As the title might imply, I’ve been given the okay to share a sneak peek at Mechanique‘s interior art!

I really have to thank Kiri Moth for these. I feel really lucky to have had such a talented artist, who was so in tune with the book, come up with such gorgeous illustrations. Working with her was a pleasure.

First up is the griffin emblem of the Circus Tresaulti:

And second is one of the aerialists, Elena, practicing alone on the trapeze at night, just waiting for spoilers to happen:

For more information on these two (and the book in general), you can hop over to the Circus Tresaulti website and check out the sample chapters, or just stay tuned here, where I am sure to mention them both again eventually.

So, this Christian propaganda film is about the dangers of premarital kissing. (I suspect this is a joint production of Christian Propaganda Enthusiasts and the PDA-Weary NYC Subway Riders’ Association, but there’s no proof of this.)

Rich at fourfour found a gold mine with this one.

KISSING: THE SILENT KILLER.

Even worse /better than the clip is the actual trailer for the movie, which has a Very Intense Narrator and some astoundingly awkward shots of the father making his daughter hug him, being in her bedroom at night, and generally violating all those personal-space rules he just made for little Pamela. ONE STEP BACK, DAD, THANK YOU.

So apparently there’s a new rage in costumes you can make for the whole family from a single pattern.

This is great news, if your family is a bunch of genies.

(Um, why does the 20-year-old have a modest tummy-covering sash and the 4- and 8-year-olds are having a midriff moment? Just asking.)

It’s even better news if your family wants to reenact March of the Penguins.

Let’s hope little Timmy survives the winter so he can be eaten by a seal later, escaping the oil slick that would otherwise claim his life!

My recap of Thursday’s Eleventh Hour episode “Miracles” is up at Tor.com.

It has the best thing ever, in that the graphics department slapped a Flash Player pause-button logo in the only corner of the newspaper that was facing the camera. GREAT JOB WITH THE FILLER, GUYS.

No, seriously, go look. I screencapped that thing myself, that’s how much I am not joking. Plus there’s the clip where you get to watch Rufus google out of his own head pointing to the Flash Player embedded in his newspaper. SCIENCE!