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Welcome back to Words for Thought. The following five stories all deal with loss and memory, each looking at it from a different angle and each resulting in a powerful...
Words for Thought #3
Welcome back to Words for Thought. The following five stories all deal with loss and memory, each looking at it from a different angle and each resulting in a powerful...
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad tells the story (via an unnamed narrator) of sailor Charles Marlow’s time as captain of an ivory-hauling steamboat along the Congo River. The 1899...
An Exploration of Racism in Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad tells the story (via an unnamed narrator) of sailor Charles Marlow’s time as captain of an ivory-hauling steamboat along the Congo River. The 1899...
I can't be the only Apex reader who loves Regency romances—but in case I am, Regency romances are to Jane Austen what steampunk is to Jules Verne. There are some...
Shiny Boots and Corinthians: Writing Historical Fiction without Cliches
I can't be the only Apex reader who loves Regency romances—but in case I am, Regency romances are to Jane Austen what steampunk is to Jules Verne. There are some...
Horror has always been a part of tabletop RPGs—when you’re fighting zombies, blundering into pit traps, and dodging dragon fire, you can’t help but sense some of your character’s peril....
Cthulhu Apocalypse and the Terrifying Tradition of Horror Role-Playing Games
Horror has always been a part of tabletop RPGs—when you’re fighting zombies, blundering into pit traps, and dodging dragon fire, you can’t help but sense some of your character’s peril....
Caitlín R. Kiernan’s dark fantasy novel The Drowning Girl: A Memoir and Robert W. Chambers’ supernatural story collection The King in Yellow have several themes in common—ancient malign gods, hauntings,...
Unreliable Narrators in Kiernan and Chambers
Caitlín R. Kiernan’s dark fantasy novel The Drowning Girl: A Memoir and Robert W. Chambers’ supernatural story collection The King in Yellow have several themes in common—ancient malign gods, hauntings,...
First thing that comes to mind, when thinking about Spain* is certainly not its tradition of speculative literature. Most people cannot help but just fall into the easy clichés of...
The Invention of Speculative Fiction in Spain
First thing that comes to mind, when thinking about Spain* is certainly not its tradition of speculative literature. Most people cannot help but just fall into the easy clichés of...
Picture this: you’re reading a novel, or a short story, or perhaps watching a movie or television show; you’re being entertained, you’re caught-up in the story, enjoying the heck out...
The Fuzzy Bunny Squad is Standing By….
Picture this: you’re reading a novel, or a short story, or perhaps watching a movie or television show; you’re being entertained, you’re caught-up in the story, enjoying the heck out...