May
15
Timeless Warning: Karel Čapek’s “War With The Newts”
Nearly a century old, Čapek’s satire remains chillingly prophetic
9 min read
science fiction
Apr
16
Liminal Labyrinth
Magic and modernity in Margaret St. Clair's "Sign of the Labrys"
10 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
8 min read
Dec
16
Perverse Playground: Jack L. Chalker’s "Midnight at the Well of Souls"
On writers' fetishes, isekai stories, and transformation
8 min read
Dec
14
An Inescapable Pattern: Octavia E. Butler's "Patternmaster"
On power and the limits of imagination
8 min read