A green sculpture of a "gray" alien, holding a object. Rocks and moss in background. Image from Atlas Obscura.The 2024 Hugo Awards Committee has disqualified 377 votes that were determined to have been not cast by “a natural person” as the WSFS constitution calls for. See the details here or watch the video below.

Charlie Jane Anders thinks there are plenty of Doctor Who stories left on the table, and she shares 11 story seeds in her newsletter.

The Sunday Morning Transport offers us a free story. (Thanks to File 770.)

Peruvian art installation/theme park Area 21 looks pretty cool.

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“Peevish” is not a word you see every day in speculative fiction reviews, but Dark City Rising by C.L. Jarvis did manage to make Nerds of a Feather reviewer Clara Cohen peevish. It’s a thorough review.

The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft crashed onto gas giant Saturn earlier this week, but NASA is still receiving vital data.

Gizmodo interviewed Kevin Feige about Deadpool and Wolverine, which opens in theaters this Friday—and about Lego.

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  • Marion Deeds

    Marion Deeds, with us since March, 2011, is the author of the fantasy novella ALUMINUM LEAVES. Her short fiction has appeared in the anthologies BEYOND THE STARS, THE WAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, STRANGE CALIFORNIA, and in Podcastle, The Noyo River Review, Daily Science Fiction and Flash Fiction Online. She’s retired from 35 years in county government, and spends some of her free time volunteering at a second-hand bookstore in her home town.

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