The Ekron Initiative: Memo 2
Part of an ongoing web serial perhaps inspired by The Screwtape Letters. Unless otherwise noted, “the Ex-CEO” refers to God, “the opposition” to the side of the angels, and so on. Read the previous installment…
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Fantasy Author Interview: Matthew T. Dickerson
Matthew T. Dickerson wasn’t expected to become a published novelist—at least not by his educators. In middle school and high school, teachers pegged him as someone who should focus on math and sciences. Although this…
The Ekron Initiative: Memo 1
Part of an ongoing web serial perhaps inspired by The Screwtape Letters. Unless otherwise noted, “the Ex-CEO” refers to God, “the opposition” to the side of the angels, and so on. Read the previous installment…
The Ekron Initiative: Introduction
Part 1 of a web serial somewhat inspired by The Screwtape Letters. I could hear welding torches and power saws being used on the second floor, close to my room. I looked to the hostel’s…
Surprised by “The Most Reluctant Convert” (2021): A Review
Director Norman Stone (Shadowlands) tributes Clive Staples Lewis with a new biopic, this time treating “the shape of [his] early years” until his fully-conscious re-conversion to Christianity past his teenager atheism. Originally a theatrical play,…
The Dune Dilemma: Adapting A Tale about Power Going Wrong
An ongoing debate in sci-fi and fantasy literature is how it handles “Might as Right,” the way heroes use force to get what they want. The Inklings’ contemporary T.H. White made this debate central to…
The Claimant: A Chronicles of Narnia Story
Description: A young adventurer arrives at the royal court during the Golden Age of Narnia. Contains no actual violence but some peril and an encounter with the undead. “Cheese, like oil, makes too much of…
Did Screwtape Predict Monty Python?: C.S. Lewis as a Contributor to British Comedy
This year marks 80 years since The Screwtape Letters was published in book form (February 1942, to be exact). The book’s impact can be measured in many ways, such as how many writers have used…
Freedom to do What, Exactly?: C.S. Lewis and the Foundational Principle
Aristotle states - “Freedom is the ability to do what one ought. To act always as ones’ desires dictate is not freedom but slavery, and slavery to a hard master. Even an animal or a…
Other Inklings (and Similar Writers) You Probably Haven’t Read
Recently, Amanda Pizzolatto contributed a helpful essay to Fellowship & Fairydust on “Worlds to Visit after Middle-Earth and Narnia.” Among other insights, she noted the effect that Tolkien and Lewis had on fantasy literature after…