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Jeff Elliott's dream was to tell his family's story on the big screen. Noted Hollywood producer Christopher Eberts, with screen credits such as "Lucky Number Slevin" and "Lord of War," promised to help Elliott make his dream a reality.  Instead, Eberts pocketed Elliott's $615,000 investment.

Regular contributor to Kalkion, Jerome Brooke has had his book, The City of the Mirage published by Books to Go Now, the digital book publisher. The fantasy novel is the first in the series, Myths of the Divine Astarte, where an American pilot is shot down in the desert and finds himself in a strange land ruled by Astarte the Immortal Queen. He is called by the Queen to fight for her against her brother in the Battle of the Myths.

This is a story that the CIA will not want you to read. It will likely shake your faith in the highest levels of America's national security establishment. It will make you question the integrity of formerly unimpeachable public officials. And it will leave you feeling as if you are living not in the United States but in a seedy banana republic where there is no line between the good guys and the bad guys.

After experiencing the horrors of the Rwandan genocide first-hand, Hadidja Nyiransekuye received numerous requests to speak about the tragedy. Realizing that the American public and the world in general needed to be educated on Rwanda and its people, she decided to pen her story in “The Lances Were Looking Down: One Woman’s Path Through the Rwandan Genocide to Life in the States” (published by iUniverse).

In G V Chillingsworth’s new science fiction novel “Moonshaker” (published by Trafford Publishing), scientists must rush to save the Earth when the moon is shoved out of its orbit by a meteor strike.

This May, Tim Burton will reintroduce audiences to “Dark Shadows” with his film adaptation of the popular Gothic soap opera of the same name from the late ’60 and early ’70s.

The Beatles' classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored and will be presented on the big screen in select theaters across the United States in May. On May 5 at the famed Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, Yellow Submarine will start its theatrical campaign with an 8pm screening.

Matthew J. Beier’s new novel "The Breeders," set in a dystopian future where homosexuals run the world and heterosexuals are being set on a path to extinction. Beier, an openly gay Minnesota native, hopes the political satire will add fuel to the nation’s debate over gay marriage, coming just in time to dovetail with Minnesota’s proposed amendment to ban it.

Aphelion: The Webzine of Science Fiction and Fantasy is holding another of its Flash (very short story) contests, with the incentive of a $20 prize - so you can buy a new tip for your quill, plus the glory of being published in their esteemed mag. Below is the contest rules and regs with touches of glibness, scribbled down on a black napkin in a distressed diner by Nate Kailhofer.