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Amy Freend

**Amy Freend**is a minor recurring character on *Becoming a Sendy*. She goes to Community College of Chicago.

## Description

Amy is overly peppy, bubbly, and is so positive about everything that it sometimes makes people cringe. She is apparently smart, and has lots of school spirit, being class president and a cheerleader.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### **Brianna Sendy**

Amy tried to all of a sudden become Brianna's "new bff". She came off to Brianna as a bit pushy about it, and creeped Brianna out a bit.

#### **Ashley Ulras**

Amy seemed to make Ashley feel like a third wheel when hanging out, making Ashley stay out of Brianna's way for a little. Ashley thinks of Amy as perfect. Amy's opinion on Ashley is unclear.
Hippopotamus (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)

The **Hippopotamus** is one of the True Blue Team in addition to an Ostrich, Cheetah, Elephant, and Kangaroo from *Bedknobs and Broomsticks*. He landed on the Crocodile from the Dirty Yellow Tam's tail, which caused his fake teeth to come out and chomp the Kangaroo's tail. After the Rhinoceros from the Dirty Yellow Team dragged his horn into the Hippo's rear, the Hippo yelped in pain and accidentally swallowed the ball, thus forcing King Leonidas and the Rhino to kick his belly to let the ball out. After the Crocodile tripped the Hippo with his tail, the Hippo spat out the ball and the game continued.
Ashley Ulras

**Ashley Ulras**is a main character of *Becoming a Sendy.*She is a friend of Brianna's and attends Brianna and Aaron's college, Community College of Chicago.

## Description

Ashley Ulras is an 18 year old girl in college. She eventually becomes Brianna's best friend, even though they are polar opposites. She is very preppy, and always follows the rules. She is average book-wise, but makes up for it in heart and hard work. She'd rather not stand out, but becoming a friend of Brianna Sendy is basically a free ticket to standing out.

## History

Not much is known about Ashley's history.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### **Brianna Sendy**

Brianna and Ashley are mostly acquaintances right now.
Flutter-Tooters

Flutter-Tooters are a species of bird created specifically for *Sesame Street*. They are small and have purple bodies with matching tufts on the tops of their heads. Lovable though they are, they have their shortcomings. For instance, their songs, which they differentiate based on how they're feeling at the moment, are very loud and sound worse than nails scraping down the blackboard. Plus, while they're good at flying, they have a habit of crash-landing in the style of Super Grover.
Shoebill

The **shoebill** (*Balaeniceps rex*) also known as **whalehead** or **shoe-billed stork**, is a very large stork-like bird. It derives its name from its massive shoe-shaped bill. Although it has a somewhat stork-like overall form and has previously been classified in the orderCiconiiformes, its true affiliations with other living birds is ambiguous. Some authorities now reclassify it with the Pelecaniformes. The adult is mainly grey while the juveniles are browner. It lives in tropical east Africa in large swamps from Sudan to Zambia.
Becoming Detectives

**Becoming Detectives**is the seventh episode of Season 1.

## Official Plot

Aaron is suspected to have put graffiti all over the school's freshly painted walls, an offense that he did not commit. Aaron convinces Brianna that he did not do it, but at first she doesn't believe him until she realizes he had a strong alibi. When Brianna tries to talk to the principal, he is convinced that Brianna was in on the act. He still gives them three days to prove it wasn't them and find out the culprit.

## Trivia

* This episode aired as part of Guess Star Weekend. Stephen Johnson was the guest star, but none of the Becoming a Sendy cast appeared on another show.
Oblina

**Oblina** is the  of Aah! Real Monsters. She often fights with Ickis, one of her two roommates. Oblina goes to the Monster Academy for an education. She is the brains of the group and is very well behaved, unlike Ickis and Krumm. Oblina treats Krumm very well, so much that once Krumm thought that she had a "squish" on him. She is a hard worker.

Oblina comes from a wealthy monster family. She is shaped like a black and white, upside down  cane.﻿ Oblina is believed to be Gromble's best current student. One of her methods of scaring humans is reaching within herself and pulling out her internal organs, and she has considerable talent for shapeshifting into various terrifying . She also has a talent for inducing nightmares in humans, by sticking her finger in their ear and tickling their brains while they sleep. Oblina is  in reading and is very practical.
Il était une fois dans le Nord

*Cet article est une ébauche. Vous pouvez aider le Wiki À la Croisée des Mondes en le développant.*

*Le vieux ballon-cargo délabré émergea d'un rideau de pluie au-dessus de la mer Blanche, en perdant rapidement de l'altitude, balayé par le puissant vent de nord-ouest, alors que le pilote s'activait sur les manettes de contrôle et tentait d'ajuster la soupape des gaz.*
—  Première phrase du livre

## Il était une fois dans le Nord

### Éditeur

 Gallimard Jeunesse
 Scholastic

***Il était une fois dans le Nord*** **(  Angl.  *Once Upon a Time in the North* )** est le second hors-série de la trilogie *À la Croisée des Mondes*. C'est une préquelle de la trilogie. Il a été traduit en français par Jean Esch.

