Leah Schnelbach
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Stephen Graham Jones on Writing, the Pantheon of Horror, and Clowns
Stephen Graham Jones is busy. In an earlier draft of this interview I included my comment that his work is challenging—by that I meant both emotionally, like all good horror is, but also that he’s … → Read More
The Quantum Leap Sequel Series Mostly Sticks the Leap
The Quantum Leap sequel series couldn’t help but feel a little manufactured. Made-in-a-lab. Only because the original show was so utterly weird and idiosyncratic that any return to the story was go… → Read More
You Don’t Want to Be on The Black Phone’s Family Plan
The Black Phone was pretty much made in a lab for me. Between the retro setting, the violent, foul-mouthed kids, the objectively real presence of the supernatural, the fraught family dynamics, Etha… → Read More
The Sandman Is Damn Near Perfect
Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Yes, it’s very good. Yes, it’s faithful to the comics in all the right ways, but also isn’t afraid to use the comics as a jumping off point that not only gives… → Read More
Superpowers and Sacrifices — Ms. Marvel: “Crushed”
Ms. Marvel’s second episode, written by Kate Gritmon and directed by Meera Menon, is possibly even more charming that its debut! “Crushed” introduces a new character and a whole b… → Read More
The Awesome Women Scientists of 1990s SFF
When I learned that Laura Dern was returning to the Jurassic-verse as Ellie Sattler in the upcoming Jurassic World: Dominion, it sent me on a spate of glorious reminiscence of how much a small grou… → Read More
Our Flag Means Death Will Set Sail for a Second Season!
HBO Max has finally made all of our dreams come true and renewed Our Flag Means Death for a second season!!! We’ve renewed as a crew!!! Ed and Stede will be back!!! Nothing else can possibly … → Read More
The Rebellion Is Growing in Ominous New Trailer for Andor
We’ve got our first teaser trailer for Andor, and a release date! And while the clip is short on detail, it packs a lot of ominous tone into a few short scenes. → Read More
The Nimona Movie has Shapeshifted into a Netflix Release
We are in fact getting a Nimona movie! Creator ND Stevenson took to Twitter to announce that the film has been picked up by Netflix and Annapurna, for release in 2023. → Read More
Choose Wisely: 25 Memorable Deaths in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Like all of our good ideas, this one came up in our work Slack. If you had a choice, would it be better to be Blobbed to death (i.e. killed by the The Blob, in the Steve McQueen classic, The Blob) … → Read More
Life’s But an Existentialist Shadow in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth
How do I even write about this? Joel Coen has created a stunning, often terrifying, German Expressionist-ish take on Macbeth that, when it chooses to be, tips into full horror. While it isn’t my fa… → Read More
The Full Trailer for Moon Knight is Here!
The first full trailer for Moon Knight is here, just in time for the first full moon of 2022! Nice job, Marvel. → Read More
The Best (and Worst) Cartoon Sidekicks of 1980s Television
I’ll always have a soft spot for the variety of SFF (and SFF-tinged) cartoon series aimed at kids in the 1980s—partly because of the amazing sidekicks that tagged along for adventures in Eter… → Read More
A Gentle Trauma Plot: Outside the Gates by Molly Gloss
How has it taken me so long to read Molly Gloss? I finally got to Outside the Gates in my TBR Stack, and it was amazing? I didn’t so much read this book as swallow it in a couple hours. It only too… → Read More
Don’t Look Up’s Satirical Take on the Apocalypse Could Use More Sincerity
Before I say another word: if you found Don’t Look Up moving, terrifying, or if it has inspired you to do anything you can to help fight climate collapse, or to help stem the rising COVID numbers, … → Read More
An Updated Ranking of All the Superhero Origin Movies I Could Remember
We’re about two decades into an era that history will remember as That Time Humans Demanded At Least Four Comic Book Movies A Year. (I’m guessing this era will be remembered for other t… → Read More
Celebrating the Sheer Weirdness of Madeleine L’Engle
Madeleine L’Engle was my first sci-fi. Maybe also my first fantasy. I read her before Lewis, Tolkien, Adams, Bradbury. I was 11 when I read A Wrinkle in Time, and I quickly burned through all the r… → Read More
A Love Letter to Mystery Science Theater 3000
Thirty-three years ago, on November 24, 1988, Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA, a cable access channel in Minneapolis. In human years, the show is out of college by now (probably), ma… → Read More
The Pros and Cons of the New Cowboy Bebop
The Cowboy Bebop of the 1990s was a delightful show, following Jet and Spike as they bounced from job to job, met Ein, ended up adopting Ein, me Faye, ended up adopting Faye, and finally met Ed, an… → Read More
Eternals Is a Superhero Primer on Gnosticism
First things first: overall, I liked Eternals. (Possibly more than my beloved colleague Emmet?) While I agree that there were creaky bits, some of the dialogue was too stilted, and there was just a… → Read More