The Saturday Edition - Oct 5, 2019
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All books that aren’t finished by their authors reside in Hell within the Library of the Unwritten. When restless characters emerge from those unfinished stories, it’s up to the Librarian to track them down—but when a stray piece of text from the infamous Devil’s Bible gets loose, the infernal text threatens the very foundations of Heaven, Hell … and Earth.

Read an excerpt.
AMP Featured, TV, Arrowverse, Batwoman

Batwoman Is Gay, Gothic, and Great

ruby rose as kate kane in batwomn
The premiere of Batwoman is finally here, and we're happy to report that is an atmospheric, super-queer adventure that we want to see more of.
News, abortion, reproductive rights, Roe v. Wade

Abortion Is Heading Back to the Supreme Court. So, Is Roe v. Wade in Danger?

Pro-choice activists
The moment pro-choice advocates have feared since the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh is coming. The Supreme Court has granted Certiorari – meaning it will hear the case – in the matter of June Medical Services V. Gee. and advocates fear this may be the beginning of the end for the court’s support of a federal, constitutional right to abortion as set out in Roe. V. Wade.
Books, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Star Wars (franchise), Timothy Zahn

Things We Saw Today: We’re Getting a Thrawn and the Chiss Ascendancy Trilogy of Star Wars Novels

The cover art for Thrawn: Treason by Timothy Zahn, from Del Rey and Lucasfilm
Yes, Thrawn will be back.
Big on the Internet, giveaway, kat rosenfield, Stan Lee

Giveaway: Stan Lee’s A Trick of Light, “One of the Last Creative Acts of a Master Storyteller”

Despite being gone, the legacy of Stan Lee as the big brain behind Marvel remains, and with that has come A Trick of Light, a novel inspired by his ideas that, co-written with Kat Rosenfield, brings to life a story that has people we trust in Geekdom very excited. Now our Mary Sue readers have an opportunity to get their own copy!
TV, The Good Place

With Brent, The Good Place Has Introduced a Character Worse Than Any Demon

The Good Place's Brent leans back on a sofa with a smug look.
We're now four seasons into NBC's The Good Place, and the Mike Schur afterlife comedy has introduced its most evil character yet. But for a show filled with literal demons, its worst character isn't immortal—it's Brent Norwalk, the sexist, narcissistic, recently-deceased human Eleanor and the gang are supposed to get to improve himself.
Books, Sponsored

Empathy and Kindness Highlight the Depiction of Mentally Ill Teens in Lauren Shippen’s The Infinite Noise

The-Infinite-Noise-The-Mary-Sue-Sponsored-Post-9_19
Lauren Shippen's novel The Infinite Noise is an empathic piece of young adult literature that blends shades of X-Men with a fresh LGBTQ character focus. Fitting since Shippen is part of the Marvel family now, as the writer of Marvel's Marvels podcast, coming soon to Stitcher!
Movies, In The Tall Grass, Netflix, Stephen King

Review: In The Tall Grass Tries So Hard to Be Good, but Is Middling at Best

Becky (Laysla De Oliveira) faces some supernatural evil in In the Tall Grass.
I can't say for sure whether or not I liked In The Tall Grass, Netflix's adaptation of a story by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill.
TV, Rebecca Sugar, Steven Universe, Steven Universe: Future

Here We Are in Steven Universe Future! It’s Bright, but There Are Still Problems.

Steven Universe Future
New theme song! New friends! Some of the same baddies!
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