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But ‘Game Of Thrones’ Still Has Porn In It

Do we just pretend the TV series doesn’t have live, actual naked porn? Is that how it is? · E. Stephen Burnett

The Bible: R-Rated?

Can the Bible be used to support mature content in Christian fiction? · R. L. Copple

This Is Fiction Freedom

The solution to fiction legalism is not more rules, grittiness, or evangelism. · E. Stephen Burnett

Reading And Standards For It

Maybe the entire reading experience is subjective. Maybe there isn’t an “everyone should read this” book out there. Maybe the best we can do is know ourselves and what’s good for us to read. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Offended

One day, while I was still attending Seminary, one of my professors came in and admitted to doing something heretical. I remember it well, even fifteen years later. · John Otte

Screwtape on Redefining ‘Realism’

“Your patient, properly handled, will have no difficulty in regarding his emotion at the sight of human entrails as a revelation of Reality and his emotion at the sight of happy children or fair weather as mere sentiment.” · E. Stephen Burnett

On The ‘Throne Of Bones’: A Q and A With Vox Day

“A Throne of Bones” epic-fantasy author Vox Day discusses how he’s moved from columns to fiction, controversial novel content, and his criticism (not imitation) of “A Game of Thrones.” · Vox Day

Sex, Violence and Dark Events

I understand that some readers are made very uncomfortable reading “graphic horror and implied sexual abuse,” but does that mean neither can ever be acceptable elements in Christian fiction, regardless of the purpose they might serve in that fiction? Should Christian authors of speculative fiction – or any fiction – refrain from putting “dark and violent things” into their novels as a matter of principle? · Karen Hancock

Dark Is The Stain: Chiaroscuro

Delving into Darkness Welcome to the new series! Church brat points to whoever knows which song “Dark is the Stain” comes from. I decided, in honor of the season, to go with a dark speculation of story. As Brian Godawa’s […] · Kaci Hill

Guest Post – Shiny Writing Tips From Mal Reynolds and Firefly

I love space opera and sci-fi, which means I love Joss Whedon’s short-lived space western series Firefly, and I especially love Malcolm Reynolds. The Mal Reynolds character is what you get if you made a TV series about the adventures […] · Johne Cook

Exploring Doctrine Through Fiction, With Kathy Tyers

Author Kathy Tyers, pioneer in Christian futuristic fiction, discusses how theology informs her storytelling. · Kathy Tyers

Critiquing Critics Of Christian Fiction, Part 1

You’ve likely heard this: “Christians novels aren’t edgy enough. They don’t show what the world is really like. They make everything cleaned-up and black-and-white.” But perhaps we critics should give thought to these questions. · E. Stephen Burnett

Can Christians Write Novels Without Evil?

Our choices are to accept the Bible as the authoritative, infallible, inerrant Word, including its violence, or not. I for one choose the former and think it is high time we quit making excuses for it. · Marc Schooley
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