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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 14m

Reading the Weird celebrates spooky season all year long, but now an Edgar Allen Poe deep dive feels...thematically appropriate. This week let's discuss "Metzengerstein," Poe's first published story 📖

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Two Stables Both Alike in Dignity: Edgar Allan Poe’s “Metzengerstein” - Reactor

Maybe one *should* look a gift horse in the mouth...

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1h

For a movie set inside a video game, Tron (1982) is filled with religious themes and imagery. Let's dig into the various messiahs, angels, gods, devils, and systems of belief we encounter among all the neon.

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The Divine (and Not-So-Divine) Mysteries of Tron - Reactor

A video game world populated by messiahs, angels, gods, and devils.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2h

With E.T., Spielberg changed the movie business forever, offering a gentle, uncynical view of family life and growing up in '80s America that took the world by storm. Does it still resonate today?

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: You’ve Got a Friend in Outer Space - Reactor

The wholesome, uncynical story about a friendship that changed movies forever.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2h

Checkmate, Buffy revival: Danny Strong AKA THE superstar Jonathan will be working on a Chess (the musical) rewrite instead of returning to the show

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Danny Strong Turned Down Writing the Buffy Revival to Rewrite Chess on Broadway - Reactor

Yes, Chess. The musical. Chess.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 3h

You may have recognized the growth of sporror (spore-horror) media over the past few years 🍄 Today, author Leticia Urieta offers 9 book recommendations that will get their roots- oops, mycelium in you

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Creeping Fungus: Nine Works of Sporror - Reactor

If you love mushrooms or just want some creepy reads to add to your TBR, this list is for you!

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 3h

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE CYCLE OF SAMSARA WITH THIS ONE

The Good Place X The Wolf of Wall Street set in the Thai-Buddhist heaven. I hope you enjoy this absurd, divine comedy!

Thank you @malf.bsky.social for the opportunity to gush about the Traibhumikatha and Wenjing Yang for the godlike art!!

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 3h

A minor deva drudging away in the gleaming offices of Buddhist heaven discovers there are easier ways to improve his karma than kind thoughts and spiritual deeds.

"Where the Hell Is Nirvana?" by @champwongs.bsky.social is out now at Reactor!

Art by Wenjing Yang
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Where the Hell Is Nirvana? - Reactor

A minor deva drudging away in the gleaming offices of Buddhist heaven discovers there are easier ways to improve his karma than kind thoughts and spiritual deeds.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 3h

A minor deva drudging away in the gleaming offices of Buddhist heaven discovers there are easier ways to improve his karma than kind thoughts and spiritual deeds.

"Where the Hell Is Nirvana?" by @champwongs.bsky.social is out now at Reactor!

Art by Wenjing Yang
Edited by @malf.bsky.social

Where the Hell Is Nirvana? - Reactor

A minor deva drudging away in the gleaming offices of Buddhist heaven discovers there are easier ways to improve his karma than kind thoughts and spiritual deeds.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 21h

Star Trek in MY The Purge (2013)? It's more likely than you think

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How A Classic Star Trek Episode Helped Inspire The Purge - Reactor

In a new book, writer-director James DeMonaco describes the three things that inspired the franchise.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 22h

It's a great day for a revenge contract. In other words, we're excited to share an excerpt from Qurratulayn's Blood & Breath, which comes out today from Page Street YA!!

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Read an Excerpt From Blood & Breath by Qurratulayn - Reactor

Born into the persecuted Magi class, Evan Wilde keeps her true identity under wraps…

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 23h

Science fiction readers, prepare your shelves: Here's all the books featuring interstellar wars, Star Trek, and suspicious hackers (and more) coming out October 2025!

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All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in October 2025 - Reactor

In October's new SF releases, you'll find murder and sabotage, billionaire hackers and federal agents, and the Olympic Games… in… spaaaace!

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 23h

It is a HUGE!!!! month for new fantasy books!!!! We've got new Malazan and Nghi Vo, plus ladyknights and a catdragon. What are you most excited for in October 2025?

