by Lucy Hounsom | July 2, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe have long been obsessed with the chosen one. This ubiquitous archetype has spawned thousands of heroic narratives involving a prophecy and a great evil to be overcome. But in recent years, we’re seeing less and...
by Megan Leigh | June 4, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSYou know the drill, you are alone in the middle of a foggy field and there’s no one within miles… except the person following you. There’s no one coming to help you. Isolation is an ever-present theme in horror...
by Megan Leigh | April 23, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhen we pick up a book, we know we’re going to be told a story. We trust the author or, in the case of first-person POV the narrator, to tell us the truth. We might be reading about vengeful ghosts or glorious...
by Lucy Hounsom | April 9, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSpeculative fiction has always been a genre that challenges traditional views and established ways of seeing. We regularly discuss how the worlds that genre authors create are arenas in which it’s possible to tackle...
by Lucy Hounsom | March 26, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt has long been obvious that our world’s power structures are set up to benefit men, so how does women’s power play out in our narratives? What happens when women are suddenly given a power they are...
by Megan Leigh | March 12, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSCosmic horror is an unhelpful term by itself. HP Lovecraft himself is quoted as saying that: The fundamental premise [of cosmic horror is] that common human laws and interest and emotions have no validity or...
