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things nerdy and a Dungeon Master for my own Dungeons & Dragons group, I’ve spent countless hours weaving intricate worlds, devising devious plots, and watching as my players gleefully derailed them. For me, tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) are more than just a pastime. They’re a way of life, a source of endless creativity, and, as it turns out, the perfect training ground for writing <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/01/sophie-haeder-guest-post-from-dice-to-pen-how-tabletop-roleplaying-games-are-fuelling-a-new-wave-of-fantasy-writing/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Sophie Haeder Guest Post–“From Dice to Pen: How Tabletop Roleplaying Games Are Fuelling a New Wave of Fantasy Writing”" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/01/sophie-haeder-guest-post-from-dice-to-pen-how-tabletop-roleplaying-games-are-fuelling-a-new-wave-of-fantasy-writing/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-151594" class="archive-layout-two post-151594 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/08/roshani-chokshi-and-niv-sekar-guest-post/" title="Roshani Chokshi and Niv Sekar Guest Post"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Roshani-Chokshi-Credit-Aman-Sharma-copy-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Roshani-Chokshi-Credit-Aman-Sharma-copy-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Roshani-Chokshi-Credit-Aman-Sharma-copy-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/08/roshani-chokshi-and-niv-sekar-guest-post/" title="Roshani Chokshi and Niv Sekar Guest Post">Roshani Chokshi and Niv Sekar Guest Post</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/08/roshani-chokshi-and-niv-sekar-guest-post/" title="2:28 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-27T14:28:35-07:00">August 27, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-23T14:40:59-07:00">October 23, 2024</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/08/roshani-chokshi-and-niv-sekar-guest-post/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>Niv:</strong> Let’s lay some groundwork, some worldbuilding, if we can borrow the term—we’ve been friends for over twenty years. I have a distinct memory of you at a party with a glittery spell book trying to convince me to help you cast a spell, much to my mother’s horror. We grew up together in overlap: neighborhood, high school, Indian parties. And yet we haven’t lived in the same state since <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/08/roshani-chokshi-and-niv-sekar-guest-post/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Roshani Chokshi and Niv Sekar Guest Post" href="https://locusmag.com/2024/08/roshani-chokshi-and-niv-sekar-guest-post/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-145609" class="archive-layout-two post-145609 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/01/a-y-chao-guest-post-sparking-joy/" title="A. Y. 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Chao Guest Post–“Sparking Joy”" href="https://locusmag.com/2024/01/a-y-chao-guest-post-sparking-joy/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-144837" class="archive-layout-two post-144837 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable category-uncategorized" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/11/ness-brown-guest-post/" title="Ness Brown Guest Post"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ness_Brown_Author_Photo-200x300.jpeg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ness_Brown_Author_Photo-200x300.jpeg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ness_Brown_Author_Photo-60x90.jpeg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/uncategorized/" style="background:#7c7c7c" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/11/ness-brown-guest-post/" title="Ness Brown Guest Post">Ness Brown Guest Post</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/11/ness-brown-guest-post/" title="12:51 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-11-20T12:51:36-08:00">November 20, 2023</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-11-20T12:52:03-08:00">November 20, 2023</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/11/ness-brown-guest-post/#comments"><i class="fa fa-comments"></i> 2 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>For most of human history, on clear nights our species could marvel at an untarnished view of nearly 3,000 stars. This view, shared by civilizations around the globe, was a wellspring of awe and speculation out of which flowed diverse myths and philosophies. Countless cultures have long traditions that connect stargazing with storytelling. </p> <p>In the centuries-old <strong>Tale of the Bamboo Cutter</strong>, Princess Kaguya is a native of the Moon. <a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/11/ness-brown-guest-post/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Ness Brown Guest Post" href="https://locusmag.com/2023/11/ness-brown-guest-post/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-142956" class="archive-layout-two post-142956 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/08/vanessa-len-guest-post-goosebumps-and-paradigm-shifts/" title="Vanessa Len Guest Post–“Goosebumps and Paradigm Shifts”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/LenVanessa-C-C.S.-Pacat-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/LenVanessa-C-C.S.-Pacat-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/LenVanessa-C-C.S.-Pacat-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/08/vanessa-len-guest-post-goosebumps-and-paradigm-shifts/" title="Vanessa Len Guest Post–“Goosebumps and Paradigm Shifts”">Vanessa Len Guest Post–“Goosebumps and Paradigm Shifts”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/08/vanessa-len-guest-post-goosebumps-and-paradigm-shifts/" title="7:11 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-08-29T19:11:41-07:00">August 29, 2023</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/08/vanessa-len-guest-post-goosebumps-and-paradigm-shifts/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>Note</strong>: This piece includes spoilers for <strong>The Sixth Sense</strong>, <strong>After Earth</strong>, <strong>The Usual Suspects</strong> and <strong>A Game of Thrones</strong>.</p> <p>I love far future science fiction and survival horror and, a few years ago, I saw a movie trailer that seemed like it could be my kind of thing—Will Smith and his son crash-land on a mystery planet and have to survive its CGI perils. As the <a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/08/vanessa-len-guest-post-goosebumps-and-paradigm-shifts/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Vanessa Len Guest Post–“Goosebumps and Paradigm Shifts”" href="https://locusmag.com/2023/08/vanessa-len-guest-post-goosebumps-and-paradigm-shifts/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-140879" class="archive-layout-two post-140879 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/06/pim-wangtechawat-guest-post-time-travel/" title="Pim Wangtechawat Guest Post–“Time Travel”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Pim-Wangtechawat-Author-Photo-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Pim-Wangtechawat-Author-Photo-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Pim-Wangtechawat-Author-Photo-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/06/pim-wangtechawat-guest-post-time-travel/" title="Pim Wangtechawat Guest Post–“Time Travel”">Pim Wangtechawat Guest Post–“Time Travel”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/06/pim-wangtechawat-guest-post-time-travel/" title="10:16 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-06-05T22:16:10-07:00">June 5, 2023</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/06/pim-wangtechawat-guest-post-time-travel/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>It was a few months before Covid hit when the question first came to me: What would happen if one were to become addicted to travelling back in time?