Mar 13 An Alternative Cosmos The radical skepticism of Charles Fort's "New Lands" Mar 13, 2023 8 min read
Feb 16 The Lonely Cosmos of J. O. Jeppson's "The Second Experiment" Maybe all stories about space are also stories about loneliness Feb 16, 2023 8 min read
Jan 16 Chess, Sex and Death: Ian Watson's "Queenmagic, Kingmagic" On sacrificial kings and cold wars Jan 16, 2023 8 min read
Dec 16 Perverse Playground: Jack L. Chalker’s "Midnight at the Well of Souls" On writers' fetishes, isekai stories, and transformation Dec 16, 2022 8 min read
Dec 14 An Inescapable Pattern: Octavia E. Butler's "Patternmaster" On power and the limits of imagination Dec 14, 2022 8 min read
Dec 11 The Psychedelic Wizardry of Roger Zelazny’s "The Changing Land" On bibliophilia, van art wizards, and integrity in fiction Dec 11, 2022 7 min read