With David L. Clink and Rachel A. Rosen
The famous introduction to Star Trek lays out the mission of the Starship Enterprise: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go [...]
Do you miss Rachel’s melodious voice between episodes? Check out her guest spot on an entirely different podcast, The Fiction Lab with Katrina Schroeder, talking about the intersection between activism [...]
Anyone who’s ever written fantasy has faced this problem: You have hit the point of conflict in a story where problems can no longer be worked out with witty retorts [...]
Happy Halloween! We’re talking about WITCHES! A staple of fantasy, horror, and Broadway musicals, witches can be anything from a murderous presence in the woods to the friendly neighbourhood Wiccan [...]
Stop trying to make Mars colonization happen. It's not gonna happen. [...]
Suspension of disbelief is a cornerstone of speculative fiction, but as writers and fans, we often find ourselves wondering just how grounded in reality our favourite stories really are. [...]
In this wide-ranging conversation with multitalented author and editor Nick Mamatas, we talk about crushing your joy, corporate greed in the publishing and music production industries, and why the 80s [...]
For 4000 years, The Epic of Gilgamesh has influenced mythology, theology, and literature, and its rediscovery in the 1850s is itself an epic tale of war, theft, and Hobby Lobby. [...]
TRANSCRIPT Break out the cake, balloons, and gigantic bone tentacles, it’s season 2 of Wizards & Spaceships! Rachel has a new book out, Blight, the sequel to her first novel, [...]
Amazing news, space wizards! I am so excited to announce on the very same day as our season 1 finale that our little podcast has been nominated for an Aurora [...]