Some things got in the way, namely Covid and all sorts of economic and family pressures. I took other work, most notably the much delayed but forthcomingAlien Film Franchise Encyclopediawith Joe Fordham. Strange Shapes the book is still unfinished, but I’ve been working away and badgering mo...
In addition to flu-like illness, she complained of nausea, gastrointestinal distress, congestion and a temporary loss of taste and smell. All of those symptoms are now on the CDC list, but weren't added until after Sciascia-Van Horn became symptomatic in late March. COVID-19 was primarily ...
Concerns from some residents about an unfamiliar aircraft spotted the BVI’s airspace yesterday have been eased after an explanation was presented by the Governor’s Office. Several residents commented throughout the day about the sighting of the unusual aircraft, with some also questioning its purpo...
This is my first quarterly short fiction roundup for Strange Horizons, and I am putting it together in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, with social distancing and quarantine happening in many countries. I have been doing monthly speculative short fiction roundups for years, but here at Str...
President Joe Biden Speaking at Press Conference on New COVID Variant, Omicron, on Monday, November 29, 2021 President Joe Biden clearly needs a new communications team that can explain to him the meaning of “under promise, outperform.” Biden began yesterday’sp...
I was left with no tastebuds or sense of smell, which is awful. Covid test on the Friday! I kept going, and kept training. Then came the weather warning, and an email from the event saying that if the temperatures were predicted to be over 30 degrees on the Sunday (17th) then ...
This marks the secondMarvel Cinematic Universemovie in a row to absolutely dominate the box office.Spider-Man: No Way Homeopened in late 2021, at the height of the Omicron wave of the Covid pandemic, and made $260 million in its opening weekend on the way to grossing $804.6 million in ...
JPMorgan Chase serviced Epstein’s accounts from 1998 to 2013 – a full five years after his conviction in Florida for procuring sex with a minor and his having to register as a sex offender. Jamie Dimon’s upcoming deposition in the Epstein matter has been...
Money has no smell ... but the Jew has one!"This banknote is very well done, extremely realistic, and one of the most popular German banknote leaflets of World War II.French Francs from the Sky Sometimes the banknotes were real. The British did an aerial propaganda operation dropping ...
The faux shout-outs I do after after each chorus were all ad-libbed. Not much thought or planning went into those, but they still give me a bit of a giggle. I’d chalk that positive byproduct up to the laid back approach a song like this makes possible. It’s a very small thing...