Maya and Ian are joined by returning guest Riley to discuss the genre of New Weird and the tropes associated with it.

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ian and Dylan are joined by Barry (@greatness942) once again to talk about cosmic horror. What is cosmic horror? What inspired it's foundational author, H.P. Lovecraft? Does Steven King's IT count as cosmic horror? These questions and more are debated!

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by Barry (@greatness942) once more to talk about Gothic Fiction, the godfather of much of modern genre fiction. Does this Romantic-period genre still hold up today? What advice do we have for anyone trying to write in this mode? Listen and find out!

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by Barry to talk about the genre of Horror.

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Steamed is back to talk with Maya, Dylan, and Ian about concept of science fiction "hardness". What makes a work of sci-fi "hard", and can this idea be extended to other works within the larger speculative fiction umbrella?

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Maya and Ian are joined once more by Elizabeth to talk about the various "punk" subgenres of sci-fi and speculative fiction: cyberpunk, steampunk, solarpunk, hopepunk... Where does the "punk" come from? What makes these genres "punk" - or not so punk as the case may be?

Check out Elizabeth's music: https://www.youtube.com/@agogobell28

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by returning guest Steamed to talk about the sci-fi subgenre of military sci-fi.

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For our first episode of Science Fiction Month, Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by Cam to talk about sci-fi and speculative fiction. What's the difference? Cam will explain at length!

You can direct your further questions to Cam on tiktok at @hellocameo.

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For our final episode in Fantasy Month, Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by wifld to talk about the trope called "All Myths Are True", and how it's used both well and poorly in the Fantasy genre.

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On our third episode of Fantasy Month, Dyland and Ian are joined by Wolf to talk about Portal Fantasy and Isekai. What's the difference between the two? Is Truck-Kun overhyped? These questions and more!

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