</p> <p>I was living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and recently embarked on a Creative Writing master’s degree course. I was in a strange, reflective period in my life. I found myself constantly dissecting various aspects of who I was and pondering where they’d <a href="https://locusmag.com/2023/06/pim-wangtechawat-guest-post-time-travel/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Pim Wangtechawat Guest Post–“Time Travel”" href="https://locusmag.com/2023/06/pim-wangtechawat-guest-post-time-travel/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-136478" class="archive-layout-two post-136478 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-features category-roundtable category-support-what-we-do" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/12/there-has-always-been-locus-by-christopher-j-garcia/" title="There Has Always Been Locus by Christopher J Garcia"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/locus13-200x300.png" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/locus13-200x300.png 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/locus13-60x90.png 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/" style="background:#bf6031" rel="category tag">Features</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/support-what-we-do/" style="background:#005938" rel="category tag">Support What We Do</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/12/there-has-always-been-locus-by-christopher-j-garcia/" title="There Has Always Been Locus by Christopher J Garcia">There Has Always Been <i>Locus</i> by Christopher J Garcia</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/12/there-has-always-been-locus-by-christopher-j-garcia/" title="2:29 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-12-09T14:29:06-08:00">December 9, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-12-09T14:48:40-08:00">December 9, 2022</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/12/there-has-always-been-locus-by-christopher-j-garcia/#comments"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 1 Comment</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>There has never been a time when I didn’t know Locus.</strong></p> <p>When I was a kid, I liked to color. In everything. If I wasn’t melting my crayons, I was coloring in a coloring book, or on a tablecloth, or in a book, or on the inside walls of the linen closet. I loved coloring, and my dad, bless him, had a stack of these printed things that had cartoons. <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/12/there-has-always-been-locus-by-christopher-j-garcia/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="There Has Always Been <i>Locus</i> by Christopher J Garcia" href="https://locusmag.com/2022/12/there-has-always-been-locus-by-christopher-j-garcia/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-133103" class="archive-layout-two post-133103 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/nia-davenport-guest-post-finding-belonging-and-home-when-youre-a-minority-in-a-country-that-doesnt-love-you/" title="Nia Davenport Guest Post–“Finding Belonging and Home When You’re a Minority In a Country That Doesn’t Love You”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/N.-E.-Davenport-author-photo-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/N.-E.-Davenport-author-photo-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/N.-E.-Davenport-author-photo-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/N.-E.-Davenport-author-photo-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/N.-E.-Davenport-author-photo-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/N.-E.-Davenport-author-photo-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/N.-E.-Davenport-author-photo-60x90.jpg 60w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/N.-E.-Davenport-author-photo-scaled.jpg 1707w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/nia-davenport-guest-post-finding-belonging-and-home-when-youre-a-minority-in-a-country-that-doesnt-love-you/" title="Nia Davenport Guest Post–“Finding Belonging and Home When You’re a Minority In a Country That Doesn’t Love You”">Nia Davenport Guest Post–“Finding Belonging and Home When You’re a Minority In a Country That Doesn’t Love You”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/nia-davenport-guest-post-finding-belonging-and-home-when-youre-a-minority-in-a-country-that-doesnt-love-you/" title="10:19 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-07-05T22:19:16-07:00">July 5, 2022</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/nia-davenport-guest-post-finding-belonging-and-home-when-youre-a-minority-in-a-country-that-doesnt-love-you/#comments"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 1 Comment</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Arguably, all science fiction/fantasy works serve as a mirror to reality in some fashion. <strong>The Blood Trials</strong> is no different. When I wrote the novel, I sat down with the explicit intention of creating a world that perpetuated the worst aspects of Anti-Blackness, so that I could have a conversation on-page about the most pervasive and insidious bigotries that run deep in American society. It’s a conversation that I invite <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/nia-davenport-guest-post-finding-belonging-and-home-when-youre-a-minority-in-a-country-that-doesnt-love-you/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Nia Davenport Guest Post–“Finding Belonging and Home When You’re a Minority In a Country That Doesn’t Love You”" href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/nia-davenport-guest-post-finding-belonging-and-home-when-youre-a-minority-in-a-country-that-doesnt-love-you/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-133097" class="archive-layout-two post-133097 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/veronica-g-henry-guest-post-getting-in-where-i-fit-in/" title="Veronica G. Henry Guest Post–“Getting In Where I Fit In”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ronnie_TW-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ronnie_TW-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ronnie_TW-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/veronica-g-henry-guest-post-getting-in-where-i-fit-in/" title="Veronica G. Henry Guest Post–“Getting In Where I Fit In”">Veronica G. Henry Guest Post–“Getting In Where I Fit In”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/veronica-g-henry-guest-post-getting-in-where-i-fit-in/" title="9:16 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-07-05T21:16:51-07:00">July 5, 2022</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/veronica-g-henry-guest-post-getting-in-where-i-fit-in/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Thoughts on writing genre-bending novels and the potential to be shunned by both communities</strong></p> <p>Expectations. Readers, publishers, the entire literary canon–everyone’s got expectations. What in their minds are tried and true conclusions drawn from decades of statistics and industry experience. Data that categorizes works of fiction according to things like age group, target audiences, and genre.