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Speculative Sandbox
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85. Forecasting through fiction
42 mins; March 02, 2026
84. Black Swan Events
43 mins; February 02, 2026
83. Cozy Fantasy
36 mins; December 25, 2025
AUTHOR TAKEOVER: L.L. Madrid and Lora Durance talk about Writing When the World Feels Broken
35 mins; March 24, 2025
AUTHOR TAKEOVER: Alisa Alering and Gloria Munoz talk about Hopeful Dystopia
45 mins; March 17, 2025
AUTHOR TAKEOVER: Garrett K. Jones talks about writer's block
19 mins; March 10, 2025
82. Death Games
36 mins; March 03, 2025
81. Writing for the screen
39 mins; February 24, 2025
80. Secrets in fiction
54 mins; February 17, 2025
79. Speculative Flash Fiction
36 mins; February 10, 2025
78. Avenging Angels
39 mins; February 03, 2025
77. Romance in Speculative Fiction
50 mins; January 27, 2025
76. Fated Destiny
39 mins; January 20, 2025
75. Where are the aliens?
32 mins; January 13, 2025
74. Fragmenting the Author
49 mins; January 06, 2025
73. Uncanny Fiction
41 mins; December 30, 2024
72. In Defense of Tropes
49 mins; December 23, 2024
71. Gonzo Fiction
52 mins; December 16, 2024
70. Mythical Archetypes
41 mins; December 09, 2024
69. Authenticity in Writing
54 mins; December 02, 2024
68. Paranormal Places
41 mins; November 25, 2024
67. Time Loops
47 mins; November 18, 2024
66. Anti-heroes
62 hours 41 mins; November 11, 2024
65. Fates Worse Than Death
51 mins; November 04, 2024
64. "American Psycho" watch party
107 hours 40 mins; October 28, 2024
63. LatinX Representation in Speculative Fiction
50 mins; October 21, 2024
62. What Booksellers Want
41 mins; October 14, 2024
61. Spice & Everything Nice
41 mins; October 07, 2024
60. The Lawless Lawman
48 mins; September 30, 2024
59. RECORDED LIVE: Infidelity, guilt, and self-exploration with Jessica Elisheva Emerson
41 mins; September 23, 2024
58. We're back!
20 mins; September 16, 2024
[REWIND] Ensembles: The "Kings of the Wyld" character development tour
55 mins; December 25, 2023
[REWIND] Cautionary Tales: Dystopian Societies
52 mins; December 18, 2023
[REWIND] Am I the Drama? Problematic Protagonists
60 hours 29 mins; December 11, 2023
[REWIND] The End of the World: How to elevate the stakes beyond global annihilation
68 hours 45 mins; December 04, 2023
57. LIVE RECORDING: Father-and-son relationships and male friendships with Matt Mendez
41 mins; November 27, 2023
Author Takeover: Can you judge a book by its cover?
29 mins; November 20, 2023
Author takeover: Moby Dick, a fantasy novel?
