Reactor Magazine

Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you read? reactormag.com/reviewers-choi…

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This is Frodo at 50 years old, 25 years ago. Feel old yet? reactormag.com/what-to-watch-…

Injecting some whimsical fantasy vibes into your Friday 💫

Sam Esmail recruits Glen Powell for nefarious Tesseract-shaped ends: reactormag.com/sam-esmail-tes…

These are the vibes btw

2025's 28 Days Later was an intense experience dotted with moments of empathy and surprising warmth. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is not like that. It's so much worse. And it might be better for it: reactormag.com/movie-review-2…

It is National Appreciate A Dragon Day. Appreciate her.

Give! Robert Picardo! More hand props! #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy reactormag.com/star-trek-star…

In a future where AI controls all, Hippocrates is the last of its kind. It's not where Pok wants to be, but his father's death and a mysterious illness begin to interfere. We're sharing an excerpt from @JustinKey_MD's The Hospital At The End of The World! reactormag.com/excerpts-the-h…

This is how the Reactor Social Media Manager posts (art by Doug Beekman)

no time for dat carol #pluribus

"In a fantasy landscape dominated by romance-forward stories, it felt like a treat to read a story where romance just isn’t the point—but relationships still are." Jenny Hamilton reviews the warm, chaotic witchy fantasy An Unlikely Coven, by AM Kvita! reactormag.com/book-review-an…

It's valid to call this the best Fantastic Four movie ever made, and it *looks* perfect, but does that make it a good movie? Join @KRADeC in discussing the MCU's "Fantastic Four: First Steps" reactormag.com/superhero-movi…

Step into this tube, close your eyes, and relax with the dulcet tones of Matthew Byrd tracing the history of cryosleep: reactormag.com/the-evolution-…

Star Trek has been interested in Starfleet Academy since the 1980s. So how does the show follow the first Starfleet cadets of the 32nd century? @KRADeC reviews the first episode of the brand-new series, which stars Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti! reactormag.com/tv-review-star…

Ahead of Frieren's season two premiere, let's revisit this bittersweet and thoughtful fantasy series with Leah Thomas: #frieren reactormag.com/frieren-offers…

A man is hired to transcribe the words of a woman who speaks in "spews" during self-induced trances, but he soon discovers an intriguing story coalescing within her seemingly incoherent rambles. Next week. "The Spew" by @jeffreyford8! Art by Carter Gill Edited by @EllenDatlow

In a new interview with Vanessa Armstrong, Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti explain how they joined the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy crew (and the lickability of the set): reactormag.com/star-trek-star…

Make way for @TobiasCarroll's January and February indie press recs! Featuring New Testament horror, "gothic whimsy", and, because you've been good, a new Nicola Griffith collection: reactormag.com/cant-miss-indi…