December 28, 2018
It’s so very close to the end of 2018! We are packing away the year, clearing the debris, and preparing for the coming of 2019! May it be an excellent year in all things speculative fiction! We are looking ahead at the year to come, and we cannot help but get excited about what kinds of media will be coming…
October 1, 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 Christopher Krovatin, whose latest book, Frequency, comes out tomorrow,…
September 24, 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 Christina Sng, whose A Collection of Nightmares won the…
August 13, 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 Linnea Hartsuyker, whose latest book, The Sea Queen, comes…
July 11, 2018
“Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar” (2013) Written by: Neil Gaiman Narrated by: Neil Gaiman Genre: Lovecraftian Surrealism Length: 1 hour, 6 minutes Publisher: Harper Audio Why I Chose It: For starting out reading audiobooks, I wanted to start with something by an author I know and love. The premise: “Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar”, a short story from Neil Gaiman’s collection Smoke and Mirrors, follows…
June 19, 2018
There are many tour guides to the map of speculative fiction – that wondrous realm of space, time, and horror, and more than a few writers who function as both guides and gods, creating and leading tour groups. From J.R.R. Tolkien, to Gary K. Wolfe, from C.S. Lewis to Farah Mendlesohn, these (sometimes grizzled and serious, sometimes light and amusing)…
February 26, 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 young adult author Jaime Questell, whose name you may recognize…
February 14, 2018
As you might have noticed, this month is February. And if you’ve been in a store or anywhere in public, you’ve also noticed today is a special day. That special day is Valentine’s Day. For once, I’ve decided not to ignore this holiday and am, in fact, dedicating my post this month to a list of some of my favorite…
February 8, 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…
August 21, 2017
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 and occasional Speculative Chic guest contributor Gina Anderson! What…