Hot on the heels of his searing exposé Moonfellows, Danger Slater’s latest is a cautionary tale for those who don’t believe girls need access to comprehensive sex ed.
Science Fiction
Madison’s Top 13 Books of 2022
Arts Coverage, Books, CommentaryAt last, the list everyone has been waiting for – my objectively correct Top 13 Books of 2013.
Read more: Madison’s Top 13 Books of 2022
Living Vicariously Through You
Creative Works, FictionAppears in: When the World Stopped: A Collection of Infectious Stories (Owl Hollow Press)
Release Date: October 2020
Summary: Sophie’s quarantine takes an odd turn when she develops a telepathic connection with the sketchy guy loitering near her building. A pseudoscientific rom-com about these weird times.
Buy a copy of When the World Stopped from Owl Hollow Press.
Dust in the Jail Cell
Creative Works, FictionAppears in: On Time (Transmundane Press)
Release Date: Sept. 27/2020
Summary: A dimension-hopping war arrives at a downtown police station after a trailer on cinder blocks materializes in the middle of traffic. The young woman in the holding cell has a strange story to tell – if she lives long enough.
Buy a copy of On Time from Transmundane Press.
IMPOSSIBLE JAMES by Danger Slater [book review]
Books, CommentaryDanger Slater’s Impossible James is a bizarro sci-fi comedy that fuses apocalyptic fiction with family saga.
I Just Don’t Get the Hype Over the New Star Wars Movie
Creative Works, Fiction, Free to ReadAppears in: Back Patio Press
Release Date: May 15/2020
Summary: A cinemagoer is startled by the strangely patriotic alternate ending of a sci-fi blockbuster.
Read it for free at Back Patio Press (or continue reading below).
i am no threat to you.
Creative Works, Fiction, Free to ReadAppears in: Sci-Fi & Scary
Release Date: May 10/2020
Summary: A tongueless punk rocker and an AWOL nurse revolt against a tyrannical government.
Read it for free at Sci-Fi & Scary (or continue reading below).
A Very Spaced-Out Christmas
Creative Works, FictionAppears in: Mysterion
Release Date: Dec. 23/2019
Summary: An eclectic group of fast food workers spend the holidays stranded on an outer space truck stop, in this Christmas sci-fi comedy.
Read it in Mysterion.
‘Til Death
Creative Works, FictionAppears in: Horror Tree – Trembling With Fear
Release Date: Nov. 10/2019
Summary: A reluctant groom gets cold feet the day of his post-apocalyptic wedding.
Read it at Horror Tree.
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS is an old-school monster smackdown [reviews]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionState-of-the-art CGI techniques should have ushered in a golden age of movies in which giant monsters fight each other – and thus, the Legendary MonsterVerse is a welcome addition to the cinematic landscape.
HIGH LIFE is an enigmatic new space odyssey [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionClaire Denis’s High Life is a confounding sci-fi psychodrama starring Robert Pattinson as the last surviving inmate of an outer space prison.
David Lloyd @ Ottawa ComicCon
Arts Coverage, Ottawa ComicConArtist David Lloyd is responsible for creating some of the most iconic images in comic book history – and his influence has expanded far beyond the printed page.
The acclaimed illustrator, best known for co-creating V For Vendetta with legendary writer Alan Moore, appeared at Ottawa ComicCon last Friday, leading a lively discussion on politics, punk rock, and Guy Fawkes masks.
Madison McSweeney 