Before I start, let me be clear about one thing: this is not a list of the best SF movies of all time—although if I were to compile my top picks, some of the titles below would definitely be on that list as well. This is a list of mind-blowing [...]

I’m a genre fiction book reviewer, so it’s sometimes my job to read really creepy stuff. I’m also the father of two young girls—six and three—both of whom are undeniably fascinated by spooky things. Their new favorite animated television show on Netflix is Ruby Gloom, a decidedly dark series that [...]

For the past 25 years, millions of fantasy fans worldwide have followed R.A. Salvatore—and his signature character, the introspective dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden—through countless adventures and existential and spiritual awakenings in the sprawling realm of Abeir-Toril. This saga—two dozen novels long and counting—is easily one of the very best adventure [...]

Just because a novel is on a national bestseller list—or sells hundreds of thousands of copies—doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good. The reverse is also true, especially of genre fiction, fringy fiction—a lot of the good stuff comes and goes virtually unnoticed. Take vampire fiction, for example.

Last Tuesday, my father—a retired certified public accountant named Andrew—passed away after a long and torturous battle with emphysema. He was 79. To describe the experience of watching a man of his stature and personal intensity slowly wither away and become a husk of himself as “nightmarish” would be a [...]

The Season 3 finale of The Walking Dead aired yesterday, which means millions of fans are going through the torturous process of zombie withdrawal. To ease that pain a little, I’ve come up with three extraordinary zombie fiction series to fill your days and nights until the fourth season starts [...]