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Fallout and 6 other new fantasy and sci-fi shows to watch in December 2025 It's the most wonderful time of the year — to binge some thrilling fantasy and sci-fi television! Here are eight new SFF shows to ring in the end of 2025.

It's the most wonderful time of the year — to binge some thrilling fantasy and sci-fi television! Here are seven new SFF shows to ring in the end of 2025.

OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.

The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Such a good thread up & down, highlighting the importance of holding tight to your love of the craft through the storm that is publishing right now

ICYMI! (Yes, I am going to obnoxiously promote this in my feed for a while.)

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!

The UK cover of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES. A woman stands with her first raised. Behind her stands a man in a cloak and a hazy blue figure wielding an axe and a mace.

The North American cover of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES. A woman stands with her first raised. Behind her stands a man in a cloak and a hazy blue figure wielding an axe and a mace.

Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES

Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)

Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.

Preorders open now!

Book review: Tailored Realities is a treat for die-hard Brandon Sanderson fans Brandon Sanderson has written more than 50 books in his career to date, but none quite like Tailored Realities. Our spoiler-free review:

Brandon Sanderson has written more than 50 books in his career to date, but none quite like the short fiction collection Tailored Realities. Our spoiler-free review:

Oh I am SO here for this!

COVER REVEAL: My next book is a standalone science fiction cyberpunk thriller starring aging corporate samurai. The Last Contract of Isako will be out on May 5, 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to @tommypocket.bsky.social for this kickass cover ⚔️

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Stranger Things: Vecna and the Mind Flayer explained Confused about the relationship between the Mind Flayer and Vecna after that epic Stranger Things 4 finale? Let's break down what it all means.

With Stranger Things 5 upon us, it's a good time to look back on one of the biggest (and most confusing) twists of season 4: the relationship between Vecna and the Mind Flayer.

Let's break it all down:

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Good morning and happy weekend, Womble! I'm currently reading Brandon Sanderson's new short fiction anthology Tailored Realities. It's been a fun look back at his career and way more sci-fi-leaning than I expected.

5 questions we need answered in Stranger Things season 5 It's hard to believe, but in less than two weeks Netflix will premiere the fifth and final season of Stranger Things. The 1980s-themed sci-fi horror series has

The final season of Stranger Things is almost here, and all it's biggest revelations will be revealed. Here are five big questions we need answers to before we say goodbye to Hawkins.

That said, Season 3 didn't get quite the promotional push/support it should have imo. People who loved the show or books knew about it and watched, but there were a lot of casual fans who didn't even realize S3 came out until way after the fact. So kind of in the upper middle of the pack I guess?

Thanks for reading! I think His Dark Materials definitely counts as another winner of this era because it got to come in, tell its full story, and get out before the inevitable decline. I had honestly given up hope of ever seeing The Subtle Knife or The Amber Spyglass adapted, and it's a gift we did

Did some reflecting today on #TheWitcher and the current state of fantasy TV:

Brandon Sanderson gives update on The Wheel of Time leatherbound delay Brandon Sanderson may be best known as an absurdly prolific author of fantasy and science fiction novels, but at this point he's also built a pretty strong publ

Brandon Sanderson's Dragonsteel Books is running a little behind on their upcoming leatherbound edition of The Eye of the World, but it's all in the name of quality.

Can confirm, I did say this, over on Threads. I stand by it here as well. And everywhere else!

I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.

I hate what the new ownership has done to Asimov's, Analog, and F&SF. Important venues and parts of SFF history strangled by greed.

Please read Scott's missive here.

I feel like having a baby may be the thing that finally turns me into an ereader person

First look at Doctor Who star Sophie Aldred in Adrian Tchaikovsky's graphic novel Salvation's Child (Exclusive) Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Final Architecture sci-fi series is taking a leap to the past with the upcoming prequel graphic novel Salvation's Child, and for fans o

Adrian Tchaikovsky's acclaimed sci-fi series The Final Architecture is getting a graphic novel prequel, and Whovians may recognize the face of its clone soldiers, the Partheni.

It's a lot of fun, enjoy! The general word is that it was originally *supposed* to be a miniseries spinoff that dropped before s4 (it was filmed first), but the shoot went sideways badly and was cut short by like 4 months, and it was repurposed into the current special.

Which is its own problem I guess, if you need a special to make the choice make more sense

Have you watched The Rats special yet? I hated that they went after Leo, (and totally agree still, ass-backwards to the tension they had been building all season), but The Rats special made it *a little* better.

12 new fantasy and science fiction books to read in November 2025 This November we're thankful...for books! Here are 12 new fantasy and sci-fi titles hitting shelves this month to add to your TBR.

This November we're thankful...for books! Here are 12 new fantasy and sci-fi titles hitting shelves this month to add to your TBR.

#booksky 💙📚 #fantasy #sci-fi #sff

A brilliant and fun writing masterclass from @misterkristoff.bsky.social on planning trilogies coming your way soon! Check it out via @sffaddictspod.bsky.social on Nov. 11.

Mamdani is going to implement Shannara law. Everything will be extremely derivative of Tolkien and predictable.

A pile of the books mentioned in the post on a table in a bookshop

New books! New books! 💙📚🪐

All released today:
The War Beyond by @andreagstewart.bsky.social,
Coldwire by Chloe Gong,
Empire of the Dawn by @misterkristoff.bsky.social,
The Tower of the Tyrant by @jeremyteg.bsky.social,
As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel,
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