New Fiction 2017

Previously: 20162015, 2014, 2013

Short Stories 

  • “Most Die Young” by Camille Bordas (2017)
  • “That Baby” by Lindsay Hunter (2010)
  • “On the Street Where You Live” by Yiyun Li (2017)
  • “The Mule Rustlers” by Joe R. Lansdale (2001)
  • “Underground” by David Gilbert (2017)
  • “Constructed Worlds” by Elif Batuman (2017)
  • “Chairman Spaceman” by Thomas Pierce (2017)
  • “Quarantine” by Alix Ohlin (2017)  
  • “Maniac Loose” by Michael Malone (2001)
  • “Counting” by Fred Melton (2001)
  • “You Don’t Know Me” by Annette Meyers (2001)
  • “The High School Sweetheart” by Joyce Carol Oates (2001)
  • “Harlem Nocture” by Robert P. Parker (2001)
  • “Midnight Emissions” by F. X. Toole (2001)
  • “A Lepidopderist’s Tale” by Daniel Waterman (2001)
  • “The Copper Kings” by Scott Wolven (2001)
  • “Everywhere” by Geoff Ryman (1999)
  • “Willing”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People” by Lorrie Moore (1998)
  • “Dance in America”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Community Life”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Agnes of Iowa”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Charades”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Beautiful Grade”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “What You Want to Do Fine”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Real Estate”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “People Like That Are The Only People Here: Canonical Babbling in Peed Onk”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Terrific Mother”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Veterans” by Laurie Alberts (1982)
  • “The Vanity of Small Differences” by Eileen Pollack (1987)
  • “The Big Sway” by Dennis Johnson (1986)
  • “Things to Draw” by Katharine Andres (1984)
  • “I Ate Her Heart” by Bob Shacochis (1986)

Novels

  • Night of the Living Dummy III by R. L. Stine (1996)
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852)

Plays

  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller (1953)

Graphic Novels/Trades

  • Sex Criminals Volume 1 by Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky (2014)
  • Sex Criminals Volume 2 by Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky (2015)

  • Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson (2016)
  • Blobby Boys by Alex Schubert (2013)
  • Very Casual by Michael DeForge (2013)
  • My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris (2017)
  • The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures by Phoebe Gloeckner (2002)
  • Batman: Earth One Volume 1 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Jonathan Sibal, Rob Leigh, Brad Anderson (2012)
  • Batman: Earth One Volume 2

    by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Jonathan Sibal, Rob Leigh, Brad Anderson (2015)

  • Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Batman by Brian Azzarello, J. T. Krul, Peter Milligan, Jimmy Palmiotti (2012)

Video Games

  • The Walking Dead: Michonne dev. TellTale Games (2016)
  • The Walking Dead: A New Frontier dev. TellTale Games (2016-2017)
  • The Last Guardian dev. SIE Japan Studio (2016)
  • Octodad: Dadliest Catch dev. Young Horses (2014)
  • Among the Sleep dev. Krillbite Studio (2014)
  • Grow Home dev. Ubisoft Reflections (2015)
  • Grow Up dev. Ubisoft Reflections (2016)

  • DuckTales dev. Capcom (1989)
  • Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers dev. Capcom (1990)
  • TaleSpin dev. Capcom (1991)
  • Darkwing Duck dev. Capcom (1992)
  • DuckTales 2 dev. Capcom (1993)
  • Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2

    dev. Capcom (1994)

  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor by Monolith Productions (2014)
  • Mad Max by Avalanche Studios (2015)
  • INSIDE by Playdead (2016)
  • The Beginner’s Guide dev. Everything Unlimited Ltd. (2015)
  • The Adventures of Batman & Robin for Sega CD (1995)
  • Frog Fractions by Twinbeard Studios (2012)
  • Grand Theft Auto IV by Rockstar North (2008)
  • Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City by Rockstar North (2010)
  • Cuphead by StudioMDHR (2017)
  • Hidden Agenda by Supermassive Games (2017)

Short Films

  • “Conventional” dir. Karen Gillan (2015)
  • “Mindenki” dir. Kristóf Deák (2016)

  • “Silent Nights” dir. Aske Bang (2016)

  • “Ennemis Intérieurs” dir. Sélim Azzazi (2016)

  • “Timecode” dir. Juanjo Giménez Peña (2016)
  • “La Femme et le TGV” dir. Timo von Gunten (2016)

  • “Borrowed Time” dir. Andrew Coats, Lou Hamou-Lhadj (2016)

  • “Pearl” dir. Patrick Osborne (2016)

  • “Blind Vaysha” dir. Theodore Ushev (2016)
  • “Piper” dir. Alan Barillaro (2016)

  • “Asteria” dir. Alexandre Arpentinier, Mathieu Blanchys, Lola Grand, Tristan Lamarca, Thomas Lemaille, Jean-Charles Lusseau (2017)
  • “The Head Vanishes” dir. Franck Dion (2016)
  • “Once Upon a Line” dir. Alicja Jasina (2016)
  • “Pear Cider and Cigarettes” dir. Robert Valley (2016)
  • “Things Wong Kar-Wai Taught Me About Love” dir. Alice Dallow (2004)
  • “Nut Guilty” dir. Lloyd French (1936)
  • “June” dir. John Kahrs (2016)
  • “5 Films About Technology” dir. Peter Huang (2017)
  • “A Short Vision” dir. Peter and Joan Foldes (1956)
  • “Lou” dir. Dave Mullins (2017)
  • “Grickle Television (vol.2)” dir. Graham Annable (2017)
  • “Killing Time”
    dir. Graham Annable (2017)
  • “Sunday afternoon”

    dir. Graham Annable (2017)

  • “Blower”

    dir. Graham Annable (2017)

  • “Story of R32” dir. Vladimir Vlasenko (2015)
  • “Flight 851”

    dir. Graham Annable (2017)

  • “Hi Stranger” dir. Kirsten Lepore (2016)
  • “El Chapulín Brujo” dir. Gabriela Badillo (2013)

Films

  • Why Him? dir. John Hamburg (2016)
  • Passengers dir. Morten Tyldum (2016)
  • Snowpiercer dir. Joon-ho Bong (2013)
  • The Men Who Stare at Goats dir. Grant Heslov (2009)
  • Hidden Figures dir. Theodore Melfi (2016)
  • Elle dir. Paul Verhoeven (2016)
  • Silence dir. Martin Scorsese (2016)
  • The Founder dir. John Lee Hancock (2017)
  • Split dir. M. Night Shyamalan (2017)
  • 20th Century Women dir. Mike Mills (2016)
  • Growing Up Smith dir. Frank Lotito (2017)
  • Un Padre No Tan Padre dir. Raúl Martínez (2016)
  • Night of the Comet dir. Thom Eberhardt (1984)
  • Puppet Master dir. David Schmoeller (1989)
  • Magic dir. Richard Attenborough (1978)
  • John Wick dir. Chad Stahelski, David Leitch (2014)
  • John Wick: Chapter 2 dir. Chad Stahelski (2017)
  • Get Out dir. Jordan Peele (2017)
  • Poltergeist dir. Tobe Hooper (1982)
  • Dolls dir. Stuart Gordon (1987)
  • Dead of Night dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden (1945)

  • Logan dir. James Mangold (2017)
  • A United Kingdom dir. Amma Asante (2016)
  • Trilogy of Terror dir. Dan Curtis (1975)
  • Dead Silence dir. James Wan (2007)
  • The Conjuring dir. James Wan (2013)
  • Goosebumps dir.  Rob Letterman (2015)
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind dir. Hayao Miyazaki (1984)

  • Annabelle dir. John R. Leonetti (2014)
  • The Conjuring 2 dir. James Wan (2016)
  • The Great Gabbo dir. James Cruze, Erich von Stroheim (1929)
  • Devil Doll dir. Lindsay Shonteff (1964)
  • Tourist Trap dir. David Schmoeller (1979)
  • Pinocchio’s Revenge dir. Kevin S. Tenney (1996)
  • Black Devil Doll from Hell dir. Chester Novell Turner (1984)
  • Tales from the Hood dir. Rusty Cundieff (1995)
  • Blood Dolls dir. Charles Band (1999)
  • Demonic Toys dir. Peter Manoogian (1992)
  • Doll Graveyard dir. Charles Band (2005)
  • House of Evil dir. Jack Hill, Juan Ibáñez (1968)

  • Kong: Skull Island dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts (2017)
  • The Doll Master dir. Jeong Yong-ki (2004)

  • Death Doll dir. William Mims (1989)
  • The Devil’s Gift dir. Kenneth J. Berton (1984)

  • Dolly Dearest dir. Maria Lease (1991)
  • Kiki’s Delivery Service dir. Hayao Miyazaki (1989)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox dir. Wes Anderson (2009)
  • Sleeping Beauty dir. Clyde Geronimi (1959)
  • Life dir. Daniel Espinosa (2017)
  • Ghost in the Shell dir. Rupert Sanders (2017)
  • Beauty and the Beast dir. Bill Condon (2017)
  • Gifted dir. Marc Webb (2017)
  • Frantz dir. François Ozon (2016)
  • The Fate of the Furious dir. F. Gary Gray (2017)
  • Your Name dir. Makoto Shinkai (2016)
  • Colossal dir. Nacho Vigalondo (2016)
  • The Lost City of Z dir. James Gray (2016)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 dir. James Gunn (2017)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales dir. Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg (2017)
  • Going in Style dir. Zach Braff (2017)
  • The Lovely Bones dir. Peter Jackson (2009)
  • 2 Fast 2 Furious dir. John Singleton (2003)
  • Fast Five dir. Justin Lin (2011)
  • Fast and Furious 6

    dir. Justin Lin (2013)

  • Furious 7

    dir. Justin Lin (2015)

  • The Zookeeper’s Wife dir. Niki Caro (2017)
  • Wonder Woman dir. Patty Jenkins (2017)

  • Alien: Covenant dir. Ridley Scott (2017)
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem dir. The Brothers Strause (2007)
  • Arrietty dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi (2010)
  • It Comes at Night dir. Trey Edward Shults (2017)
  • Cars 3 dir. Brian Fee (2017)
  • Baywatch dir. Seth Gordon (2017)
  • Transformers: The Last Knight dir. Michael Bay (2017)
  • Face/Off dir. John Woo (1997)
  • Ghostbusters dir. Paul Feig (2016)
  • Black Mask dir. Daniel Lee (1996)
  • The Fog dir. Rupert Wainwright (2005)
  • R.I.P.D. dir. Robert Schwentke (2013)

