Dwight L. MacPherson, the writer of “A Zombie’s Tale,” has just posted a preview of the upcoming “M-Theory” No. 1 comic at the Image Comics Web site.

Billed as “the greatest pulp science-fiction adventure of our time,” the preview certainly looks promising.

From Dwight’s posting: “In this thrilling premier episode, a government scientist receives a startling transmission of extraterrestrial origin, a promising college student makes a terrifying discovery, and a group of deep space explorers encounters a shocking nemesis at the outer limits of our galaxy!”

I dig the retro, EC Comic-inspired cover.

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Matthew Wayne Selznick is a podcasting pioneer. His “Brave Men Run” thriller was the first novel released simultaneously in paperback, free audio podcast and five — yes, five — e-book formats. All DRM-free.

And on July 13, a brand-new paperback edition of “Brave Men Run” — which is about the “Sovereign Era,” when people with super physical and psychic powers suddenly appear — will be released by Swarm Press.

Selznick will celebrate with a day-long streaming video “web-a-thon” — with hourly updates and special book-related content — to help propel the book to the top of the Amazon.com charts.

We always like to see podcast authors do well in print (see Scott Sigler), so we’ll be tuning in and plunking down to buy the paperback.

Check Matt’s site for more info.

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Written by Matt Zitron, illustrated by Anthony Hope-Smith.

You may have seen the very cool “Walt Disney” short comic on our site. Now here it is in PDF format for our podcast subscribers.

Thanks again, to Anthony and Matt.

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Written by Matt Zitron, illustrated by Anthony Hope-Smith.

Lots of people believe “Disney on Ice” is more than an ice-skating spectacular, falling for the rumor that Mickey Mouse’s creator was cryonically frozen after death.

Not true.

In the mind-bending “Walt Disney” short comic, Matt Zitron and Anthony Hope-Smith touch on that urban legend before delving into one of the darker possibilities awaiting a man who opted to become a human popsicle with hopes of immortality.

A big thanks to Matt and Anthony (check his art blog) for letting us run the comic in its entirety (after the jump.)

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In today’s A.D.D. world, it’s not easy to sit through long-form content on the Internet. But one huge exception is Rod Serling’s “The Twilight Zone.”

Episodes from the first three seasons of the greatest series to ever grace television are now available for your streaming pleasure at CBS.com.

Everyone has their favorites — and I would have to think long and hard to pick my top 10 — but here are a few on my to-watch (again) list over the next few days:

• Time Enough At Last (Too bad he didn’t have audio stories)
• I Shot An Arrow Into The Air
• Shadow Play
• The Howling Man

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The reviews of the 2008 Hugo Award short-fiction nominees on the SFSignal site provide a nice overview of the competing novellas, novelettes and short stories. And there are lots of links so you can read ‘em for yourself.

(As you probably know, the Hugo Awards honor the best science fiction or fantasy works of the year.)

Or if you prefer listening to reading, head on over to Escape Pod for audio podcast editions of four of the five nominated short stories.

Escape Pod has traditionally podcast the Hugo short story nominees, so you can also dig through their archives for past honorees. Nice!

Happy reading/listening.

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OK, first off, we here at Well Told Tales try to steer clear of politics — like Snake Plissken in “Escape From New York,” our official stance is “We don’t give a f*** about your president.”

But this “Star Wars” remix starring Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton was too funny not to share.

We promise — we’ll leave politics to the Huffington and Wonkette crowd from now on.

Bonus link: Snake Plissken “I Don’t Give a F*** About Your President” T-shirts from Bonaroo

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In honor of Mother’s Day, we here at Well Told Tales came up with our top 10 moms from horror, sci-fi and crime/hardboiled films.

Chime in on the comments section if you think we missed someone.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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“Kolchak, The Night Stalker,” “One Step Beyond,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Star Trek” — lots and lots of “Star Trek” — are among the shows featured in this 30-minute documentary on sci-fi on American television.

Link (via ComputerLove)

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Attention So-Cal sci-fi fans: Ray Bradbury, author of the classic “The Martian Chronicles,” is slated to speak about his vision of the future on Saturday, May 17 during an appearance at “Chronicling Mars”/The 2008 Eaton Science Fiction Conference at the University of California, Riverside.

“What I’m going to talk about is going back to the moon,” Bradbury, 87, told The Press-Enterprise. “We should not have left the moon 30 years ago. We should have stayed there and built a base. And in the next few years, we need to build a base.”

Bradbury’s appearance (4 p.m. PT) is one of the free events at the conference. Check out this news story and the conference Web site for more info.

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