by Lucy Hounsom | August 4, 2022 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhile World War 2 saw greater opportunities for women on the home front while so many working-age men were away at war, there are many more examples of hard times bringing curbs on women’s rights. We only have...
by Lucy Hounsom | July 21, 2022 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAs you’ve hopefully worked out by now, we are big proponents of the need for diverse representation in speculative fiction. And while we are certainly seeing more LGBTQ+ relationships portrayed in the genres we...
by Megan Leigh | July 7, 2022 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThese days, ‘punk’ is added to a whole host of different genres, sub-genres, and words never before used to indicate book genres before. But there was once only one kind of literary punk: cyberpunk....
by Megan Leigh | June 23, 2022 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPlease be aware that we discuss some fairly heavy topics in this episode, including addiction, violence against children, and racially motivated violence. Also, less serious in nature but full disclosure: I reference...
by Lucy Hounsom | June 9, 2022 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt’s easy to see why haunted houses are frightening – most of us live in a house and share a terror of what might happen if some unpleasant force took up residence there alongside us. Similarly, folk horror that is...
by Megan Leigh | May 26, 2022 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe best horror takes place when we are at our most vulnerable. In our house. Under our bed. The best monsters are those that we trust because they have the greatest capacity for betrayal. With that in mind, it’s no...
