“The Relentless Legion”: J. S. Dewes on learning how to outline Jen talks about the inspirations from music and creating her own way to outline her stories
“The Dissonance”: Shaun Hamill on learning fantasy while writing it Exploring the dark side of the human psyche and a magic system that resonates with that
“Breath of Oblivion”: Maurice Broaddus on world-building from a different perspective Space opera from a foundation set in afrofuturism and improvisation
Telling the History of “The Star Wars Radio Dramas”
“To Be Destroyed”: Banned books documentary debuts on MSNBC
Tosca Lee: Revisiting “Demon” and “Havah”
The 2024 ITW Thriller Awards Winners
“The Downloaded”: Robert J. Sawyer on digital consciousness Exploring the possibilities of encoding consciousness into computers and networks
“Catchpenny”: Charlie Huston blends fantasy with crime noir On mixing criminal activities with supernatural elements to create a new world
“One Last Breath”: Ginny Myers Sain and supernatural murder mysteries Telling a tale inspired by unsolved murders making small towns "famous"
“Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White”: Amélie Wen Zhao talks Chinese myths and magic Blending Chinese folklore and wuxia to build a whole new story world
“Dazzling”: Chikọdịlị Emelụmadụ talks folklore and myths On reinventing Nigerian folklore with fresh takes on fantasy tales
“Good Girls Don’t Die”: Christina Henry on Stories within Stories On taking a different approach to resilient women in horror stories
“A Crown So Cursed”: L. L. McKinney on concluding the Nightmare-Verse The story of the Nightmare-verse has wrapped up, but there's still room for more
