Against a gold background, a male figure in red, facing left, works with several items on a table. The Juggler, the Sforza Tarot. Image from the Morgan Library.Last Sunday, AMC+ premiered its new action-fantasy show Nautilus. Purchased from Disney, the story is inspired by Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, as you could no doubt tell by the title. Roger Ebert.com liked it very much. Vulture liked it too, but they take a more analytical approach.

Nerds of a Feather reviews John Wiswell’s Heracles retelling, Wearing the Lion.

They also reviewed the fourth season of HBO’s True Detective, Night Country. (Warning; spoilers.) This season was wonderful, veering into the supernatural with ghosts and maybe even a time-travel moment, and in a couple of places diving directly into horror. Jodie Foster and Kali Reis play a detective and an Alaska state trooper in this atmospheric thriller.

Alyssa Day is the artist who created the base for this year’s Hugo award, and she is requesting financial help to get to Seattle. File 770 shared her Indiegogo site address.

Weird West is alive and well, and Reactor wants to share five “weird west” books with you. Check them out.

They also have fifteen Irish horror movies for you.

Dredging silt from North Carolina’s Lake Lure has uncovered artifacts from the past.

Enjoy this long and very interesting article on the history of tarot cards. I liked the science and the art.

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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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