Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: Literature and the Psychology of Change
a panel discussion moderated by Rose Yndigoyen,
editor of Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness
20 October 2015, 7PM
Teachers College Milbank Chapel, Columbia UniversityRead More
Recommendations from the Beyond
Startling Sci-Fi may be a fantastic must-read collection of literary science fiction. But why stop there? Casey Ellis has put together a list of some of his favorite works in the literary sci-fi genre. Check out his top choices below. Have you read any of these? Do you have any favorites you would add to the list?Read More
#StartlingSciFi Memes
Step Back into the Beyond!
Revisit all 13 stories from Startling Sci-Fi: New Tales of the Beyond, the third entry in our NEW series.Read More
Artist Spotlight: Stefanie Masciandaro

Stefanie Masciandaro
Stefanie Masciandaro is a New York-based artist with a love of all things fuzzy and sugary, not at the same time though. Sometimes she likes to pretend she looks like an old Renaissance painting. You know, those Italian ones with the great noses. Often she can be found wandering the streets of Manhattan in a slightly dazed state, and will frequently ask questions like “What day is it?” or “Is three cups of coffee in one sitting too many?” or “Yes, but is it feminist?” When not doing those things, she is probably hunched over a laptop working in Photoshop or pretending no one can hear her sing in her studio.
Startling Sci-Fi is available to buy in Paperback and eBook editions. The companion book, Visions of the Beyond, is also available.
Author Spotlight: Strange Science
These authors all wrote stories that make use of hypothetical new developments in science, technology, and medicine. Each story looks at the engagement between people and the things they create, or try to create. The characters are changed by these interactions to different degrees, but they are all changed profoundly.Read More
Author Spotlight: Life in the Great Beyond
Dreaming about life on other planets has long obsessed the human imagination, particularly those of our authors, and it goes right to the heart of science fiction. While these stories are all about aliens, their similarities end there. Read More
Author Spotlight: Thinking about the Future
No one knows what tomorrow will bring, but science fiction’s job is to take a shot at figuring it out. In these stories, our authors do just that: they give you a glimpse of what might be coming down the road. Whether you laugh hysterically, run away in fear, or scratch your head in confusion is up to you.Read More
This is #StartlingSciFi
by Casey Ellis
All of the stories in this book are unambiguously science fiction. When this project began, that was one of the few non-negotiable attributes that we demanded of submissions. It was vital because one of the goals of this anthology is to clear some of the air around the genre.Read More