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Sanford Allen Interrogated in Innsmouth

Dark fantasy and horror writer Sanford Allen was interviewed recently by the Innsmouth Free Press as part of their Micro-Interview series. Allen coughs up answers to three questions about a favorite subject: HP Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. Sanford Allen’s story, “Kali Yuga”, can be found in the June 2010 fiction issue of Innsmouth Free Press.

The interview [Read it all...]

Can An Action Movie Be Smart?

With the new movie Inception lighting up the cineplexes there is a lot of buzz about so-called Smart Action movies. A movie with edge of your seat thrills that also works your brain. Is this possible? Several sites have put up lists, including this dreadful one at IGN. We asked some folks who might better [Read it all...]

What we're reading: July 2010

Every newspaper, magazine and blog seems to be running a summer reading list right about now. So who needs another one? You do, friends. How many, we ask, are going to be as chock-full of geeky and creepy goodness as ours?

John Picacio

“Plus or Minus” by James Patrick Kelly

Just finished reading a short story by Nebula [Read it all...]

Mission: What's Your Favorite 'Weird Western'?

The new Jonah Hex movie shoots up the big screen this weekend and that got us thinking about one of our favorite SF subgenres…the Weird Western. San Antonio and South Texas have borne witness to hundreds of years of western weirdness so we decided to ask about your favorite Weird Western: book, movie, comic whatever. We [Read it all...]

Best SF Album Art of the Decade

Your humble missionaries don’t just love SF and Fantasy…we love music too. And we especially love it when these two worlds collide. We’ve run articles before about our favorite SF album cover art and turned up many of the usual suspects: Iron Maiden, Yes, Hawkwind, Molly Hatchet. But these albums all came out years…nay, decades…ago. [Read it all...]

‘Burma Jukebox’ now online at Big Pulp

My short story “Burma Jukebox” is available now in the online magazine BIG PULP. Just look for it on the magazine’s front page.

“Burma” tells the story of what may well be the creepiest honky tonk bar in the Southwest. Think of it as the “Twilight Zone” meets “Hee-Haw.”

Big Pulp celebrates the full gamut of genre [Read it all...]

What We're Reading: May 2010

While all of us at Missions Unknown like different aspects of SF, one thing we all agree on is that we love to read. Thomas Jefferson famously said, ”I cannot live without books.” While we may not be as extreme as our favorite founding father, books are an integral part of our psyche. That said, here [Read it all...]

Scrap the Remakes and Film These Books Instead

We saw an article on the brilliant io9 site with the provocative title Don’t Remake These 21 Movies, Film These Books Instead! This piece really hit home for us at Missions Unknown. We love great SF movies almost as much as we love great SF literature. Almost. You really can’t help being embarrassed as a [Read it all...]

Innsmouth Free Press reels in

Don't mess with Kali Maa.

I just got word that my short story “Kali Yuga” will be appearing in the upcoming “Multiethnic Issue” of INNSMOUTH FREE PRESS.

IFP is an online publication that features both short fiction inspired by H.P. LOVECRAFT and fictional newspaper reports set in the author’s universe. My story is the former: a classic weird tale [Read it all...]

Our Favorite SF/F/H Enjoyed in 2009

With 2009 drawing to a close, we naturally have a tendency to look back upon the year that was. We have our favorite genre-related media: books, TV, movies, comics, games and more. We asked around too and got some additional input from Doctor Who Fans Unite’s Crystal Shedrock-Rangel, KiDDandGEEZER’s Frank Zieglar, James Hartz from Film [Read it all...]