Legendary creatures

Combining ancient Persian mythology with the impossible-to-explain bond between pets and humans, Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee captures pain, guilt, and revenge in a single tidy novella. As man-eating manticores stalk the countryside, giant rocs, their only known natural predator, are trained up in royal mews by ruhkers as the first line of defense against the mythological killers. Ester becomes one of these storied ruhkers, and Untethered Sky follows her journey as she trains her roc, Zahra.Lower Drought Conditions In…

Image: Junji ItoJunji Ito is one of the biggest horror creators in manga, and his longcareer has led to numerous adaptations of his work. While much of it as of late has been in anime form, several stories such as Scarecrow and Uzumaki have been adapted in live action.Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Has Infectious Good EnergyThe next manga of his to get the adaptation treatment is Bloodsucking Darkness. Per Variety, the short story of the same name will be brought to film written and executive produced by Jeff Howard (Midnight Mass,…

Image: NetflixNetflix’s upcoming film Chupa is a re-imagination of a creature that has haunted the nightmares of many Latin American children for at least threedecades: el chupacabras. Aka the goat sucker.The movie is going to hit the streaming platform in early April. It’s about Alex, a shy Kansas teen who travels to Mexico to visit his family. He finds a baby chupacabra in a barn. It looks like an adorable cross between a kitten and bird, and so Alex decides to name it “chupa.” This discovery sends him on the adventure…

Screenshot: PrimeAvengers: Endgame directors the Russo Brothers are delving into the spy genre with Prime Video’s star-studded new series Citadel, and the first trailer is here.Richard Madden (Eternals, Game of Thrones) and Priyanka Chopra Jonas (The Matrix Resurrections) star in the espionage thriller; it’s produced by the Russo Brothers’ AGBO and showrun by David Weil (Hunters, Invasion). The planned franchise is set to traverse various spy agencies or “Citadels,” following a global adventure with interconnected…

Image: Rude Tales of Magic/Fortunate HorseWhile funny actual-play Dungeons & Dragons podcasts like Critical Role and The Adventure Zone get more attention, I need to make you aware of Rude Tales of Magic. DMed by Branson Reese and produced by Taylor Moore, it’s a comedy podcast first and foremost, and I cannot truly convey how funny it is with mere words—but I can come close. And that’s because Rude Tales of Magic has the greatest Non-Player-Character names of time. My proof? Amber-Ale Assembleaux, Professor Outside,…

Photo: Julie Vrabelová/Prime VideoRemember Carnival Row? Prime Video’s fantasy-meets-noir about a gritty city where humans oppress the magical creatures who live among them? It last aired in 2019 and a lot has happened since then, including a different and much more high-profile Prime Video fantasy series. But Carnival Row is soon to finish out its story with a second season, which has just shared its first trailer.Carnival Row Season 2 - Official Trailer | Prime VideoUnlike season one, which did a binge drop of the…

“Goblin mode” is another example of how the internet is modernizing our own lexicon. Image: DomCritelli (Shutterstock)Another year gone by, another chance to reflect on our society’s lexicon. While Merriam-Webster officially crowned “gaslight” as their word of the year, Oxford University Press, the publishers behind the Oxford English Dictionary, is paying homage to some edgier internet slang: goblin mode.“Goblin mode” is a “a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically…

Image: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersFantasy author Holly Black (The Spiderwick Chronicles) kicks off a new duology set in the same world as her mega-popular Folk of the Air series with January’s The Stolen Heir. io9 is excited to share the first chapter of this highly anticipated YA release, so let’s get into it!Star Wars: Shatterpoint Announcement Trailer02:27The First Things To Do In VR, Part 3Today 9:39AMFirst, here’s a summary of the story to set the scene.A runaway queen. A reluctant prince. And a quest that…

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