Monster of the Week
Jessica MaisonHere there be monsters, the real life one and the ones imagined. This is a place for speculative fiction, the kind where horror meets heart.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 142 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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SDCC 2026 Pre-Game
I’m heading to San Diego Comic Con on Wednesday, and I believe I’m mostly ready. I will never completely be ready for this event. My daughters are traveling down with me, so I’m excited to spend some good ol’ geeky time with them as well as...
Flash Fiction Inspired by Elias Thorne
My mind is on speculative fiction involving the possible consequences of the use of AI. My upcoming short comic, Changeling.ai—words by me and Michael Judd, art and letters by Olga Wieszczyk—will be published as part of the Systemic Antholo...
Nebula, New Anthology, and SDCC
June absolutely flew by! I was out of town for a big chunk of it. We officially launched our podcast and episode six drops tomorrow featuring the hilarious Josh Pruett and his Killer Puppets. It’s been pretty well received and we’re slowly...
The Word Best...
...and the Nebula Award! Yes, We Won!
Something out of a dream happened on Saturday. I won a Nebula Award. My whole team did. I would argue, indie comics did, too.
Grendel's Mother
Plus the Nebula Awards and the MVM Podcast Launch
For this Monster of the Week entry, we will explore the one and only, fierce and supernatural warrior, Grendel’s Mother, from the epic poem, Beowulf. Centuries of oral and written tradition...
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I write MARY SHELLEY'S SCHOOL FOR MONSTERS and run Wicked Tree Press. I'm a sci-fi, fantasy, and horror author, screenwriter, comics creator, and director. I love weird science, monsters, and magic. SFWA, HWA, IBPA member. Nazis are never welcome.
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