Cthulhu on CNN
It’s not quite the way many cultists had hoped to see Cthulhu on CNN, but it’s still pretty good. Cthulhu and the Lovecraft profiled on CNN. (via Bonnie Burton)
Friends of the Merrill Short Story Contest!
Enter you speculative fiction in the inaugural Friends of the Merrill Collection Short Story contest! The Merrill Collection is the Toronto Public Library’s excellent collection of science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction. The 3 winners will receive cash prizes. Find out more, and enter, here.
Interview with Cartoonist Susie Cagle
Comics Alliance interviews Susie Cagle, who was teargassed and arrested while reporting on Occupy Oakland for Good magazine. The article has a couple of her sketches and some distressing video.
Jaws Retold as a Comic Strip
Charles Forsman adapts Jaws to the world of Charles Schulz’ Peanuts.
Murder in the (Fantastical) Big City
Let’s smash some genres together! Today it’s urban fantasy meets the murder mystery, and, at first glance, it’s a meeting of true minds.
Thinking about Video Games
Off Book goes in depth on video games with interesting discussions of interactivity, story telling, creativity, world-building and how video games help people understand and manipulate complex systems.
