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Vampires Don't Have to Be Horrible
How Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos (1992) subverted the bloodsucking genre
Feb 20
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Alec Worley
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Vampires Don't Have to Be Horrible
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Fantastic Beasts and How to Write Them
Some Jurassic examples of great monster-writing
Jan 28
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Alec Worley
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Fantastic Beasts and How to Write Them
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Make Camelot Weird Again
How David Lowery's The Green Knight (2021) brings strange new meaning to an antique fantasy text. And, yes, it’s a Christmas movie. Fight me.
Dec 13, 2024
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Alec Worley
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Make Camelot Weird Again
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The Furry Folk Horror of Watership Down (1978)
How the animated adaptation of Richard Adams’s novel terrified a generation and builds a non-human epic fantasy that casts a dark and enthralling spell
Nov 11, 2024
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Alec Worley
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The Furry Folk Horror of Watership Down (1978)
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What Hawk the Slayer Got Right
Defending a sword and sorcery kinda-classic
Oct 25, 2024
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Alec Worley
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What Hawk the Slayer Got Right
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Lessons From Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin’s 'A Wizard of Earthsea' may be a classic, but does anyone still care? Writers and creators of fantasy, neglect this book at your…
Jul 24, 2024
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Alec Worley
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Lessons From Earthsea
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Evolve or Die: Is this the End for Sword and Sorcery?
Can the genre ever move on from Robert E. Howard's Conan? How can writers possibly innovate within this narrow fantasy subgenre? Is the sword and…
Jun 5, 2024
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Alec Worley
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Evolve or Die: Is this the End for Sword and Sorcery?
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Old Sorcery, New Edge: Q&A with Molly Tanzer
The award-winning author of 'The Diabolist's Library' trilogy on her route to writing, taming research and penning the official resurrection of Jirel of…
Feb 12, 2024
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Alec Worley
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Old Sorcery, New Edge: Q&A with Molly Tanzer
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Over By Christmas (a short story)
A Weird winter's tale of lost time, lost hearts, and a devil's bargain - published here for the first time anywhere (30-minute read)
Dec 21, 2023
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Over By Christmas (a short story)
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How We Built Black Beth
Resurrecting a British sword and sorcery heroine and what it takes to write a character 'well'
Nov 6, 2023
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Alec Worley
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How We Built Black Beth
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How 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves' Rolls a 20 for Storytelling
A milestone in fantasy cinema that illustrates exactly why writing about magic requires a true sorcerer’s touch (contains very mild spoilers)
Apr 5, 2023
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Alec Worley
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How 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves' Rolls a 20 for Storytelling
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Postcards from the Edge of Somewhere: An Interview with Fantasy Author John French
The award-winning author, scriptwriter and games designer talks craft, getting published and staying focused, as well as revealing his new creator-owned…
Mar 22, 2023
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Alec Worley
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