Space Monsters Magazine

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Look Who's On The Ballot For The Rondo Awards

Look who's on the ballot.

SPACE MONSTERS is nominated for Best Magazine of 2025.

Elizabeth Belmont's article "Elizabeth Bathory" from SPACE MONSTERS #2 is also nominated for Best Article of 2025.

We're in our first year. We're up against Fangoria. Rue Morgue. The magazines that built the genre.

We need your vote. Here's how (two minutes, tops):

STEP 1: Go to the Rondo ballot:

https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/

STEP 2: Scroll to Category 14 — Best Magazine.

Find SPACE MONSTERS. Mark it.

STEP 3: Scroll to Category 15 — Best Article.

Find "Elizabeth Bathory" by Elizabeth Belmont in SPACE MONSTERS #2. Mark it.

STEP 4: Email your ballot to taraco@aol.com by May 1.

(Include your name — votes must be named to count.)

That's it. That's all it takes.

We built this magazine because we love monsters. Because we love the weird. Because we love the truth. Now we're on the ballot with the legends.

Let's bring this home.

— Jason Brazeal

Editor-in-Chief, SPACE MONSTERS

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

They're Here: The 2026 Edition of THEY CAME FROM OUTER SPACE

The book that started it all is back.

THEY CAME FROM OUTER SPACE — 2026 Edition is here. Updated. Expanded. Full color for the first time.

12 classic science fiction tales that became major motion pictures:

Ray Bradbury — The Fog Horn → The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Arthur C. Clarke — The Sentinel → 2001: A Space Odyssey
Harlan Ellison — A Boy and His Dog → A Boy and His Dog
John W. Campbell Jr. — Who Goes There? → The Thing
George Langelaan — The Fly → The Fly
Harry Bates — Farewell to the Master → The Day the Earth Stood Still
And more.

286 pages. Full color. Digest size. Signed copies available.

This is the book that shaped science fiction cinema. The stories that inspired The Thing, *2001*, The Fly, and a dozen other classics. Now they're collected in one definitive volume, with new introductions, updated filmographies, and full-color photo sections from the films.

Get your copy now:

🔗 https://shop.obliviontrading.com/product/they-came-from-outer-space-2026-edition/

Two Rondo Nominations. One Magazine. Your Vote.

We're still processing this.

SPACE MONSTERS has been nominated for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Best Magazine of 2025.

And Elizabeth Belmont's article "Elizabeth Bathory" from SPACE MONSTERS #2 is also nominated for Best Article of 2025.

We're in our first year. We're up against Fangoria. Rue Morgue. Little Shoppe of Horrors. Monster Bash. The magazines that built the genre. The magazines we grew up reading.

And now, we're on the ballot with them.

How to Vote

Go to the Rondo Awards ballot:
https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/
Scroll to Category 14 — Best Magazine.
Find SPACE MONSTERS. Mark it.
Scroll to Category 15 — Best Article.
Find "Elizabeth Bathory" by Elizabeth Belmont in SPACE MONSTERS #2. Mark it.
Email your ballot to David Colton at taraco@aol.com by May 1.
(Don't forget to include your name — votes must be named to count.)

Why It Matters

We built SPACE MONSTERS because we love this stuff. The movies. The monsters. The history. The truth. Elizabeth wrote her article because she had something to say about the Countess of Blood—and it wasn't the story you've heard before.

Now we're on the ballot with the legends. Fangoria. Rue Morgue. Little Shoppe of Horrors. The magazines that built the genre.

We're in our first year. We're nominated twice.

Now we need your vote.

Thank You

Thank you for reading. Thank you for subscribing. Thank you for believing in what we're building.

Now let's bring this home.

— Jason
Editor-in-Chief, SPACE MONSTERS

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Space Monsters 3 and They Came From Outer Space Order Today

Greetings,

After the first two issues of Space Monsters hit shelves in its digest-sized movie magazine/comic hybrid format, I decided to make some drastic revisions.

Now, instead of a digest-sized publication, it's an 8.5" x 11" magazine-sized comic. That's right—a full-color comic anthology with guest artists, guest writers, anchor stories, and everything in between.

The price dropped from $19.99 to $12.99.

The page count is now 70+ pages per issue.

The frequency went from 2 issues per year to 4.

Every Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, you'll get a new full-color comic delivered right to your door. And the subscription/fan club model is staying—subscribers get:

4 issues per year

A fan club button

An official membership card

Space Monsters #3 ships April 15. Preorders are open now.

The best way to order is directly from us:

www.obliviontrading.com

I've also reconfigured the shipping rates to be much more favorable, and I've temporarily put Gamera and Godzilla figures on sale. Digital editions of Space Monsters #1 and #2 are also on sale—dropped from $9.99 to $4.99.

These sales will run for the next week, or until supplies run out. I've got several other items I'll be posting this weekend that haven't been listed yet.

In addition, the 2026 Edition of They Came From Outer Space is now available directly through Oblivion. Signed copies. Full color. The stories that shaped science fiction cinema.

This is one amazing issue. You'll love it.

Oh, and Creepy Cryptids has an entirely new look as well.

Sincerely,

Jason Brazeal

Editor-in-Chief, Space Monsters