Fiction Reflecting Our Fears: Samit Basu on Writing
Samit Basu is an Indian fiction writer who has published several critically acclaimed science fiction and fantasy…
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Category: Nonfiction
The Mister Rogers of Speculative Fiction: Arley Sorg on Editing and Working in the Speculative
Arley Sorg is co-Editor-in-Chief at Fantasy Magazine and a 2022 recipient of Science Fiction and Writers of America’s Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award…
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Layering Ghosts with Suzan Palumbo, Dark Fantasy and Horror Writer
Suzan Palumbo is a Nebula finalist, active member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA)…
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Talking to Sentient Cities: Iori Kusano and Writing
Iori Kusano is a queer Asian American writer, competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! duelist, and Extremely Ordinary Office Gremlin living in Tokyo…
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Dorothy, Representing a New Sound in Publishing
After flipping through another book on my shelf and recognizing the feel and the shape…
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The Avatar and Great Men by Maya Beck
When Avatar: The Last Airbender first aired, I was 17. By that time, I’d seen…
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Afrofuturism, Utopia, and the Prospect of a Better Now by Woody Dismukes
Recently, I was approached by an editor friend of mine to assist with founding a creative writing program…
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Review: The Haunting of Tram Car 015
The Haunting of Tram Car 015, a 2019 novella by American writer P. Djèlí Clark, became a finalist for three awards this year…
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The Thrill of Discovery: Writing Alternate History with Ginn Hale
Ginn Hale is an author with many talents, one of which includes crafting sharp, witty stories in captivating universes…
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Witch-in-Residence: Weird
Witch-in-Residence Issue 8: Weird | 1,036 words With Witch-in-Residence, Speculative City imagines...
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Save Yourself: John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness and the Cinema of the Weird by Victor H. Rodriguez
John Carpenter’s horror movie Prince of Darkness opened in 1987 to mixed reviews, barely breaking even its opening weekend…
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The recent back-to-back murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, George Floyd, and countless other Black individuals bring grief and rage.
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