New fandoms can bring us into exciting desert frontiers, yet also bristle with dangers slithering below the sands.

Halloween can promote good gifts like fall and fandom, yet its decor can also make light of serious death, suffering, or dark magic.

James R. Hannibal rests from military spycraft and dragon-slaying to explore fantastic worlds, Scripture memory, and Christlike figures in fiction.

Christianity Today news editor Daniel Silliman explores why fans loved top Christian fiction, including This Present Darkness, Left Behind, and The Shack.

Some authors brag they want to "wreck you, the reader," yet Christ promises a happy end that redeems all our harms.

That Pale Host ushers us into familiar haunted spaces: personal conflict, trauma versus responsibility, and mental health for Christ's people.

Safe and family-friendly stories may leave out nasty elements about sex and self-worship, but they do pose other risks for Christians

Our world's final end-times trials could include a literal tribulation, Antichrist, even a rapture—and possibly also UFO deceptions.

When terrorists attacked and towers fell, how did Christians engage with nonfiction books and fantastical tales?

Dust and Shadow author Kara Swanson shares the happy thoughts and nobledark struggles behind her Peter Pan retelling.