Last week we announced that the next theme for the #WWACBookClub would be a mystery, and we gave you the opportunity to vote for our next two picks. Today we’re pleased to announce that we’ll be reading the following books in September and October. September’s Pick: The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Make your own disease with Bio Inc. for Android Creepy but fascinating, this newly released game is a biomedical strategy simulator allowing the user to develop the most lethal illness possible. PAX Prime in three minutes If you couldn’t make it to this year’s PAX Prime, check out the three minute hyperlapse over at PC Gamer….
CHEW On This: The Transmisogyny in Layman and Guillory’s Indie Darling
I’m writing this essay because I feel disgusted and betrayed. My name is Rachel Stevens, and I am a transwoman. I live my life in fear because of it, and I have a devil of a time finding fictional works to take in that aren’t actively hateful towards people like me. Unfortunately, I have to…
September Staff Picks: Books!
Broken Monsters Lauren Beukes Little, Brown and Company From the author of The Shining Girls, the newest book follows female homicide detective Gabi Versado as she tangles with failed-artist-turned-murderer Clayton Broom. I enjoyed the creepiness of The Shining Girls and it sounds like Broken Monsters follows the same path. — Brenda
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: Webcomics, Kids’ Comics, and Trippy Sci-Fi Goodness
Prologue to Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s Ody-C Comes Online, Not to be Included with Comic The creators of this sci-fi, gender-swapped retelling of The Odyssey have put up a prologue to the story that won’t be included in the comic itself. It’s beautiful and strange, absolutely unlike anything that’s on the stands today. Christian…
Crafting Geeky: Damnit Jim!
Etsy is a cross-stitcher’s best friend, if you don’t mind paying a few dollars here or there for patterns. I decided to move on to an actual pattern as designed by someone else with all the details laid out, maybe I would get my spacing right (spoiler alert: I didn’t). Searching the multitude of patterns…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Jeremy Renner In A Knee-Length Coat
Happy Labor Day to people who live in a geographic/political area that celebrates it! Enjoy not working and reading some Marvel news:
The Awkward Adventures of Exercise Girl*: Smell The Victory
I started Boxing & Muay Thai training at a local gym with my siblings in September 2013. The gym is a foreign place to me as a self identified introvert and lover of the indoors so awkwardness will inevitably ensue. Being a writer, I obviously had to document it. These are my random reflections, tips and insights. Enjoy.
DragonCon Dispatches: Day Zero and One
Thursday Dragon Con has become so embiggened over the years that Thursday, the day that used to be for checking in and kicking back, has now become as busy and populated as Friday used to be. It’s not an official con day — yet — but there were a few things for fans arriving early to…
West Coast Geeks vs. Nerds: An Origin Story
I first learned of Geeks vs. Nerds while waiting in line for a pub. In their words, they have “taken up the mantle of celebrating our local geek, gamer, and comic book nerd subcultures in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia.
Happy Labour Day!
To those whose countries grace them with a holiday on September first (I’m among them), have a happy Labour Day! Get out and enjoy the last sunshine and good times of summer. The last? Yes. THE VERY LAST. GO GO GO. But if you’re fearful of the great outdoors — or, you know, sunshine — I recommend…
Nine Worlds: Days 2&3
Saturday/Sunday: Life is not non-stop suffering and the meanness of white people My second day at Nine Worlds began with a very well-attended debate between several writers – including Joanne Harris, author of The Gospel of Loki – over which was better: dragons, werewolves, vampires, or warlocks. Topics covered included each species’ body odor, fashion…
