A lot has been going on here, but pretty much everything pales beside the specter of the Western North Carolina wildfires. What's happening to the Blue Ridge Mountains and the wildlife there is absolutely tragic, and the heroism of the men and women fighting the flames cannot be overstated. We're currently in what's been classified as a Red Zone ( Read more... )

Here are a few new calls for papers that may be of interest:
- Doctor Who: Twelfth Night
- I Am Already Dead: Essays on The CW's iZombie and Vertigo's iZOMBIE
- Kaiju and Pop Culture Anthology
- Social TV Fandom and the Media Industries
- Octavia Butler Essay CollectionI'm back from a fantastic trip to Cherokee, North Carolina. I hope everyone is ( Read more... )

ConCarolinas was terrific. I wanted to give this gentleman all the lightsabers. All the lightsabers, I say!


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Hello, everyone! Happy Friday!

* I'm delighted to be part of the ensemble cast who narrated the amazing "The Four Generations of Chang E" by Zen Cho for the latest episode of The Drabblecast. If you listen, I hope you enjoy!


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Here's one more call for papers I had to share! The editor is a dear friend of mine, and I'm very excited about this volume. I hope some of you will consider submitting abstracts for it.

Call for Papers: Essays in Virtual Dark Tourism

“Call it a pilgrimage, perhaps.”
- Vintage SeasonDark Tourism studies are expanding as scholars, largely from ( Read more... )

Here are a few Calls for Papers I thought might be of interest.
* Critical Insights: Isaac Asimov
* Powering the Future: Energy Resources in Science Fiction and Fantasy
* "Studies in Horror and the Gothic": A Special Issue of Palgrave Communications
* ReFocus: The Films of William Castle
* Critical Insights: Literature of Fear and Paranoia
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* From the Edgar Allan Poe Museum: Are you a writer who has been inspired by Poe? Send us your poetry and flash fiction that demonstrate his influence, whether you’ve been inspired by Poe’s use of the grotesque, his theory of the unified effect, or his pioneering work in science fiction and the detective story. No matter what he wrote, Poe imbued ( Read more... )

First, here's a Call for Papers that's perfect for the Halloween season. A terrific colleague of mine is seeking submissions for a new collection Exploring the Dark Shadows Mythos.

Now on to today's main fare. This month one of my "can't miss" podcasts, The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast, is celebrating "Bloch-tober" -- that is, hosts Chad Fifer ( Read more... )

The Museum of Science Fiction, the world's first comprehensive science fiction museum, will publish an academic journal of science fiction using the University of Maryland's journal management system. The first issue of the Museum’s new Journal of Science Fiction will be launched in January of 2016 and will serve as a forum for scientists and ( Read more... )

My latest "Looking Back in Genre History" segment, which explores the story behind H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shunned House," is available here on StarShipSofa's episode 390. (Thanks to ankh_hpl for her kind words about this!)

I am glad that Kurt Vonnegut is a 2015 inductee in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.


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