## Résumé de la quatrième de couverture

Retrouvez l'univers magique de la trilogie À la Croisée des Mondes dans cet épisode inédit où se rencontrent pour la première fois deux personnages de légende : Lee Scoresby, l'aéronaute texan, et Iorek Byrnison, l'ours en armure.

Dans l'atmosphère oppressante d'un port du Grand Nord, où se côtoient aventuriers et marins perdus, ils se liguent tous deux contre l'injustice, scellant ainsi leur amitié.

En supplément, des documents authentiques et «Les dangers du Pôle», un jeu de société captivant, avec ses pions et son plateau de jeu.

## Résumé

On retrouve Lee Scoresby, âge de 21 ans, qui a gagné une montgolfière à un jeu de cartes, ainsi qu'un livre disant comment l'utiliser.

## Les bonus

Comme dans le hors-série précédent, *Lyra et les Oiseaux*, on trouve des bonus à la fin : un jeu de société nommé "Les dangers du Pôle", un article de journal, des lettres de Lyra Parle d'Or, et sa candidature à un examen du collège Ste Sophia.
Titus

**Titus** is a snake, introduced in Cliff Roberts' *Sesame Street* comic strip. Titus occasionally used his coils to teach concepts such as shapes, or near and far. Uniquely, his tail could speak independently of his mouth and mind, occasionally unnerving the other animals. According to a January 8, 1972 strip, Titus is in fact the pet of Jasper.
Unicorn

The **unicorn** is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, includingCtesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word*unicorn*.
Po

**Po**is the fourth and last Teletubby. She lives in Teletubbyland with the other Teletubbies. She is the most cutest Teletubby.
Po is a rosy red Teletubby whom has an antenna that is shaped like a circle used for blowing bubbles. She is the smallest of the Teletubbies. Po is 6 feet tall and she is voiced by Pui Fan Lee in the original series, (Rachelle Beinart in the new series), who is a British actress of Chinese descent and is also a popular presenter, which is why Po can speak in English and Cantonese. "Fi dit!" is Cantonese for "Faster!" She is also afraid of The Bear With Brown Fuzzy Hair in the original sketch and snakes especially in the Animal Parade.
Po's favourite object is her blue and bright pink scooter, which she calls "Po cooter!" or just "cooter," which is how a young child would say scooter. Po often wants a gay attention and is often silly when she misunderstands the commands of the Voice Trumpets. She is the silliest problem solver, the best "spider-fighter" of the Teletubbies, a tomboyish type, and of all the Teletubbies, she is the one who usually becomes most involved with the audience. She loves both attention and her curly red circular aerial on her head. In the Teletubbies' house, she sleeps at the side of all the other Teletubbies and sometimes eats Tubby Toast while the others are sleeping, which explains where she sleeps on the far left. Po is also a bit timid, and a little lesstalkative than the other Teletubbies. She likes cute stuff and often hangs out with Tinky Winky and Laa Laa too. She likes all animals, but her favorites are 101 Dalmatians, The Fox and the Hound, The Great Mouse Detective, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Toy Story, Mulan, Tarzan, Toy Story 2, The Little Engine That Could, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Zoombinis

**Zoombinis** are an intelligent race of little blue creatures with variable physical features. They are typically a good-hearted, friendly race and they are very trusting. However, they do learn from their mistakes and will never be fooled twice.
A group of Zoombinis left long ago and became the off-shoot race known as the Fleens, who are not as nice or as trusting as their Zoombini cousins.
The Geefle

**The Geefle** is an alien who appeared in the *Sesame Street* story of "The Geefle and the Gonk". The Geefle can't bend his elbows, so he can't feed himself nectarines. The Gonk also has trouble; he's too short to reach the nectarines. The two aliens learn to cooperate: the Geefle picks nectarines for the Gonk to eat, and the Gonk feeds some of the nectarines to the Geefle. According to the story, he is the co-creator of cooperation. He recommends naming the method Shirley
The Gonk

**The Gonk** is an alien who appears in the *Sesame Street* story of "The Geefle and the Gonk". The Gonk is too short to reach the nectarines on the nectarine tree. The Geefle also has trouble; he can't bend his elbows, so he can't feed himself nectarines. The two aliens learn to cooperate: the Geefle picks nectarines for the Gonk to eat, and the Gonk feeds some of the nectarines to the Geefle. According to the story, he is the co-creator of cooperation.
Animal Nature Species

**Animal Nature Species** are an animal species in our nature, which including Disney movies and other movies and tv shows.

forest animals from BambiA snake and an armadillo is seen on An American Tail: Fievel goes Westdesert animals from An American Tail: Fievel goes WestAustralian animals in Rescuers Down Underafrican animals in The Lion Kingafrican animals again in The Lion KingDancing jungle animals in The Lion Kingafrican animals again in The Lion King II: Simba's Prideanimals in Animals Unitedanimals again in Animals Unitedforest animals in The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series)animals in Watership Down (TV series)Zazu and the animals in Timon and Pumbaa (TV series)rainforest animals in Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
Carol

**Carol** is a major character in the live-action adaptation of *Where The Wild Things Are* - the most impulsive of the Wild Things his behavior worsens throughout the course of the film until he unleashes his inner-monster and becomes an outright antagonist.

