Category: fiction
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Benjamin Chandler Interview
Lancelot Schaubert — Hey there Benjamin Chandler. When was the first time you imagined another world or the implications of a new tech? Benjamin Chandler — Oh, I’m sure it was during childhood, setting up plastic dinosaurs in the garden or playing with toy monsters and spaceships. It wasn’t until high school, though, that I tried…
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Andrew Najberg Interview
Lancelot Schaubert — When was the first time you made up a story, Andrew Najberg? Andrew Najberg — Hm. I started writing short stories in 5th grade. To put it nicely, I was a bit…disruptive…in my classes. I’d just been moved to a new city and school from a place I’d been very happy, and…
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FC Shultz Interview
Lancelot Schaubert — When’s the first time you played pretend, FC Shultz? FC Shultz — I don’t remember the first time, but I remember the first time I almost stopped playing pretend. This was the mid-90s and I had an awesome metallic blue power ranger where the head flipped to helmet/no helmet. A few bricks in…
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Anthony Cirilla Interview
A Dialog Between Editor Lancelot Schaubert and Three-Time Contributor to OF GODS AND GLOBES, Dr. Anthony Cirilla : * * * Ed. Lancelot Schaubert: So this Of Gods and Globes series isn’t astrology, or isn’t supposed to be, so what the heck are we doing here — enough for a third volume? Dr. Anthony Cirilla: As…
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T.J. Glenn Interview — Teel James Glenn
Lancelot Schaubert — Thanks for joining us, T.J. Glenn. When was the first time you imagined yourself in a fantasy or pretended you were someone else? T.J. Glenn — Oh, easily when I was 8 or 9 years old, creating stories with my GI Joe action figures etc. LS — Who was your favorite? T.J.…
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Bad Fantasy and the Result
We’ve started the launch of OF GODS AND GLOBES III and today’s first story features a billionaire. Tell me in the comments if you ever had a bad result from a bad fantasy. Chris Edward’s Death in Venus …is the second in the anthology. It’s about a bad fantasy gone wrong. Here’s how it starts:…
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Transitions Between Scenes in a Novel
One of the big things I’ve had to work hard at fixing, both in nonfiction and fiction, is transitions. Treehouses, you see— Wait. Let me explain. Transitions between scenes: the problem. Most transitions when I’m thinking or writing happen internally for me. They happen very quickly and I tend to get frustrated because they take…
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The Things We Carry
The Things We Carry is a novelette set in the Vale Megacosm. The full version is available here for subscribers or the ebook can be purchased here for folks that don’t want a subscription quite yet. A brief sample is available below for all. For mom. And Ashley “There are only two stories: a strange…
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Paul Pelkonen is Star Wars Canon
Remember Paul Pelkonen? The opera critic who was one of my best friends in the neighborhood? The one who had the massive heart attack at 43 and died while I was in Joplin at Creative Arts Academy? He had a huge funeral here in the community? Paul Pelkonen was well respected in the community for years,…
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The Dark Tower by Stephen King — Meaning + Review
So after a long, long time I finally finished The Dark Tower by Stephen King and rather than write a lengthy review, I want to reflect a bit on the meaning of the piece. I’ll say for starters that I really enjoyed watching King stick the landing, a landing I won’t spoil here. What I…
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Charles Beaumont, CS Lewis, Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight, James Blish, and Frederik Pohl ALL Published in the same issue of MFSF
That’s right. Charles Beaumont, CS Lewis, Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight, James Blish, and Frederik Pohl ALL Published in the same issue of MFSF. Volume 10, No. 2: Here it is: Have fun.
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Fantasy Stories + Science Fiction Stories Periodical Archive
Did you know there’s a periodical archive of the entire backlog of fantasy stories and science fiction stories? As I went on the hunt recently for all of the free science fiction and fantasy stories online, I discovered this gem: Check out the Luminist archives in general, their periodical archive, and specifically the archive on…