Monthly Archives: January 2013

Toward a Mormon Speculative Fiction e-Collective, Part III: Interview with the Instigator

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Guest

In the third of three guest posts, project instigator Mark Penny sits down for a long, hard talk with himself. First question: Who do you think you are? Why should we trust you to build and operate a Mormon speculative … Continue reading →

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LTUE 31 Coming!

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Jonathan Langford

Life, the Universe, & Everything 31: The Marion K. “Doc” Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy, is coming February 14-16 at the Provo Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. YA fantasy author Megan Whalen Turner is the guest of honor; … Continue reading →

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In Tents #25 Ethics and Aesthetics of Jesus and Pilate, Part III

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Harlow Clark

Consider three statements on Mormon aesthetics. The first is a quote. The other two are composites. I’ve heard many versions of all three among AML people or at AML events. And the concerns they express are hardly unique to Mormons. … Continue reading →

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This Month in Mormon Literature, January 2013

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Andrew Hall

It has been nearly a month since I did a Week in Review, as I was busy with the Year in Review columns. Lots happened. Brandon Sanderson and the late Robert Jordan’s A Memory of Light, the concluding volume of … Continue reading →

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in verse # 25 : intended to be read in chambers

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Dennis Clark

If we call blank verse the meter of performance, as it most certainly was on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage, we may understand a little better the label “metaphysical poetry” that hangs like an albatross about John Donne’s neck, for … Continue reading →

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Read This Book: A Review of Theric Jepson’s Byuck

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Scott Hales

How do you review a book that can’t hold still? This has been my dilemma this morning. I’ve already tried four or five times to write this review, and each time I’ve written about two hundred words before the inkwells … Continue reading →

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One Writer’s View: Confessions of a Reluctant Novelist

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Scott Parkin

I was once considered a promising writer. I had written more than 150 short stories. Then it happened. The horrible realization that sapped my strength and crushed my heart and left me dazed and disoriented and despondent. I was a fake. A fraud. A pretender. I was not the spinner of brief tales I had always seen myself as.

I was not a short story writer at all. It seemed I was a natural novelist—an entirely different animal. Continue reading →

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The Horrifying Lack of Horror in the LDS Community

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Guest

Guest post by Michaelbrent Collings. I am a guy who writes scary stuff. It’s basically all I do. I’m one of the bestselling horror writers on Amazon, a supernatural horror movie I wrote came out last year, and in 2013 … Continue reading →

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Throne of the Crescent Moon and the use of God in epic fantasy

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Eric James Stone

The stereotypical epic fantasy is set in a pseudo-European, pseudo-medieval world.  One of the major differences between such a fantasy world and the real medieval Europe is fairly obvious: there’s magic that actually works. But there’s another difference that’s not … Continue reading →

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The Retreat of Cynicism

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Mahonri Stewart

Perhaps it’s a fluke. Perhaps it’s a perfect storm. But I was very interested to see so many of the most popular films this year (and many of them Oscar contenders!)  to be so earnest, so lacking in snark, so… … Continue reading →

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