Jan 20, 2026

In the fourth part of this column, Alan and Jordan pick up trying to understand what is happening in the minds of the alt-right, the ambiance of racism in the US, fascism in Fantasy and Horror, the lack of imagination in fascist thinking, and they begin to discuss how to evaluate the fiction you’re reading. 

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Jan 7, 2026

In this episode, Alan and Cat talk to writer Thomas Ha. They discuss the effects of covid on genre, Lit RPG, cozey fiction, writing across genres, Clarkesworld Magazine, Matt Diniman, Brian Evenson, preserving the status quo, writing villains, writing children, killing children in prose, inventing monsters,...

Dec 15, 2025

In the third part of our column about the alt-right and Speculative Fiction fandom, Alan and Jordan break down a number of important concepts needed to understand the alt-right and how they view Speculative Fiction. Concepts include low time preferences, metapolitics, Archeofuturism, Faustianism, and mutant romances....

Dec 5, 2025

In this episode Alan reviews (books linked below):

• Double Edged Sword & Sorcery 1 published by Brackenbury Books 2024
  • The Walls of Shira Yulun by Dariel R.A. Quiogue
  • Waste Flowers by Bryn Hammond

• How to Surf a Hurricane by Todd Medema published by Atmosphere Press 2025

• Vigilance by Allen Stroud published by...

Nov 26, 2025

In this episode, Alan and Diane talk to writer and neuroscientist Arula Ratnakar. They discuss Phillip K. Dick, computational neursocience, hard science fiction, science and math communication, preceptions of reality, the neuroscience of neurodiversity, psychedelics, being neurodiverse in a neurotypical world, AI,...