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More Alumni News

Our mad scientist alums have had a very productive summer. Here are a few more things that have been published or accomplished recently! S. Qiouyi Lu’s story, “What Could Be,” appeared at Daily Science Fiction. Escape Pod produced Caroline M. … Continue reading

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Strange Science: Unidentified Gelatinous Spheres

Divers and scientists are baffled by the appearance of large gelatinous spheres, up to a meter across, that have appeared in the ocean off the west coast of Norway, among other locations. Spotted in cold, northern locales and off the … Continue reading

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Review of Everfair by Nisi Shawl

Everfair (Tor Books, 2016) is the debut novel from acclaimed speculative fiction short-story author Nisi Shawl. The book is an interesting read that showcases Shawl’s background with short stories, as some chapters could be short stories unto themselves. But the … Continue reading

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Strange Science: Maillardet’s Automaton

In the early nineteenth century, a Swiss mechanician built an automaton that could write poetry and draw pictures. Granted, the poetry and pictures it could draw were pre-programmed, but the memory involved in the machine is the equivalent of slight … Continue reading

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Review of Queen of Swords by R. S. Belcher

A review by Dusty Wallace Queen of Swords is the third book in R. S. Belcher’s Golgotha series, and none of it takes place in Golgotha. For fans of that bizarre little frontier town in Nevada, that’s sort of a … Continue reading

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On Kickstarter: The Sun and the Wayward Wind

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting diverse creators and projects, today, we’re featuring a comic project currently on Kickstarter. The Sun and the Wayward Wind is an anthology of comics by a huge group of creators telling historical … Continue reading

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Send Us Your Stories!

Would you like to see your stories published on this website and in our quarterly magazine? For the month of September, we are open to regular story submissions! Please be sure to read the submission guidelines, which can be found … Continue reading

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Strange Science: Hexadecimal Word Colors

If you’re familiar with hexadecimal codes, a shortcut for representing binary, which can be used to get a brilliant variety of colors for webpages, you may be interested in this website, called #c0ffee is the color. On this page, you … Continue reading

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Review of Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente

Six-Gun Snow White (Subterranean Press, 2013; reprinted by Saga Press, 2015) by Catherynne M. Valente is a brilliant retelling of the story of Snow White set against an Old West backdrop. But the story is also more than a retelling, … Continue reading

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Strange Science: Another Eclipse in 2024

Did you miss the eclipse on Monday? The good news is that you don’t have to wait long until the next total solar eclipse. There will be another in 2024. What’s strange about the next eclipse, though, is that while … Continue reading

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