Strange at Ecbatan

Roger Zelazny would have been 82 today, but, dammit, he died way too young in 1995. I loved his short fiction but I haven't written a lo...

It's Alter S. Reiss's birthday today. He's only been publishing fiction since 2010, but I've known him much longer (online, ...

Today is John Scalzi's birthday -- he reaches his half century. He doesn't write a ton of short fiction, so I've not reviewed hi...

Today is Geoff Ryman's 68th birthday. He's a consistently provocative and original writer, with tremendous range. Here's a selec...

Gene Wolfe was born May 7, 1931, just two months after my father. He would have been 88 today, but he died April 14. Back then I composed th...

Here's the TOC for The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2019 . As ever, I'm thrilled at the wonderful set of stories th...

Annalee Newitz is primarily a science journalist, I believe, and so she hasn't written a ton of fiction. But I've liked what I'v...