Carol was prone to violent temper tantrums and wished for all the Wild Things to stay together, which put him at odds with K.W. - who was more solitary in nature and often wandered away.
Carol became friends with Max but was always unpredictable, eventually Carol's anger and fears reach breaking point when Douglas tries to convince him Max is not really a king. In raging anger Carol lost his temper and rips off Douglas' arm and went on a rampage, chasing Max through the forest and threatening to eat him - however K.W. thinks quickly and saves Max by hiding him in her stomach.

With Max relatively safe K.W. proceeds to argue with Carol over his behavior - explaining that life on the island was difficult and Carol's constant temper tantrums were only serving to worsen things.
As Carol leaves Max realises what his own mother was going through in relation to his own behavior and decides to leave the island.
Max then goes to a more placid Carol to inform him that he is leaving as he is not a true king and Carol seems to have a change of heart when he finds a token of affection left by Max for him and the previously vicious Wild Thing ran to bid his friend farewell - seemingly redeemed (at least as much as any Wild Thing could be).
Carol was voiced by the late James Gandolfini who was best known as Tony Soprano in *The Sopranos*.
Bigfoot

**Bigfoot** (also known as **Sasquatch**) is the name given to a cryptid ape- or hominid-like creature that is said to inhabit forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid. The term *sasquatch* is an anglicized  of the Halkomelem word *sásq'ets*.
Justin Skyes

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**Justin Michael Skyes**  (born June 6, 1995) is an American actor best known for his famous child acting

## Early Life

Justin Skyes was born in Salem, Oregon on June 6, 1995. He began acting at the age of 3 years old, first starting out in baby commercials. When he was only 5 years old, he moved out to Los Angeles, California where he got his big break as Kotty in the blockbuster family movie *My Little Tyke*.

## Career

### **2000-2009: Young acting; *My Little Tyke***

When Skyes was ionly 5 years old, he landed a major role as Kotty in the family movie *My Little Tyke*. The movie was a big hit and Skyes got to tour all around the world promoting it. In 2002, Skyes then went on to shoot *My Little Tyke 2*, which featured a brand new cast except for him. That movie however was not at all successful and was a major disappointment to fans of the first film.

After the box office bomb of *My Little Tyke 2*, Skyes went on to play roles in various films such as *No Mercy for Tom*, *Speeder Boy*, *Hephilant*, *Ten Seconds to Spare*, and *Escape Men*. Skyes's landed many roles in Hollywood but his name never really stuck with anyone, he was also cast off as a familiar face on the screen.

### **2010-2014: *Inception*, *Alex & Ace: Deadly Stories***

In 2010, Skyes landed a supporting role yet in the hit film *Inception*. The popularity of the movie brought Skyes a huge amount of fame and he really was being noticed. After the movie, Skyes went on to produce a new horror show, *Alex & Ace: Deadly Stories*, with his close girlfriend, Ashton Fawn. Skyes and Fawn produced the show together, Skyes taking a break from acting to focus on it. The show aired on Nickelodeon and was a pretty big success. However, after Skyes and Fawn had a nasty break up in 2013, the show only lasted one more season (season 3) before being cancelled in 2014.

### **2014-present: TV acting, Becoming a Sendy**

In 2014, Skyes heard about the upcoming Wiki Channel drama pilot, *Becoming a Sendy*. Skyes never really had any plans on going into TV acting, but after *Inception*, he felt like he needed a change. Skyes auditioned for a role and got it! Skyes accepted the role and will begin filming the pilot in late 2014.
Honkers

**The Honkers** are fuzzy creatures from *Sesame Street* who communicate by honking their bulbous noses. Conceptualised by Tony Geiss, the Honkers made their debut in 1980, during Season 12.

Honkers come in a variety of colors, and baby Honkers are hatched from eggs. It is not known how closely related (if at all) the Honkers species is to that of The Dingers, although there are similarities between the two.
Figment

**Figment** is the beloved purple dragon that is featured in all the various versions of the Epcot attraction *Journey Into Imagination*. He also appeared in several EPCOT Educational Films made for schools and has a five-issue Kingdoms: Figment by Marvel Comics. Figment's description theme can be considered in the song "One Little Spark".
Dingers

**The Dingers** are a species of *Sesame Street* characters. They are very similar to The Honkers, except that instead of communicating by honking their noses, they ring the bells on their heads to speak.