</p> <p>There are as many definitions of genre floating around as there are opinions about <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/veronica-g-henry-guest-post-getting-in-where-i-fit-in/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Veronica G. Henry Guest Post–“Getting In Where I Fit In”" href="https://locusmag.com/2022/07/veronica-g-henry-guest-post-getting-in-where-i-fit-in/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-131115" class="archive-layout-two post-131115 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-features category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/04/spotlight-on-rebecca-roanhorse-author-of-fevered-star/" title="Spotlight on: Rebecca Roanhorse"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/84607-FeveredStar-LocusMag-800x400-1-200x300-1650403407.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/84607-FeveredStar-LocusMag-800x400-1-200x300-1650403407.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/84607-FeveredStar-LocusMag-800x400-1-60x90-1650403407.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/" style="background:#bf6031" rel="category tag">Features</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/04/spotlight-on-rebecca-roanhorse-author-of-fevered-star/" title="Spotlight on: Rebecca Roanhorse">Spotlight on: Rebecca Roanhorse</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/04/spotlight-on-rebecca-roanhorse-author-of-fevered-star/" title="12:47 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-04-19T12:47:17-07:00">April 19, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-04-26T09:20:59-07:00">April 26, 2022</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/04/spotlight-on-rebecca-roanhorse-author-of-fevered-star/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p></p> <p> </p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>Rebecca Roanhorse is the New York Times bestselling author of <strong>Trail of Lightning</strong>, <strong>Storm of Locusts</strong>, <strong>Black Sun</strong>, and <strong>Star Wars: Resistance Reborn</strong>. She has won the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards for her fiction, and was the recipient of the 2018 Astounding Award for Best New Writer. The next book in her Between Earth and Sky series, <strong>Fevered Star</strong>, is out in April <a href="https://locusmag.com/2022/04/spotlight-on-rebecca-roanhorse-author-of-fevered-star/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Spotlight on: Rebecca Roanhorse" href="https://locusmag.com/2022/04/spotlight-on-rebecca-roanhorse-author-of-fevered-star/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-126828" class="archive-layout-two post-126828 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/11/fonda-lee-guest-post-we-cant-all-be-optimus-prime-portraying-organizational-leadership-in-fiction/" title="Fonda Lee Guest Post–“We Can’t All Be Optimus Prime: Portraying Organizational Leadership in Fiction”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fonda-Lee-author-photo-credit-Elena-Rose-photography-200x300.jpeg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fonda-Lee-author-photo-credit-Elena-Rose-photography-200x300.jpeg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fonda-Lee-author-photo-credit-Elena-Rose-photography-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fonda-Lee-author-photo-credit-Elena-Rose-photography-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fonda-Lee-author-photo-credit-Elena-Rose-photography-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fonda-Lee-author-photo-credit-Elena-Rose-photography-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fonda-Lee-author-photo-credit-Elena-Rose-photography-60x90.jpeg 60w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fonda-Lee-author-photo-credit-Elena-Rose-photography-scaled.jpeg 1707w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/11/fonda-lee-guest-post-we-cant-all-be-optimus-prime-portraying-organizational-leadership-in-fiction/" title="Fonda Lee Guest Post–“We Can’t All Be Optimus Prime: Portraying Organizational Leadership in Fiction”">Fonda Lee Guest Post–“We Can’t All Be Optimus Prime: Portraying Organizational Leadership in Fiction”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/11/fonda-lee-guest-post-we-cant-all-be-optimus-prime-portraying-organizational-leadership-in-fiction/" title="7:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-11-30T07:00:00-08:00">November 30, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-10-24T12:02:36-07:00">October 24, 2021</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/11/fonda-lee-guest-post-we-cant-all-be-optimus-prime-portraying-organizational-leadership-in-fiction/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Who’s the best fictional leader? </p> <p>Optimus Prime? Jean-Luc Picard? Captain America? </p> <p>I’m willing to wager that all three of those iconic characters would be among the most popular contenders if the question were asked in a general poll, and for understandable reasons. When I was ten years old, sitting in front of a television set on a Saturday morning, Peter Cullen’s voice as Optimus Prime ordering, “Autobots, roll out!” made <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/11/fonda-lee-guest-post-we-cant-all-be-optimus-prime-portraying-organizational-leadership-in-fiction/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Fonda Lee Guest Post–“We Can’t All Be Optimus Prime: Portraying Organizational Leadership in Fiction”" href="https://locusmag.com/2021/11/fonda-lee-guest-post-we-cant-all-be-optimus-prime-portraying-organizational-leadership-in-fiction/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-125844" class="archive-layout-two post-125844 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/09/jennifer-marie-brissett-guest-post-time-as-a-technology/" title="Jennifer Marie Brissett Guest Post–“Time As A Technology”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_8763_headshot_sm-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_8763_headshot_sm-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_8763_headshot_sm-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/09/jennifer-marie-brissett-guest-post-time-as-a-technology/" title="Jennifer Marie Brissett Guest Post–“Time As A Technology”">Jennifer Marie Brissett Guest Post–“Time As A Technology”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/09/jennifer-marie-brissett-guest-post-time-as-a-technology/" title="9:55 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-09-13T21:55:41-07:00">September 13, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-09-13T21:59:32-07:00">September 13, 2021</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/09/jennifer-marie-brissett-guest-post-time-as-a-technology/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>My novels have been characterized as being “Afrofuturistic,” but to be honest I never thought of the subgenre while writing them. When I write I generally don’t think of any subgenre before I sit down to create the work. My thinking when writing is usually concentrated more on story and narrative construction, not on the genre. Mostly all that is happening is that I have a story to tell, I <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/09/jennifer-marie-brissett-guest-post-time-as-a-technology/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Jennifer Marie Brissett Guest Post–“Time As A Technology”" href="https://locusmag.com/2021/09/jennifer-marie-brissett-guest-post-time-as-a-technology/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-123098" class="archive-layout-two post-123098 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/04/amanda-bridgeman-guest-post-the-freedom-of-embracing-your-voice/" title="Amanda Bridgeman Guest Post–“The Freedom of Embracing Your Voice”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AmandaBridgeman-200x300.png" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AmandaBridgeman-200x300.png 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AmandaBridgeman-60x90.png 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/04/amanda-bridgeman-guest-post-the-freedom-of-embracing-your-voice/" title="Amanda Bridgeman Guest Post–“The Freedom of Embracing Your Voice”">Amanda Bridgeman Guest Post–“The Freedom of Embracing Your Voice”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/04/amanda-bridgeman-guest-post-the-freedom-of-embracing-your-voice/" title="10:10 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-04-12T22:10:33-07:00">April 12, 2021</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/04/amanda-bridgeman-guest-post-the-freedom-of-embracing-your-voice/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>“Nice try, but she should go read Tom Clancy to see how it’s done.”