offworld Solve Jimi Hendrix's murder in a game where everyone is Jimi Hendrix Leigh Alexander

futility closet Two settlers disappeared from a small Eastern Pacific island in 1934 Futility Closet

tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Reviews Ta-Nehisi Coates's "Black Panther and the Crew" is a powerfully relevant superhero story about Black lives, police brutality, and US history Thom Dunn

literature Get lost in one of 50 contemporary books over 500 pages long Gareth Branwyn

tabloids His Royal High-ness Prince Harry’s Pot Farm, and stars with only months to live, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

short films David Lynch's bizarre new Netflix short is a perfect companion to this quinoa recipe Thom Dunn

happy mutants The Black Ghost: superhero noir comic starring an antiestablishment vigilante and a hacktivist sidekick Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher

happy mutants SQL Murder Mystery: teaching SQL concepts with a mystery game Cory Doctorow

tabloids Scientology Sex Scandal, Kennedy conspiracy, and Royal bombshells in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Charles Manson's deeply dark and twisted interpretation of The Beatles' "White Album" David Pescovitz

happy mutants Magic for Liars: Sarah Gailey's debut is a brilliant whodunnit in the vein of The Magicians Cory Doctorow

tabloids RFK’s mystery shooter, the Queen’s wrath, and Doris Day’s dogs, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

futility closet The 1908 Olympic marathon in London came to a thrilling finish Futility Closet

happy mutants Jeff "Sweet Tooth" Lemire's new horror comic Gideon Falls is spooky af Cory Doctorow

crime Elementary students assigned elf murder case David Pescovitz

fake news Kate Hudson’s stripper pole, money-hungry Duchess Meghan, and Bruce Springsteen’s fear of fans, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

bbc Catch a glimpse of the BBC's The City and the City Seamus Bellamy

fake news Adam and Eve were aliens, soul transplants, and an exploding squirrel in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

futility closet The strange case of Henry Debosnys, who murdered a wealthy widow in New York in 1882 Futility Closet