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Not Dead Yet [UPDATE: Q&A RETRACTED]
After it was announced on social media that romance author Susan Meachen had taken her own life two years ago, the literary community rallied to support…
 • Michael Gallagher
Why Aren’t Men Reading? Why Are People Reading Less?
Perhaps these are the wrong questions….
 • Caroline Furlong
Let the Mainstream Die
D&D and the Death Knell of the Theatre Kids
 • Michael Gallagher
A Long, Fat Shadow
Worldcon Seattle banned Leslie Varney without explanation—is a portly panelist to blame?
 • Michael Gallagher
High Republic, Low Sales
Sales of DisneyWars' High Republic novels have seen a huge decrease in sales since the franchise's big 2021 launch
 • Michael Gallagher and Declan Finn
Failed YouTuber Matt Jarbo Takes Swipe at Critical Drinker in a Desperate Bid For Relevance
Pack it in Matt, nobody cares.
 • Michael Gallagher
Sorry File 770—We're Still Here
Mike and the gang at SF/F's biggest digital vomitorium spew first, ask questions later.
 • Michael Gallagher
Where's the Chapter, Pat?
Patrick Rothfuss' fans recently paid a MILLION dollars to have him read a chapter from Doors of Stone. Rothfuss says he hasn't written it. That's…
 • Michael Gallagher
YES, Child: Patrick Tomlinson('s wife) Finally Settles 'Lolsuit' To The Tune of $83k
Turns out he owed *many* pennies, stlaker.
 • Michael Gallagher
A Great Disturbance in the Fandom
As if a great crowd of “fans” suddenly started singing a different tune all at once….
 • Caroline Furlong
Book Versus Movie: Jurassic Park!
What Spielberg changed in Crichton's most celebrated novel.
 • Graham Bradley
Looking Marvel-ous? No, Not Really….
It’s going to get worse before it gets better, unfortunately.
 • Caroline Furlong
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