Image from Pentiment; against a stylised blue sea, a boat fills the frame, crewed by medieval figures. From Nerds of a FeatherThe Dragon Awards ballot is out.

Google lost an important antitrust lawsuit this week.

CBR takes a moment to explore the origins of some of Batman’s best-known foes.

Nerds of  Feather review The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years.

As I was seeking out their book review, I rolled past Nerds’ video review of Pentiment, and paused because I was captivated by the art. Here’s the review.

“Hurricane Hunters” isn’t the name of an action movie (although it could be) but the high-altitude aircraft NOAA uses to study tropical storms and hurricanes.

Last month, the Guardian ran an article about a large cave complex on the moon—a good base for explorers, or writers (Like Jules Verne, who imagined exactly such a thing.)

Atlas Obscura has a new book coming out, called Wild Life, an Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders. This excerpt from it features the greater adjutant stork.

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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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