Hi, gang. ✋ Craig here again. We’re continuing my series dive into the speculative genres. Today we’re tackling Low Fantasy. First of all, let me go on record as hating the name. I know how it happened. High Fantasy received its grant name first, so what should the powers call the other version. (If one … Continue reading Low Fantasy| Story Empire
One of my weirdest (read: creepiest) experiences with my daughter involves a medieval monster. How, you ask? Well, as a months-old baby, she had trouble sleeping. I would take her in my arms and pa…| Story Empire
Hi, gang. ✋ Craig here again. We’re continuing my series dive into the speculative genres. Today we’re going to look at High Fantasy. High Fantasy remains a popular genre, and it has some requireme…| Story Empire
Hi, gang. ✋ Craig here again and I’m contemplating a new series. I’m the guy who writes almost exclusively in the speculative genres of paranormal/supernatural, fantasy, and science fiction. There …| Story Empire
As a published fantasy author, I’ve spent countless hours crafting intricate worlds, designing magic systems, and plotting the rise and fall of empires. But I’m here to tell you a secre…| Story Empire
Not rethinking realism, as in rethinking philosophy’s single, objective reality, hard as rocks and nails. No, I mean rethinking realism in the sense of questioning the elevation of literary realism over the many other forms of fiction. Realism has long been the go-to form in literature for telling a story a certain way. An entire […]| Jim Nelson
See the “Twenty Writers, Twenty Books” home page for more information on this series. A year ago I asked a simple question: Will we finally see Neuromancer on the screen? This turned out to be an example of Betteridge’s Law of Headlines: “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the […]| Jim Nelson
I had a small stroke of luck a few weeks ago and found a handful of Patricia Wentworth titles in a charity shop that included a couple of my personal favourites; it seemed like an opportune time fo…| Noah's Archives