Bestselling horror writer CJ Leede and fellow Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Johnny Compton will meet this Saturday at Nowhere Bookshop for a free reading and discussion of Leede’s latest book, Headlights. Hailed as a breakout work of fiction along the lines of Stephen King’s seminal work The Shining, Headlights follows a true crime format before […]
San Antonio’s Gemini Ink is celebrating Pride Month 2026 with a self-described “lovestruck” event this Thursday. The writing arts center’s Poetry Crush invites multiple generations of queer poets to read their work as well as pieces by their literary crushes. Showcased artists include Dee Lalo Garcia, Lace Garcia, Marcela Hernandez, Barbie Huerta and Debra Munoz-Bratina. […]
“Fuck, I hope this is real!” stand-up comedian Chris Silio exclaimed when he stepped up to the microphone during a live taping of stand-up comedy variety show Kill Tony in Austin last summer. The joke landed instantly because Silio is blind. In less than a minute, the comic, who had just moved to Austin from […]
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was revealed in a leak to be a member of Dialog, a secret society led by Peter Thiel, the controversial founder of defense-tech firm Palantir, tech-industry magazine Wired reports. Dialog is a private, invitation-only organization the billionaire tech investor co-founded in 2006. The group’s retreats bring together U.S. politicians, foreign […]
The former San Antonio police officer accused of feeding a homeless man a sandwich stuffed with dog feces is now the chief of police of the small South Texas town of Benavides. One-time SAPD officer Matthew Luckhurst was appointed top cop in the town of about 1,100 people on June 1, Benavides City Clerk Tiffany […]
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will rally outside SeaWorld San Antonio and the theme park company’s two other U.S. properties to demand it release its captive dolphins into saltwater sanctuaries. The coordinated protests aim to pressure SeaWorld to end its dolphin breeding programs and transition captive animals to more natural environments. The […]
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X and Bluesky. After spending four decades in exile south of the Rio Grande, the New World screwworm has finally wriggled its way back into Texas. The return of the parasitic worm has […]
Rackspace, the corporation frequently held up as one of San Antonio’s tech-industry shining stars, is slashing 15% of its workforce, or about 750 jobs of its international workforce. In a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it will hand out pink slips over the next six months as it […]
San Antonio-area livestock sanctuary Winding Branch Ranch is taking precautions to guard against New World screwworm as cases of the parasite have cropped up in nearby counties. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are pausing the intake of new animals for the next 14 days and will reassess at that time,” officials with the […]
During the Republican Party of Texas’ annual convention last weekend, delegates voted to oust Abraham George, the first Indian American to chair the state party, and replace him with someone even further to the right. The Texas GOP abandoned George in favor of D’rinda Randall, his former vice chair, along with her running mate, David […]