April 23, 2018
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with author L.E. Sterling, who’s wrapping up her True Born trilogy with…
April 21, 2018
Good afternoon, friends and readers! Here in the Kingdom of Undisclosed Location, spring has fully sprung. This means that the air is filled with poisonous, soul-sucking pollen. While I enjoy springtime weather, it does not enjoy me. So I’m probably staying inside. Join me! Take a look at what our fantastic writers had to say this week and perhaps find…
April 20, 2018
Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories (2018) Written By: Kelly Barnhill Genre: Magical Realism/Short Stories Pages: 304 (Hardcover) Publisher: Algonquin Books Why I Chose It: I wanted to try something new and I don’t read a lot of magical realism or short stories. And since Kelly Barnhill won the World Fantasy Award for the last story in this collection, I…
April 20, 2018
“April showers bring May flowers.” It’s an old saying, and one that got me thinking about the nature of storms in storytelling. Storms are perhaps one of, if not the most, versatile of narrative devices. First of all, there are plenty of storm flavors: thunderstorms, tornadoes, blizzards, hail, hurricanes, etc. And in speculative fiction, they can be brought on by…
April 19, 2018
Over the years, I’ve discovered that my favorite kind of horror movie is the kind where it feels realistic, and by realistic, I mean within context of the story we’re given. On top of that, it needs to feel real within: obvious special effects don’t work for me, and cheese-tastic/campy horror has never been my wheelhouse. I want the kind…
April 19, 2018
The weather outside is, quite frankly, frightful. You’ve seen all the memes about the general ick most of the country seems to be enduring. Since we seem to be skipping spring, let me propose a warm, idyllic escape, where the ocean is endless, warm, inviting; where the world is ordered, in balance, and where few men are in sight. Let’s…
April 18, 2018
For my 2018 Resolution Project, I decided to take a page out of Lane’s book and do my own Silver Screen Resolution (hence the Take Two part of the title). There are a lot of movies out there I haven’t seen but feel like I should have, or movies that I’ve simply wanted to see and have yet to get…
April 17, 2018
In 2008, Iron Man burst onto the scene and forever changed the movie-going experience. I know it did for me. I was unfamiliar with the comics, but I liked Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man) so I decided to go check it out — twice. Before Iron Man, my previous exposure with superhero movies were the Superman movies with Christopher…
April 16, 2018
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with five-time Stoker Award-winning author Lucy A. Snyder, who has more…
April 14, 2018
Hello and happy weekend! Have you had a good week? Are you working today and tomorrow? (If so, you have my sympathies.) If not, I hope that you have something fun lined up. In between adventures, take a look back at the week that was here at Speculative Chic!