A house haunted by an AI and the mysterious murder of a superhero

An agoraphobic engineer named Henry spends his days cooped up by his tiny super-intelligent robots, including one that looks like magic and rides a mini bike. His wife, Lily, is the only person he’s ever really seen, but things have become tense between them – it’s gotten so bad that he often lives alone in the basement working on a secret project. One day, Lily invites some of her former colleagues to encourage Henry to meet people, and Henry gets the chance to show off his greatest creation: William, an advanced AI system housed in a green robot body. Fear follows.

Mason Coile’s William (W1LL1AM style) takes the well-worn trope of a clueless creator dealing with his creation spiraling out of control and adds some smart-house madness, with a twist ending. Naturally, there are comparisons and comparisons Frankenstein and even The Shining, but I would like to say that there is a suggestion The offspring of a demon in there, too. This is another short read, coming in at under 250 pages, and it’s just the right thing to get you into the spooky season. It happens, fittingly, on Halloween.

Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter and its subsequent transformation into X as we now know it dominated the headlines for months, so you couldn’t be blamed for feeling like you’ve heard everything there is to know about the whole saga. But for those who want to take a closer look at how it all happened, reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac have compiled a ton of previously unreported details in their book. Character Limitwhich draws from interviews with insiders and internal recordings from the rooms where it all went down to give us the full story of the takeover of Twitter. And it’s an insult.

I can’t think of another new series in recent memory that has left me so hungry for the next issue The Tin Can Society #1. Before I get into it, I should note that this first issue opens with a content warning about violence and discussions of racism and racism. It’s intense from the jump. The Tin Can Society begins with a crime scene: tech mogul-turned-hero Johnny Moore has been murdered.

Moore, who was born with spina bifida, became famous as an ingenious inventor of exoskeleton-style mobility aids, and wore a fully armored version of one of these suits while working as the vigilante, Caliburn. If he is found dead, the suit is gone. The Tin Can Society follows Moore’s childhood friends, who reunite years apart to finally get to the bottom of his murder. There’s a lot of heart in the first issue as it jumps between their present-day setting and the past, creating a chronicle of Moore’s early life and the tight-knit group of friends that once existed. I’m excited to see where it goes. The Tin Can Society it will be a nine-part mini-series, and the next issue will drop in late October.