</p> <p>That was a review on my first novel, <strong>Aurora: Darwin</strong>. I remember being a little stumped by this at the time because I hadn’t been trying to emulate Tom Clancy at all. I’ve never actually read any of his books, and as far as I’m aware he doesn’t write science fiction…. Perhaps it was the <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/04/amanda-bridgeman-guest-post-the-freedom-of-embracing-your-voice/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Amanda Bridgeman Guest Post–“The Freedom of Embracing Your Voice”" href="https://locusmag.com/2021/04/amanda-bridgeman-guest-post-the-freedom-of-embracing-your-voice/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-122343" class="archive-layout-two post-122343 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/03/e-lily-yu-guest-post-against-authentic/" title="E. Lily Yu Guest Post–“Against Authentic”">E. Lily Yu Guest Post–“Against Authentic”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/03/e-lily-yu-guest-post-against-authentic/" title="8:08 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-03-05T20:08:53-08:00">March 5, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-04-29T13:38:33-07:00">April 29, 2022</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/03/e-lily-yu-guest-post-against-authentic/#comments"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 1 Comment</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Authenticity as a lived principle—that is, the choice to become more truly and deeply oneself, whatever the cost—is as necessary as soil and rain. Without it, we wither. We put forth poisoned gourds. But if we speak truth, walk in truth, and cultivate truth, like strawberry plants, around us, we can offer what we’ve grown to others when they come with honest hunger to our door. In this slow way, <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/03/e-lily-yu-guest-post-against-authentic/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="E. Lily Yu Guest Post–“Against Authentic”" href="https://locusmag.com/2021/03/e-lily-yu-guest-post-against-authentic/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-122083" class="archive-layout-two post-122083 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/andy-duncan-guest-post-james-gunn/" title="Andy Duncan Guest Post–“James Gunn”"><img width="200" height="256" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Issue11_Duncan_200x256-200x256.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/andy-duncan-guest-post-james-gunn/" title="Andy Duncan Guest Post–“James Gunn”">Andy Duncan Guest Post–“James Gunn”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/andy-duncan-guest-post-james-gunn/" title="3:28 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-02-24T15:28:18-08:00">February 24, 2021</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/andy-duncan-guest-post-james-gunn/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>James Gunn was—indeed, still is—one of my heroes. While I didn’t meet him until 2002, when I first went to Lawrence for the Sturgeon Award ceremony, I already admired his writing, both fiction and non-fiction, and had benefited greatly from his expansive, benevolent influence on science fiction as critic, anthologist, conference organizer and educator.</p> <p>Sitting rapt in Jim’s KU office as he talked about the field he loved, I realized <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/andy-duncan-guest-post-james-gunn/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Andy Duncan Guest Post–“James Gunn”" href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/andy-duncan-guest-post-james-gunn/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-121813" class="archive-layout-two post-121813 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/chris-mckitterick-guest-post-goodbye-dad/" title="Chris McKitterick Guest Post–“Goodbye Dad”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/gunn-200x300-1519854122.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/gunn-200x300-1519854122.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/gunn-60x90-1519854122.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/chris-mckitterick-guest-post-goodbye-dad/" title="Chris McKitterick Guest Post–“Goodbye Dad”">Chris McKitterick Guest Post–“Goodbye Dad”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/chris-mckitterick-guest-post-goodbye-dad/" title="1:39 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-02-12T13:39:33-08:00">February 12, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-02-12T13:40:42-08:00">February 12, 2021</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/chris-mckitterick-guest-post-goodbye-dad/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Around 11 a.m. on December 23, 2020, James Edwin Gunn died. He’s survived by his son, Kevin, and his cat, Annie—and by the many for whom he was ‘‘Science Fiction’s Dad.’’</p> <p>Deepest condolences to all who cared about Jim, whose lives he touched and careers he influenced. This amounts to almost everyone in our field today, whether or not they’re aware of his intellectual parentage.</p> <p>Career highlights: In 2007, SFWA <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/chris-mckitterick-guest-post-goodbye-dad/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Chris McKitterick Guest Post–“Goodbye Dad”" href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/chris-mckitterick-guest-post-goodbye-dad/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-121038" class="archive-layout-two post-121038 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/jaroslav-veis-guest-post-robot-the-most-famous-czech-celebrates-100-years/" title="Jaroslav Veis Guest Post–“Robot, the Most Famous Czech, Celebrates 100 Years”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/veis-foto09-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/veis-foto09-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/veis-foto09-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/jaroslav-veis-guest-post-robot-the-most-famous-czech-celebrates-100-years/" title="Jaroslav Veis Guest Post–“Robot, the Most Famous Czech, Celebrates 100 Years”">Jaroslav Veis Guest Post–“Robot, the Most Famous Czech, Celebrates 100 Years”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/jaroslav-veis-guest-post-robot-the-most-famous-czech-celebrates-100-years/" title="9:56 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-02-02T21:56:07-08:00">February 2, 