October 11, 2019
Greetings, faithful servants! Slip into that trusty white lab coat; wash those hands before sliding on your latex gloves; and don’t forget the proper eyewear! Get ready for a jolt to your electrodes as we mash some monsters for this month’s Roundtable! We’ve invited Speculative Chic contributors to share our favorite beastly horrors with you. From sexy to scary, bad…
October 4, 2019
Day 4 of our ongoing October horror movie series here at Speculative Chic — and it’s time to enter werewolf country. (Where wolf? There wolf! Sorry. We may veer into Young Frankenstein territory later this month.) More chitchat, film discussion, book recs, and cocktail ideas from Sandra Kasturi and Gemma Files! Welcome to The Kasturi/Files!
April 1, 2019
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 Richard A. Knaak, whose next book, Black City Dragon, was released…
January 22, 2019
Pyschologists in science fiction or fantasy are kind of a rare character type. Professor X, Nancy Thompson, and Counselor Deanna Troi are great examples. It makes sense that Professor X would be a psychology professional, but to discuss his exploits would take pages that I don’t have here (so go here and here). And as a kid watching TNG who…