–“After the Fire” is now available as a podcast on StarShip Sofa, thanks to the concerted efforts of Tony C. Smith and Kate Baker. It sounds awesome, so I urge you to pop over and give it a quick listen. Also, check out the Wild Wild West retrospective, and the science news.

-Via Mark Pexton, the artist who did the awesomely creepy art for “Ys” in Interzone, another version of his illustration:

Dark Goddess by ~Superego-Necropolis on deviantART
I think this one is even creepier than the first.