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When Is Horror Too Much?

Believers of old did not shy away from horror. Hardly! Some of our most loved hymns are based on a premise of what we today consider to be horror. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

3 Reasons We Need to Read About Evil In Stories

Evil’s not a topic we like to face. We want to keep it safely locked away where it can’t cause discomfort. But we need to have it in front of us, to be reminded it exists. Especially in stories. · Zac Totah

Let It Shine

The power of light can turn a walking nightmare into a CGI curiosity. · Mark Carver

On Behalf Of Young Christian Readers Who Don’t Want Clean, Unrealistic Stories

Young Christian readers want fantastical stories that transport us to other lands, where darkness lurks, yes, but where the light ultimately shines bright as a thousand stars. · Zac Totah

Into The Shadows: Why We Should Explore The Dark Side Of Fiction

The presence of the darkness points us to the light and the hope we find outside our miserable, messed up lives. · Zac Totah

You Rang?

The idea of man exerting some control over the spirit realm is very tantalizing and has long held a place in entertainment. · Mark Carver

Some Jokes Are Not Funny

The way I see it, the Joker is a very good allegory for the human soul and psyche stripped of God’s grace. Man’s fallen nature doesn’t just wallow in sin; it runs headlong into sin’s arms · Mark Carver

Shut De Door, Keep Out De Devil…

Back in the day, the demon hordes would be banished by a holy relic or a vague verse from the Bible. Now it seems that the power holding evil at bay is increasingly being named for what it truly is: the power of Jesus Christ. · Mark Carver

A Deal With The Devil

No one ever congratulates themselves on making a deal with the devil. They always regret it in the end. · Mark Carver

Finding Hope In A Hopeless World

One theme runs through almost every epic tale. The fragile hope that the hero will conquer in the face of what seem to be insurmountable odds. Hope. A small yet profound word. It’s an idea that recurs time and again […] · Zac Totah

No Rest For The Weary

Nothing offers us the sanctuary we thought it would when we first laid eyes on it. But we keep looking, and we know that we cannot stop or we will perish. · Mark Carver

Do You Even Goth, Bro?

You can’t simply inject a graveyard or crumbling cathedral into a novel and declare it to be Gothic. The idea of Gothic isn’t paint-by-numbers or a recipe for the macabre. · Mark Carver

Who Ya Gonna Call?

There is a noticeable contrast in Van Helsing’s methods and beliefs compared to more recent hunters. · Mark Carver

Eat Right and Exorcise

What if a Christian author took that bold step and blended the obscene with the holy (and wrote an awesome story too)? What would be people’s reactions? · Mark Carver

Horror Has A Face

Personally, I have found that horror I can relate to is often far more terrifying than anything my imagination can cook up. · Mark Carver

Hope And Hopelessness In Speculative Fiction

When the imagination is separated from spiritual reality, it seems to stall on the bleak and the horrible. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Realism and The Christian Artist

What makes the work Christian is not the bad that happens, but the good that comes out of it. · C. E. Laureano

Behold His Mighty Sword Of Wrath and Vengeance!

It is quite a terrifying idea to be chosen by God as His avenging angel on Earth, and it’s even more terrifying to be chosen by God for annihilation. · Mark Carver

Here There Be Monsters…

Human nature wants to worship something big. King Kong was worshiped by the island natives, volcanoes and mountains have become gods, and dragons rule the realms of fantasy. The gods that are worshiped by the various religions of the world are massive and powerful. · Mark Carver
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