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Speculation And Christmas

I find it amazing that our world, broken by division and disbelief, still takes from the holiday that superficially celebrates Christ’s birth, the remarkable gifts God gave when He sent “His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh.” · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Even The Best

Everything’s been done before. All the original stories were discovered by Adam and Eve, and the rest of us just experiment with variations on a theme. · Shannon McDermott

What Are Spec-fic Characters Thankful For?

Across genres and galaxies, to kingdoms and spaceships hither and yon, the call went forth, asking the question, “What are you thankful for?” Here are thirty of the more memorable answers. · Zac Totah

Thanksgiving–An American Holiday

One way that Christians writers can introduce themes consistent with a Christian worldview might be to include holidays like Thanksgiving. Or in the case of speculative fiction, invented holidays with a religious underpinning. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Military, Veterans, And Speculative Fiction

In thinking about the military, I had to wonder about the place of the military in speculative stories. Perhaps most famous are the Storm Troopers of Star Wars, but other stories, particularly dystopian fantasy such as Hunger Games, includes a strong military—as part of the side of evil. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Halloween Stories In American Literature

It might be interesting to delve into the various traditions that have cropped up around the holiday over the years—bobbing for apples, carving pumpkins, making candied apples, trick-or-treating, wearing costumes, going to haunted houses, and storytelling. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

A Notable Lack

Holidays, and all the expressions of a whole and genuine religion, offer a wide and rich opportunity to speculative fiction authors. · Shannon McDermott

Independence Day

Happy Fourth of July. Have a safe and sane celebration. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Superhero Who Dies

In the end, Jesus’s death is the greatest superhero death of all. For one thing, it was real. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

A Holiday Party With Spec-Fic Characters

For many of us, the time around Christmas and New Year’s is a time to gather with friends and extended family. A time to throw a huge party and enjoy celebrating. If you’ve done it long enough, experience has shown […] · Zac Totah

Merry Christmas

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us · Rebecca LuElla Miller

A Ghost Story Of Christmas

The ghostly element of A Christmas Carol is powerfully used for the story’s real purpose. · Shannon McDermott

Seeking Peace In A World Of Strife

Conflict is the backbone of any story. Sometimes it involves a desperate quest to save the world. Other times it dives into the murky waters of relationship problems. Even if a story doesn’t contain explosions, high-speed chases, epic battles, or […] · Zac Totah

The True Story That Reads Like Speculative Fiction

It is Christmas, or nearly so, and naturally my focus turns to the Christmas story. The true, Biblical story. I understand that many people in the world look at the accounts recorded in Luke 1 and 2 and Matthew 1 and 2 as myth. And with good reason. Those passages read like speculative fiction. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

What Does Christian Speculative Fiction Do With Jesus?

I’ve read any number of Christian fantasies that include a god figure or perhaps even God Himself. What I don’t recall as easily is a representation of Jesus. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The God Of The Impossible

The Christmas story is both the proof that God can do the impossible and the declaration that the God who is Lord of the impossible accomplishes the miraculous. And speculative fiction expands readers’ thinking so that we can more easily come to grips with this truth. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

When Geeks Give Thanks

For my first post at SpecFaith, I’d like to present a list of things sci-fi and fantasy geeks are thankful for. · Zac Totah

It’s Not The Holiday You Think It Is

A corrupt church and priests interested in lining their own pockets weren’t concerned with trivialities such as what the Bible actually said, so salvation by faith alone was not a concept widely known. The idea of “no distinction [between believers] … but Christ is all and in all” was for all practical purposes unheard of. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Feeling Christmas

What leaches joy from Christmas is sometimes no more complicated than the fact that we have grown used to it. · Shannon McDermott
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