In the past, I’ve done in-depth explorations of Beauty and the Beast and Rapunzel, and many of you expressed interest in similar series examining other…
Month: March 2012
Night of the Living Dead Christian, Day 3: A Review
March 28, 2012Story Overview (back cover copy) What does a transformed life actually look like? In his follow-up to the critically acclaimed Imaginary Jesus, Matt Mikalatos tackles…
At one time, zombies, vampires, and werewolves used to be staples of the horror genre. In more recent years, they’ve begun to turn up in…
Through the Window
March 23, 2012“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed…
Introducing Non-Fantasy Readers to Speculative Fiction
March 21, 2012As a life-long reader of fantasy, most of the genre conventions seem normal to me. Strange names, new languages, different rules of reality, the period…
Smith of Wootton Major: A Beauty that Haunts
March 19, 2012“The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless…
Inspiration from Sleep
March 16, 2012When I was in college, one of my professors shared a story about Benjamin Franklin. It seems that Franklin observed that his times of heightened…
Does Christianity Stifle the Imagination?
March 14, 2012Through the years, speculative writers have created fantastic tales. At the hands of these storytellers, gleaming threads of imagination are woven together to craft visions…
On Writing Contests
March 12, 2012This year, I’m volunteering as the speculative fiction category coordinator for the ACFW Genesis contest, and I’ve enjoyed participating in something I know benefits fellow…
What Makes a Scene Memorable?
March 9, 2012Amid the hundreds of books I’ve read over the years, certain scenes and passages linger in my memory. With little prompting I can bring them…