A way with worlds: 08 – Your Worlds are in Danger! by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
OK, yes, I wanted an impressive title because the actual theme of this column may sound as exciting as clipping your toenails. However, please…
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A way with worlds: 06 – Pyramids of Power by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
“As Brett Strongchin watched the Dark General fall, he knew now the world was safe, the Evil Army would be destroyed, he’d get the…
A way with worlds: 04 – Intelligent life and culture by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
Last time we took a look at getting down the basics of your universe and your settings. Now, we’ll put some people or something…
A way with worlds: 03 – In the beginning . . . there was a lot of planning by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
This time, we look at developing the foundations of your world – the origin and ecology/ecologies that are the basis for what happens in…
A way with worlds: 02 – It is the little things that count by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
Last we looked at why it’s worth creating a solid world for your original work. This time, we’re going to look at what you’ll…
Our Dimensionality by Timothy James Faulkner
Try an experiment with me. On a warm, cloudless day, about sunset, find a nice large open space with grass and lie down on…
A Fiction Ramble by Fletch .J. Bush
“Greetings Readers, Watchers and Players alike. Nice world isn’t it? Nice that some talented people have poured forth their imaginations and their brilliant minds…
Self-Publishing Digs Deep Into Your Pocket: But The Rewards Can Be Gratifying by Marrissa R. Dick
Are you trying to self-publish your work through traditional measures? Do you constantly have publishing companies telling you that your work is not what…
Better Red Than… Green? by Stuart Atkinson
January 2000, and as it shines like a faint red star in the sunset glow, Mars has never been more inspiring or frustrating. In…
A Deep Breath by Stuart Atkinson
An hour after the Polar Lander was due to have sent its long-awaited first signal from the surface of Mars, I couldn’t take the…
Waiting… by Stuart Atkinson
Chances are that I’ll be at work when the newsflash comes. I’ll be standing there at my tank, up to my elbows in water…
Mars in Our Time by Gregory Benford
Back to Mars—again. This season’s two Mars missions have already seen the embarrassing smashup of an orbiter, sent off course by an error mistaking…
How to Spot a Fantasy Lover by Amanda B. Blackburn
Fantasy lovers are a strange breed. Not too many people seem to spend their free time looking at the newest J.R.R. Tolkien calender or…
A Reflection on Tolkien’s World – Gender, Race & Interpreted Political, Economic, Social & Cultural Allegories by Michael Skeparnides
To one that has read JRR Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”, “The Lord of the Rings”, “The Silmarillion” and other affiliate works; the sheer introduction to…