2021</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/jaroslav-veis-guest-post-robot-the-most-famous-czech-celebrates-100-years/#comments"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 1 Comment</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>About a hundred years ago, in the village of Petrovichi near the Russian-Belarusian border, a baby was born in the Jewish family of Azimovs. The parents named their son Isaac. The exact date of his birth is unknown; it was sometime between October 1919 and early 1920. Nevertheless, the family, which arrived on RMS Baltic from the newborn Soviet Russia to New York on February 3, 1923, gave as the <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/jaroslav-veis-guest-post-robot-the-most-famous-czech-celebrates-100-years/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Jaroslav Veis Guest Post–“Robot, the Most Famous Czech, Celebrates 100 Years”" href="https://locusmag.com/2021/02/jaroslav-veis-guest-post-robot-the-most-famous-czech-celebrates-100-years/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-121304" class="archive-layout-two post-121304 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/01/mike-chen-guest-post-like-a-friend/" title="Mike Chen Guest Post–“Like A Friend”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Mike-Chen_Credit-Amanda-Chen-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Mike-Chen_Credit-Amanda-Chen-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Mike-Chen_Credit-Amanda-Chen-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/01/mike-chen-guest-post-like-a-friend/" title="Mike Chen Guest Post–“Like A Friend”">Mike Chen Guest Post–“Like A Friend”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/01/mike-chen-guest-post-like-a-friend/" title="9:55 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-01-25T21:55:06-08:00">January 25, 2021</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/01/mike-chen-guest-post-like-a-friend/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>“They’re friends.”</p> <p>In so many of our modern stories, saying the above phrase almost feels like an insult. It’s often a dour statement, juxtaposed against how characters will do anything to make romantic relationships work, or how the power of blood family can make evil people return to a path of righteousness.</p> <p>But friendship? It’s often presented as a lower-tier relationship, something given to a secondary character to help the <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/01/mike-chen-guest-post-like-a-friend/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Mike Chen Guest Post–“Like A Friend”" href="https://locusmag.com/2021/01/mike-chen-guest-post-like-a-friend/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-119045" class="archive-layout-two post-119045 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/k-s-villoso-guest-post-in-search-of-what-was-lost-decolonization-through-fantasy-fiction/" title="K. S. Villoso Guest Post–“In Search of What Was Lost: Decolonization Through Fantasy Fiction”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/K-S-Villoso-cr.-Mikhail-Villoso-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/K-S-Villoso-cr.-Mikhail-Villoso-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/K-S-Villoso-cr.-Mikhail-Villoso-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/K-S-Villoso-cr.-Mikhail-Villoso-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/K-S-Villoso-cr.-Mikhail-Villoso-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/K-S-Villoso-cr.-Mikhail-Villoso-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/K-S-Villoso-cr.-Mikhail-Villoso-60x90.jpg 60w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/K-S-Villoso-cr.-Mikhail-Villoso-scaled.jpg 1707w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/k-s-villoso-guest-post-in-search-of-what-was-lost-decolonization-through-fantasy-fiction/" title="K. S. Villoso Guest Post–“In Search of What Was Lost: Decolonization Through Fantasy Fiction”">K. S. Villoso Guest Post–“In Search of What Was Lost: Decolonization Through Fantasy Fiction”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/k-s-villoso-guest-post-in-search-of-what-was-lost-decolonization-through-fantasy-fiction/" title="7:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-09-22T07:00:22-07:00">September 22, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-09-17T21:42:40-07:00">September 17, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/k-s-villoso-guest-post-in-search-of-what-was-lost-decolonization-through-fantasy-fiction/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>I write as if from the memory of a dream. Bits and pieces of who I am and what I’ve experienced or longed for, forming parts of a whole. Fantasy made this easier. As a child of a country conquered three times over before it had the chance to know what it was, I told myself the things I couldn’t find, I could fill in.</p> <p>Most fantasy writers don’t create <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/k-s-villoso-guest-post-in-search-of-what-was-lost-decolonization-through-fantasy-fiction/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="K. S. Villoso Guest Post–“In Search of What Was Lost: Decolonization Through Fantasy Fiction”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/k-s-villoso-guest-post-in-search-of-what-was-lost-decolonization-through-fantasy-fiction/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-118802" class="archive-layout-two post-118802 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-features category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/lilliam-rivera-guest-post-this-is-a-latina-remix-the-dystopian-edition/" title="Lilliam Rivera Guest Post–“This Is A Latina Remix, The Dystopian Edition”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lilliam-Rivera-NEW-by-Lilith-Ferreira-Las-Fotos-Project-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lilliam-Rivera-NEW-by-Lilith-Ferreira-Las-Fotos-Project-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lilliam-Rivera-NEW-by-Lilith-Ferreira-Las-Fotos-Project-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lilliam-Rivera-NEW-by-Lilith-Ferreira-Las-Fotos-Project-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lilliam-Rivera-NEW-by-Lilith-Ferreira-Las-Fotos-Project-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lilliam-Rivera-NEW-by-Lilith-Ferreira-Las-Fotos-Project-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lilliam-Rivera-NEW-by-Lilith-Ferreira-Las-Fotos-Project-60x90.jpg 60w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lilliam-Rivera-NEW-by-Lilith-Ferreira-Las-Fotos-Project-scaled.jpg 1707w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/" style="background:#bf6031" rel="category tag">Features</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/lilliam-rivera-guest-post-this-is-a-latina-remix-the-dystopian-edition/" title="Lilliam Rivera Guest Post–“This Is A Latina Remix, The Dystopian Edition”">Lilliam Rivera Guest Post–“This Is A Latina Remix, The Dystopian Edition”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/lilliam-rivera-guest-post-this-is-a-latina-remix-the-dystopian-edition/" title="7:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-09-15T07:00:38-07:00">September 15, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-09-03T12:50:24-07:00">September 3, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/lilliam-rivera-guest-post-this-is-a-latina-remix-the-dystopian-edition/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>There is a line from a famous Puerto Rican song “La Borinqueña” that I’ve carried with me all my life: “Awake from your sleep, for it’s time to fight.” What I love most about these words is how they came about. Puerto Rican poet Lola Rodriguez de Tío was born on the island during Spain’s occupation in 1843. She came from a privileged background and was educated, which was a <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/lilliam-rivera-guest-post-this-is-a-latina-remix-the-dystopian-edition/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Lilliam Rivera Guest Post–“This Is A Latina Remix, The Dystopian Edition”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/09/lilliam-rivera-guest-post-this-is-a-latina-remix-the-dystopian-edition/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-115278" class="archive-layout-two post-115278 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/l-penelope-the-optimism-of-fantasy/" title="L. Penelope Guest Post–“The Optimism of Fantasy”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/L.