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

An agoraphobic engineer named Henry spends his days locked in his extremely intelligent house, building crazy little robots, including one that looks like a wizard and rides around on a tiny bike. His wife Lily is the only person he ever really sees, but things are tense between them – a situation only made worse by the fact that he's usually holed up alone in the attic, working on a secret project. One day, Lily invites some former colleagues over to encourage Henry to socialize, and Henry takes the opportunity to finally show off his greatest creation: William, an advanced AI system housed in a primitive robot body. Horror ensues.

Mason Coils William (stylized W1LL1AM) takes the hackneyed cliche of a naive creator confronted with his out-of-control creation and adds the creepiness of a haunted smart house, with a surprise ending. Of course, there are comparisons to Frankenstein and even The Shining, but I dare say that there is a hint of Demon Seed in there too. This is another short read at under 250 pages and is just the thing to get you in the spooky season spirit. It is appropriately set on Halloween.

Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter and subsequent transformation of the company into X as we know it today dominated the headlines for months, so you can't be blamed if you feel like you've heard everything about the whole saga. But for those who want to gain deeper insight into the behind-the-scenes, journalists Kate Conger and Ryan Mac have dug up a ton of previously unpublished information in their book. Character limitwhich draws on interviews with insiders and internal recordings from the rooms where it all happened to tell us the full story of the Twitter takeover. And it's a pretty messy story.

I can’t remember any other new series in recent times that made me so hungry for the next issue as The Tin Can Society #1. Before I get into that, though, I should note that this first issue opens with a content warning about violence and discussions of abilityism and racism. It's intense from the start. The Tin Can Society begins with a crime scene: technology mogul turned superhero Johnny Moore has been murdered.

Moore, who was born with spina bifida, rose to fame as a genius inventor of advanced exoskeleton-style mobility devices and wore full-body armor from one of these suits in his role as vigilant hero Caliburn. When he is found dead, the suit is missing. The Tin Can Society follows Moore's childhood friends who reunite after years apart to investigate his murder. The first issue is full of heart as it jumps back and forth between their present and past, giving the backstory of Moore's early life and once-close circle of friends. I'm excited to see where this all goes. The Tin Can Society will be a nine-part miniseries and the next issue will be released at the end of October.