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming dir. Jon Watts (2017)
  • The Mummy dir. Alex Kurtzman (2017)
  • My Cousin Rachel dir. Roger Michell (2017)
  • Baby Driver dir. Edgar Wright (2017)
  • War for the Planet of the Apes dir. Matt Reeves (2017)
  • The Beguiled dir. Sofia Coppola (2017)
  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets dir. Luc Besson (2017)
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me dir. David Lynch (1992)
  • Dunkirk dir. Christopher Nolan (2017)
  • The Diary of a Teenage Girl dir. Marielle Heller (2015)
  • Atomic Blonde dir. David Leitch (2017)
  • The Dark Tower dir. Nikolaj Arcel (2017)
  • The Little Hours dir. Jeff Baena (2017)
  • Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman dir. Curt Geda (2003)
  • Ingrid Goes West dir. Matt Spicer (2017)
  • Kingsman: The Secret Service dir. Matthew Vaughn (2014)
  • Kingsman: The Golden Circle

    dir. Matthew Vaughn (2017)

  • The Dino King dir. Han Sang-Ho (2012)
  • The Crucible dir. Nicholas Hytner (1996)
  • Blade Runner 2049 dir. Denis Villeneuve (2017)
  • Happy Death Day dir. Christopher B. Landon (2017)
  • The Foreigner dir. Martin Campbell (2017)
  • Black Christmas dir. Bob Clark (1974)
  • Thor: Ragnarok dir. Taika Waititi (2017)
  • Zodiac dir. David Fincher (2007)
  • Murder on the Orient Express dir. Kenneth Branagh (2017)
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy dir. Tomas Alfredson (2011)
  • The Imitation Game dir. Morten Tyldum (2014)
  • Train to Busan dir. Yeon Sang-ho (2016)
  • Okja dir. Bong Joon-ho (2017)
  • Nightcrawler dir. Dan Gilroy (2014)
  • Death Note dir. Adam Wingard (2017)
  • Inside Man dir. Spike Lee (2006)
  • Coco dir. Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina (2017)
  • First They Killed My Father dir. Angelina Jolie (2017)
  • The Shape of Water dir. Guillermo del Toro (2017)
  • Justice League dir. Zack Snyder (2017)
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi dir. Rian Johnson (2017)
  • Krampus dir. Michael Dougherty (2015)
  • The Croods dir. Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders (2013)
  • Home dir. Tim Johnson (2015)
  • Minions dir. Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda (2015)
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 dir. Dean DeBlois (2014)

TV Episodes

  • Goosebumps – “Night of the Living Dummy III” (1997)
  • Goosebumps – “Bride of the Living Dummy” (1998)
  • The Twilight Zone – “Miniature” (1963)
  • The Twilight Zone – “The Living Doll” (1963)
  • The Twilight Zone – “Mr. Motivation” (2002)
  • The Twilight Zone – “The Collection” (2003)
  • Tales from the Cryptkeeper – “Sharon Sharalike” (1999)
  • The Twilight Zone – “The Dummy” (1962)
  • The Twilight Zone – “Caesar and Me” (1964)
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – “Where the Woodbine Twineth” (1965)
  • Tales from the Crypt – “The Ventriloquist’s Dummy” (1990)
  • Tales from the Crypt – “Strung Along” (1992)
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents – “The Glass Eye” (1957)
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents – “And So Died Riabouchinska” (1956)
  • Night Gallery – “Pamela’s Voice”, “Lone Survivor,” and “The Doll” (1971)
  • Night Gallery – “The Doll of Death” (1973)
  • Rick and Morty – “Pilot” (2013)
  • Rick and Morty – “Lawnmower Dog” (2013)

  • Rick and Morty – “Anatomy Park” (2013)

  • The Simpsons – “Simpsorama” (2014)
  • One Punch Man – “The Strongest Man” (2015)
  • The New Batman Adventures – “Cold Comfort” (1997)
  • The New Batman Adventures – “Love is a Croc” (1998)

  • The New Batman Adventures – “Torch Song” (1998)

  • The New Batman Adventures – “Judgment Day” (1999)

  • The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror XXVII” (2016)
  • The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror XXVIII” (2017)

  • Bob’s Burgers – “The Wolf of Wharf Street” (2017)
  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – “An Endless Wasteland” (2015)
  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – “God Tongue” (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "That Chef Never Smiles" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Madonna of the Polar Star" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Ice Queen and the Spring Storm" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Meat Invader" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "A Quiet Don, An Eloquent Don" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Concerto of Inspiration and Imagination" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Breading to Adorn the Mountains" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Heavenly Recette" (2015)

TV Series

  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-2009)
  • Sherlock – Series 4 (2017)
  • The Walking Dead – Season 7 (2016-2017)
  • Darkwing Duck (1991-1992)
  • American Gods (2017)
  • Twin Peaks – Season 2 (1990-1991)
  • Iron Fist (2017)
  • The Defenders (2017)
  • Fargo – Season 2 (2015)
  • Narcos – Season 3 (2017)
  • BoJack Horseman – Season 4 (2017)
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Season 11 (2016)
  • Mindhunter (2017)
  • The Punisher (2017)
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 4 (2016-2017)
  • American Horror Story – Seasons 1-7 (2011-2017)

New Fiction 2017

Previously: 20162015, 2014, 2013

Short Stories 

  • “Most Die Young” by Camille Bordas (2017)
  • “That Baby” by Lindsay Hunter (2010)
  • “On the Street Where You Live” by Yiyun Li (2017)
  • “The Mule Rustlers” by Joe R. Lansdale (2001)
  • “Underground” by David Gilbert (2017)
  • “Constructed Worlds” by Elif Batuman (2017)
  • “Chairman Spaceman” by Thomas Pierce (2017)
  • “Quarantine” by Alix Ohlin (2017)  
  • “Maniac Loose” by Michael Malone (2001)
  • “Counting” by Fred Melton (2001)
  • “You Don’t Know Me” by Annette Meyers (2001)
  • “The High School Sweetheart” by Joyce Carol Oates (2001)
  • “Harlem Nocture” by Robert P. Parker (2001)
  • “Midnight Emissions” by F. X. Toole (2001)
  • “A Lepidopderist’s Tale” by Daniel Waterman (2001)
  • “The Copper Kings” by Scott Wolven (2001)
  • “Everywhere” by Geoff Ryman (1999)
  • “Willing”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People” by Lorrie Moore (1998)
  • “Dance in America”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Community Life”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Agnes of Iowa”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Charades”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Beautiful Grade”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “What You Want to Do Fine”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Real Estate”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “People Like That Are The Only People Here: Canonical Babbling in Peed Onk”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Terrific Mother”

    by Lorrie Moore (1998)

  • “Veterans” by Laurie Alberts (1982)
  • “The Vanity of Small Differences” by Eileen Pollack (1987)
  • “The Big Sway” by Dennis Johnson (1986)
  • “Things to Draw” by Katharine Andres (1984)
  • “I Ate Her Heart” by Bob Shacochis (1986)

Novels

  • Night of the Living Dummy III by R. L. Stine (1996)
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852)

Plays

  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller (1953)

Graphic Novels/Trades

  • Sex Criminals Volume 1 by Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky (2014)
  • Sex Criminals Volume 2 by Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky (2015)

  • Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson (2016)
  • Blobby Boys by Alex Schubert (2013)
  • Very Casual by Michael DeForge (2013)
  • My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris (2017)
  • The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures by Phoebe Gloeckner (2002)
  • Batman: Earth One Volume 1 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Jonathan Sibal, Rob Leigh, Brad Anderson (2012)
  • Batman: Earth One Volume 2

    by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Jonathan Sibal, Rob Leigh, Brad Anderson (2015)

  • Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Batman by Brian Azzarello, J. T. Krul, Peter Milligan, Jimmy Palmiotti (2012)

Video Games

  • The Walking Dead: Michonne dev. TellTale Games (2016)
  • The Walking Dead: A New Frontier dev. TellTale Games (2016-2017)
  • The Last Guardian dev. SIE Japan Studio (2016)
  • Octodad: Dadliest Catch dev. Young Horses (2014)
  • Among the Sleep dev. Krillbite Studio (2014)
  • Grow Home dev. Ubisoft Reflections (2015)
  • Grow Up dev. Ubisoft Reflections (2016)

  • DuckTales dev. Capcom (1989)
  • Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers dev. Capcom (1990)
  • TaleSpin dev. Capcom (1991)
  • Darkwing Duck dev. Capcom (1992)
  • DuckTales 2 dev. Capcom (1993)
  • Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2

    dev. Capcom (1994)

  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor by Monolith Productions (2014)
  • Mad Max by Avalanche Studios (2015)
  • INSIDE by Playdead (2016)
  • The Beginner’s Guide dev. Everything Unlimited Ltd. (2015)
  • The Adventures of Batman & Robin for Sega CD (1995)
  • Frog Fractions by Twinbeard Studios (2012)
  • Grand Theft Auto IV by Rockstar North (2008)
  • Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City by Rockstar North (2010)
  • Cuphead by StudioMDHR (2017)
  • Hidden Agenda by Supermassive Games (2017)

Short Films

  • “Conventional” dir. Karen Gillan (2015)
  • “Mindenki” dir. Kristóf Deák (2016)

  • “Silent Nights” dir. Aske Bang (2016)

  • “Ennemis Intérieurs” dir. Sélim Azzazi (2016)

  • “Timecode” dir. Juanjo Giménez Peña (2016)
  • “La Femme et le TGV” dir. Timo von Gunten (2016)

  • “Borrowed Time” dir. Andrew Coats, Lou Hamou-Lhadj (2016)

  • “Pearl” dir. Patrick Osborne (2016)

  • “Blind Vaysha” dir. Theodore Ushev (2016)
  • “Piper” dir. Alan Barillaro (2016)