Originally, only one Dinger was used primarily, but others have since appeared. The original Dinger was employed as a bellhop at The Furry Arms Hotel, appropriate since his own bell could be rung for service (usually provided by Benny Rabbit).
Laa Laa

Laa-Laa, (played by Nikky Smedley in the original series and Rebecca Hyland in the new series) is the third Teletubby. She is sunflower yellow and has a curly antenna on her head and she has a giant orange ball.
Laa-Laa is known as the best singer of all the teletubbies, a total girly-girl, "Drama queen", party-girl, and motherly type. She likes playing with her ball and enjoys watching Magical Events. She likes playing smart and is a great friend to the Teletubbies. Her ball is almost as a big as she is. She likes singing and dancing and goes "Laa-Laa-Li-Laa-Li-Laa-Li-Laa" to herself, hence the name Laa-Laa. When Laa Laa gets frustrated she sometimes shouts a rather strange word "BIBBALYCHEESE" . She is often seen to look out for the other Teletubbies. She is a silly and cute tubby, and most of the times has a cheerful personalility. She is as intelligent as Tinky Winky and Dipsy and Po. She knows where places are and likes playing with the other Teletubbies. She also enjoys dancing in her free time. Laa-Laa often hangs out with Po and Dipsy and even occasionally Tinky Winky. She once saved Dipsy's Hat from being blown away by the wind.
Laa-Laa is 8 feet and 6 inches tall. She is the second smallest after Po. Laa Laa is not afraid of The Lion And Bear in the original sketch and in the edited sketch too and she sleeps in the bed in the center right. Plus, she loves cute stuff especially flowers, butterflies, snow and more. She likes all colours and animals, but her favourite colours are white, light purple, pink, yellow (like the colour of her) and orange (like the colour of her ball). But her favorites are, Cinderella, Melody Time, Alice in Wonderland, Lady and the Tramp, The Aristocats, The Many Adventures Of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers and Pete's Dragon.
Cheetah (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)

The **Cheetah** is one of the True Blue Team in addition to an Ostrich, Kangaroo, Elephant, and Hippopotamus from *Bedknobs and Broomsticks*. He is the only member of the team to be the fastest runner since he was seen running very fast, so fast that he set the Crocodile from the Dirty Yellow Team's tail and Professor Brown's foot on fire, representing the stereotype that Cheetahs are the fastest animals in the world.
Kermit the Forg

**Kermit the Forg** is a tall gray monster with a long greenish-blue nose. He was first seen in a *Sesame Street* sketch in which Kermit the Frog is frustrated in his attempts to buy a personalized t-shirt from the T-Shirt Salesman. The sketch also features Kermit the Gorf and Kermit the Grof.

This monster has appeared periodically on *Sesame Street* since 1978. In his later appearances beyond 1980, he gains lavender eyelids and brown eyelashes. He has been performed by Jerry Nelson (The Wonderful World of T-Shirts), Richard Hunt (We Are All Monsters), Michael Earl (Near Far Monsters), and Martin P. Robinson (Monsters of Venice) among others.
Warthog (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)

The **Warthog** is one of the Dirty Yellow Team with the Lion King, in addition to a Hyena, Rhinoceros, Gorilla and Crocodile from *Bedknobs and Broomsticks*. He gets the ball stuck between his tusks. King Leonidas has no choice but to use him like a lawn mower and continue playing the game. That is until the Ostrich was able to get the ball out with his foot, leaving King Leonidas to continue "mowing" with the Warthog until they reach underground.
Botley

**Botley** (real name **Android XL2** according to *JumpStart 3rd Grade*) is a male-programmed robot who first appeared in *JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain*, in which he is the main protagonist.

In that same game, he is shown to be created by Professor Sparks and is a resident of Mystery Mountain.
Jake SpiderMonkey

Jake, as his last name implies, is a spider monkey who quickly became Adam's best friend. He is often very possessive of Adam and hates not having him around regularly. Jake is emotional and goofy who takes to heart some of Adam's comments and actions, leading to some overly dramatic and exaggerated reactions. He can be lazy and selfish, but at the same time he is also fairly sensible. A running gag in the series is his obsession with the well-being of his butt, which he made grow so large that it blocked out the sun in one episode. Along with the majority of the other animal students, Jake lives close enough to the school that he can see it from where he lives. Jake seems to be very unintelligent. An example of his unintelligence is that once he believed that there was an aquatic animal named the "mer-monkey". When he finally "found it", it was actually a fishing lure. But he just said, "Oh, well. Nobody's perfect." Jake is voiced by Tom Kenny.
African manatee

The **African manatee** (*Trichechus senegalensis*), also known as the **West African manatee** or **seacow**, is a species of manatee; it is mostly herbivorous (eats plants). African manatees can be found in much of the western region of Africa, from Senegal to Angola. Scientists do not know a lot about this species, but they hypothesize the African manatee is very similar to the West Indian manatee (*Trichechus manatus*).
Edison

**Edison** is a male firefly character who first appeared in JumpStart 2nd Grade. He is CJ's best friend and partner.

In the past, he and CJ were often the mascot characters for JumpStart's 2nd Grade media.

