SPRINGETT
This week Steve reviews a new art book by Toronto’s Martin Springett, artist, designer, musician, composer and writer. If you like fantasy art and illustration, you might just enjoy this book.
Science
Matt’s Reviews: How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
Publisher : Mariner Books Publication date : January 14, 2010 Edition : 1st Language : English Print length : 320 pages ISBN-10 : 0547247990 ISBN-13 […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Small BIG by by Steve J. Martin, Noah Goldstein and Robert Cialdini
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Publication date : September 9, 2014 Language : English Print length : 288 pages ISBN-10 : 1455584258 ISBN-13 : […]
Matt’s Reviews: Superforecasting – The Art And Science Of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner
Publisher : Crown Publication date : September 13, 2016 Edition : Reprint Language : English Print length : 352 pages ISBN-10 : 9780804136716 […]
Matt’s Reviews: Multiple Quick Reviews (Pretties, The Municipalists, Broken Place Outer Spaces, Great by Choice)
I’ve been reading too many books lately, plus trying to find time to write my next novel (follow me here if you want to see when that comes out), and I haven’t been finding the […]
Sun Fires Blast Straight at Interstellar Object Cruising Through Solar System
The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS has been fascinating astronomers since its discovery in early July.The object, generally believed to be a comet, is screaming through the solar system at around 137,000 mph, and is expected […]
Nuclear Rockets—An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?
This essay is based on the research for the panel “Nuclear Rockets—An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?” that I was honored to moderate for 2025 Seattle WorldCon. The panelists were Bob Hranek, Charles J. Walther, […]
Matt’s Reviews: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling (with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund)
Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication date: April 2018 Print length: 352 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-250-10781-7 Authors: Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are […]
Can AI learn Through Story?
Dear Reader, Hope you’re well. Sorry for being out of touch. Grief is a peculiarly strange condition. I publish this as an experiment. It is part epistle, part conversation. Everything here is “true” in the […]
