So What Happens at A Lord of the Rings Party?
“Hey, if Sauron wants to watch TV, let him.” I watch the orange balloon with the giant eye scrawled over it in Expo marker bobble around, its eye facing the projector we are using to…
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Fantasy Author Interview: Luke Wildman
Luke Wildman has an unusual background. He spent most of his life through age 19 in Western Africa (primarily Nigeria) where his family worked as missionaries. Not surprisingly, his influences are diverse—his blog includes book…
The Ekron Initiative: Memo 9
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 here.…
William Lindsay Gresham and the Inklings: A Look at Nightmare Alley
Today marks 114 years since novelist William Lindsay Gresham was born in Baltimore. Nightmare Alley has a strange place in Inklings scholarship discussions. Published in 1946, it was written by William Lindsay Gresham, the first…
The Ekron Initiative: Memo 8
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 here.…
Landon Loftin Interview on What Barfield Thought
Owen Barfield is a curiously underrated thinker. He was a lifelong friend of C.S. Lewis, who dedicated The Allegory of Love to Barfield, calling him “wisest and best of my unofficial teachers.” Lewis dedicated The…
Where Christian Fantasy Started: Remembering Robert Siegel
Robert “Bob” Harold Siegel (1939-2012) is one of the most underrated Christian writers of recent years. As a poet, he wrote about nature with an intimacy that few have matched. One reviewer observed, “There is…
The Ekron Initiative: Memo 7
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 here.…
Inklings Scholar Interview: Charlie W. Starr
Dr. Charlie W. Starr (D.A., Middle Tennessee University) has an unusual specialty in C.S. Lewis studies. He’s an expert on C.S. Lewis’ handwriting—what it looks like and how it changed over time. This makes Starr…
Alyssa Roat Author Interview: Magic, Romance and Superheroes
Alyssa Roat is many things. Award-winning poet. Writer of short stories—including contributions to the anthologies Fantasea and Realms of Fire. Author of various articles—including an award-winning article on making college campuses accessible from her time…