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UFO/UAP news roundup (25th January 2025).
Here’s the semi-irregular round-up of all the best new content that is fit to print, and some that probably isn’t, concerning the topic…
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January 2025
ReviewFantasy
Relight My Fire (Stranger Times book 4) by C.K. McDonnell (book review).
Humour is a strange creature. Not everyone finds the same things funny. This is particularly true in fiction. Some readers may find a…
ReviewCulture
Retro Fan #35 November 2024 (magazine review).
Writer Scott Shaw!’s article on Space Ghost neglects explaining just what exactly his and his team’s powers are other than him being ‘Batman…
ReviewFantasy
The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang (translated by Slin Jung) (book review).
Serin is unhappy. Everything she does feels wrong and out of place. Her family’s financial situation has worsened since her father’s death. Her…
TrailerFantasy
In the Lost Lands (fantasy film: trailer).
When George R. R. Martin writes a short story, you know it’s going to be bleak, brutal, and utterly fascinating—just the kind of…
TrailerHorror
Companion: scifi horror film (trailer).
From the creators of Barbarian and the studio that once made you cry over a notebook (yes, that notebook), comes Companion, a horror…
TrailerHorror
Cassandra: the AI that Knows What You Did Last Summer (Netflix horror trailer).
Prepare to double-check your smart devices and question your life choices because Netflix is bringing us Cassandra, a German sci-fi horror series guaranteed…
ReviewScifi
Open Mic Night At The Nexus by Ian Brazee-Cannon (book review).
‘Open Mic Night At The Nexus’ is a collection of short stories from a single author, Ian Brazee-Cannon. Here are a few stories…
ReviewScifi
The Black Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum (book review).
The information on the back of this book, ‘The Black Flame’ by Stanley G. Weinbaum, is inaccurate for the most part. There are…
ReviewScifi
On Spec Magazine #130 Vol. 34 No. 4 (magazine review).
‘On Spec’ is a Canadian magazine of speculative fiction. Diane L. Walton’s opening editorial discusses how difficult it is to keep ‘On Spec’…
ReviewHorror
Cryptology #2 February 2025 (magazine review).
Something I should point out about all TwoMorrows publications and magazines, often seen in their ordering information, is that they tend to be…
ReviewScifi
A Truth Beyond Full by Rosie Oliver (book review).
Once upon a time, a colleague told me that science fiction was ‘Mills & Boon for boys.’. ’. In the early days of…