How Horror Helps Manage Depression, Anxiety and Trauma
Horror media can be a powerful tool for living with trauma by Mel Ashford As a sensitive and easily frightened person, I was surprised to find myself drawn to horror as a means of dealing with assault. The first thing that drew
Who Steals the Goose?
Untitled Goose Game may not be "leftist," but its structure recalls the fight against enclosure by Louis Evans It’s a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose. – Untitled Goose Game tagline Is Untitled Goose Game, the video game
Archive and the Commodification of Death
The 2020 sci-fi film Archive explores the intersection of wealth, technology, and grief by Konstantina Buhalis Do you ever think about your death? Your biological decay is inevitable, but what are your plans? Cremation? A traditional casket burial? Maybe a Tibetan Sky Burial
The Smol Bean Emperor
Science fiction and fantasy films tend to be fairly unsubtle in their depiction of authoritarianism. Children of Men is the exception.
Swelter and Shade
SHORT FICTION by Wendy Nikel We used to live in the city, until the day Mr. Fitz's A/C died in a traffic jam. By the time they found him and pried his car doors open, the old man was dead, the back
Myerscough & Skelton
SHORT FICTION by Tim Jeffreys They came only on grey days, or so it seemed to Victor. Foreshadowed. They came on quiet days. Damp days. Tuesdays. Nothing days. They came on days when the sky was overcast and the color seemed bleached out of
Ostensible Projected Forms
How an Obscure Short Story by David Foster Wallace Almost Predicted Our Imminent Deepfakes Hellscape by Owen Morawitz Throughout much of its history as a form of genre storytelling, science fiction has consistently explored the tensions and contours that exist between the