by Lucy Hounsom | April 30, 2026 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe beauty of myth is that it grows with us, that every generation brings its own perspective and interpretation to ancient stories to create something fresh, new and relevant to the concerns of a contemporary...
by Lucy Hounsom | March 26, 2026 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDark academia is a genre that has proven pretty popular. We’ve all been to school and plenty of us have been to university, so is it the pull of nostalgia that attracts readers? Or were our school days so dull that...
by Lucy Hounsom | February 26, 2026 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this month’s episode, we are taking you to the ballet, where stories are told through the medium of body and music. Just as this art can bring things to magical life, so too can it foster obsession in those...
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 | September 25, 2025 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFor many writers, history can be both an inspiration and a source of plot. No one is going to call a fantasy writer out for “making it up”. With historical fiction, however, you have to be more careful...
by Lucy Hounsom | July 31, 2025 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSZombies first shambled onto our cinema screens in the 1932 film White Zombie staring Bela Lugosi. Early incarnations involved voodoo reanimation and lacked the whole brain-eating aspect. (There’s a really...
