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Beneath the skin of the earth – with Nicola Griffith
Welcome to our first episode of 2024. Yes, the title’s a quote from our incredible guest. As a podcast dedicated primarily to speculative fiction, we…
2 years, 8 months ago
Othering and exoticism in fantasy with Eliza Chan
Modern fantasy owes much to J.R.R. Tolkien, including his problematic colonialist views and othering of cultures and races different from his medieva…
2 years, 10 months ago
Community and isolation – with Jennifer Thorne
We love our folk horror. The genre has been growing in popularity these past years, and it’s not hard to see why. Writers take pastoral settings such…
2 years, 11 months ago
Romancing the necromancer – with Alice James
Welcome to our Halloween episode! Romance has always been big business and these days there are plenty of subgenres. Despite its popularity, however,…
3 years ago
The dark half of the year – with Lili Hayward
It’s October, so we’re officially allowed to talk about Christmas. Sure, we’ve got Halloween first, and that’s a celebration we should all be enthusi…
3 years, 1 month ago
The power of language – with Jelena Dunato and Ioanna Papadopoulou
We often take for granted the role language plays in communicating our favourite stories. And here in the west, there exists an unspoken expectation …
3 years, 1 month ago
“Something a little monstrous” – with Isabel Cañas
We’re honoured to have Isabel Cañas join us on the show as she talks us through not only her fabulous new novel, Vampires of El Norte, but also her e…
3 years, 1 month ago
The poison salon – with Rose Biggin
In the preface to Les Fleurs du mal, Baudelaire indicated that boredom is the truest suffering, andthis idea later became central to the fin de siècl…
3 years, 2 months ago
Medical hive minds – with Hiron Ennes
When it comes to science fiction – and particularly dystopian science fiction – doctors are either the saviours of humanity with their invaluable med…
3 years, 2 months ago
Exploring Jewish folklore – with Ariel Kaplan
Folklore and fairy tales can sometimes be inextricably bound up with religion. In the Grimms’ own collection of fairy tales, the Devil turns up and s…
3 years, 3 months ago