18 mins; November 13, 2023
Author Takeover: Deals with the Devil
7 mins; November 06, 2023
Author Takeover: Finding authenticity in horror writing
19 mins; October 30, 2023
Author Takeover: Ways to channel the writing muse
14 mins; October 23, 2023
Author Takeover: Birth of a Superhero
19 mins; October 16, 2023
Author Takeover: The importance of community
14 mins; October 09, 2023
Author Takeover: The evolution of storytelling in media
31 mins; October 02, 2023
56. Symbolism - the hidden layers of storytelling
52 mins; September 25, 2023
55. Succession: The race for power
51 mins; September 18, 2023
54. Mass Hysteria
51 mins; September 11, 2023
53. Scifaiku and Astropoetry
50 mins; September 04, 2023
52. Customized Humans: Gene-editing and mutations
61 hours 10 mins; August 28, 2023
51. Female Sleuths
67 hours 9 mins; August 21, 2023
50. Robots: A Character Study
54 mins; August 14, 2023
49. Unreliable Narrators
62 hours 34 mins; August 07, 2023
48. Redemption: When bad characters turn good
69 hours 43 mins; July 31, 2023
47. RUNAWAY A.I. PART II: ChatGPT and what it means to be a writer
72 hours 11 mins; July 24, 2023
46: Whodunit? The usual suspects
58 mins; July 17, 2023
45. So You're Writing About Paranormal Investigations
62 hours 59 mins; July 10, 2023
44. Music and Storytelling
50 mins; July 03, 2023
[REWIND] The Immortality Dilemma: Legacy building gone wrong
60 hours 54 mins; June 26, 2023
[REWIND] Love and Death: Greek Myth Tropes and Archetypes
54 mins; June 19, 2023
[REWIND] Corporatocracy: "The Warehouse" world-building tour
61 hours 29 mins; June 12, 2023
AUTHOR TAKEOVER: Examining Edgar Allan Poe
38 mins; June 05, 2023
Speculative Sandbox Trailer
2 mins; June 04, 2023
[REWIND] Chasing Utopia: The Horrors of Perfection
44 mins; May 29, 2023
[BONUS] Playing God: A short look at "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"
6 mins; May 22, 2023
AUTHOR TAKEOVER: Stop being an "aspiring" writer
32 mins; May 15, 2023
43. Single-Biome Planets: Desert, ice, swamps, and beyond
49 mins; May 08, 2023
42. Mind Control: From conditioning to the hive mind
65 hours 46 mins; May 01, 2023
41. Castles: A writer's world-building tour
50 mins; April 24, 2023
40. Dogma: Systems of authority
60 hours 35 mins; April 17, 2023
39. Madness: Mental health in speculative fiction
39 mins; April 10, 2023
38. Corporate Colonialism: Systems and motives of exploitation
47 mins; April 03, 2023
37. Folk Horror: The horrors of nature and humanity
58 mins; March 27, 2023
36. Time Travel: Paradoxes and time loops
60 hours 33 mins; March 20, 2023
35. Resurrection: When death can't hold you down
66 hours 20 mins; March 13, 2023
34. Food in Fiction: A menu of culinary literary devices
51 mins; March 06, 2023
33. Magic Systems: Should magic users be forced to reveal themselves?
71 hours 15 mins; February 27, 2023
32. Spaceships: From take-off to "ludicrous" speed
62 hours 47 mins; February 20, 2023
31. Meet Cutes: From the serendipitous to the sinister
59 mins; February 13, 2023
30. Ensembles: The "Kings of the Wyld" character development tour
55 mins; February 06, 2023
AUTHOR TAKEOVER: Writing Tie-In Fiction
20 mins; January 30, 2023
AUTHOR TAKEOVER: A journey from plotting to pantsing a novel
12 mins; January 23, 2023
AUTHOR TAKEOVER: Tricksters!
11 mins; January 16, 2023
AUTHOR TAKEOVER: How does a potato help you understand your characters?
9 mins; January 09, 2023
AUTHOR TAKEOVER: The beginning
19 mins; January 02, 2023
Best of 2022 and looking ahead to 2023
17 mins; December 27, 2022
Day Twelve of "Twelve Days of Tropes"
3 mins; December 25, 2022
Day Eleven of "Twelve Days of Tropes"
4 mins; December 24, 2022
Day Ten of "Twelve Days of Tropes"
4 mins; December 23, 2022
Day Nine of "Twelve Days of Tropes"
5 mins; December 22, 2022
Day Eight of "Twelve Days of Tropes"
3 mins; December 21, 2022
Day Seven of "Twelve Days of Tropes"
3 mins; December 20, 2022
Day Six of "Twelve Days of Tropes"
3 mins; December 19, 2022
Day Five of "Twelve Days of Tropes"
3 mins; December 18, 2022
Day Four of "Twelve Days of Tropes"
3 mins; December 17, 2022
Day Three of "Twelve Days of Tropes"
3 mins; December 16, 2022
Day Two of "Twelve Days Of Tropes"
4 mins; December 15, 2022
Day One of "Twelve Days of Tropes"
4 mins; December 14, 2022
29. The End of the World: How to elevate the stakes beyond global annihilation
68 hours 41 mins; December 06, 2022
28. Taverns: Liquid courage for writers
43 mins; November 29, 2022
27. Maps: Fictional placemaking and world building
67 hours 56 mins; November 22, 2022
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