Haunted hotel / Monster post-mortem
A Hollywood ghost story from Jack Pendarvis, and Josephine Riesman and Leila Brillson recap ALIEN: EARTH
Ace Goes to Hollywood: Episode 9
PODCAST! Episode 12: Flaming Hydra recap! ALIEN: EARTH No. 1
Class consciousness
Mark Yarm interviews Karen Attiah, Washington Post opinion columnist and head of Resistance Summer School
“An Antidote to All the Despair and Misery”
Ahhh.
Taking the pill of chill
Youth movement
Brian Hioe on the dangers of inexperience
The Reckless Hopes of Hong Kong Teens
Divine purpose
A dreamy new story by Sam Thielman
Out of Space
Elder James Must Die!
Hidden powers
Where politics and the occult collide, by Yemisi Aribisala
Inside the aliens
Josephine Riesman and Rhi Olivaw on a spectacular year for Xenomorphs
Talking 'Aliens vs. Avengers'
POLL results: Your Top 11 Movies That are Fun
Perfect employees / Happy pictures
John Saward on robots, slaves, and robot slavers
The Naked Game
Poultry politics / Soul music
Felipe De La Hoz on risk assessment, and piano lessons with Misha Angrist
Key Change
Play Chicken and Win
Elusive future
What Kim Kelly couldn’t find on Facebook
What Facebook Used to Be
Scared silly / Transcendent travel
Harry Siegel reckons with history, and Laurie Woolever takes flight
Art for Art’s Sake
‘History Is a Conspiracy,’ or, The Paranoid Suffer Twice
Auto responder / Working stiff
An epistemological crisis with Hamilton Nolan; Rax King on 'Boogie Nights'
What Can You Expect When You’re On Top?
Cars
Be cool / Stay dry
Amy Chu’s surprising holiday destination, and a new story from Miles Klee and Mads Gobbo
The Ambassadors
The Window Unit Wanderer
Peerless patter / Exquisite ennui
Tom Lehrer remembered by Jennie Rose Halperin; new fiction from Colin McGowan
The Pleasure of Your Company
Tom Lehrer Adjourns
Lustful solace / Faraway fellowship
Reading therapy with Talia Lavin, and Brian Hioe on obstacles to solidarity
Suspect Solidarities
Gay Smut Salvation
Feathered friends / Film fans
A city bird reconsidered by Ben Ehrenreich; the Hydra invites readers to choose some fun movies
In Praise of Pigeons
The READER POLL! of Fun Movies
Slow burn / Long drive
Sam Thielman on the world changed by Gaza; new poems by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún
Aversion Therapy
Three Summer Poems
Gratuitous gratuities
George Orwell’s days scrambling for tips, by Diana Moskovitz
Tipping George Orwell
Heel, down
Ian Williams, Tom Scocca, Josephine Riesman, and Maria Bustillos on the passing of Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan, 1953–2025
Let me tell you something, brother
Get the quote / Read the book
Philip Bump in conversation with Maria Bustillos, and an announcement from Luke O’Neil
Taking the Measure of Philip Bump
It’s also quite funny to be clear
Leave abuse / Take love
Myriam Gurba in conversation with Lindsey Boylan; a new home for S.I. Rosenbaum
Scaring All the Right People
TRANSMIGRATIONS
Perverse verse / Creative instinct
Jídé Salawu investigates a faux-Nigerian literary hoax, and Anna Merlan takes in an art exhibit
The Poetry Swindler
The Artist Is Present
Art’s sake
Nathan Munn knows what Art is
The Taste of Creation
Trading in fluids / Dealing in lives
Arwa Mahdawi brings news from Gaza; Jennie Rose Halperin faces family secrets
The Price of Survival
Pregnant Women in Gaza Are Selling Urine to Survive
Fragile refuge
Jonathan M. Katz remembers the Hotel Oloffson, Port-au-Prince
A Lost Haven in Haiti
Quitting the Union / Shutting out the world
Will California secede? asks Annalee Newitz; tour the inner worlds of Trevor Alixopulos
Entrance Exam
The Fall and Rise of the California Republic
Almighty dollar / Popular powers
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd + Megan Greenwell talk money; a free-for-all podcast on SUPERMAN; Zach Rabiroff on the Man of Steel
The Public Is Catching on About Private Equity
Superman Is as Good as We Can Stand Him Being
PODCAST! Episode 11: The Ultimate Truth of Superman
Waste land / Colder case
Kim Kelly appreciates municipal services, and Arwa Mahdawi concludes her true crime investigation
Who Takes Out Your Garbage?
How to Solve a Murder: Part Seven
Listen to the suit / Talk to the hands
Misha Angrist talks fashion and neurology with Rick Bedlack; a valedictory sendoff for Linda Yaccarino by Joe MacLeod
A Loud Suit of Armor
Remembering Linda Yaccarino’s Career at X dot Com in Gestures
Not buying it / Suspending disbelief
Miles Klee, naysayer; return to the road with Jack Pendarvis
Ace Goes to Hollywood: Episode 8
Betteridge's Advice Column
Built for violence / Left for dead
Tod Seelie’s visit to the pretend war zone, and Zito Madu, missing the departed
Razish
Safe journey
Talking with the punk man about comic books
Zach Rabiroff in conversation with Billy Bragg about protest, comics, and cave walls