  • “Asteria” dir. Alexandre Arpentinier, Mathieu Blanchys, Lola Grand, Tristan Lamarca, Thomas Lemaille, Jean-Charles Lusseau (2017)
  • “The Head Vanishes” dir. Franck Dion (2016)
  • “Once Upon a Line” dir. Alicja Jasina (2016)
  • “Pear Cider and Cigarettes” dir. Robert Valley (2016)
  • “Things Wong Kar-Wai Taught Me About Love” dir. Alice Dallow (2004)
  • “Nut Guilty” dir. Lloyd French (1936)
  • “June” dir. John Kahrs (2016)
  • “5 Films About Technology” dir. Peter Huang (2017)
  • “A Short Vision” dir. Peter and Joan Foldes (1956)
  • “Lou” dir. Dave Mullins (2017)
  • “Grickle Television (vol.2)” dir. Graham Annable (2017)
  • “Killing Time”
    dir. Graham Annable (2017)
  • “Sunday afternoon”

    dir. Graham Annable (2017)

  • “Blower”

    dir. Graham Annable (2017)

  • “Story of R32” dir. Vladimir Vlasenko (2015)
  • “Flight 851”

    dir. Graham Annable (2017)

  • “Hi Stranger” dir. Kirsten Lepore (2016)
  • “El Chapulín Brujo” dir. Gabriela Badillo (2013)

Films

  • Why Him? dir. John Hamburg (2016)
  • Passengers dir. Morten Tyldum (2016)
  • Snowpiercer dir. Joon-ho Bong (2013)
  • The Men Who Stare at Goats dir. Grant Heslov (2009)
  • Hidden Figures dir. Theodore Melfi (2016)
  • Elle dir. Paul Verhoeven (2016)
  • Silence dir. Martin Scorsese (2016)
  • The Founder dir. John Lee Hancock (2017)
  • Split dir. M. Night Shyamalan (2017)
  • 20th Century Women dir. Mike Mills (2016)
  • Growing Up Smith dir. Frank Lotito (2017)
  • Un Padre No Tan Padre dir. Raúl Martínez (2016)
  • Night of the Comet dir. Thom Eberhardt (1984)
  • Puppet Master dir. David Schmoeller (1989)
  • Magic dir. Richard Attenborough (1978)
  • John Wick dir. Chad Stahelski, David Leitch (2014)
  • John Wick: Chapter 2 dir. Chad Stahelski (2017)
  • Get Out dir. Jordan Peele (2017)
  • Poltergeist dir. Tobe Hooper (1982)
  • Dolls dir. Stuart Gordon (1987)
  • Dead of Night dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden (1945)

  • Logan dir. James Mangold (2017)
  • A United Kingdom dir. Amma Asante (2016)
  • Trilogy of Terror dir. Dan Curtis (1975)
  • Dead Silence dir. James Wan (2007)
  • The Conjuring dir. James Wan (2013)
  • Goosebumps dir.  Rob Letterman (2015)
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind dir. Hayao Miyazaki (1984)

  • Annabelle dir. John R. Leonetti (2014)
  • The Conjuring 2 dir. James Wan (2016)
  • The Great Gabbo dir. James Cruze, Erich von Stroheim (1929)
  • Devil Doll dir. Lindsay Shonteff (1964)
  • Tourist Trap dir. David Schmoeller (1979)
  • Pinocchio’s Revenge dir. Kevin S. Tenney (1996)
  • Black Devil Doll from Hell dir. Chester Novell Turner (1984)
  • Tales from the Hood dir. Rusty Cundieff (1995)
  • Blood Dolls dir. Charles Band (1999)
  • Demonic Toys dir. Peter Manoogian (1992)
  • Doll Graveyard dir. Charles Band (2005)
  • House of Evil dir. Jack Hill, Juan Ibáñez (1968)

  • Kong: Skull Island dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts (2017)
  • The Doll Master dir. Jeong Yong-ki (2004)

  • Death Doll dir. William Mims (1989)
  • The Devil’s Gift dir. Kenneth J. Berton (1984)

  • Dolly Dearest dir. Maria Lease (1991)
  • Kiki’s Delivery Service dir. Hayao Miyazaki (1989)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox dir. Wes Anderson (2009)
  • Sleeping Beauty dir. Clyde Geronimi (1959)
  • Life dir. Daniel Espinosa (2017)
  • Ghost in the Shell dir. Rupert Sanders (2017)
  • Beauty and the Beast dir. Bill Condon (2017)
  • Gifted dir. Marc Webb (2017)
  • Frantz dir. François Ozon (2016)
  • The Fate of the Furious dir. F. Gary Gray (2017)
  • Your Name dir. Makoto Shinkai (2016)
  • Colossal dir. Nacho Vigalondo (2016)
  • The Lost City of Z dir. James Gray (2016)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 dir. James Gunn (2017)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales dir. Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg (2017)
  • Going in Style dir. Zach Braff (2017)
  • The Lovely Bones dir. Peter Jackson (2009)
  • 2 Fast 2 Furious dir. John Singleton (2003)
  • Fast Five dir. Justin Lin (2011)
  • Fast and Furious 6

    dir. Justin Lin (2013)

  • Furious 7

    dir. Justin Lin (2015)

  • The Zookeeper’s Wife dir. Niki Caro (2017)
  • Wonder Woman dir. Patty Jenkins (2017)

  • Alien: Covenant dir. Ridley Scott (2017)
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem dir. The Brothers Strause (2007)
  • Arrietty dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi (2010)
  • It Comes at Night dir. Trey Edward Shults (2017)
  • Cars 3 dir. Brian Fee (2017)
  • Baywatch dir. Seth Gordon (2017)
  • Transformers: The Last Knight dir. Michael Bay (2017)
  • Face/Off dir. John Woo (1997)
  • Ghostbusters dir. Paul Feig (2016)
  • Black Mask dir. Daniel Lee (1996)
  • The Fog dir. Rupert Wainwright (2005)
  • R.I.P.D. dir. Robert Schwentke (2013)

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming dir. Jon Watts (2017)
  • The Mummy dir. Alex Kurtzman (2017)
  • My Cousin Rachel dir. Roger Michell (2017)
  • Baby Driver dir. Edgar Wright (2017)
  • War for the Planet of the Apes dir. Matt Reeves (2017)
  • The Beguiled dir. Sofia Coppola (2017)
  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets dir. Luc Besson (2017)
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me dir. David Lynch (1992)
  • Dunkirk dir. Christopher Nolan (2017)
  • The Diary of a Teenage Girl dir. Marielle Heller (2015)
  • Atomic Blonde dir. David Leitch (2017)
  • The Dark Tower dir. Nikolaj Arcel (2017)
  • The Little Hours dir. Jeff Baena (2017)
  • Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman dir. Curt Geda (2003)
  • Ingrid Goes West dir. Matt Spicer (2017)
  • Kingsman: The Secret Service dir. Matthew Vaughn (2014)
  • Kingsman: The Golden Circle

    dir. Matthew Vaughn (2017)

  • The Dino King dir. Han Sang-Ho (2012)
  • The Crucible dir. Nicholas Hytner (1996)
  • Blade Runner 2049 dir. Denis Villeneuve (2017)
  • Happy Death Day dir. Christopher B. Landon (2017)
  • The Foreigner dir. Martin Campbell (2017)
  • Black Christmas dir. Bob Clark (1974)
  • Thor: Ragnarok dir. Taika Waititi (2017)
  • Zodiac dir. David Fincher (2007)
  • Murder on the Orient Express dir. Kenneth Branagh (2017)
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy dir. Tomas Alfredson (2011)
  • The Imitation Game dir. Morten Tyldum (2014)
  • Train to Busan dir. Yeon Sang-ho (2016)
  • Okja dir. Bong Joon-ho (2017)
  • Nightcrawler dir. Dan Gilroy (2014)
  • Death Note dir. Adam Wingard (2017)
  • Inside Man dir. Spike Lee (2006)
  • Coco dir. Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina (2017)
  • First They Killed My Father dir. Angelina Jolie (2017)
  • The Shape of Water dir. Guillermo del Toro (2017)
  • Justice League dir. Zack Snyder (2017)
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi dir. Rian Johnson (2017)
  • Krampus dir. Michael Dougherty (2015)
  • The Croods dir. Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders (2013)
  • Home dir. Tim Johnson (2015)
  • Minions dir. Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda (2015)
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 dir. Dean DeBlois (2014)

TV Episodes

  • Goosebumps – “Night of the Living Dummy III” (1997)
  • Goosebumps – “Bride of the Living Dummy” (1998)
  • The Twilight Zone – “Miniature” (1963)
  • The Twilight Zone – “The Living Doll” (1963)
  • The Twilight Zone – “Mr. Motivation” (2002)
  • The Twilight Zone – “The Collection” (2003)
  • Tales from the Cryptkeeper – “Sharon Sharalike” (1999)
  • The Twilight Zone – “The Dummy” (1962)
  • The Twilight Zone – “Caesar and Me” (1964)
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – “Where the Woodbine Twineth” (1965)
  • Tales from the Crypt – “The Ventriloquist’s Dummy” (1990)
  • Tales from the Crypt – “Strung Along” (1992)
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents – “The Glass Eye” (1957)
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents – “And So Died Riabouchinska” (1956)
  • Night Gallery – “Pamela’s Voice”, “Lone Survivor,” and “The Doll” (1971)
  • Night Gallery – “The Doll of Death” (1973)
  • Rick and Morty – “Pilot” (2013)
  • Rick and Morty – “Lawnmower Dog” (2013)

  • Rick and Morty – “Anatomy Park” (2013)

  • The Simpsons – “Simpsorama” (2014)
  • One Punch Man – “The Strongest Man” (2015)
  • The New Batman Adventures – “Cold Comfort” (1997)
  • The New Batman Adventures – “Love is a Croc” (1998)

  • The New Batman Adventures – “Torch Song” (1998)

  • The New Batman Adventures – “Judgment Day” (1999)

  • The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror XXVII” (2016)
  • The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror XXVIII” (2017)

  • Bob’s Burgers – “The Wolf of Wharf Street” (2017)
  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – “An Endless Wasteland” (2015)
  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – “God Tongue” (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "That Chef Never Smiles" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Madonna of the Polar Star" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Ice Queen and the Spring Storm" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Meat Invader" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "A Quiet Don, An Eloquent Don" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Concerto of Inspiration and Imagination" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Breading to Adorn the Mountains" (2015)

  • Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma  – "The Heavenly Recette" (2015)

TV Series

  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-2009)
  • Sherlock – Series 4 (2017)
  • The Walking Dead – Season 7 (2016-2017)
  • Darkwing Duck (1991-1992)
  • American Gods (2017)
  • Twin Peaks – Season 2 (1990-1991)
  • Iron Fist (2017)
  • The Defenders (2017)
  • Fargo – Season 2 (2015)
  • Narcos – Season 3 (2017)
  • BoJack Horseman – Season 4 (2017)
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Season 11 (2016)
  • Mindhunter (2017)
  • The Punisher (2017)
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 4 (2016-2017)
  • American Horror Story – Seasons 1-7 (2011-2017)

New Fiction 2016

It was another sad year for novels, but short stories and movies boomed.

