John Picacio was born September 3, 1969 in San Antonio TX, where he grew up. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied architecture for five years. He worked as an architect while doing illustration work on the side, beginning with a cover and interiors for the 30th anniversary edition of Michael [...]

Gerald Brom was born March 9, 1965 in Albany GA to a military family. He spent his first few years in Japan, but was primarily raised in various places in the US, including three years in Hawaii, before graduating from high school in Frankfurt Germany. Brom attended art school in Atlanta GA, and worked as [...]

by Paoli du Flippi DATELINE: Hollywood, March 1, 2018 This year’s campaigning for the coveted Nebula Award given by the Super Fantastika Writers of America has been marked by “lies, disinformation, nasty tricks, vicious personal slurs, impossible promises, bribes and actual physical assaults,” says SFWA President Jennifer Lawrence, in a recent interview conducted during a [...]

by L. Ron Creepweans Toronto: Today Booker Prize-winning novelist Margaret Atwood announced that she was launching a new science fiction magazine, Loquacious Cephalopod. “I’ve always been gratified by the unconditional love I’ve received from the science fiction community for works such as The Handmaid’s Tale and The Blind Assassin, and Loquacious Cephalopod is a way [...]