Today’s guest post is from the wonderful Dylan Callens, author of Operation Cosmic Teapot and Interpretation. If you missed it, check out our Featured Friday interview with Dylan last week! AI is Alive There is no doubt that the technological singularity is approaching. That moment, when a single computer is far smarter than all of humanity combined, will be here
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Today we welcome back Ste Sharp as our guest poster as he ruminates on the world of crowd funded publishing. A Journey into the Grey Zone In the time it will take you to read this, thirteen* authors across the world will type ‘THE END’ or ‘FIN’ as they complete their pride and joy novel. Three seconds later, as the
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by Caleb Sica While browsing the depths of the genres science fiction and fantasy I came across a particular inhabitant that was quite intriguing—Slipstream. An unorthodox category, Slipstream’s embodiment of its identity derives from the virtue of its vagueness. Made recently popular to those previously unaware by a Wall Street Journal Article, (which I cannot read due to my lack
Read moreby Meera Nair When an act of bravado lands Augustus and Maxwell Potts into a war between two realms, they hadn’t realized how fast their normal lives would spiral out of reach. They begin to be hounded by monstrosities from Hell. Add to that Andras, a seemingly invincible evil incarnate, who is bent on making puppets out of Gus and
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Princes, fairies, wizards, demons—Liefdom brings you into a world where the lands of men, the fae, and Hell clash in an epic story about love, darkness, violence, and destiny. The day the prince is born in a scene of blood and pain, the first warrior fairy in centuries is born outside of Liefdom, the fairy capital. Shunned by his city,
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by Sam Honour Have you ever had the feeling, when you’ve reached the end of a book or film, when you say “man, I want to know what happens next” except you can’t and never will? Book’s over, roll credits, shop’s closed. Wouldn’t it be amazing if there was a way that you could continue on the adventure with the
Read moreby DA Johnson It was April 17th, 2011, when HBO debuted an epic- fantasy series based on George R. R. Martins books “A Song of Ice and Fire”, nobody was prepared for the impact that the series would have on the premium networks, cable TV, and the fantasy genre. Known as Game of Thrones, the epic story is nearing its
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Escape From Eden… A sequel to a book that I couldn’t be bothered to look up, due to the disappointment and anger this one caused in me. I hated every second of it, and on multiple occasions I wished to burn the book, but it was on my phone, so you know… Another drawn-out, chewed-up idea about a strong woman
Read morePete: This article was written by Tedel, a Peruvian writer who is the author of a cultural project called Heptagrama. I’m very glad to be able to share what I learnt with you. My story as a writer began when I was fourteen years old. I was perhaps too young to produce something worth publishing then, but still, I was
Read moreby Sam Honour In 1949, George Orwell gave the world a nightmarish vision of a dystopian future in his novel, 1984. The story of Winston Smith, an Outer Party member working for the Ministry of Truth, served as a stark warning about government endorsed manipulation and control by the privileged elite. While the year itself passed without a sign of
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