Previously: 2015, 2014, 2013

Short Stories

  • “The Philosophers” by Adam Ehrlich Sachs (2016)
  • “A Life of Adventure and Delight” by Akhil Sharma (2016)
  • “Choking Victim” by Alexandra Kleeman (2016) 
  • “These Short, Dark Days” by Alice McDermott (2015)
  • “Breaking News: Guatemalan Kitchen Work Cures Ego” by Ally Yancey (2014)
  • “My Curls Have Blown All the Way to China” by Amos Oz (2015)
  • “Save a Horse Ride a Cowgirl” by Ann Beattie (2015)
  • “For the Best” by Ann Beattie (2016)
  • “1=1” by Anne Carson (2016)
  • “Back the Way You Went” by Anne Carson (2016)
  • “A Resolute Man” by Annie Proulx (2016)
  • “The Gospel According to García” by Ariel Dorfman (2015)
  • “Moon Man” by B. A. Brock (2015)
  • “Cold Little Bird” by Ben Marcus (2015)
  • “The Day I Met Buddha” by Benjamin F. Schafer (2014)
  • “Lose the Battle” by Beth Brock (2014)
  • “A Family Game” by Brendan Dubois (2001)
  • “Fable” by Charles Yu (2016)
  • “The Cobalt Blues” by Clark Howard (2001)
  • “Lost Souls” by Clive Barker British (1985)
  • “Anhedonia, Here I Come” by Colin Barrett (2016)
  • “Gender Studies” by Curtis Sittenfeld (2016)
  • “The Edge of the Shoal” by Cynan Jones (2016) 
  • “Jelly and Jack” by Dana Spiotta (2015)
  • “In the Act of Falling” by Danielle McLaughlin (2015)
  • “The Blue Mirror” by David Edgerley Gates (2001)
  • “To the Moon and Back” by Etgar Keret (2016)
  • “Buttony” by Fiona McFarlane (2016)
  • “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor (1955)
  • “The Cookooburrahs and the Goolahgool” by Folktale Australia (1896)
  • “Why Dogs Wag their Tails” by Folktale Filipino (1916)
  • “I Know” by Galadriel Mozee (2014)
  • “Mother’s Day” by George Saunders (2016)
  • “The Striding Place” by Gertrude Atherton (1896)
  • “The goblin and the huckster” by Hans Christian Andersen (1915)
  • “My Purple Scented Novel” by Ian McEwan (2016)
  • “Little Snow-white” by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1884)
  • “The Almond Tree” by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1886)
  • “The Championship of Nowhere” by James Grady (2001)
  • “The Apartment” by Jensen Beach (2015)
  • “Inscrutable” by Joe Gores (2001)
  • “It Is Raining in Bejucal” by John Biguenet (2001)
  • “Three Short Moments in a Long Life” by John L’Heureux (2016)
  • “The Republic of Bad Taste” by Jonathan Franzen (2015)
  • “A Gentleman’s Game” by Jonathan Lethem (2016)
  • “The Abandonment” by Joshua Ferris (2016)
  • “Chicken Hill” by Joy Williams (2015)
  • “Stuff” by Joy Williams (2016)
  • “Honey Bunny” by Julianne Pachico (2015)
  • “The Bog Girl” by Karen Russell (2016)
  • “The Prospectors” by Karen Russell (2015)
  • “The Specialist’s Hat” by Kelly Link (1998)
  • “Deer Season” by Kevin Barry (2016)
  • “God’s Work” by Kevin Canty (2016)
  • “The Midnight Zone” by Lauren Groff (2016)
  • “Who Will Greet You At Home” by Lesley Nneka Arimah (2015)
  • “The Story of a Painter” by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (2016)
  • “Total Solar” by Luke Mogelson (2016)
  • “The Weir” by Mark Haddon (2015)
  • “Two-Bagger” by Michael Connelly (2001)
  • “Man Kills Wife, Two Dogs” by Michael Downs (2001)
  • “Zaabalawi” by Naguib Mahfouz (1963)
  • “A Study in Emerald” by Neil Gaiman (2003)
  • “The Beach Boy” by Otessa Moshfegh (2016)
  • “An Honest Woman” by Ottessa Moshfegh (2016)
  • “The Things” by Peter Watts (2010)
  • “A Short History of Zaka the Zulu” by Petina Gappah (2016)
  • “Fifty-Seven” by Rachel Kushner (2015)
  • “The Three Little Birds” by Rindy Gradford (2015)
  • “How Can I Help?” by Rivka Galchen (2016)
  • “Usl at the Stadium” by Rivka Galchen (2015)
  • “Invasion of the Martians” by Robert Coover (2016)
  • “In the Court of the Dragon” by Robert W. Chambers (1895)
  • “Tiny Man” by Sam Shepard (2016)
  • “The Burglar” by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (2016) 
  • “Summa Mathematica” by Sean Dolittle (2001)
  • “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benét (1937)
  • “Sometimes Something Goes Wrong” by Stuart M. Kaminsky (2001)
  • “Are We Not Men?” by T. Coraghessan Boyle (2016)
  • “Patient Zero” by Tananrive Due (2010)
  • “Aspic” by Tatyana Tolstaya (2016)
  • “Dido’s Lament” by Tessa Hadley (2016)
  • “The Fix” by Thomas H. Cook (2001)
  • “The Driver” by Thomas McGuane (2015)
  • “Papaya” by Thomas McGuane (2016)
  • “Bedtimes” by Tim Parks (2015)
  • “Vespa” by Tim Parks (2015)
  • “The Chair Carrier” by Yusuf Idris (1974)
  • “Upside-Down Cake” by Paul Theroux

    (2016

  • “Spiderweb” by Mariana Enriquez

    (2016)

  • “Pardon Edward Snowden” by Joseph O’Neill

    (2016)

  • “Flower Hunters” by Lauren Groff

    (2016)

  • “The King’s Teacup at Rest” by Michael Andreasen

    (2016)

  • “The Hanging of the Schoolmarm” by Robert Coover

    (2016)

  • “Two Men Arrive in a Village” by Zadie Smith (2016)
  • “The Polish Rider” by Ben Lerner (2016)
  • “Seven People Dancing” by Langston Hughes (1961)
  • “Maybe It Was the Distance” by Jonathan Safran Foer (2016)

Novels

  • Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (1989)

Plays

  • Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (429 BC)

Comics

  • “Commercial Success” by Graham Annable (2010)
  • “walk-in" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "articulate conception" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "dead weight" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "misery and his company" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "futile space" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "decency" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "Old Man River" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "fishin’ trip" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "the bomb" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "love monster" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "photo opportunity" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "Sea Life" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "slight aberration" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "by necessity" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "the sound of paste" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "wee man" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "A Brief History of the Art Form Known as "Hortisculpture” by Adrian Tomine (2015)
  • “Amber Sweet” by Adrian Tomine (2015)
  • “Go Owls” by Adrian Tomine (2015)
  • “Translated, from the Japanese," by Adrian Tomine (2015)
  • "Killing and Dying" by Adrian Tomine (2015)
  • "Intruders" by Adrian Tomine (2015)

Graphic Novels

  • Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Chaos by Yukito Kishiro (1997)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Fallen Angel by Yukito Kishiro (1998)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Angel’s Ascension by Yukito Kishiro (1998)
  • Hopeless Savages: Break by Jan Van Meter, Meredith McClaren, Christine Norrie (2015)
  • Steve Lichman: Volume I by David Rapoza and Daniel Warren (2016)

Video Games

  • Predator 2 for Sega Master System dev. Teeny Weeny Games (1992)
  • Fallout 4

    dev.

    Bethesda Softworks (2015)

  • Undertale dev. tobyfox (2015)
  • Cibele dev. Star Maid Games (2015)
  • Firewatch dev. Campo Santo (2016)
  • T2: The Arcade Game

    for Sega Master System dev. Probe Development (1993)

  • Castle of Illusion dev. Sega Studios Australia (2013)
  • Alien: Isolation dev. Creative Assembly (2014)
  • Autonomous dev. Double Fine Productions (2012)
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End dev. Naughty Dog (2016)
  • Back to the Future: The Game dev. TellTale Games (2011)
  • SPACEPLAN dev. Jake Hollands (2016)
  • Ben There, Dan That! dev. Size Five Games (2008)
  • Bientot l’ete dev. Tale of Tales (2013)
  • Bioshock Infinite dev. Irrational Games (2013)
  • Bone: Out from Boneville dev. TellTale Games (2005)
  • Bone: The Great Cow Race dev. TellTale Games (2006)

  • Cart Life dev. Richard Hofmeier (2011)
  • The Halloween Google Doodle dev. Google (2016)
  • The Simpsons Tapped Out: Halloween 2016 dev. Electronic Arts (2015)
  • Headlander dev. Double Fine Productions (2016)

Short Films

  • "Vincent” dir. Tim Burton (1982)
  • “Madame Tutli-Putli” dir. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (2007)
  • “World of Tomorrow” dir. Don Hertzfeldt (2015)
  • “Felix in Exile” dir. William Kentridge (1994)
  • “Ku’u Lei Melody: A Mickey Mouse Cartoon” dir. Alonso Ramirez Ramos, Paul Rudish (2016)
  • “Many Moons” dir. Alan Ferguson, The Wondaland Arts Society (2008)
  • “Death in the Dust” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Frozen Hell” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “The Bad Back Bus” dir. Graham Annable (2010)
  • “Transmission at outpost 79” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Old Reliable” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “The Lonely Hunter” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Death Defying” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Morning Glory” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Dreams of Sloshy- number 1” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Dummy” dir. Graham Annable (2016)
  • “No Quarter” dir. Mike Trent (2007)
  • “Defective” dir. Rani Naamani (2004)
  • “One More Beer” dir. Pedro Conti, Alan Camilo (2012)
  • “Lunch” dir. Graham Annable (2016)
  • “Premonitions Following an Evil Deed” dir. David Lynch (1995)
  • “Alien Song” dir. Victor Navone (1999)