Despite being a prominent character for many years, he doesn't appear in any recent media. His last notable appearances were in the JumpStart Advanced series.
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Tinky Winky

Tinky Winky, (played by Dave Thompson, Mark Heenehan, and Simon Shelton in the original series and Jeremiah Krage in the new series)  is the first Teletubby. He is in Teletubby with the other Teletubbies. He is the largest and oldest of the Teletubbies, is covered in bright purple terrycloth, has a tomgirlish type and has a triangular antenna on his head. He is notable for the red luggage (described by the show as a "magic bag", but often described by other media as a handbag) he always carries. He often hangs out with Po. His character has caused controversy due to allegations that his character's behaviour, bag and body colour have homosexual qualities. But his favorites are, Song of the South, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Make Mine, Music, Fun and Fancy Free, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Black Cauldron, Oliver & Company, The Rescuers Down Under, Hercules and Fantasia.
Momo

Momo is a winged lemur from Avatar the last airbender and a loyal companion of Ang and his team. He was the only winged lemur known to have survived the Air Nomad Genocide, were he appertained to the Southern Air Temple afterwards. However, the face that his species was recognized by some characters throughout the series gave an indication that that Momo may still have living brethren around the world, through, this has not been comfirmed
MOMO:-

Momo is white and has two massive ears, two wings under his arms and long tail.
In a World Just Right

*In a World Just Right* by Jen Brooks

Published by Simon and Schuster, April 2015

Publisher's description: *Sometimes Jonathan Aubrey wishes he could just disappear. And as luck—or fate—would have it, he can. Ever since coming out of a coma as a kid, he has been able to create alternate worlds. Worlds where he is a superhero, or a ladies’ man, or simply a better version of himself. That’s the world he’s been escaping to most since sophomore year, a world where he has everything he doesn’t have in real life: friends, a place of honor on the track team, passing grades, and most importantly, Kylie Simms as his girlfriend.*

*But when Jonathan confuses his worlds senior year and tries to kiss the real Kylie Simms, everything unravels. The real Kylie actually notices Jonathan … and begins obsessing over him. The fantasy version of Kylie struggles to love Jonathan as she was created to do, and the consequences are disastrous. As his worlds collide, Jonathan must confront the truth of his power and figure out where he actually belongs—before he loses both Kylies forever.*
Jason Kimble

Jason Kimble , 1st year of eligibility

1st professional-rate publication: "Detritus" in *Sci Phi Journal #3 (*January 2015)

Other publications (2015):

"Tall" in *Twice Upon a Time*(Bearded Scribe Press) (January 2015)

"At Her Fingertips" in *Betwixt* (April 2015)

"Hide Behind" in *The Sockdolager* (September 2015)

"Broken" in Escape Pod (November 2015)
Ash and Bramble

*Ash & Bramble* by Sarah Prineas

Published by HarperTeen, September 2015

Publisher's description:

*A prince. A ball. A glass slipper left behind at the stroke of midnight.*

*The tale is told and retold, twisted and tweaked, snipped and stretched, as it leads to happily ever after.  But it is not the true Story.*

*A dark fortress. A past forgotten. A life of servitude.*

*No one has ever broken free of the Godmother’s terrible stone prison until a girl named Pin attempts a breathless, daring escape. But she discovers that what seems to be freedom is a prison of another kind, one that entangles her in a story that leads to a prince, a kiss, and a clock striking midnight. To unravel herself from this new life, Pin must choose between a prince and another—the one who helped her before and who would give his life for her. Torn, the only thing for her to do is trade in the glass slipper for a sword and find her own destiny.*
Blood and Salt

*Blood and Salt* by Kim Liggett

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, September 2015

*“When you fall in love, you will carve out your heart and throw it into the deepest ocean. You will be all in—blood and salt.”*

*These are the last words Ash Larkin hears before her mother returns to the spiritual commune she escaped long ago. But when Ash follows her to Quivira, Kansas, something sinister and ancient waits among the rustling cornstalks of this village lost to time.*

*Ash is plagued by memories of her ancestor, Katia, which harken back to the town’s history of unrequited love and murder, alchemy and immortality. Charming traditions soon give way to a string of gruesome deaths, and Ash feels drawn to Dane, a forbidden boy with secrets of his own.*

*As the community prepares for a ceremony five hundred years in the making, Ash must fight not only to save her mother, but herself—and discover the truth about Quivira before it’s too late. Before she’s all in—blood and salt.*
Doctor Who and the Communist

*Doctor Who and the Communist: Malcolm Hulke and his career in television*, by Michael Herbert

Malcolm Hulke was a successful writer for radio, television and the cinema from the 1950s to the late 1970s. His work included episodes for *Armchair Theatre* and *The Avengers*, and 54 episodes for *Doctor Who*, broadcast between 1967 and 1974, for which he is best remembered. He was also a socialist, belonging for a time to the Communist Party of Great Britain, and his political views fed into his work.

