by Lucy Hounsom | January 29, 2026 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe beauty of science fiction is that it can be pretty much anything. It can be people on spaceships exploring the stars. It can be settlers being stalked and killed by an alien monster. It can be about an alien...
by Lucy Hounsom | November 27, 2025 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSomething a little bit different this month! Anyone who follows us on social media will be aware that we were completely thrilled and surprised to win the 2025 British Fantasy Award for Best Audio last month. In our...
by Lucy Hounsom | June 20, 2024 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhen we say the word “novel,” most of us think of a book written in prose, split into chapters and possibly parts. But every now and again, we come across novels that defy our expectations. Pratchett’s early work not...
by Lucy Hounsom | May 23, 2024 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSA short story isn’t just a novel in miniature form. It isn’t even a shortened novella. It is a creature of its own devising. There’s only time for a snapshot of reality, and in the space of a few thousand words, you...
by Megan Leigh | April 25, 2024 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS“In space, no one can hear you scream.” It’s an iconic tagline that can be applied to so many modern stories about space travel and exploration (except, perhaps, our beloved Star Trek). Obviously, space travel in...
by Megan Leigh | August 31, 2023 | 5 Q's, Blog
Scifi-horror mash-up? Check. Badass female protagonist? Check. Black, queer protagonist? Check. What else could you possibly want?! We spoke to Ness Brown about her novella The Scourge Between Stars, why science fiction and horror work so well together, using a...
