I’m a relative newcomer to science-fiction/fantasy (SFF) magazines, mostly because there are so many out there to peruse. Uncanny Magazine came my way after discovering the poem “The Eaters” by Filipina poet M. Sereno, published in volume 3, and it was enough to convince me to try another issue. Hugo Award-winner Lynne M. Thomas and…
Short & Sweet: TCAF Edition!
OTP Maki Naro Self Published 2015 Maki Naro calls OTP the first Triassic romance comic. In 1975, paleontologists found a Triassic era fossilized cast. In 2012, we finally found out was inside the cast, thanks to the European Synchronotron Radiation Facility, which peered inside the cast and discovered two animals, locked in a fatal embrace:…
The Thursday Book Beat: Brazilian Book Lovers Donate 5,000 Books to Fulfill Library Dream
Anton Chekov’s first book published after 130 years The New York Review of Books will release The Prank, Chekov’s first writing collection, in July. The Prank failed to get through censors several times, despite his best efforts. Known for his deft use of parody and comedy as platforms for social commentary, Chekov’s early writing will likely be of high interest…
The Thursday Book Beat: Toronto Public Library Celebrates 100th Branch
Simon & Schuster to stream new Stephen King short story on July 2, 2015 Read by Tim Sample, the story will be broadcast live simultaneously on CBS radio stations across America. It will be released a few days earlier as a CD audiobook and for digital download on June 30. Pequeño Editor creates environmentally-friendly children’s…
The Thursday Book Beat: Netflix Loves Green Eggs and Ham
First Book partners with KPMG, JetBlue and Target to provide 60,000 books to kids The program will make trade paperbacks of six books available to educators and programs that help children in impoverished areas. They include Niño Wrestles the World (Roaring Brook/Porter), written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales; And Tango Makes Three (S&S), written by…
Mga Kuwentong Perlas: The Women of Modern Filipino Short Stories
My appreciation for the short story form didn’t develop until I was in university. As a staunch fan of the novel as a literary format, the focus placed on short stories in my creative writing program might have driven me off were it not for the astonishing pieces that I found and that were shared with me,…
The Thursday Book Beat: Scholastic Answers Call to Be Gender Neutral
NY libraries launch campaign to fix branches With more budget cuts due to hit libraries across New York, several city library systems have initiated an awareness campaign called Invest in Libraries. The campaign invites NY residents to write to their mayor and speaker to express their support for libraries and all they do for the…
Stars, Soulmates, and Shoujo: Meteor Prince Volume 1
Meteor Prince Meca Tanaka Viz Media January 6, 2015 Disclaimer: I received this copy from Viz Media for an honest review. Like many a shoujo manga heroine, Hako Natsuno just wants to get through high school. It’s bad enough that she seems to be the unluckiest person on the planet, without having to deal with…
Creativity Matters: Veronica Berns, Ph.D. Designs Comic Book on Quasicrystals
As the spring semester winds down at colleges and universities, many graduating students are putting the finishing touches on their theses. For Veronica Berns, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, last year’s finishing touches involved illustrating and designing a comic book. “At some point last year when I was putting together my thesis,…
Can You Spare a Brain? iZombie From Panel to Screen
Angel and Christa decided to undergo a little experiment when the CW premiered iZombie a few weeks ago. Christa had already read the majority of the comic series by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred before watching the show. Angel on the other hand watched the first two episodes of the show first and then read…
The Thursday Book Beat: #tothegirls Takes Over Twitter
#tothegirls inspires Twitter (and brings Courtney Summers’ new book to the public eye) Author Courtney Summers started the hashtag as part of the promotion for her newest novel, All the Rage, and it quickly went viral. The young protagonist of All the Rage is dismissed and shunned after reporting an assault. Women all over Twitter…
The Thursday Book Beat: YouTube Stars Take on the Page
YouTube’s “Sunshine Girl” Heads to Bookstores Paige McKenzie has announced that her fledgling webseries, “The Haunting of Sunshine Girl” will be turned into a series of YA novels by Weinstein Books, and the first book was released earlier this week. She’s not the only YouTube star to venture into the publishing world: Jenn McAllister (a.k.a JennxPenn)…