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SFF Addicts Ep. 204: Drawing from Global History with Shannon Chakraborty (Writing Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson & Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on Drawing from Global History with bestselling author Shannon Chakraborty. During the episode, Shannon traverses the world, discussing global interconnectedness across time, using SFF to shine a light on history, deciding on a historical time/place for your story, knowing when to deviate from history, author responsibility and intentions, accessible approaches for research, historical authenticity, academics/historians and more.
Like Zombies? Watch These Movies
Another idea I’ve been brewing/toying with simultaneously while thinking through the post on zombie shows (which I hope you’ll check out here). As a self-proclaimed zombie connoisseur, I wanted to put together these lists so that I could come back over and over, adding to them at least semi-exhaustively. Again, while I may not have…
Author Interview: Alethea Lyons
Alethea Lyons (ze/she) is a queer writer of various types of SFF, including the Seer of York series published by Brigids Gate Press, and a number of short fiction works published by Eerie River Publishing, Bag of Bones Press, and others. She’s also the British Fantasy Society Event Coordinator for Greater Manchester. She live in…
Guest Post: Why Sci-Fi Still Doesn’t Have Its Hogwarts by Josh Weiss-Roessler
Brakebills. Mystwick. Avalon Academy. And, yes, Hogwarts. Fantasy is full of schools where discovery is part of the (literal) magic. They serve as places where students can grow, stumble, and slowly figure out who they are. In many ways, they’re not just a home away from home – they become home. Which is what made…
Five Films & TV Shows that Inspired ‘A Murder Most Fungal’
My new Fungalverse standalone novel A Murder Most Fungal is out in just a few weeks, and I can’t wait for everyone to dive into this fast-paced story full of food, fungi, gangsters, blackmail, and (of course) murder. This book traces its roots back to so many different mediums, from Hong Kong action cinema and Pixar films, to food shows and documentaries. So, to give all of you a better sense of how A Murder Most Fungal came to be, I’ve compiled a list of the five biggest media inspirations for its story, world, and characters.
Like Zombies? Watch These Shows
I’ve been brewing/toying with this one for quite a while. As a self-proclaimed zombie connoisseur, I wanted to put together a list of shows that I could come back to over and over, adding to it at least semi-exhaustively. While I may not have seen everything out there, I figured few would have tackled as…
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