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A Few of Reactor's Favorite MST3K Experiences - Reactor The best way to celebrate Turkey Day.

Tomorrow, families and friends across America come together to celebrate a truly classic holiday...the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day Marathon.

Here's some of Reactor's favorite episodes:

Six books on a light green background. Text in the middle reads “Indigenous/First Nations SFF”. The books are The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones; Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson; The Whistler by Nick Medina; The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth; Aunt Tigress by Emily Yu-Xuan Qin; and We Can Never Leave by HE Edgmon

Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!

Wake Up Dead Man Is a Miraculous Film - Reactor Faith AND Reason??? In THIS economy???

Excellent @leahschnelbach.bsky.social piece on Wake Up Dead Man. reactormag.com/movie-review...

Everything You Need to Know Before Stranger Things’ Final Season - Reactor There's a lot going on heading into this last season — time for a refresher!

It's Stranger Things Day!!!

Last chance to check out our refresher before diving into season 5 💙

#StrangerThings

Netflix's Assassin’s Creed Series Snags Eden Actor Toby Wallace in Leading Role - Reactor What that role is, exactly, remains to be seen.

If Toby Wallace (The Society, Euphoria) doesn't roll on roofs and jump into hay in Netflix's Assassin's Creed series, we riot:

reactormag.com/netflixs-ass...

A white stoat wearing an elegant tweed suit with a red vest. He holds a lantern out, autumn leaves swirling at his ankles, while an banner flutters over his head that reads "Unclench your jaw."

Hey you

Wednesday Season 3 Cast Adds Eva Green as Morticia’s Sister, Ophelia Frump - Reactor We saw a glimpse of Aunt Ophelia at the end of Wednesday's second season.

Eva Green has arrived to Penny Dreadful all over your Wednesday:

Here Are All the Genre TV Premieres Airing in December! - Reactor December marks the end of Stranger Things (for real) and the continuation of both Percy Jackson and Fallout...

Create new holiday memories with your family. Open presents with the distant sounds of Ella Purnell blasting ghouls in the background. Light candles to the Stranger Things synth opening.

Here Are All the Genre Movies Premiering in December! - Reactor December's movies take audiences from a haunted pizzeria to the cartoon ocean, and back to Pandora...

In case you're one of the sickos that likes going to movies on Christmas Day, here's a list of all the science fiction, fantasy, and horror options you have to choose from:

Mike Flanagan’s Exorcist Movie Is Still Happening & Scarlett Johansson Is Starring - Reactor The film is reportedly different than anything we've seen so far in the franchise.

If you forgot about the new Exorcist movie, that's okay, Mike Flanagan and Scarlett Johansson did not

Wake Up Dead Man Is a Miraculous Film - Reactor Faith AND Reason??? In THIS economy???

How good is Wake Up Dead Man? Well, @leahschnelbach.bsky.social's seeing it four times in theaters:

Under the Sea: The Deep Range by Arthur C. Clarke - Reactor Saddle up, whaleboys!

Arthur C. Clarke loved the sea, and his enthusiasm is reflected in 1957's "The Deep Range," a novel that imagines a future filled with whaleboys and whale farms, submarines, and at least one giant grouper

"Cool Dad Raising Daughter on Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out of Touch With Her Generation" over pictures of classic boos such as A Wizard of Earthsea, Tailchaser's Song, The Oathbound, and Redwall

How Pluribus Reimagines 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers for a Generation With Nothing Left to Sell Out - Reactor Philip Kaufman's Body Snatchers asked what happens when you trade your identify away. Pluribus lives in the world that bargain resulted in.

Reject lamenting counterculture, embrace furious optimism: @mbyrd.bsky.social on how Pluribus's take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) suits a modern era with nothing to lose

#Pluribus

The vague figure of a woman fades into the outline of trees, surrounded by a dragon, fish, a lizard, bugs, and two cranes

Transformed by a fungal infection that connects humans with nature, one woman feels closer to the world than ever, but further from the people she loves the most...