-Penelope_Credit-Valerie-Bey-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/L.-Penelope_Credit-Valerie-Bey-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/L.-Penelope_Credit-Valerie-Bey-60x90.jpg 60w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/L.-Penelope_Credit-Valerie-Bey.jpg 432w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/l-penelope-the-optimism-of-fantasy/" title="L. Penelope Guest Post–“The Optimism of Fantasy”">L. Penelope Guest Post–“The Optimism of Fantasy”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/l-penelope-the-optimism-of-fantasy/" title="7:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-08-11T07:00:36-07:00">August 11, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-04-16T12:06:44-07:00">April 16, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/l-penelope-the-optimism-of-fantasy/#comments"><i class="fa fa-comments"></i> 2 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Over the past few months, as I’ve struggled to write the fourth and final book in my epic fantasy series, Earthsinger Chronicles, I’ve thought a lot about endings. Recently, popular culture has seen the end of several long-running series: <strong>Game of Thrones</strong>, <strong>Star Wars</strong>, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Two of those series ended in ways that were wildly disappointing to many fans and should serve as cautionary <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/l-penelope-the-optimism-of-fantasy/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="L. Penelope Guest Post–“The Optimism of Fantasy”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/l-penelope-the-optimism-of-fantasy/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-117712" class="archive-layout-two post-117712 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/romina-garber-guest-post-worldbuilding-with-a-worldview/" title="Romina Garber Guest Post–“Worldbuilding With A Worldview”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Romina-Garber_Credit-Drew-Bordeaux-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Romina-Garber_Credit-Drew-Bordeaux-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Romina-Garber_Credit-Drew-Bordeaux-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Romina-Garber_Credit-Drew-Bordeaux-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Romina-Garber_Credit-Drew-Bordeaux-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Romina-Garber_Credit-Drew-Bordeaux-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Romina-Garber_Credit-Drew-Bordeaux-60x90.jpg 60w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Romina-Garber_Credit-Drew-Bordeaux-scaled.jpg 1707w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/romina-garber-guest-post-worldbuilding-with-a-worldview/" title="Romina Garber Guest Post–“Worldbuilding With A Worldview”">Romina Garber Guest Post–“Worldbuilding With A Worldview”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/romina-garber-guest-post-worldbuilding-with-a-worldview/" title="7:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-08-04T07:00:11-07:00">August 4, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-07-13T11:28:38-07:00">July 13, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/romina-garber-guest-post-worldbuilding-with-a-worldview/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>When I was sixteen, I skipped my appointment to get sworn in as a U.S. citizen because I was taking an Advanced Placement exam. </p> <p>The instant the test was over, the Principal spoke over the intercom and called me down to his office, where I was mortified to see my mom waiting for me and mystified to find her in a rage. How could I miss that appointment? What was <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/romina-garber-guest-post-worldbuilding-with-a-worldview/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Romina Garber Guest Post–“Worldbuilding With A Worldview”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/08/romina-garber-guest-post-worldbuilding-with-a-worldview/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-116425" class="archive-layout-two post-116425 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/jordan-ifueko-guest-post-the-watchmaker-author/" title="Jordan Ifueko Guest Post–“The Watchmaker Author”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Jordan-Ifueko_2_TeniKomo-Photography-200x300.jpeg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Jordan-Ifueko_2_TeniKomo-Photography-200x300.jpeg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Jordan-Ifueko_2_TeniKomo-Photography-60x90.jpeg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/jordan-ifueko-guest-post-the-watchmaker-author/" title="Jordan Ifueko Guest Post–“The Watchmaker Author”">Jordan Ifueko Guest Post–“The Watchmaker Author”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/jordan-ifueko-guest-post-the-watchmaker-author/" title="7:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-07-28T07:00:18-07:00">July 28, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-06-10T08:31:15-07:00">June 10, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/jordan-ifueko-guest-post-the-watchmaker-author/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>When I got serious about writing in my teens, my literary opinions involved a lot of eyerolling. </p> <p>Black and white false dichotomies attracted me, as they do many thirteen-year-olds eager to become Serious Artists™. One creed I held to be especially dear was that fake writers treat stories like games of pretend, and real writers remain conscious of their task—making art—at all times. </p> <p>Adulthood shrunk my head a few sizes. <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/jordan-ifueko-guest-post-the-watchmaker-author/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Jordan Ifueko Guest Post–“The Watchmaker Author”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/jordan-ifueko-guest-post-the-watchmaker-author/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-117329" class="archive-layout-two post-117329 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/django-wexler-guest-post-science-fantasy/" title="Django Wexler Guest Post—”Science Fantasy”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Django-Wexler-Author-Photo-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Django-Wexler-Author-Photo-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Django-Wexler-Author-Photo-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/django-wexler-guest-post-science-fantasy/" title="Django Wexler Guest Post—”Science Fantasy”">Django Wexler Guest Post—”Science Fantasy”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/django-wexler-guest-post-science-fantasy/" title="7:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-07-21T07:00:31-07:00">July 21, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-07-02T11:57:54-07:00">July 2, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/django-wexler-guest-post-science-fantasy/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Genres and sub-genres are always tricky things to pin down, and never more so than with works that live at the boundary between two categories. <strong>Ashes of the Sun</strong> has been called, among other things, “science fantasy”—it’s not the only way to describe it, but it definitely fits. (Aside—as with all genre discussions, your terms and definitions may vary! There are many different lenses with which to examine these categories. <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/django-wexler-guest-post-science-fantasy/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Django Wexler Guest Post—”Science Fantasy”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/django-wexler-guest-post-science-fantasy/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-116418" class="archive-layout-two post-116418 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/estelle-laure-guest-post-the-lost-boys/" title="Estelle Laure Guest Post–“The Lost Boys”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AP-Estelle-Laure_Credit-Zoe-Zimmerman-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AP-Estelle-Laure_Credit-Zoe-Zimmerman-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AP-Estelle-Laure_Credit-Zoe-Zimmerman-60x90.jpg 60w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AP-Estelle-Laure_Credit-Zoe-Zimmerman.jpg 432w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/estelle-laure-guest-post-the-lost-boys/" title="Estelle Laure Guest Post–“The Lost Boys”">Estelle Laure Guest Post–“The Lost Boys”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/estelle-laure-guest-post-the-lost-boys/" title="7:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-07-14T07:00:21-07:00">July 14, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-06-10T08:35:36-07:00">June 10, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/estelle-laure-guest-post-the-lost-boys/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Writers are in a retelling frenzy, borrowing from what already exists to pay homage or lend perspective, to modernize or fracture or fanfic. I believe it’s an act of love to take a story that’s in danger of disappearing and make it new, provided you have something to add to the mix. But what happens when the inspiration for your current novel is and has only ever been a movie? <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/estelle-laure-guest-post-the-lost-boys/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Estelle Laure Guest Post–“The Lost Boys”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/estelle-laure-guest-post-the-lost-boys/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-116395" class="archive-layout-two post-116395 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/kalynn-bayron-guest-post-we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-black-women-in-horror/" title="Kalynn Bayron Guest Post–“We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Black Women in Horror”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kalynn-Bayron-author-photo-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kalynn-Bayron-author-photo-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kalynn-Bayron-author-photo-60x90.jpg 60w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kalynn-Bayron-author-photo.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/kalynn-bayron-guest-post-we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-black-women-in-horror/" title="Kalynn Bayron Guest Post–“We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Black Women in Horror”">Kalynn Bayron Guest Post–“We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Black Women in Horror”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/kalynn-bayron-guest-post-we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-black-women-in-horror/" title="8:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-07-07T08:00:49-07:00">July 7, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-06-09T17:59:53-07:00">June 9, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/kalynn-bayron-guest-post-we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-black-women-in-horror/#comments"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 1 Comment</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Black women have always contributed significantly to the horror genre, though our roles have been massively downplayed and overlooked by the larger genre fiction community. As a result, Black women have had to carve out a space and make a way out of no way. Our relationship to trauma, our storytelling culture, our willingness to show that everyday life has the potential to be a horror in and of itself <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/kalynn-bayron-guest-post-we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-black-women-in-horror/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Kalynn Bayron Guest Post–“We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Black Women in Horror”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/07/kalynn-bayron-guest-post-we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-black-women-in-horror/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-116436" class="archive-layout-two post-116436 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/marleen-s-barr-report-from-new-york-city-two-or-here-i-go-again/" title="Marleen S. Barr–“Report from New York City, Two, Or Here I Go Again”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/marleenflowers2-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/marleenflowers2-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/marleenflowers2-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/marleen-s-barr-report-from-new-york-city-two-or-here-i-go-again/" title="Marleen S. Barr–“Report from New York City, Two, Or Here I Go Again”">Marleen S. Barr–“Report from New York City, Two, Or Here I Go Again”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/marleen-s-barr-report-from-new-york-city-two-or-here-i-go-again/" title="8:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-06-16T08:00:02-07:00">June 16, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-06-10T08:57:29-07:00">June 10, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/marleen-s-barr-report-from-new-york-city-two-or-here-i-go-again/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Note: This piece was written before the murder of George Floyd.</p> <p> </p> <p>Hello. I’m back. After nineteen years—but who is counting and those years went by really fast—I’m returning to Locus to reach out to the science fiction community from New York City during a crisis. When I was traumatized during 9/11 because I was looking out of my apartment window at the Empire State Building expecting it to be <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/marleen-s-barr-report-from-new-york-city-two-or-here-i-go-again/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Marleen S. Barr–“Report from New York City, Two, Or Here I Go Again”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/marleen-s-barr-report-from-new-york-city-two-or-here-i-go-again/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-116412" class="archive-layout-two post-116412 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/swati-teerdhala-guest-post-whats-in-a-world/" title="Swati Teerdhala Guest Post–“What’s In A World?”