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How Do Recent Horror Films Explore the ‘Evil Child’ Trope?

Stories about evil children fascinate and repel us. They reflect the truth that youthfulness doesn’t equate to innocence. · Parker J. Cole

Four Replies to ‘Scary’ Questions that Led Searchers to Speculative Faith

“What does God think of scary stories”? “Christian spells”? “Ted Dekker controversy”? “Consequences of Deuteronomy 18:10–12”? · E. Stephen Burnett

Terraform Comics: Changing the Landscape of Comics

Terraform comics seeks to produce high quality stories that are mostly stand-alone and are not limited to superheroes. They treat contributors well and are accepting submissions! · Cindy Koepp

Free (Not) Original Storyworld Ideas, Part 7: Mine the Public Domain (Worlds of Weinbaum)

So maybe you’re interested in a free story idea that ISN’T original–there’s some great opportunities in the public domain. Example, Worlds of Weinbaum… · Travis Perry

The Kingdom: A Fresh Look at Zombies

The Netflix series The Kingdom offers a unique take on the zombie story, one worth talking about! · Travis Perry

“The Black Cat” From The Father Of Horror

Poe’s short story,”The Black Cat,” is in the public domain. This post of it may have been better for October, but I think you’ll like it. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

What is Truly Scary?

At the root of all fear is the desperate unwillingness to lose something precious, the ultimate fear being the fear of losing one’s life or the lives of loved ones. · Mark Carver

How ‘It: Chapter Two’ Defeats Its Devilish Clown

“We must realize that our enemy is just a clown. He’s a loser.” · Daniel Whyte IV

Beatitudes and Woes: A Groundbreaking Anthology

The Beatitudes and Woes anthology uses speculative stories to illustrate well-known statements Jesus made. Perhaps this method will prove to be groundbreaking–used by other anthologies in the future. · Travis Perry

Bird Box: Here’s Lookin’ at You, Kid

Is the only way to survive life’s brutal realities to willfully blind oneself to the truth, as in “Bird Box”? · Mark Carver

The Nature of the Beast

How does the idea of monsters fit into the Christian walk? · Mark Carver

Halloween and the Aesthetic of Evil

“Halloween is all about darkness and ugliness.” But Christians who say this confuse aesthetics with morality. · G. Shane Morris

A Horror Newbie Discovers Dracula

This year I read Bram Stoker’s Dracula for the first time, and here’s what I thought about it. · E. Stephen Burnett

Monsters and the Heroes Who Fight Them

Thriller novelist Randall Allen Dunn: “Heroes who fight monsters will stop at nothing. That’s why I love them.” · Randall Allen Dunn

Christians And Writing Speculative Fiction

I happen to think that the world desperately needs to hear what Christians have to say. The world needs hope and healing from sin, but the truth is there is only false hope in “looking for the power within,” or the “man is good, you just need to show him empathy” approach to life. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Bible as Horror

Novelist Mike Duran: “At its heart, the Greatest Story Ever Told is, in part, a horror story.” · Mike Duran

The Car-Universe Without A Motor, part 8: Multiverse

The multiverse, though fodder for great speculative fiction stories, is based on a desire to explain wild improbabilities seen in the formation of the universe that should lead a person to realize there must be a Creator. · Travis Perry

The Forest for the Trees

There is an eagerness in the human imagination to revere the “spirits of the forest.” · Mark Carver

What’s a Body to Do?

Just how important is an intact body? · Mark Carver
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