Category: Planet Magazine

Book: For Fans of ‘The Twilight Zone’

Author Martin Grams, Jr. has published "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic", an 800-pager that contains not only episode details for even the most earnest fans but also plot synopses that should be of interest to writers of SF/Fantasay/Horror. "There is plenty of material about sci-fi stories that were considered for … Continue reading Book: For Fans of ‘The Twilight Zone’ →

‘The End of the Cycle’ by Thomas George

Swirling painted scene of a man falling through a time tunnel past a man and child seated by a sickbed

I was going back again, but this time would be the last. I don’t know how many times I’ve gone back, only ever really managing to remember the last two. Time plays tricks on the mind. I laughed at the irony. Explosions from outside the complex shook the room. I switched on the machine and … Continue reading ‘The End of the Cycle’ by Thomas George →

‘Xavier’s X-ray’ by Kristan Ginther

Photo-illustration of a boy's face with his wide-open mouth replaced by a giant staring eyeball

Before putting the X-ray on the market for copious amounts of money, Xavier could not wait to try it out on himself. What secrets or inspirations lurked below the surface? He imagined that his soul was a stately jazz musician. Or, he thought, his soul could be that of a Labrador Retriever – smart, steady, … Continue reading ‘Xavier’s X-ray’ by Kristan Ginther →

‘A Child’s Voice’ by Darren Joy

Madmen know. They shout it in the streets and in the fields but go unnoticed. Those dying know. They whisper it with their last breath but no one understands. The dead know. They touch the living in warning, passing silently over what were once their homes, yet go unheeded. And I know, though I no … Continue reading ‘A Child’s Voice’ by Darren Joy →

‘Three Tears’ by Shaun Haiste

A woman in a green sequined gown smokes by a doorway as three men look on, film crew and a glowing cauldron nearby

Portentia Clarke looked out the window and watched the cameraman struggle to get his legs into the contamination suit; he was a heavier man, and the producer and tech crew were helping out. It was five in the morning, and they weren't scheduled to begin until after nine. Four hours of preparation, all for their … Continue reading ‘Three Tears’ by Shaun Haiste →

‘Into Exo: A Review of Oz’s New Sub-label’ by Brandon Myers

Psychedelic art of a child gazing at a glowing capsule city in space, with dancing figures and spider-like creatures

The owner of Ozymandias has just gone over the edge of the horizon, and we love it. With OzymExo, he’s taken his well-established outlandish obscurantism and gotten rid of the landish. OE’s virgin catalog is pure weird candy for the unhinged and the mutated. I promise you -- heavy rotation at Bebe Monster and Monkey … Continue reading ‘Into Exo: A Review of Oz’s New Sub-label’ by Brandon Myers →

“Vortex Mirage” by Matthew Lowes

Painted illustration: a lone astronaut walks across the grey lunar surface toward a small domed station with a lit doorway, beneath an enormous swirling vortex of violet and gold light in the starry sky.

[Illustration: New illustration created for the archive; the original artwork, “Vortex” © 2006 by Matthew Lowes, has been lost.] Perhaps it was created by God, to unify the heavens with a single Word. Perhaps it was created by the ancient ones, to bind civilization together with the sacred language. But who really knows? Who will … Continue reading “Vortex Mirage” by Matthew Lowes →