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Swati-Teerdhala-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Swati-Teerdhala-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Swati-Teerdhala-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/swati-teerdhala-guest-post-whats-in-a-world/" title="Swati Teerdhala Guest Post–“What’s In A World?”">Swati Teerdhala Guest Post–“What’s In A World?”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/swati-teerdhala-guest-post-whats-in-a-world/" title="6:40 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-06-09T18:40:55-07:00">June 9, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/swati-teerdhala-guest-post-whats-in-a-world/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Worldbuilding is like a jigsaw puzzle. You start with the edges, the essential outline and framework, and then work in, spiraling and spiraling until you find the last, perfect piece. Without the edge, the outline, you have no direction to go in. You start grasping around, putting together little groups of pieces here or there, hoping to find something that connects, but it all feels rather futile. And makes it <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/swati-teerdhala-guest-post-whats-in-a-world/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Swati Teerdhala Guest Post–“What’s In A World?”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/06/swati-teerdhala-guest-post-whats-in-a-world/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-115605" class="archive-layout-two post-115605 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/05/molly-tanzer-guest-post-on-getting-my-ears-involved/" title="Molly Tanzer Guest Post–“On Getting My Ears Involved”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/book-mask-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/book-mask-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/book-mask-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/05/molly-tanzer-guest-post-on-getting-my-ears-involved/" title="Molly Tanzer Guest Post–“On Getting My Ears Involved”">Molly Tanzer Guest Post–“On Getting My Ears Involved”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/05/molly-tanzer-guest-post-on-getting-my-ears-involved/" title="8:15 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-05-07T08:15:23-07:00">May 7, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/05/molly-tanzer-guest-post-on-getting-my-ears-involved/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Last year, I read the same passage from my book, <strong>Creatures of Want and Ruin</strong>, for four different events: the Fantastic Fiction Reading Series at KGB Bar in New York City, at NecronomiCon Providence, at Noir at the Bar in Denver, and finally at Writers with Drinks in San Francisco. Given the reception to the readings, I can say with confidence that my performance improved every time—but it wasn’t <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/05/molly-tanzer-guest-post-on-getting-my-ears-involved/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Molly Tanzer Guest Post–“On Getting My Ears Involved”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/05/molly-tanzer-guest-post-on-getting-my-ears-involved/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-114683" class="archive-layout-two post-114683 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/04/jon-skovron-guest-post-why-we-read-epic-fantasy-during-times-of-turmoil/" title="Jon Skovron Guest Post–“Why We Read Epic Fantasy During Times of Turmoil”"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jon-Skovron-cr-Ryan-Benyi-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jon-Skovron-cr-Ryan-Benyi-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jon-Skovron-cr-Ryan-Benyi-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/04/jon-skovron-guest-post-why-we-read-epic-fantasy-during-times-of-turmoil/" title="Jon Skovron Guest Post–“Why We Read Epic Fantasy During Times of Turmoil”">Jon Skovron Guest Post–“Why We Read Epic Fantasy During Times of Turmoil”</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/04/jon-skovron-guest-post-why-we-read-epic-fantasy-during-times-of-turmoil/" title="7:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-04-21T07:00:43-07:00">April 21, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-04-16T11:40:01-07:00">April 16, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/04/jon-skovron-guest-post-why-we-read-epic-fantasy-during-times-of-turmoil/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>On a September morning in 2001, I watched from my fire escape in Brooklyn as the second World Trade Center tower fell. In the hours and days and weeks that followed, as the ash and debris rained down from the sky, as the stench of death permeated my neighborhood, as the countless hand-written missing person fliers went up, as soldiers with machine guns began to appear in train stations, I <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/04/jon-skovron-guest-post-why-we-read-epic-fantasy-during-times-of-turmoil/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Jon Skovron Guest Post–“Why We Read Epic Fantasy During Times of Turmoil”" href="https://locusmag.com/2020/04/jon-skovron-guest-post-why-we-read-epic-fantasy-during-times-of-turmoil/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-114454" class="archive-layout-two post-114454 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-roundtable" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/03/justin-t-call-guest-post-forging-literary-artifacts/" title="Justin T. Call Guest Post–“Forging Literary Artifacts “"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Justin-Travis-Call-credit-Tom-Lebsack-of-MOT-Photography-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Justin-Travis-Call-credit-Tom-Lebsack-of-MOT-Photography-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Justin-Travis-Call-credit-Tom-Lebsack-of-MOT-Photography-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/features/commentary/roundtable/" style="background:#618189" rel="category tag">Roundtable</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/03/justin-t-call-guest-post-forging-literary-artifacts/" title="Justin T. 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Call Guest Post–“Forging Literary Artifacts “</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/03/justin-t-call-guest-post-forging-literary-artifacts/" title="7:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-03-17T07:00:47-07:00">March 17, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-03-03T19:32:17-08:00">March 3, 2020</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/roundtableeditor/" title="Alvaro Zinos-Amaro">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/03/justin-t-call-guest-post-forging-literary-artifacts/#comments"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 1 Comment</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>When we speak of forging, it is usually one of two types: the first is when we create something new out of disparate materials— the type of forging usually associated with blacksmiths—but the second type is one we often associate with thieves, charlatans, and mountebanks; the kind where we create something that is fake with the intention of duping or deceiving others into believing that what we have created is <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/03/justin-t-call-guest-post-forging-literary-artifacts/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="Justin T. 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