Speculative fiction is a term given to genres of fiction that explore the more imaginative side of story creation such as science fiction, horror, and fantasy. In addition to these well-known genres, speculative fiction also encompasses more obscure brands of fiction such as alternate history fiction, supernatural, dystopian, and post-apocalyptic fiction. In my opinion, speculative…
See part I of Teresa Frohock’s Religion in Fantasy here. Fantasy has tackled religion from all directions: the real God versus False Gods; Rival Gods; Phantom Gods; No Gods. Twilights of the Gods. God versus Devil. Pagan Gods versus Christianity. Eastern versus Western. God is Dead/Risen/Never was. Magic comes from God. Magic comes from the…
The Master of Horror, Stephen King, once said he was: The Big Mac and fries of literature. Having just had my first novel Gape published then, I suppose I must be the day-old sandwich stuck at the back of a fridge in the rear of a gas station of literature. The fridge would probably have…
To celebrate today’s release of the final book in the Gallow trilogy, The Last Bastion, Nathan Hawke has stopped by with a word on writing the series and writing in general AND to bring us another fantastic story of Gallow Truesword, Witches’ Reach. Writers, as a breed, are a fairly neurotic lot. We used to keep…
I’m asked to write about religion a lot, primarily because of Miserere’s themes, and since it’s my job as the author to present this topic from a different angle every time, I had to think about this one for a bit. Religion. *taps fingers* Okay, let’s approach it this way: My number one rule, especially…