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All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in October 2025 - Reactor

October's 37 new fantasy titles take us to metropolises like New York, Alt-Coulomb, and Tilliard, as well as remote castles and islands…

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 23h

Katherine Rundell’s middle grade fantasy Impossible Creatures takes to the skies with Disney 🐉

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Disney Plans to Turn Katherine Rundell’s Impossible Creatures Into Its Next Big Fantasy Franchise - Reactor

The company closed a seven-figure deal with Rundell to adapt the middle grade series.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

Frank, funny, and incredibly well-researched, "A City on Mars" offers real talk about the work that needs to be done before humans can settle space–and offers some new angles for science fiction to explore:

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Radioactive Wastelands and Also Legal Wrangling: Kelly and Zach Weinersmith’s A City on Mars - Reactor

Real talk about how we can settle space — and if it's really a good idea.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

From Elphaba to Zelma Stanton, witches in pop culture push back against oppression; they show us how to imagine a better world and encourage us to fight against authoritarianism, propaganda, and censorship 🧹

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Rebellion, Activism, Imagination: Why We Need Witches More Than Ever. - Reactor

Witches teach us how to push back — and raise hell — in the face of authoritarianism.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

The time has come, Witcher fans: Do you accept Liam Hemsworth as your new Witcher and savior, or do you reject him?

#TheWitcher

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Everybody Makes New Friends (and Keeps the Old) in The Witcher Season 4 Trailer - Reactor

The contacts are silver and the wigs are gold? Or is it the other way around?

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 1d

prologue and first chapter are up now! meet the protagonist of my epic fantasy: the saddest grad student on earth 😂

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

Calling all lady knights, anxious historians, and those doomed by the narrative...

Reactor is THRILLED to be hosting a serialization of The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social!! Join us every Tuesday through October 28th for an extended preview, starting today!

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The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow: Prologue and Chapter 1 - Reactor

The lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian sent through time to ensure she plays her part…

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

Calling all lady knights, anxious historians, and those doomed by the narrative...

Reactor is THRILLED to be hosting a serialization of The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social!! Join us every Tuesday through October 28th for an extended preview, starting today!

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The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow: Prologue and Chapter 1 - Reactor

The lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian sent through time to ensure she plays her part…

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

Your standard 9-5 office job is already unglamorous. But what if a rogue dragon was also there? @markwaddell.bsky.social, author of Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World, recommends 5 books with unusual corporate demands:

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Five Books With the Worst and Weirdest Office Jobs - Reactor

These jobs come with sentient staplers, occult conspiracies, and demonic bosses...

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

@zutsuit.bsky.social discusses how William Bridges’ All of You takes a familiar premise to make something romantic and complex–even if it can't commit to its sci-fi theme:

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Romantic Drama All of You Merely Flirts With the Science of Soulmates - Reactor

Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots resist their romantic fates in a movie that’s heavy on the yearning, light on worldbuilding.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

Robin Stevens’ Murder Most Unladylike books are investigating a TV adaptation 🔎

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Robin Stevens’ Murder Most Unladylike Series Is Getting a TV Adaptation - Reactor

The Agatha Christie-esque series features two school-aged kids at the Deepdean School for Girls.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome back, saturated fantasy programming: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will explore the story of Dunk and Egg from a quieter perspective

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Will Be Smaller, More Intimate Than Game of Thrones - Reactor

Showrunner Ira Parker reveals how the upcoming series will be different from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

With The Summer War, Naomi Novik returns to the fairy-tale atmospheres of Uprooted and Spinning Silver, delivering a short, lyrical novella about violence and power:

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The Summer War by Naomi Novik Is a Lovely, Medieval-esque Fairy Tale - Reactor

A magical, medieval-esque fairy tale novella that will transport you into another reality…

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d

Is "The Long Night" one of the best episodes of Babylon 5? Sheridan readies a final maneuver against the Shadows, and we meet a pre-Malcom in the Middle Bryan Cranston!

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Babylon 5 Rewatch: “The Long Night” - Reactor

Sheridan prepares for one final showdown with the Shadows, while Mollari and G'Kar plan to take out the Centauri emperor...

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

I had such a great time writing this piece for Reactor! one of the great things about publishing a book is people let you write about things you’re vaguely obsessed with

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d

Drawing from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction:

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Dystopian Medicine: Why Medical Horror Has a Hold on Us - Reactor

When society feels at its most unstable, we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction...

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d

Drawing from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction:

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Dystopian Medicine: Why Medical Horror Has a Hold on Us - Reactor

When society feels at its most unstable, we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction...

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