Published by Five Leaves Bookshop (website).
And We Were Left Darkling

And We Were Left Darkling by Sarah Pinsker

*Lightspeed*, December 2015

Description, by Sam Tomaino (SFRevu): *Our narrator and her wife, Taya, have wanted a baby but could not afford the process. She dreams that she has a baby and that has an effect on her. She sees many times in the child's life. Then, the baby disappears from her dreams. She finds on-line many others who have had the same experience. A group of babies, one of whom she knows is hers appear on a beach in California and our narrator and many others go to claim their babies. What will happen when they get them?*
An Element of Blank

Title: An Element of Blank

Author: Lynda E. Rucker

Publication: *Supernatural Tales 30*, Fall 2015

Description, by S. P. Miskowski at Amazon: "Three friends attempt to vanquish an evil presence they first encountered together as children. Beginning with a conscious nod to Stephen King, the story goes on to explore the ways in which these three women do or do not fulfill their potential. The central character has remained in the same town, apprehensive and afraid, waiting for a chance at something like redemption."
A Shard of Sun

*A Shard* *of Sun* by Jess E. Owen

Self-published, March 2015

Series: Summer King Chronicles #3

*Shard is a gryfon entrusted with a great responsibility. A dragon of the Sunland has left her newborn kit to his care, and now Shard has difficult decisions to make about how best to keep the swiftly growing dragonet safe, while remaining true to his own destiny and the prophecy of the Summer King. He sets out to return the dragonet to his kin in the Sunland and find help for his own quest, but his hope for making wise and benevolent allies is quickly replaced with the reality of cold, mistrustful dragons who want nothing to do with gryfons, Shard, or his wars in warmer lands.*

*In the Silver Isles, the warrior gryfon Caj sets out on a dangerous hunt for his mad wingbrother, Sverin, once the mighty Red King. The safety of the pride, and in the end, Caj's life, may depend on his success or failure.*

*Meanwhile, Shard's wingbrother Kjorn seeks to find him and reconcile, and his quest will take him across the land that was once his birthright and into the heart of tricky alliances, enmities, and the ever-looming threat of the Voiceless, fear-mongering wyrms.*

*The Song of the Summer King promises that one will rise higher, one will see farther, and his wing beats will part the storm . . . but as Shard learns more of the world and the tangled threads of fate, he begins to fear that no one can part the storm of growing hatred and fear—not even a Summer King.*
Death Parade

12 episodes, ran January-March 2015.

Available for (free, legal) viewing at:

* FUNimation (US, Canada)
* AnimeLab (Australia, New Zealand)
* Viewster (UK, Ireland)

**Directors:** Yuzuru Tachikawa (episode contents), Shinichiro Watanabe (episode-ending sequence)

**Screenplay:** Yuzuru Tachikawa

**Studio:** MADHOUSE

ANN Encyclopedia entry
Apocalypse Now Now

*Apocalypse Now Now* by Charlie Human

Publication: Titan Books, April 2015

The book was previously published in South Africa and the UK, but the US edition was published in April 2015, making the work eligible for the 2016 Hugos under the rule granting an additional year of eligibility to works when they are first published in the US.

Publisher's description: *Baxter Zevcenko’s life is pretty sweet. He’s making a name for himself as the kingpin of his smut-peddling high-school syndicate, the other gangs are staying out of his business, and he’s dating the girl of his dreams, Esme.*

*But when Esme gets kidnapped, things start to get seriously weird, and the only man drunk enough to help is a bearded, booze-soaked, supernatural bounty hunter that goes by the name of Jackson ‘Jackie’ Ronin.*

*Plunged into the increasingly bizarre landscape of Cape Town’s supernatural underworld, Baxter and Ronin team up to save Esme. On a journey that takes them through the realms of impossibility, they must face every conceivable nightmare to get her back, including the odd brush with the Apocalypse.*
Archivist Wasp

Title: *Archivist Wasp*

Author: Nicole Kornher-Stace

Publisher: Small Beer Press

Publication Date: May 12th 2015

*Wasp's job is simple. Hunt ghosts. And every year she has to fight to remain Archivist. Desperate and alone, she strikes a bargain with the ghost of a supersoldier. She will go with him on his underworld hunt for the long-long ghost of his partner and in exchange she will find out more about his pre-apocalyptic world than any Archivist before her. And there is much to know. After all, Archivists are marked from birth to do the holy work of a goddess. They're chosen. They're special. Or so they've been told for four hundred years.*

*Archivist Wasp fears she is not the chosen one, that she won't survive the trip to the underworld, that the brutal life she has escaped might be better than where she is going. There is only one way to find out.*
Beyond Redemption

Beyond Redemption

Author: Michael R. Fletcher

Publisher: Harper Voyager

Publication Date: June 16 2015

Faith shapes the landscape, defines the laws of physics, and makes a mockery of truth. Common knowledge isn't an axiom, it's a force of nature. What the masses believe is. But insanity is a weapon, conviction a shield. Delusions give birth to foul new gods.

Violent and dark, the world is filled with the Geisteskranken—men and women whose delusions manifest, twisting reality. High Priest Konig seeks to create order from chaos. He defines the beliefs of his followers, leading their faith to one end: a young boy, Morgen, must Ascend to become a god. A god they can control.

But there are many who would see this would-be-god in their thrall, including the High Priest’s own Doppels, and a Slaver no one can resist. Three reprobates—The Greatest Swordsman in the World, a murderous Kleptic, and possibly the only sane man left—have their own nefarious plans for the young god.

As these forces converge on the boy, there’s one more obstacle: time is running out. When one's delusions become more powerful, they become harder to control. The fate of the Geisteskranken is to inevitably find oneself in the Afterdeath.

