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Adventures in Fantasy Literature
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Writ in Water: V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
https://www.blackgate.com/2025/05/14/writ-in-water-v-e-schwabs-the-invisible-life-of-addie-larue/
Published: May 14, 2025 13:00
How many times have you heard (or even repeated) the old adage, “Be careful what you wish for?” Of course it’s a cliché, a commonplace beloved of parents and primary school teachers the world over, but such chestnuts sometimes actually contain the…
Houses of Ill Repute: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix and Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Published: May 13, 2025 21:00
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix (Berkley, January 14, 2025) and Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (Tor Books, October 3, 2023). Covers: uncredited, Micaela Alcaino No, not that kind of house of ill repute (though I confess I thought the…
A (Black) Gat in the Hand: Weird Tales Rings in Conan
https://www.blackgate.com/2025/05/12/a-black-gat-in-the-hand-weird-tales-rings-in-conan/
Published: May 12, 2025 10:00
“You’re the second guy I’ve met within hours who seems to think a gat in the hand means a world by the tail.” – Phillip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep (Gat — Prohibition Era term for a gun. Shortened version of Gatling Gun) Back in 2018, I…
A Challenge Worth Smiling About: Tim Waggoner on Writing Conan
https://www.blackgate.com/2025/05/11/a-challenge-worth-smiling-about-tim-waggoner-on-writing-conan/
Published: May 11, 2025 20:40
Tim Waggoner, and his upcoming novel Conan: Spawn of the Serpent God (Titan Books, October 28, 2025) On a non-descript day I am intercepted on entering a coffee shop. It turns out to be a happy accident, an old colleague, eager to join me as I wait for my…
Tubi Dive, Part V
https://www.blackgate.com/2025/05/10/tubi-dive-part-v/
Published: May 10, 2025 16:43
Meatball Machine and Meatball Machine Kodoku (TLA Releasing, 2005 and 2017) 50 films that I dug up on Tubi. Enjoy! Meatball Machine (2005) and Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017) It’s a double-header in more ways than one, as I settled down to watch a couple of…
Tor Doubles #5: Poul Anderson’s No Truce with Kings and Fritz Leiber’s Ship of Shadows
Published: May 9, 2025 11:00
Both Poul Anderson’s No Truce for Kings and Fritz Leiber’s Ship of Shadows originally appeared in issues of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Not only did their initial publication occur in the same periodical, but both of those original issues…
Goth Chick News: Exploring GalaxyCon’s Newest Addition – Nightmare Weekend
Published: May 8, 2025 19:47
One of the most entertaining aspects of working for Black Gate is hitting the road with Photog Chris Z to cover horror-themed events in the Midwest. Though many people think about Halloween during the fall months, there is an enormous subculture of…
Life Lessons from David Cronenberg
https://www.blackgate.com/2025/05/07/life-lessons-from-david-cronenberg/
Published: May 7, 2025 13:00
Let me begin with two assertions, each of which is, in the immortal words of Vincent Vega, “a bold statement.” First: David Cronenberg is one of our greatest directors, and there is nothing he has done that isn’t worth seeing. Second: I am the dumbest,…
Oof. Yet Another WorldCon Controversy
https://www.blackgate.com/2025/05/06/oof-yet-another-worldcon-controversy/
Published: May 6, 2025 06:04
Good afterevenmorn, Readers! I have been out of the writing world loop for a bit, being wrapped up in my own personal stuff (it’s a terrible combination of absolutely no time whatsoever, “out of sight, out of mind,” and having my head in the clouds as I’m…
What I’ve Been Watching: May 2025
https://www.blackgate.com/2025/05/05/what-ive-been-watching-may-2025/
Published: May 5, 2025 10:00
Wow. It’s been over half a year since I did a What I’ve Been Watching. I’ve already forgotten some of the stuff I watched since then! But let’s tackle a few more recent favorites. And what I’m re-watching, as usual. COUNTY LINE From 2017 through 2022,…
Half a Century of Reading Tolkien: Part Four – The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien
Published: May 4, 2025 16:00
A wild light came into Frodo’s eyes. ‘Stand away! Don’t touch me!’ he cried. ‘It is mine, I say. Be off!’ His hand strayed to his sword-hilt. But then quickly his voice changed. ‘No, no, Sam,’ he said sadly. ‘But you must understand. It is my burden, and…
Tubi Dive, Part IV
https://www.blackgate.com/2025/05/03/tubi-dive-part-iv/
Published: May 3, 2025 16:26
50 films that I dug up on Tubi. Enjoy! Maggots (2017) Despite usually taking the piss out of bad movies, I do have respect for filmmakers that actually complete them and get them seen. This brings us to Maggots — a horror/comedy that gets a couple of…
Tor Doubles #4: Samuel R. Delany’s The Star Pit and John Varley’s Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo
Published: May 2, 2025 11:00
Originally published in January 1989, the fourth Tor Double included John Varley’s Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo and Samuel R. Delany’s The Star Pit. Printed in the a tête-bêche format, David Lee Anderson provided the cover by Tango Charlie and Foxtrot…
Goth Chick News: Spirit Halloween Levels Up with Haunted: Halloween ’86 – Spirit Edition
Published: May 1, 2025 21:45
The only thing I like better than blowing a whole day playing video games, is playing retro video games. Of course I love movie-quality HD graphics, but little pixelated Lego-people give me a case of the warm fuzzies. I did some digging and discovered I’m…