Friday Fiction: The Time-Looping Squirrel
Sometimes, scientific discoveries are an accident. This is one of those times. Although, it is a little on the odder side of things.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 26th, 2024
Sometimes, scientific discoveries are an accident. This is one of those times. Although, it is a little on the odder side of things.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 24th, 2024
“Making Adjustments” serves as a hard swerve from the first episode, moving the series back into more familiar anthology waters. I’m writing these as I listen, avoiding spoilers, so I knew I would get predictions wrong, but I still didn’t expect to have my first article contradicted this heavily.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 22nd, 2024
It’s time. Two episodes of The Magnus Protocol have now been released, and if you know anything about me as a media person, you probably know my favorite horror franchise is The Magnus Archives. I’ve been eagerly awaiting this spin-off series for so long.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 19th, 2024
Hello, dear reader. We have a chilling tale for you today. It’s a fantasy tale but also a horror tale.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 17th, 2024
Float marks the last of the currently available SparkShorts that are solidly within the science fiction/fantasy genre. What I’ve seen of the other ones is excellent, though, and you should watch all of them.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 15th, 2024
Wind is even better than Smash and Grab, and that’s saying a lot. SparkShorts, it turns out, are some of the best short films I’ve ever seen. And they’re quite different from each other, with unique settings, characters, and stories.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 12th, 2024
This is a slow build of a story, much like a slowly cooked piece of meat.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 10th, 2024
Smash and Grab is adorable, heartwarming, and incredible for how short it is. This is the second Pixar SparkShorts I’ve ever reviewed, and once again, the quality is evident. This is better than some whole-length movies.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 8th, 2024
Artificial Condition continues my internal war with how I feel about The Murderbot Diaries. Despite it being more technobabble than almost anything else, the story remains intriguing and engaging off the back of the main conceit: what if a rogue AI designed to kill wanted to be left alone to watch television?
By Brandon Scott on Jan 5th, 2024
It’s been a little while since we’ve done a scary story, so I figure we’ll start with a horror comedy. Make it a little easier for the horror curious who are still a little squeamish.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 3rd, 2024
It was difficult limiting this to only ten favorite articles. Ultimately, it boiled down to a quirk of memory. Which ones, upon looking through the year, evoked the strongest memories, the most potent feelings.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 1st, 2024
Last year, I took a look at some of my favorite and least favorite pieces of media I reviewed for 2022.