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Set in the aftermath of “the Cull” – a catastrophic event that killed billions, wiped out civilisation and left just a few survivors who happened to have the right blood type – Journal Of The Plague Year collects together three tales of life after the apocalypse. Authors Adrian Tchaikovsky, Malcolm …

Men in tights? Journalist and author Tim Hall writes about “the original superhero” Tim Hall’s debut novel, Shadow Of The Wolf , provides a dark, supernatural origin story for Robin Hood. In this guest blog he explains how he unearthed the “superhero of Sherwood”… I’ve read and watched countless interpretations, …

The author of Barricade discusses writing in a nuclear wasteland This is a guest blog by author Jon Wallace… Nuclear Fiction There’s a line in a song by a favourite band of mine called The Tragically Hip which goes: “you can drop the bomb that restores some calm and then …

The Son Of The Morning author talks about how to research historical fantasy This is a guest blog by author Mark Alder (who also writes as MD Lachlan) whose new book Son Of The Morning touches down on Earth next week, on Thursday 17 April. It received five stars in …

Writing time travel stories despite modern physics? “Fudge it or fake it,” says author Graham Storrs Graham Storrs ( @graywave ), a former research scientist and software designer, now lives and writes science fiction in a quiet corner of the Australian bush. In recent years he’s published many short stories …

In his latest Hollywood Hyperspace column, SFX ‘s West Coast Editor Joe McCabe gets over Halloween withdrawal in the scariest possible way… (opens in new tab) I admit it – I’ve been suffering from Halloween withdrawal lately. It happens every November. After the rush of horror-themed screenings, scare mazes, and …

Now Boarding For Hollywood Hyperspace (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) Welcome aboard, readers! Joe McCabe, your SFX West Coast editor here in sunny Southern California, introducing you to my shiny new blog Hollywood Hyperspace. We’ll be taking off in just a few minutes… Where are we headed? …

I have a simple question for you; what is your favourite currently-airing US or Canadian sci-fi TV show? And is it as good as sci-fi TV shows you’ve loved in the past? (opens in new tab) The reason I ask is because I’m finding sci-fi TV to be a bit …

Afterlife Inc by Jon Lock was probably the best comic I read last year. It’s the story of Jack Fortune, the recently-installed head of Afterlife Inc, the organisation that runs the Empyrean. The Empyrean is a near infinite citadel where everyone goes when they die. Hell? Heaven? Same place, different …

(opens in new tab) There seems to be a lot of talk about Man Of Steel being a possible gateway film for DC; that it might lead to a Justice League film and other DC characters appearing on the big screen; that this latest Superman outing could, ultimately, be the …