  • “Flys!” dir. Eder Cardoso (2009)
  • “Halloween MADNESS” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Closet” dir. Graham Annable (2007)
  • “Intermission” dir. Graham Annable (2016)
  • “Joy to the Weird” dir. Graham Annable (2008)
  • “Reach” dir. Luke Randall (2008)
  • “Help Me” dir. Isaak Fernandez Rodriguez (2005)
  • “Inner Workings” dir. Leo Matsuda (2016)
  • “Piper” dir. Alan Barillaro (2016)

Films

  • Escape from L.A. dir. John Carpenter (1996)
  • ParaNorman dir. Sam Fell and Chris Butler (2012)
  • Galaxy Quest dir. Dean Parisot (1999)
  • It’s Such a Beautiful Day dir. Don Hertzfeldt (2012)
  • The Revenant dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
  • Hail, Caesar! dir. Ethan Cohen, Joel Cohen (2016)
  • Regression dir. Alejandro Amenábar (2015)
  • Room dir. Lenny Abrahamson (2015)
  • The Boy dir. William Brent Bell (2016)
  • Jane Got a Gun dir. Gavin O’Connor (2015)
  • Bridge of Spies dir. Steven Spielberg (2015)
  • The Big Short dir. Adam McKay (2015)
  • Spotlight dir. Tom McCarthy (2015)
  • Brooklyn dir. John Crowley (2015)
  • The Martian dir. Ridley Scott (2015)
  • The Witch dir. Robert Eggers (2015)
  • The Wicker Man dir. Robin Hardy (1973)
  • Terminator Genisys dir. Alan Taylor (2015)
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot dir. Glenn Ficarra, John Requa (2016)
  • Anomalisa dir. Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman (2015)
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane dir. Dan Trachtenburg (2016)
  • Deadpool dir. Tim Miller (2016)
  • Zootopia dir. Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush (2016)
  • Knight of Cups dir. Terrence Malick (2016)
  • Only Yesterday dir. Isao Takahata (1991)
  • Dinotasia dir. David Krentz, Erik Nelson (2012)
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice dir. Zack Snyder (2016)
  • Man of Steel dir. Zack Snyder (2013)
  • Eraser dir. Chuck Russell (1996)
  • Collateral Damage dir. Andrew Davis (2002)
  • Dope dir. Rick Famuyiwa (2015)
  • The Babadook dir. Jennifer Kent (2014)
  • Vampire Hunter D dir. Toyo Ashida (1985)
  • Captain America: The First Avenger dir. Joe Johnston (2011)
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (2014)
  • Jungle Book dir. Jon Favreau (2016)
  • Thor dir. Kenneth Branagh (2011)
  • Iron Man 3 dir. Shane Black (2013)
  • Thor: The Dark World dir. Alan Taylor (2013)
  • Ant-Man dir. Peyton Reed (2015)
  • Green Room dir. Jeremy Saulnier (2015)
  • Captain America: Civil War dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (2016)
  • X-Men: Apocalypse dir. Bryan Singer (2016)
  • The Nice Guys dir. Shane Black (2016)
  • The Neon Demon dir. Nicolas Winding Refn (2016)
  • Twisted dir. Philip Kaufman (2004)
  • Basic Instinct dir. Paul Verhoeven (1992)
  • The Saint dir. Phillip Noyce (1997)
  • Twilight dir. Robert Benton (1998)
  • Star Trek Beyond dir. Justin Lin (2016)
  • Kubo and the Two Strings dir. Travis Knight (2016)
  • Don’t Breathe dir. Fede Alvarez (2016)
  • Now You See Me dir. Louis Leterrier (2013)
  • The Lobster dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (2015)
  • Captain Fantastic dir. Matt Ross (2016)
  • Hell or High Water dir. David Mackenzie (2016)
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople dir. Taika Waititi (2016)
  • Finding Dory dir. Andrew Stanton (2016)
  • Suicide Squad dir. David Ayer (2016)
  • Magnificent Seven dir. Antoine Fuqua (2016)
  • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children dir. Tim Burton (2016)
  • What We Do in the Shadows dir. Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi (2014)
  • Sleepaway Camp dir. Robert Hiltzik (1983)
  • The Girl on the Train dir. Tate Taylor (2016)
  • Deepwater Horizon dir. Peter Berg (2016)
  • Desierto dir. Jonás Cuarón (2016)
  • Inferno dir. Ron Howard (2016)
  • Moonlight dir. Barry Jenkins (2016)
  • The Handmaiden dir. Park Chan-wook (2016)
  • Doctor Strange dir. Scott Derrickson (2016)
  • Arrival dir. Denis Villeneuve (2016)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them dir. David Yates (2016)
  • Nocturnal Animals dir. Tom Ford (2016)
  • The Take dir. James Watkins (2016)
  • Loving dir. Jeff Nichols (2016)
  • Allied dir. Robert Zemeckis (2016)
  • Moana dir. Ron Clements, John Musker (2016)
  • The Edge of Seventeen dir. Kelly Fremon Craig (2016)
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood (2009)
  • Lion dir. Garth Davis (2016)
  • The Hunger Games dir. Gary Ross (2012)
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire dir.  Francis Lawrence (2013)
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 dir.  Francis Lawrence (2014)
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 dir.  Francis Lawrence (2015)
  • Trolls dir. Mike Mitchell
    , Walt Dohrn (2016)
  • Sixteen Candles dir. John Hughes (1984)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story dir. Gareth Edwards (2016)
  • La La Land dir. Damien Chazelle (2016)
  • The Wolverine dir. James Mangold (2013)
  • Manchester by the Sea dir. Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows dir. Guy Ritchie (2011)
  • Jackie dir. Pablo Larraín (2016)
  • How to Train Your Dragon dir. Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois (2010)
  • Wayne’s World dir. Penelope Spheeris (1992)

  • Fences dir. Denzel Washington (2016)
  • Midnight Special dir. Jeff Nichols (2016)
  • Straight Outta Compton dir. F. Gary Gray (2015)

TV Episodes

  • The Big Bang Theory – "The Bozeman Reaction" (2010)
  • The Big Bang Theory – "The Einstein Approximation" (2010)
  • The Big Bang Theory – "The Wheaton Recurrence" (2010)
  • Sherlock – “The Abominable Bride” (2016)
  • The Simpsons – "Every Man’s Dream" (2015)
  • Bob’s Burgers – “The Hauntening” (2015)
  • Bob’s Burgers – “Teen-a Witch” (2016)
  • The Walking Dead
    – “The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “The Well”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “The Cell”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “Service”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead – “Go Getters”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “Swear”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “Sing Me a Song”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “Hearts Still Beating”

    (2016)

TV Series

  • Californication – Season 7 (2014)
  • House of Cards – Seasons 2-4 (2014-2016)
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2014)
  • Better Call Saul – Season 1 (2015)
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975)
  • Daredevil (2015-2016)
  • The Fall (2013-2014)
  • Agents of SHIELD (2013-2016)
  • Agent Carter (2015-2016)
  • Stranger Things (2016)
  • BoJack Horseman – Season 3 (2016)
  • Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005)
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Seasons 3-10 (2007-2015)
  • Archer – Season 6 (2015)
  • Luther (2010-2015)
  • Bones – Seasons 10-11 (2014-2016)
  • Luke Cage (2016)
  • Narcos – Season 2 (2016)
  • Futurama – Seasons 6-7 (2010-2013)
  • Black Mirror (2011-2016)

  • The Walking Dead – Seasons 4-6 (2013-2015)

New Fiction 2016

It was another sad year for novels, but short stories and movies boomed.