The question, then, is: Who will rule there?
In Midnight's Silence

Title: In Midnight's Silence

Author: T. Frohock

Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse

Part One of *Los Nefilim*

*Born of an angel and a daimon, Diago Alvarez is a singular being in a country torn by a looming civil war and the spiritual struggle between the forces of angels and daimons. With allegiance to no one but his partner Miquel, he is content to simply live in Barcelona, caring only for the man he loves and the music he makes. Yet, neither side is satisfied to let him lead this domesticated life and, knowing they can't get to him directly, they do the one thing he's always feared.*

*They go after Miquel.*

*Now, in order to save his lover's life, he is forced by an angel to perform a gruesome task: feed a child to the daimon Moloch in exchange for a coin that will limit the extent of the world's next war. The mission is fraught with danger, the time he has to accomplish it is limited…and the child he is to sacrifice is the son Diago never knew existed.*
Duplicity

Title: *Duplicity*

Author: N. K. Traver

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books

Publication Date: March 17th 2015

*In private, seventeen-year-old Brandon hacks bank accounts just for the thrill of it. In public, he looks like any other tattooed bad boy with a fast car and devil-may-care attitude. He should know: he’s worked hard to maintain that façade. With inattentive parents who move constantly from city to city, he’s learned not to get tangled up in things like friends and relationships. So he’ll just keep living like a machine, all gears and wires.*

*Then two things shatter his carefully-built image: Emma, the kind, stubborn girl who insists on looking beneath the surface – and the small matter of a mirror reflection that starts moving by itself. Not only does Brandon’s reflection have a mind of its own, but it seems to be grooming him for something—washing the dye from his hair, yanking out his piercings, swapping his black shirts for … pastels. Then it tells him: it thinks it can live his life better, and it’s preparing to trade places.*

*And when it pulls Brandon through the looking-glass, not only will he need all his ill-gotten hacking skills to escape, but he’s going to have to face some hard truths about who he’s become. Otherwise he’ll be stuck in a digital hell until he’s old and gray, and no one will even know he's gone.*
A Walkabout Amongst The Stars

"A Walkabout Amongst The Stars " by Lezli Robyn

Published by Baen, November 3, 2015, in the anthology *Mission: Tomorrow*

Publisher's description:
*Award-winning Aussie writer Lezli Robyn takes us on a journey in which the first female aborigine astronaut discovers the NASA probe Voyager 1 has come back to life for surprising reasons.*

Paul Di Filippo, Locus Magazine:
*Unknown aliens have apparently retrieved that famous interplanetary NASA disc of cultural recordings known as the Golden Record, and when Aboriginal astronaut Tyrille Smith goes out in her craft to learn more, she finds herself poised on a great adventure.”*
A. E. Ash

Second year of eligibility for Campbell Award.

Published stories:

* "Primitive Tools": *Luna Station Quarterly*, Issue 20, December 2014
* "Daughter of the Sun": *Luna Station Quarterly*, Issue 21, March 2015
* "War Paint" in *Slow Boat to Fast City*, May 2015
* "Luminous": *The Book Smugglers*, July 2015
Jacaranda

Title: Jacaranda

Author: Cherie Priest

Publisher: Subterranean Press

Pub Date: January 31, 2015

Word Count: 43,000

**The Ranger**

On the island of Galveston, off the coast of southeast Texas, lies a hotel called the Jacaranda. In its single year of operation, two dozen people have died there. The locals say it’s cursed. The Rangers say that’s nonsense, but they know a man who might be willing to investigate. Horatio Korman crosses the water from the mainland, and hopes for the best.

**The Nun**

But the bodies pile up, and a hurricane is brewing up fast. One of the Jacaranda’s guests sees time running out, so she seeks an authority of a different sort: a priest from El Huizache who is good at solving problems and keeping secrets. Eileen Callahan has a problem to solve, and a secret to keep. She crosses her fingers, and sends a message that could save them all.

**The Padre**

Juan Miguel Quintero Rios broke a promise to the Virgin, and so he was punished…but his intentions were pure, so he was also blessed. Now he walks the southwest with second sight and a tattoo across his back: *Deo, non Fortuna—*By God, not chance. The former gunslinger crosses himself, and makes for the Jacaranda Hotel.
Downfall

Name: Downfall

Author: Caroline Hobbs

Published: Less Than Three Games, December 9, 2015

Link: http://lessthanthreegames.com/downfall/

> ***Downfall*** is a tabletop role-playing game that explores the collapse of a society, a cataclysm brought about by a fatal Flaw at work within it. First you sit down and build your world, then you destroy it. You tell the story of a hero who tries to save their home. But in Downfall, the hero fails.
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> The game works in any kind of setting, from mythical fantasy to the real world to high-flying science fiction. It’s made to tell a whole story in a single 2-4 hour session and doesn’t require preparation, dice, or a GM.
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A Darker Shade of Magic

Title: *A Darker Shade of Magic*

Author: V.E. Schwab

Publisher: Tor

Publication Date: February 24, 2015

Series: A Darker Shade of Magic #1

Locator:

*Kell is one of the last Travelers—rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit.*

*Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George. Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London is ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. People fight to control magic, and the magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. Once there was Black London—but no one speaks of that now.*

