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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.

Stephen King has long been a staple in the horror genre, penning such box office hits as The Shining, Carrie, Apt Pupil, and many more. But on Saturday, a new film premieres that immortalizes Mr. King, making him not only the subject of the film but possibly one of its killers.

C. S. Lewis's classic "Space Trilogy" Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength are getting their first ever E-Book release courtesy of publisher HarperOne. Standing alongside such classics as George Orwell's 1984 and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the Space Trilogy follows the brilliant Dr. Elwin Ransom—a character modeled after none other than Tolkien himself—as he wages war against the powers of evil in universes familiar and unknown. Confronted by dark forces who threaten to destroy "The Silent Planet," Ransom must travel throughout the galaxy in order to save his home, once known simply as "Earth."

As the democratic process in Africa grows momentum and the people express their will, news from the Continent continues to dominate the headlines. The people are increasingly challenging the status quo, their efforts recalling the works and philosophy of the late author and director Ousmane Sembene, known as the "Father of African Cinema."

I’m honored to serve the planet Earth for the last 3 to 4 millennia. I have been directly involved in such famous activities as, The Great Flood, The sack of Troy, The sack of Rome, The Spanish Inquisition, The Bay of Pigs, and the intelligence foundation for the Bush attacks in Iraq, to name just a few. 

Hemlock Grove, is a tale of murder, mystery and monsters set in a ravaged Pennsylvania steel town, starring Famke Janssen and Bill Skarsgard and made by Horroe Director Eli Roth is currently in production and due for release via Netflix early in 2013.