Previously: 2015, 2014, 2013

Short Stories

  • “The Philosophers” by Adam Ehrlich Sachs (2016)
  • “A Life of Adventure and Delight” by Akhil Sharma (2016)
  • “Choking Victim” by Alexandra Kleeman (2016) 
  • “These Short, Dark Days” by Alice McDermott (2015)
  • “Breaking News: Guatemalan Kitchen Work Cures Ego” by Ally Yancey (2014)
  • “My Curls Have Blown All the Way to China” by Amos Oz (2015)
  • “Save a Horse Ride a Cowgirl” by Ann Beattie (2015)
  • “For the Best” by Ann Beattie (2016)
  • “1=1” by Anne Carson (2016)
  • “Back the Way You Went” by Anne Carson (2016)
  • “A Resolute Man” by Annie Proulx (2016)
  • “The Gospel According to García” by Ariel Dorfman (2015)
  • “Moon Man” by B. A. Brock (2015)
  • “Cold Little Bird” by Ben Marcus (2015)
  • “The Day I Met Buddha” by Benjamin F. Schafer (2014)
  • “Lose the Battle” by Beth Brock (2014)
  • “A Family Game” by Brendan Dubois (2001)
  • “Fable” by Charles Yu (2016)
  • “The Cobalt Blues” by Clark Howard (2001)
  • “Lost Souls” by Clive Barker British (1985)
  • “Anhedonia, Here I Come” by Colin Barrett (2016)
  • “Gender Studies” by Curtis Sittenfeld (2016)
  • “The Edge of the Shoal” by Cynan Jones (2016) 
  • “Jelly and Jack” by Dana Spiotta (2015)
  • “In the Act of Falling” by Danielle McLaughlin (2015)
  • “The Blue Mirror” by David Edgerley Gates (2001)
  • “To the Moon and Back” by Etgar Keret (2016)
  • “Buttony” by Fiona McFarlane (2016)
  • “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor (1955)
  • “The Cookooburrahs and the Goolahgool” by Folktale Australia (1896)
  • “Why Dogs Wag their Tails” by Folktale Filipino (1916)
  • “I Know” by Galadriel Mozee (2014)
  • “Mother’s Day” by George Saunders (2016)
  • “The Striding Place” by Gertrude Atherton (1896)
  • “The goblin and the huckster” by Hans Christian Andersen (1915)
  • “My Purple Scented Novel” by Ian McEwan (2016)
  • “Little Snow-white” by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1884)
  • “The Almond Tree” by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1886)
  • “The Championship of Nowhere” by James Grady (2001)
  • “The Apartment” by Jensen Beach (2015)
  • “Inscrutable” by Joe Gores (2001)
  • “It Is Raining in Bejucal” by John Biguenet (2001)
  • “Three Short Moments in a Long Life” by John L’Heureux (2016)
  • “The Republic of Bad Taste” by Jonathan Franzen (2015)
  • “A Gentleman’s Game” by Jonathan Lethem (2016)
  • “The Abandonment” by Joshua Ferris (2016)
  • “Chicken Hill” by Joy Williams (2015)
  • “Stuff” by Joy Williams (2016)
  • “Honey Bunny” by Julianne Pachico (2015)
  • “The Bog Girl” by Karen Russell (2016)
  • “The Prospectors” by Karen Russell (2015)
  • “The Specialist’s Hat” by Kelly Link (1998)
  • “Deer Season” by Kevin Barry (2016)
  • “God’s Work” by Kevin Canty (2016)
  • “The Midnight Zone” by Lauren Groff (2016)
  • “Who Will Greet You At Home” by Lesley Nneka Arimah (2015)
  • “The Story of a Painter” by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (2016)
  • “Total Solar” by Luke Mogelson (2016)
  • “The Weir” by Mark Haddon (2015)
  • “Two-Bagger” by Michael Connelly (2001)
  • “Man Kills Wife, Two Dogs” by Michael Downs (2001)
  • “Zaabalawi” by Naguib Mahfouz (1963)
  • “A Study in Emerald” by Neil Gaiman (2003)
  • “The Beach Boy” by Otessa Moshfegh (2016)
  • “An Honest Woman” by Ottessa Moshfegh (2016)
  • “The Things” by Peter Watts (2010)
  • “A Short History of Zaka the Zulu” by Petina Gappah (2016)
  • “Fifty-Seven” by Rachel Kushner (2015)
  • “The Three Little Birds” by Rindy Gradford (2015)
  • “How Can I Help?” by Rivka Galchen (2016)
  • “Usl at the Stadium” by Rivka Galchen (2015)
  • “Invasion of the Martians” by Robert Coover (2016)
  • “In the Court of the Dragon” by Robert W. Chambers (1895)
  • “Tiny Man” by Sam Shepard (2016)
  • “The Burglar” by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (2016) 
  • “Summa Mathematica” by Sean Dolittle (2001)
  • “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benét (1937)
  • “Sometimes Something Goes Wrong” by Stuart M. Kaminsky (2001)
  • “Are We Not Men?” by T. Coraghessan Boyle (2016)
  • “Patient Zero” by Tananrive Due (2010)
  • “Aspic” by Tatyana Tolstaya (2016)
  • “Dido’s Lament” by Tessa Hadley (2016)
  • “The Fix” by Thomas H. Cook (2001)
  • “The Driver” by Thomas McGuane (2015)
  • “Papaya” by Thomas McGuane (2016)
  • “Bedtimes” by Tim Parks (2015)
  • “Vespa” by Tim Parks (2015)
  • “The Chair Carrier” by Yusuf Idris (1974)
  • “Upside-Down Cake” by Paul Theroux

    (2016

  • “Spiderweb” by Mariana Enriquez

    (2016)

  • “Pardon Edward Snowden” by Joseph O’Neill

    (2016)

  • “Flower Hunters” by Lauren Groff

    (2016)

  • “The King’s Teacup at Rest” by Michael Andreasen

    (2016)

  • “The Hanging of the Schoolmarm” by Robert Coover

    (2016)

  • “Two Men Arrive in a Village” by Zadie Smith (2016)
  • “The Polish Rider” by Ben Lerner (2016)
  • “Seven People Dancing” by Langston Hughes (1961)
  • “Maybe It Was the Distance” by Jonathan Safran Foer (2016)

Novels

  • Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (1989)

Plays

  • Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (429 BC)

Comics

  • “Commercial Success” by Graham Annable (2010)
  • “walk-in" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "articulate conception" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "dead weight" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "misery and his company" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "futile space" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "decency" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "Old Man River" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "fishin’ trip" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "the bomb" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "love monster" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "photo opportunity" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "Sea Life" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "slight aberration" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "by necessity" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "the sound of paste" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "wee man" by Graham Annable (2010)
  • "A Brief History of the Art Form Known as "Hortisculpture” by Adrian Tomine (2015)
  • “Amber Sweet” by Adrian Tomine (2015)
  • “Go Owls” by Adrian Tomine (2015)
  • “Translated, from the Japanese," by Adrian Tomine (2015)
  • "Killing and Dying" by Adrian Tomine (2015)
  • "Intruders" by Adrian Tomine (2015)

Graphic Novels

  • Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Chaos by Yukito Kishiro (1997)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Fallen Angel by Yukito Kishiro (1998)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Angel’s Ascension by Yukito Kishiro (1998)
  • Hopeless Savages: Break by Jan Van Meter, Meredith McClaren, Christine Norrie (2015)
  • Steve Lichman: Volume I by David Rapoza and Daniel Warren (2016)

Video Games

  • Predator 2 for Sega Master System dev. Teeny Weeny Games (1992)
  • Fallout 4

    dev.

    Bethesda Softworks (2015)

  • Undertale dev. tobyfox (2015)
  • Cibele dev. Star Maid Games (2015)
  • Firewatch dev. Campo Santo (2016)
  • T2: The Arcade Game

    for Sega Master System dev. Probe Development (1993)

  • Castle of Illusion dev. Sega Studios Australia (2013)
  • Alien: Isolation dev. Creative Assembly (2014)
  • Autonomous dev. Double Fine Productions (2012)
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End dev. Naughty Dog (2016)
  • Back to the Future: The Game dev. TellTale Games (2011)
  • SPACEPLAN dev. Jake Hollands (2016)
  • Ben There, Dan That! dev. Size Five Games (2008)
  • Bientot l’ete dev. Tale of Tales (2013)
  • Bioshock Infinite dev. Irrational Games (2013)
  • Bone: Out from Boneville dev. TellTale Games (2005)
  • Bone: The Great Cow Race dev. TellTale Games (2006)

  • Cart Life dev. Richard Hofmeier (2011)
  • The Halloween Google Doodle dev. Google (2016)
  • The Simpsons Tapped Out: Halloween 2016 dev. Electronic Arts (2015)
  • Headlander dev. Double Fine Productions (2016)

Short Films

  • "Vincent” dir. Tim Burton (1982)
  • “Madame Tutli-Putli” dir. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (2007)
  • “World of Tomorrow” dir. Don Hertzfeldt (2015)
  • “Felix in Exile” dir. William Kentridge (1994)
  • “Ku’u Lei Melody: A Mickey Mouse Cartoon” dir. Alonso Ramirez Ramos, Paul Rudish (2016)
  • “Many Moons” dir. Alan Ferguson, The Wondaland Arts Society (2008)
  • “Death in the Dust” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Frozen Hell” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “The Bad Back Bus” dir. Graham Annable (2010)
  • “Transmission at outpost 79” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Old Reliable” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “The Lonely Hunter” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Death Defying” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Morning Glory” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Dreams of Sloshy- number 1” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Dummy” dir. Graham Annable (2016)
  • “No Quarter” dir. Mike Trent (2007)
  • “Defective” dir. Rani Naamani (2004)
  • “One More Beer” dir. Pedro Conti, Alan Camilo (2012)
  • “Lunch” dir. Graham Annable (2016)
  • “Premonitions Following an Evil Deed” dir. David Lynch (1995)
  • “Alien Song” dir. Victor Navone (1999)

  • “Flys!” dir. Eder Cardoso (2009)
  • “Halloween MADNESS” dir. Graham Annable (2006)
  • “Closet” dir. Graham Annable (2007)
  • “Intermission” dir. Graham Annable (2016)
  • “Joy to the Weird” dir. Graham Annable (2008)
  • “Reach” dir. Luke Randall (2008)
  • “Help Me” dir. Isaak Fernandez Rodriguez (2005)
  • “Inner Workings” dir. Leo Matsuda (2016)
  • “Piper” dir. Alan Barillaro (2016)

