"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to change the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" as tensions with Canada worsen.

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Contains MASSIVE spoilers for the Silo stories and the Silo TV series. The Silo series by Hugh Howey is a modern masterpiece of post-apocalyptic SF. The books form a trilogy with Wool, Shift and Du…

A novelette called “A Voice,” appeared in my first short story collection, Something Special. The story introduces Katy LaPointe, a senior tech manager who finds herself accused of industrial espio…

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I wrote a Castle fic! If your reaction is, “You wrote a what now?” don’t be concerned. All will be explained. First, let’s talk Castle. This was a TV show that ran for some …

A CBC News investigation found a number of Facebook accounts run by people overseas impersonating real Albertan separatists.

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Is it better to write fan fiction or original fiction? What does better even mean in this context? After having written both, I don’t have an answer. There are advantages and disadvantages to…