December 3rd. "All That Means or Mourns," by @r-emrys.bsky.social

Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...

Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:

- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945

illustration for P H Lee’s erotic novelette, ’TIMELIKE CURVES, SPACELIKE CURVES’, which you can read on @reactorsff.bsky.social! so many thanks to AD @cfoltzer.bsky.social 🖤

Consider Setting Your Space Operas on Saturn - Reactor ...or more precisely, on one of its many, many moons!

Saturn is currently the best place to set your space opera, according to science--it's got those gorgeous rings, and it also has a TON OF MOONS. @jdnicoll.bsky.social offers worldbuilding tips for Saturn-based stories!

Wind and Truth Reread: Chapters 130-132 - Reactor Adolin battles for his life, while Dalinar and Szeth stand and will not fight…

As Adolin fends off a vengeful Fused, Dalinar faces his worst nightmare and Szeth, at long last, refuses an order...the Sanderlanche has well and truly begun in this installment of our WIND AND TRUTH Reread!

I love them, your honor—well, mostly the green one—but this movie could not win me over with its plasticky charms

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Trailer Has Revived a Bizarre Princess Peach–Rosalina Fan Theory - Reactor Nintendo might be playing with fan theory fire in the upcoming movie.

I actually would prefer a compelling reason for why Rosalina CAN'T be Princess Peach's daughter from another timeline:

reactormag.com/the-super-ma...

James Islington's The Will of the Many Would Be a Perfect Show for Fans of Hypercompetent Heroes - Reactor In this thrilling high fantasy, a fugitive former royal works to bring down an oppressive empire from within. Sounds like it would make an epic TV series, right?

Cole Rush predicted this last year:

reactormag.com/james-isling...

Sony Acquires Film Rights to James Islington’s The Will of the Many - Reactor Sony Pictures has bought the rights for Islington's Hierarchy series

Finally, some good news: James Islington's The Will of the Many is GETTING! A! MOVIE!

reactormag.com/sony-film-ri...

Wicked: For Good Is a Less Magical Return to Oz - Reactor But if you like crying over CGI animals, it will give you that

"For Good is not here for nuance. It is here for strangely lit spectacle, for beautifully detailed costumes, and odd flashback choices, and often peculiar stagings of beloved songs, and for eventually winding up in the one place that it works well: The space between Elphaba and Glinda"

IT: Welcome to Derry Invites You Into a Tunnel of Fear in “29 Neibolt Street” - Reactor Both the kids and the adults intrude on IT's home turf...

Sewer (n): The natural habitat of predatory clowns. Approach with caution, particularly if you are a character in IT: Welcome to Derry

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Conflicts of Interest” - Reactor Garibaldi gets his first assignment from his new employer, while Ivanova makes preparations for her first broadcast...

Season 4, episode 12 of Babylon 5 has ALL the classic science fiction hits. Crawling around in air ducts. Bitter ex-cop. Cyanide capsules in fake teeth. And Looney Tunes, I guess. Let's discuss "Conflicts of Interest"!

Six Dark, Chilly Reads to Liven Up Late Fall - Reactor Ghost stories, gothic tales, and other works perfect for autumnal evenings...

Here in the Northeastern US, late autumn is upon us, so here are six books that perfectly capture the chill and quiet of the changing season, from ghostly and gothic tales to meditations on movies and mortality 🍁

The Lore and the Weird Magic of the Jellyfish - Reactor Even as sea creatures go, the jellyfish is especially alien...

Jellyfish are weirder than you think:

reactormag.com/the-lore-and...

Books We Love Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.

NPR's 2025 Books We Love recommendation list is out! We spy some contributions from Reactor writers...how many have you read? ❤️

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A beautiful tale about trees and stories by @pengshepherd.bsky.social . Take a look! 😁📚🌳