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“Charles Hack’s Into the Darkness summons a close-range science fiction story, focusing on the personal challenges of space warfare among alien cultures with a steady pace and serious tone.”
—Lorehaven on Feb 3, 2023

The Chosen Succeeds Where ‘Woke’ Stories Fail
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Realm Makers Opens Registration to Eleventh Annual Speculative Fiction Writers Conference
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    The Price Of Otherness
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    Top Ten Most Original Speculative Fiction Story Worlds, Part 2
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    Speculative Fiction Writers Guide to War, part 20: Transportation: Beastly Power
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    Speculative Fiction Writers Guide to War, part 17: War Costs: Food per Fighter
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    Speculative Fiction Writer’s Guide to War, Part 9: Perceptual Distortions in Combat
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    Realism And Twenty-first Century Storytelling—A Reprise
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    Memorial Day: Remembering The Soldiers Who Died—A Reprise
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    7 Reasons Why a Silmarillion Movie Is a Terrible Idea
    Zac Totah, Articles on Sep 26, 2017

    Lord Of The Rings In Bullet Points
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    Sacrifice And Speculative Fiction
    Rebecca LuElla Miller, Articles on Apr 10, 2017

    Everyone Needs A Sam Gamgee
    Zac Totah, Articles on Mar 14, 2017

    Sentimentality And Christian Fiction, A Reprise
    Rebecca LuElla Miller, Articles on Feb 27, 2017

    Sci-fi and Fantasy Let Us Explore
    Zac Totah, Articles on Dec 27, 2016

    The Christmas Story: The First Epic Tale
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    Frodo’s Failure—When Doing Your Best Isn’t Enough
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    The Power Of Words
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    Mayhem And Its Meaning, A Reprise
    Rebecca LuElla Miller, Articles on Nov 30, 2015

    Wizards, Witches, and The Bible
    R. L. Copple, Articles on Mar 3, 2015

    Allegory and The Gospel
    R. L. Copple, Articles on Feb 10, 2015

    Five Myths Of Cultural Engagement
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    Fantasy and Christianity
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    Books Versus The Screen
    Rebecca LuElla Miller, Articles on May 13, 2013

    World-building: The Undervalued Element Of Speculative Fiction
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    Idolatry And Reading-Fandom
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    Scary Title Alert: The Discipline Of Reading Fiction
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    Realism And Twenty-first Century Stories
    Rebecca LuElla Miller, Articles on Jan 28, 2013

    The Echoes Of Christmas
    Shannon McDermott, Articles on Dec 28, 2012

    Seeking A Better Country Than Middle Earth
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    Evil And The One Ring To Rule Them All
    Rebecca LuElla Miller, Articles on Oct 29, 2012

    Stories Of Sacrifice
    Rebecca LuElla Miller, Articles on Aug 27, 2012

    Sentimentality And Christian Fiction
    Rebecca LuElla Miller, Articles on Oct 17, 2011

    Good Versus Mediocre
    Rebecca LuElla Miller, Articles on Apr 18, 2011

    Of Hobbits and Heroes
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