Sci-Fi September: ‘Ruins’ by Eleanor Arnason (Short Story)

‘Ruins’ by Eleanor Arnason (2015)Collected in Old Venus, Titan Books, 2015, 2016, approx. 41 pgs (253-294pg). A safari for National Geographic takes a surprisingly political turn in this story from Eleanor Arnason. Collected in Old Venus (which is a hefty collection of short stories all set on or around the planet Venus), we are introduced to a…

Sci-Fi September: ‘Storm Warning’ by Donald A. Wollheim (Short Story)

‘Storm Warning’ by Donald A. Wollheim (1942)Collected in The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack, Wildside Press (Kindle), 2012, 2nd edition, approx. 22 pgs. From the author of the short story ‘Mimic’ (that later became the film of the same name!), Wollheim’s ‘Storm Warning’ is an interesting science fiction foray into the bizarre hidden powers at work in our…

Otherworldly October: Favourite Spooky Movies…

So we are almost done with Otherworldly October – it’s been a busy month for me so I didn’t read as many short stories as I originally planned but that just leaves more for the future! As Halloween looms before us, I thought I’d make a quick post about some favourite spooky films of mine:…

Sci-Fi September: ‘The Jaunt’ by Stephen King (Short Story)

‘The Jaunt’ by Stephen King (1981) Collected in Skeleton Crew by Stephen King, Futura Books, 1985, approx. 28 pgs (p. 237-265). Mark Oates and his family are relocating to Whitehead City on Mars. The easiest way to get there? Jaunting. The Jaunt is a form of teleportation, widely accessible, wherein the passengers are put to sleep with…