Films

  • Escape from L.A. dir. John Carpenter (1996)
  • ParaNorman dir. Sam Fell and Chris Butler (2012)
  • Galaxy Quest dir. Dean Parisot (1999)
  • It’s Such a Beautiful Day dir. Don Hertzfeldt (2012)
  • The Revenant dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
  • Hail, Caesar! dir. Ethan Cohen, Joel Cohen (2016)
  • Regression dir. Alejandro Amenábar (2015)
  • Room dir. Lenny Abrahamson (2015)
  • The Boy dir. William Brent Bell (2016)
  • Jane Got a Gun dir. Gavin O’Connor (2015)
  • Bridge of Spies dir. Steven Spielberg (2015)
  • The Big Short dir. Adam McKay (2015)
  • Spotlight dir. Tom McCarthy (2015)
  • Brooklyn dir. John Crowley (2015)
  • The Martian dir. Ridley Scott (2015)
  • The Witch dir. Robert Eggers (2015)
  • The Wicker Man dir. Robin Hardy (1973)
  • Terminator Genisys dir. Alan Taylor (2015)
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot dir. Glenn Ficarra, John Requa (2016)
  • Anomalisa dir. Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman (2015)
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane dir. Dan Trachtenburg (2016)
  • Deadpool dir. Tim Miller (2016)
  • Zootopia dir. Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush (2016)
  • Knight of Cups dir. Terrence Malick (2016)
  • Only Yesterday dir. Isao Takahata (1991)
  • Dinotasia dir. David Krentz, Erik Nelson (2012)
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice dir. Zack Snyder (2016)
  • Man of Steel dir. Zack Snyder (2013)
  • Eraser dir. Chuck Russell (1996)
  • Collateral Damage dir. Andrew Davis (2002)
  • Dope dir. Rick Famuyiwa (2015)
  • The Babadook dir. Jennifer Kent (2014)
  • Vampire Hunter D dir. Toyo Ashida (1985)
  • Captain America: The First Avenger dir. Joe Johnston (2011)
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (2014)
  • Jungle Book dir. Jon Favreau (2016)
  • Thor dir. Kenneth Branagh (2011)
  • Iron Man 3 dir. Shane Black (2013)
  • Thor: The Dark World dir. Alan Taylor (2013)
  • Ant-Man dir. Peyton Reed (2015)
  • Green Room dir. Jeremy Saulnier (2015)
  • Captain America: Civil War dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (2016)
  • X-Men: Apocalypse dir. Bryan Singer (2016)
  • The Nice Guys dir. Shane Black (2016)
  • The Neon Demon dir. Nicolas Winding Refn (2016)
  • Twisted dir. Philip Kaufman (2004)
  • Basic Instinct dir. Paul Verhoeven (1992)
  • The Saint dir. Phillip Noyce (1997)
  • Twilight dir. Robert Benton (1998)
  • Star Trek Beyond dir. Justin Lin (2016)
  • Kubo and the Two Strings dir. Travis Knight (2016)
  • Don’t Breathe dir. Fede Alvarez (2016)
  • Now You See Me dir. Louis Leterrier (2013)
  • The Lobster dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (2015)
  • Captain Fantastic dir. Matt Ross (2016)
  • Hell or High Water dir. David Mackenzie (2016)
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople dir. Taika Waititi (2016)
  • Finding Dory dir. Andrew Stanton (2016)
  • Suicide Squad dir. David Ayer (2016)
  • Magnificent Seven dir. Antoine Fuqua (2016)
  • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children dir. Tim Burton (2016)
  • The Girl on the Train dir. Tate Taylor (2016)
  • Deepwater Horizon dir. Peter Berg (2016)
  • Desierto dir. Jonás Cuarón (2016)
  • Inferno dir. Ron Howard (2016)
  • Moonlight dir. Barry Jenkins (2016)
  • The Handmaiden dir. Park Chan-wook (2016)
  • Doctor Strange dir. Scott Derrickson (2016)
  • Arrival dir. Denis Villeneuve (2016)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them dir. David Yates (2016)
  • Nocturnal Animals dir. Tom Ford (2016)
  • The Take dir. James Watkins (2016)
  • Loving dir. Jeff Nichols (2016)
  • Allied dir. Robert Zemeckis (2016)
  • Moana dir. Ron Clements, John Musker (2016)
  • The Edge of Seventeen dir. Kelly Fremon Craig (2016)
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood (2009)
  • Lion dir. Garth Davis (2016)
  • The Hunger Games dir. Gary Ross (2012)
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire dir.  Francis Lawrence (2013)
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 dir.  Francis Lawrence (2014)
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 dir.  Francis Lawrence (2015)
  • Trolls dir. Mike Mitchell
    , Walt Dohrn (2016)
  • Sixteen Candles dir. John Hughes (1984)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story dir. Gareth Edwards (2016)
  • La La Land dir. Damien Chazelle (2016)
  • The Wolverine dir. James Mangold (2013)
  • Manchester by the Sea dir. Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows dir. Guy Ritchie (2011)
  • Jackie dir. Pablo Larraín (2016)
  • How to Train Your Dragon dir. Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois (2010)
  • Wayne’s World dir. Penelope Spheeris (1992)

  • Fences dir. Denzel Washington (2016)
  • Midnight Special dir. Jeff Nichols (2016)
  • Straight Outta Compton dir. F. Gary Gray (2015)

TV Episodes

  • The Big Bang Theory – "The Bozeman Reaction" (2010)
  • The Big Bang Theory – "The Einstein Approximation" (2010)
  • The Big Bang Theory – "The Wheaton Recurrence" (2010)
  • Sherlock – “The Abominable Bride” (2016)
  • The Simpsons – "Every Man’s Dream" (2015)
  • The Simpsons – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" (2016)

  • Bob’s Burgers – “The Hauntening” (2015)
  • Bob’s Burgers – “Teen-a Witch” (2016)
  • The Walking Dead
    – “The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “The Well”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “The Cell”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “Service”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead – “Go Getters”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “Swear”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “Sing Me a Song”

    (2016)

  • The Walking Dead

    – “Hearts Still Beating”

    (2016)

TV Series

  • Californication – Season 7 (2014)
  • House of Cards – Seasons 2-4 (2014-2016)
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2014)
  • Better Call Saul – Season 1 (2015)
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975)
  • Daredevil (2015-2016)
  • The Fall (2013-2014)
  • Agents of SHIELD (2013-2016)
  • Agent Carter (2015-2016)
  • Stranger Things (2016)
  • BoJack Horseman – Season 3 (2016)
  • Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005)
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Seasons 3-10 (2007-2015)
  • Archer – Season 6 (2015)
  • Luther (2010-2015)
  • Bones – Seasons 10-11 (2014-2016)
  • Luke Cage (2016)
  • Narcos – Season 2 (2016)
  • Futurama – Seasons 6-7 (2010-2013)
  • Black Mirror (2011-2016)

  • The Walking Dead – Seasons 4-6 (2013-2015)

New Fiction 2015

Really light on short stories and novels this year. Gotta make up for that in 2016.

Short Stories

  • “Lobster Night” by Russell Banks (2000)
  • “The Hermit’s Story” by Rick Bass (2002)
  • “1-900” by Richard Bausch (2003)
  • “Poor Devil” by Charles Baxter
  • “Lavande” by Ann Beattie (2008)
  • “Off” by Aimee Bender (2005)
  • “Mercy” by Pinckney Benedict
  • “Hypercorporeal War Simulator” by Cara Ellison (2015)
  • “Alice” by Elizabeth Harrower (2015)
  • “Kino” by Haruki Murakami (2015)
  • “Musa” by Kamel Daoud (2015)
  • “Anya” by Karen Smyte (2015)
  • “Five Arrows” by Heinz Insu Fenkl (2015)
  • “Silk Brocade” by Tessa Hadley (2015)
  • “Little Man” by Michael Cunningham (2015)
  • “The Flower” by Louise Erdrich (2015)
  • “Ghosts and Empties” by Lauren Groff (2015)
  • “The Freezer Chest” by Dorthe Nors (2015)
  • “Apollo” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2015)
  • “Peacetime” by Luke Mogelson (2015)
  • “Major Maybe” by Ann Beattie (2015)
  • “The Grow-Light Blues” by Ben Marcus (2015)
  • “So You’re Just What, Gone?” by Justin Taylor (2015)
  • “Escape from New York” by Zadie Smith (2015)
  • “Love Is Blind and Deaf” by Jonathan Safran Foer (2015)
  • “Quaestio de Centauris” by Primo Levi (2015)
  • “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong (2015)

Novels

  • The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers (1940)
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937)

Comics

  • “Super Mega Buds” by JP Coovert (2014)
  • “Broken Summer” by JP Coovert (2014)

Graphic Novels / Collections

  • Through the Woods by Emily Caroll (2014)
  • Bayou Volume One by Jeremy Love (2009)
  • American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (2006)
  • Flashbacks: Twenty-Five Years of Doonesbury by G. B. Trudeau (1995)
  • Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro (1995)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Tears of an Angel by Yukito Kishiro (1995)
  • A Contract With God by Will Eisner (1978)
  • A Life Force by Will Eisner (1988)
  • Dropsie Avenue by Will Eisner (1995)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Killing Angel by Yukito Kishiro (1995)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Victory by Yukito Kishiro (1995)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Redemption by Yukito Kishiro (1996)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Death by Yukito Kishiro (1997)
  • Batman: Death of the Family by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Jonathan Glapion, Jock, FCO Plascencia, David Baron (2012 – 2013)

Video Games

  • 80 Days by inkle Studios (2014)
  • Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent by Telltale Games (2010)
  • Maniac Mansion by Lucasfilm Games (1989)
  • The Dig by LucasArts (1995)
  • The Wolf Among Us by TellTale Games (2014)
  • F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon by Monolith Productions (2005)
  • The Stanley Parable by Galactic Cafe (2013)
  • Puzzle Agent 2 by Telltale Games (2011)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by Bethesda Game Studios (2011)
  • Her Story by Sam Barlow (2015)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by Kojima Productions (2015)
  • The Simpsons Tapped Out: Halloween 2015 by Electronic Arts (2015)
  • Another World by Éric Chahi (1991)
  • Dropsy by Jay Tholen and A Jolly Corpse (2015)
  • Hylics by Mason Lindroth (2015)
  • The Path by Tale of Tales (2009)
  • Costume Quest 2 by Double Fine Productions (2014)

Short Films

  • “Edmond Was a Donkey” dir. Franck Dion (2012)
  • “Kung Fury” dir. David Sandberg (2015)
  • “The Hidden People” dir. Graham Annable (2008)
  • “Down by the Bay” dir. Graham Annable (2014)
  • “Space Wolf” dir. Graham Annable (2007)
  • “The Last Duet on Earth” dir. Graham Annable (2007)
  • “We Sing the Forest Electric” dir. Graham Annable (2008)
  • “Principal Skeleton” dir. Graham Annable (2009)
  • “Performance” dir. Graham Annable (2010)
  • “V Day” dir. Graham Annable (2012)
  • “After Hours” dir. Graham Annable (2015)
  • “Pumpkin scrap” dir. Graham Annable (2014)
  • “Dreams of Venus” dir. Graham Annable (2015)
  • “The Webb” dir. Graham Annable (2015)
  • “Holicraze” dir. Graham Annable (2015)

