Weird fiction
Subgenre of speculative fiction
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| 2025 | Planned publication of 'A Conventional Boy' in The Laundry Files universe. |
| 2025 | Planned publication of 'King Sorrow', his upcoming novel. |
| 2025 | The film 'In the Lost Lands', based on a short story by George R. R. Martin, is set to be produced, with Martin as the writer. |
| February 2025 | Scarlett Pavlovich filed three federal lawsuits alleging human trafficking and sexual assault against Gaiman and Amanda Palmer, seeking at least US$7 million in damages. |
| January 2025 | New York magazine published a cover story on Vulture detailing sexual assault allegations against Gaiman, including interviews with eight women. |
| January 2025 | Dark Horse Comics announced they would cut ties with Gaiman, cancelling his ongoing comic adaptation of Anansi Boys. |
| January 2025 | Netflix canceled The Sandman series after its second season, and Gaiman was dropped by his agent Casarotto Ramsay. |
| January 2025 | Netflix canceled The Sandman series after its second season. |
| January 2025 |
SCP Foundation
SCP: Fragmented Minds launches Chapter 1, a first-person action adventure game set on Mars' Site-113.
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| January 2025 | David Lynch passed away, effectively eliminating the likelihood of future Twin Peaks seasons or revivals. |
| 2024 |
SCP Foundation
Go Home Annie, a horror adventure game by Misfit Village, was released.
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| 2024 |
SCP Foundation
'There Is No Antimemetics Division' is released as a 4-part short series on YouTube.
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| 2024 |
J. G. Ballard
The Met Gala's dress code was inspired by Ballard's 1962 short story 'The Garden of Time', highlighting his ongoing cultural influence.
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| 2024 | Wins the TCA Heritage Award. |
| 2024 |
Clive Barker
Clive Barker's poem 'Upon A Warm Milk Dawn' is scheduled to be published in 'The Mad Butterfly's Ball,' edited by Preston Grassmann and Chris Kelso.
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| 2024 |
Clive Barker
In early 2024, Clive Barker announced he would stop attending conventions and public events to focus on writing, working on manuscripts for 31 different projects.
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| 2024 | Vanity Fair published an article discussing Cormac McCarthy's controversial relationship with Augusta Britt, revealing aspects of their past including when they began their relationship. |
| 2024 | In an interview, director John Hillcoat revealed that he and McCarthy had extensive discussions about the film adaptation of Blood Meridian, which McCarthy envisioned as a Faustian tale. |
| 2024 | Multiple commercial ventures halt production due to allegations of sexual assault against women. |
| 2024 | Murakami received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement and was elected as a Royal Society of Literature International Writer in 2024. |
| November 2024 | King announced his upcoming novel 'Never Flinch', set to release on May 27, 2025. |
| October 2024 | Gaiman left the 'Good Omens' project after production of season three was put on hold. |
| October 2024 | Gaiman left the Good Omens project. |
| September 2024 | Disney halted production on the film adaptation of 'The Graveyard Book' due to sexual assault allegations against Gaiman. |
| September 2024 | Disney halted production on the film adaptation of The Graveyard Book, and production on season three of Good Omens was put on hold due to sexual assault allegations. |
| July 2024 | Five women publicly accused Gaiman of sexual assault and abuse on the Tortoise Media podcast 'Master: The Allegations Against Neil Gaiman'. |
| July 2024 | The New Yorker published Murakami's short story 'Kaho'. |
| July 1 2024 | The story 'Kaho' by Murakami is set to be published in The New Yorker. |
| May 2024 | The short story collection 'You Like It Darker' debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times fiction best-seller list. |
| 2023 | Published 'Season of Skulls', a novel in the Tales of the New Management series. |
| 2023 |
SCP Foundation
SCP Comics Series, a collection of oneshot horror graphic novels, began publication by Aloha Comics.
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| 2023 |
J. G. Ballard
An anthology 'Reports From the Deep End' was planned but ultimately terminated due to opposition from the J. G. Ballard Estate, which would have included an expanded version of 'The Hardoon Labyrinth'.
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| 2023 | Named one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world. |
| 2023 | Gaiman signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, alongside over 100 other public figures, calling for the release of Alexei Navalny. |
| 2023 | George R. R. Martin won the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing for his contribution to the video game Elden Ring. |
| 2023 | Released 'Night of the Squawker' as part of the ongoing Goosebumps SlappyWorld series. |
| 2023 | He was awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature in 2023. |
| 2023 | Jean-Christophe Deveney began adapting nine of Murakami's short stories into a three-volume original English-language manga series. |
| November 2023 | The short story collection 'You Like It Darker' was published by Scribner. |
| September 2023 | King released 'Holly', featuring the character Holly Gibney. |
| September 7 2023 | Murakami's story 'My Cheesecake-Shaped Poverty' was published in The New Yorker. |
| June 13 2023 | Cormac McCarthy died at his home in Santa Fe at the age of 89. His passing was mourned by fellow author Stephen King, who regarded him as 'maybe the greatest American novelist of my time.' |
| April 13 2023 | Murakami's novel The City and Its Uncertain Walls was published by Shinchosha in Japan. |
| 2022 | Published 'Escape From Yokai Land', a novella in The Laundry Files universe, and 'Quantum of Nightmares', a novel in the Tales of the New Management series. |
| 2022 |
SCP Foundation
SCP: 5K (formerly SCP: Pandemic), a multiplayer co-op first-person shooter, entered development by Affray Interactive.
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| 2022 |
SCP Foundation
SCP: Secret Files, an episodic horror adventure game, began development by GameZoo Studios.
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| 2022 | Published Rain mini-series, adapted by David M. Booher and illustrated by Zoe Thorogood, based on his novella Rain |
| 2022 | Joe Hill and Gillian Redfearn welcomed their twins. |
| 2022 |
SCP Foundation
An American Journalism article suggested the SCP Foundation may have become the largest collaborative writing project in history.
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| 2022 | During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gaiman announced on Twitter that he would not renew contracts with Russian publishers and encouraged donations to Ukrainian refugees. |
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