The sci-fi novel I’m currently working on is coming along slowly but steadily. I’m planning to write a full update on those goals later on this spring, but for now I wanted to talk about picking character names. I find it fairly easy to describe little things like what characters eat for dinner or how… Read More
Category Archives: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Future Trends in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Genres
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When I was growing up, I borrowed as many books from the sci-fi and fantasy genres as I could find at our local library. Occasionally, a relative or a family friend would lend me a title that I hadn’t found elsewhere. Many of these tales were classics that had been published years before I –… Read More
We Should All Have Android Bodies
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You might think I’m joking about this, but I’m not. This is how the last couple of days have been for me. Me: My injured foot is doing better. What a relief. I can’t wait to get back into my normal workout routines again. Body: Ooh, look! A shiny illness. I heard they pair perfectly… Read More
3 Fictional Families I’d Want to Spend Family Day With
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Today is Family Day for those of us who live in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick, or Saskatchewan. Family Day was first observed in 2007 in New Brunswick, and it was created in order to give people a paid day off in February to rest and spend time with their families. Ontario first began… Read More
My Review of The House with a Clock in Its Walls
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Earlier this year, I blogged about my to-watch list of science fiction and fantasy films. Since then, I’ve been periodically reviewing certain films that I enjoyed and thought you all might like, too. Previous instalments in this series include Into the Forest, Annihilation, Coco, Winchester, The Little Stranger, and Astraea. This is a spoiler-free review. The… Read More
Hopeful Science Fiction: Astraea
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Last June I blogged about my desire to read more hopeful science fiction. Since then I’ve talked about Woman on the Edge of Time, The Lovely Bones and Semiosis. Today I’m back with another recommendation for hopeful sci-fi, and this time it’s a film! If you have recommendations for future instalments of this series, I’d sure like to… Read More
Don’t Make a Sound: A Review of A Quiet Place
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Earlier this year, I blogged about my to-watch list of science fiction and fantasy films. Since then, I’ve been periodically reviewing certain films that I enjoyed and thought you all might like, too. Previous instalments in this series include Into the Forest, Annihilation, Coco, Winchester, and The Little Stranger. Content warning: death of a dog and… Read More
What I’m Reading Over the Holidays
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I was originally planning to write about walking meditation today, but I’ve been dealing with a stubborn headache the past few days that’s kept me from doing the research needed to properly put that post together. It’s such a cool concept that I want to make sure I do it right. So we’ll save the… Read More
Echoes of the Past: A Review of The Little Stranger
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Earlier this year, I blogged about my to-watch list of science fiction and fantasy films. Since then, I’ve been periodically reviewing certain films that I enjoyed and thought you all might like, too. Previous instalments in this series include Into the Forest, Annihilation, Coco, and Winchester. This is a spoiler-free review. The Little Stranger is the 2018… Read More
Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry About Winter Holidays
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Readers, we need to talk about the fact that there’s such a thing as science fiction and fantasy poetry that’s written about Christmas and other winter holidays. Seriously, how cool is that? I discovered this niche by googling for something I wished might really exist: Christmas poems written for adults that have a science fiction… Read More
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