Films

  • A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night dir. Ana Lily Amirpour (2014)
  • Django Unchained dir. Quentin Tarantino (2012)
  • Natural Born Killers dir. Oliver Stone (1994)
  • Seven Dollars on Red dir. Alberto Cardone (1966)
  • Alphaville dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1965)
  • Flirting With Disaster dir. David O. Russell (1996)
  • Hesher dir. Spencer Susser (2010)
  • Lolita dir. Stanley Kubrick (1962)
  • X-Men: First Class dir. Matthew Vaughn (2011)
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past dir. Bryan Singer (2014)
  • Le Mans dir. Lee H. Katzin (1971)
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild dir. Benh Zeitlin (2012)
  • Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty Nichol (2009)
  • They Met in Bombay dir. Clarence Brown (1939)
  • RED dir. Robert Schwentke (2010)
  • Only Lovers Left Alive dir. Jim Jarmusch (2013)
  • Fast & Furious dir. Justin Lin (2009)
  • Body of Lies dir. Ridley Scott (2008)
  • Cowboys & Aliens dir. Jon Favreau (2011)
  • Clash of the Titans dir. Louis Leterrier (2010)
  • Colossus: The Forbin Project dir. Joseph Sargent (1970)
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron dir. Joss Whedon (2015)
  • Mad Max: Fury Road dir. George Miller (2015)
  • Inside Out dir. Pete Docter (2015)
  • The Tree of Life dir. Terrence Malick (2011)
  • The Judge dir. David Dobkin (2014)
  • Death Warrant dir. Deran Sarafian (1990)
  • Of Mice and Men dir. Gary Sinise (1992)
  • The November Man dir. Roger Donaldson (2014)
  • Patriot Games dir. Phillip Noyce (1992)
  • Clear and Present Danger dir. Phillip Noyce (1994)
  • Transformers: Age of Extinction dir. Michael Bay (2014)
  • National Treasure dir. Jon Turteltaub (2004)
  • Beyond the Law dir. Giorgio Stegani (1968)
  • Gang Related dir. Jim Kouf (1997)
  • Sicario dir. Denis Villeneuve (2015)
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture dir. Robert Wise (1979)
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan dir. Nicholas Meyer (1982)
  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock dir. Leonard Nimoy (1984)
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home dir. Leonard Nimoy (1986)
  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier dir. William Shatner (1989)
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country dir. Nicholas Meyer (1991)
  • Witness dir. Peter Weir (1985)
  • Along Came a Spider dir. Lee Tamahori (2001)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens dir. J. J. Abrams (2015)
  • Instructions Not Included dir. Eugenio Derbez (2013)
  • Hot Fuzz dir. Edgar Wright (2007)
  • The Hateful Eight dir. Quentin Tarantino (2015)
  • Heaven dir. Tom Twyker (2002)
  • Beasts of No Nation dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga (2015)

TV Episodes

  • The Simpsons – “Halloween of Horror” (2015)
  • The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror XXVI” (2015)
  • Star Trek: Enterprise – “Broken Bow” (2001)

TV Series

  • Fargo (2014)
  • Bones – Seasons 5 – 9 (2009 – 2013)
  • Freaks and Geeks (2000)
  • True Detective (2014)
  • Bob’s Burgers (2010 – 2015)
  • Archer (2010 – 2014)
  • BoJack Horseman (2014 – 2015)
  • Star Trek (1966 – 1969)
  • Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973 – 1974)
  • Jessica Jones (2015)
  • F is for Family (2015)
  • Narcos (2015)

New Fiction 2015

Really light on short stories and novels this year. Gotta make up for that in 2016.

Short Stories

  • “Lobster Night” by Russell Banks (2000)
  • “The Hermit’s Story” by Rick Bass (2002)
  • “1-900” by Richard Bausch (2003)
  • “Poor Devil” by Charles Baxter
  • “Lavande” by Ann Beattie (2008)
  • “Off” by Aimee Bender (2005)
  • “Mercy” by Pinckney Benedict
  • “Hypercorporeal War Simulator” by Cara Ellison (2015)
  • “Alice” by Elizabeth Harrower (2015)
  • “Kino” by Haruki Murakami (2015)
  • “Musa” by Kamel Daoud (2015)
  • “Anya” by Karen Smyte (2015)
  • “Five Arrows” by Heinz Insu Fenkl (2015)
  • “Silk Brocade” by Tessa Hadley (2015)
  • “Little Man” by Michael Cunningham (2015)
  • “The Flower” by Louise Erdrich (2015)
  • “Ghosts and Empties” by Lauren Groff (2015)
  • “The Freezer Chest” by Dorthe Nors (2015)
  • “Apollo” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2015)
  • “Peacetime” by Luke Mogelson (2015)
  • “Major Maybe” by Ann Beattie (2015)
  • “The Grow-Light Blues” by Ben Marcus (2015)
  • “So You’re Just What, Gone?” by Justin Taylor (2015)
  • “Escape from New York” by Zadie Smith (2015)
  • “Love Is Blind and Deaf” by Jonathan Safran Foer (2015)
  • “Quaestio de Centauris” by Primo Levi (2015)
  • “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong (2015)

Novels

  • The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers (1940)
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937)

Comics

  • “Super Mega Buds” by JP Coovert (2014)
  • “Broken Summer” by JP Coovert (2014)

Graphic Novels / Collections

  • Through the Woods by Emily Caroll (2014)
  • Bayou Volume One by Jeremy Love (2009)
  • American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (2006)
  • Flashbacks: Twenty-Five Years of Doonesbury by G. B. Trudeau (1995)
  • Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro (1995)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Tears of an Angel by Yukito Kishiro (1995)
  • A Contract With God by Will Eisner (1978)
  • A Life Force by Will Eisner (1988)
  • Dropsie Avenue by Will Eisner (1995)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Killing Angel by Yukito Kishiro (1995)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Victory by Yukito Kishiro (1995)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Redemption by Yukito Kishiro (1996)
  • Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Death by Yukito Kishiro (1997)
  • Batman: Death of the Family by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Jonathan Glapion, Jock, FCO Plascencia, David Baron (2012 – 2013)

Video Games

  • 80 Days by inkle Studios (2014)
  • Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent by Telltale Games (2010)
  • Maniac Mansion by Lucasfilm Games (1989)
  • The Dig by LucasArts (1995)
  • The Wolf Among Us by TellTale Games (2014)
  • F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon by Monolith Productions (2005)
  • The Stanley Parable by Galactic Cafe (2013)
  • Puzzle Agent 2 by Telltale Games (2011)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by Bethesda Game Studios (2011)
  • Her Story by Sam Barlow (2015)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by Kojima Productions (2015)
  • The Simpsons Tapped Out: Halloween 2015 by Electronic Arts (2015)
  • Another World by Éric Chahi (1991)
  • Dropsy by Jay Tholen and A Jolly Corpse (2015)
  • Hylics by Mason Lindroth (2015)
  • The Path by Tale of Tales (2009)
  • Costume Quest 2 by Double Fine Productions (2014)

Short Films

  • “Edmond Was a Donkey” dir. Franck Dion (2012)
  • “Kung Fury” dir. David Sandberg (2015)
  • “The Hidden People” dir. Graham Annable (2008)
  • “Down by the Bay” dir. Graham Annable (2014)
  • “Space Wolf” dir. Graham Annable (2007)
  • “The Last Duet on Earth” dir. Graham Annable (2007)
  • “We Sing the Forest Electric” dir. Graham Annable (2008)
  • “Principal Skeleton” dir. Graham Annable (2009)
  • “Performance” dir. Graham Annable (2010)
  • “V Day” dir. Graham Annable (2012)
  • “After Hours” dir. Graham Annable (2015)
  • “Pumpkin scrap” dir. Graham Annable (2014)
  • “Dreams of Venus” dir. Graham Annable (2015)
  • “The Webb” dir. Graham Annable (2015)
  • “Holicraze” dir. Graham Annable (2015)

Films

  • A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night dir. Ana Lily Amirpour (2014)
  • Django Unchained dir. Quentin Tarantino (2012)
  • Natural Born Killers dir. Oliver Stone (1994)
  • Seven Dollars on Red dir. Alberto Cardone (1966)
  • Alphaville dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1965)
  • Flirting With Disaster dir. David O. Russell (1996)
  • Hesher dir. Spencer Susser (2010)
  • Lolita dir. Stanley Kubrick (1962)
  • X-Men: First Class dir. Matthew Vaughn (2011)
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past dir. Bryan Singer (2014)
  • Le Mans dir. Lee H. Katzin (1971)
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild dir. Benh Zeitlin (2012)
  • Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty Nichol (2009)
  • They Met in Bombay dir. Clarence Brown (1939)
  • RED dir. Robert Schwentke (2010)
  • Only Lovers Left Alive dir. Jim Jarmusch (2013)
  • Fast & Furious dir. Justin Lin (2009)
  • Body of Lies dir. Ridley Scott (2008)
  • Cowboys & Aliens dir. Jon Favreau (2011)
  • Clash of the Titans dir. Louis Leterrier (2010)
  • Colossus: The Forbin Project dir. Joseph Sargent (1970)
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron dir. Joss Whedon (2015)
  • Mad Max: Fury Road dir. George Miller (2015)
  • Inside Out dir. Pete Docter (2015)
  • The Tree of Life dir. Terrence Malick (2011)
  • The Judge dir. David Dobkin (2014)
  • Death Warrant dir. Deran Sarafian (1990)
  • Of Mice and Men dir. Gary Sinise (1992)
  • The November Man dir. Roger Donaldson (2014)
  • Patriot Games dir. Phillip Noyce (1992)
  • Clear and Present Danger dir. Phillip Noyce (1994)
  • Transformers: Age of Extinction dir. Michael Bay (2014)
  • National Treasure dir. Jon Turteltaub (2004)
  • Beyond the Law dir. Giorgio Stegani (1968)
  • Gang Related dir. Jim Kouf (1997)
  • Sicario dir. Denis Villeneuve (2015)
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture dir. Robert Wise (1979)
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan dir. Nicholas Meyer (1982)
  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock dir. Leonard Nimoy (1984)
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home dir. Leonard Nimoy (1986)
  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier dir. William Shatner (1989)
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country dir. Nicholas Meyer (1991)
  • Witness dir. Peter Weir (1985)
  • Along Came a Spider dir. Lee Tamahori (2001)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens dir. J. J. Abrams (2015)
  • Instructions Not Included dir. Eugenio Derbez (2013)
  • Hot Fuzz dir. Edgar Wright (2007)
  • The Hateful Eight dir. Quentin Tarantino (2015)
  • Heaven dir. Tom Twyker (2002)
  • Beasts of No Nation dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga (2015)

TV Episodes

  • The Simpsons – “Halloween of Horror” (2015)
  • The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror XXVI” (2015)
  • Star Trek: Enterprise – “Broken Bow” (2001)

TV Series

  • Fargo (2014)
  • Bones – Seasons 5 – 9 (2009 – 2013)
  • Freaks and Geeks (2000)
  • True Detective (2014)
  • Bob’s Burgers (2010 – 2015)
  • Archer (2010 – 2014)
  • BoJack Horseman (2014 – 2015)
  • Star Trek (1966 – 1969)
  • Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973 – 1974)
  • Jessica Jones (2015)
  • F is for Family (2015)
  • Narcos (2015)