100 Episodes

  1. Episode 389: Beautiful Misery - The Hunger for the Afflicted Woman in Fiction

    Published: 18/08/2023

  2. Episode 388: A Conflagration of Authors - AI, Audiobooks and Infringement

    Published: 11/08/2023

  3. Episode 387: Complicated Runes and Ineffable Power - Hard Versus Soft Magic Systems in Speculative Fiction

    Published: 4/08/2023

  4. Episode 386: The Art of Not Fitting In - A collection of Not Like the Other Girls Trope Observations

    Published: 27/07/2023

  5. Episode 385: Both is Good - Examining Bisexual Representation in Speculative Fiction

    Published: 21/07/2023

  6. Episode 384: Appearances Can be Deceiving - The Hidden Power of Modern Fairytales

    Published: 14/07/2023

  7. Episode 383: Gaslit Magic and Immortal Monsters Hunters - Incorporating Strong Historical Elements in UF

    Published: 7/07/2023

  8. Episode 382: Part of Your World - Tracing the Origins of The Little Mermaid

    Published: 30/06/2023

  9. Episode 381: Hard Times in Magic & Logic - Examining the Parameters of Hard Scifi and fantasy

    Published: 23/06/2023

  10. Episode 380: Will He Escape those Dastardedly Clutches - Why Cliffhangers Are a Bad Idea

    Published: 16/06/2023

  11. Episode 379: Exuding Menace 101 - How to Create Menacing Villains

    Published: 9/06/2023

  12. Ep 378: Separated by a Common Language - Examining the Differences between UK and US Urban Fantasy

    Published: 1/06/2023

  13. Episode 377: Bringing in Dessert - Serving Up Delicious Endings Against Desperate Odds

    Published: 26/05/2023

  14. Episode 376: In that Time In that Place - the Monomyth and Other Storytelling Modes

    Published: 19/05/2023

  15. Episode 375: The Batcherlorette - Bookish Edition

    Published: 12/05/2023

  16. Ep 374: Her Fatal Curiosity - Tracing the Origins of Bluebeard

    Published: 5/05/2023

  17. Ep 373: Circe Morgana and Rosaline - The Problem with Feminist Retellings

    Published: 28/04/2023

  18. Episode 372: Truth Fiction and Outright Absurdity - More Strange Author Mysteries

    Published: 21/04/2023

  19. Episode 371: Breaking the Stained Glass Window - Language Storytelling Absolutism and Censorship

    Published: 14/04/2023

  20. Episode 370: Running with th Wolves - Werewolves in Folklore and Speculative Fiction Part 2

    Published: 7/04/2023

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Authors J.A. Ironside and M.E. Vaughan talk about books, films and all aspects of speculative fiction, from the nuts and bolts of writing it, to its (occasionally) obscure origins.

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