*Officially, Kell is the Red Traveler, personal ambassador and adopted Prince of Red London, carrying the monthly correspondences between royals of each London. Unofficially, Kell smuggles for those willing to pay for even a glimpse of a world they’ll never see. This dangerous hobby sets him up for accidental treason. Fleeing into Grey London, Kell runs afoul of Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She robs him, saves him from a dangerous enemy, then forces him to another world for her 'proper adventure'.*

*But perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, Kell and Lila will first need to stay alive—trickier than they hoped.*
Hold-Time Violations

Title: Hold-Time Violations

Author: John Chu

Published at Tor.com on October 7th, 2015

Publisher's description: "Ellie is on her way to visit her comatose mother when her sister sends her to repair physics. Each universe has skunkworks that generate the universe within it, making this multiverse a set of matryoshka dolls. The skunkworks that generate this universe have become faulty, and the physical constants suddenly…aren’t. In order to fix the skunkworks, to make physics self-consistent again, and to make the world work as it’s supposed to, Ellie will have to remember everything her mother has taught her."
Bryony and Roses

*Bryony and Roses*

by T. Kingfisher

Pub. May 18 2015 by Red Wombat Tea Company (self-published)

**ASIN:** B00XWDB15A

NB: T. Kingfisher is an open nom de plume for Ursula Vernon

*Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city.*

*But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments. Is the Beast that lives there her captor, or a fellow prisoner? Is the house her enemy or her ally? And why are roses blooming out of season in the courtyard?*

*Armed only with gardening shears and her wits, Bryony must untangle the secrets of the house before she—or the Beast—are swallowed by them.*
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders

48 episodes, ran April 2014-June 2015.

The series covers one story arc within a larger franchise. ANN lists it as two series because of a hiatus between the two halves, but all 48 episodes were planned and executed as a unit, and the total story has a clear beginning at episode 1 and a clear ending at episode 48.

Available for (free, legal) viewing at:

* Crunchyroll (worldwide except Japan)

**Directors:** Kenichi Suzuki, Naokatsu Tsuda

**Series Composition** (head writer, approximately): Yasuko Kobayashi

Based on a series of comics by Hirohiko Araki.

**Studio:** David Production

ANN Encyclopedia entries: First half and second half
Alyssa Wong

Alyssa Wong, 2nd year of eligibility.

“Scarecrow,” *Tor.com* (reprinted from *Black Static*), January 2015 (originally September 2014)

“Santos de Sampaguitas,“ part 1 and part 2, *Strange Horizons*, October 2014

"The Fisher Queen," *The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction*, May 2014

(Forthcoming) “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers,” in Nightmare
Half Wild

*Half Wild* by Sally Green

Published by Viking Juvenile, March 2015

Series: Half Bad Trilogy #2

In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, seventeen-year-old Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world's most powerful and violent witch. Nathan is hunted from all sides: nowhere is safe and no one can be trusted. Now, Nathan has come into his own unique magical Gift, and he's on the run—but the Hunters are close behind, and they will stop at nothing until they have captured Nathan and destroyed his father.
IZOMBiE - "Pilot"

Writers: Rob Thomas, Diane Ruggiero-Wright

Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book series created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred. The correct capitalization of the series title is iZOMBiE, but Wikia automatically uppercases the first letter of the title.

Plot summary (from Wikipedia): Having been transformed into a zombie during a boat party and forced to give up on her old dreams and family ties, Liv Moore finds herself assisting rookie Detective Clive Babineaux in the investigation of a murdered Romanian prostitute when her boss, Ravi, introduces her as a psychic after she has a flash of insight about the victim based on the consumed brains. Meanwhile, Liv struggles to keep her undead existence a secret from her roommate Peyton as well as her former fiancé Major.

External links:

Official web site

IMDB

Wikipedia
Burning Kingdoms

Title: *Burning Kingdoms*

Author: Lauren DeStefano

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: March 10th 2015

Series: The Internment Chronicles Book 2

*After escaping Internment, Morgan and her fellow fugitives land on the ground to finally learn about the world beneath their floating island home.*

*The ground is a strange place where water falls from the sky as snow, and people watch moving pictures and visit speakeasies. A place where families can have as many children as they want, their dead are buried in vast gardens of bodies, and Internment is the feature of an amusement park.*

*It is also a land at war.*

*Everyone who fled Internment had their own reasons to escape their corrupt haven, but now they’re caught under the watchful eye of another king who wants to dominate his world. They may have made it to the ground, but have they dragged Internment with them?*
An Ember in the Ashes

Title: *An Ember in the Ashes*

Author: Sabaa Tahir

Publishing: Harper Voyager, April 2015

Series: An Ember in the Ashes #1

*Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.*

*It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.*

*But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.*

*There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.*
A Court of Thorns and Roses

Title: *A Court of Thorns and Roses*

Author: Sarah J. Maas

Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's

Publication Date: May 2015

Series: A Court of Thorns and Roses #1

*When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.*

*As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow grows over the faerie lands, and Feyre must find a way to stop it... or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.*