The final installment of my Best Podcast Fiction of All Time List, is finally here, revealing the top ten. You can find the individual posts as they were posted #41-50 [...]
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Stew. Beer. Earl Grey, Hot. I *know* there are more interesting science fiction and fantasy foods out there! With [...]
This is my second installment of my Best Podcast Fiction of All Time List, covering #31-40. You can find #41-50 here. The list is picked from thousands of episodes of the [...]
Matthew Hughes writes fantasy and suspense fiction. he’s won the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award, and has been shortlisted for the Aurora, Nebula, Philip [...]
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This week we asked about books you don’t love. What books do people expect you to love or read, but you [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: A Witty take on the superhero genre. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Likable nebbish Chesney Arnstruther learns what it’s like being a superhero in the real [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: A wonderful science fiction caper novella by one of my favorite writers working today MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Luff Imbrey is a master thief working in the [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: Another enjoyable science-fantasy story that even sf purists can enjoy. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Henghis Hapthorn, a far-future Sherlock Holmes, attempts to [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: An excellent science-fantasy story in a fine setting even for fantasy-reluctant readers like myself. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Henghis Hapthorn, the [...]
Interviews & Profiles: Here’s a rare an audio interview with author Leigh Brackett, conducted by film reviewer Tony Macklin. [via Marooned] MentatJack interviews [...]
@B&N: The Candy Man Can: Or Why John Joseph Adams is Genre Fiction’s Willy Wonka. Sequential Tart interviews Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium). Matthew Hughes has [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: Science-Fantasy that even a fantasy-hater (like me) could love. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: While dealing with the world’s ever-impending slide from [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: A fine collection that surpasses most anthologies in entertainment value. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: 13 short stories, 9 of which are set in Hughes’s [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: An interesting blend of science fiction and fantasy elements. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Guth Bandar explores the world of the human collective unconscious, [...]