Episode 297: Of Human Evil - Serial Killers in Fact and Fiction
Continuing their spooky October theme, this weeks the dragons look at horror of the mundane rather than supernatural kind. A large segment of horror f...
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Authors J.A. Ironside and M.E. Vaughan talk about books, films and all aspects of speculative fiction, from the nuts and bolts of writing it, to its (occasionally) obscure origins.
Episode 296: A Young Priest and An Old Priest - Exorcism in Fact and Fiction
Continuing on the Spook-tober theme, this week the dragons take a look at a classic trope in gothic and horror fiction: possession. Made more popular ...
Episode 295: White Ladies and Ghostly Cavaliers - A Selection of Britain‘s Most Haunted Buildings
In this second episode of the dragons' spooky-a-thon, Jules and Madeleine take a look at a selection of the most haunted buildings in Britain and Irel...
Episode 294: Crying Boys and Unhappy Mummies - More Cursed Objects in Fact and Fiction
It's October! 'Tis the season - the spooky season :) Kicking off this year's run up to Samhain/ Hallowe'en, Jules and Madeleine revisit the subject of...
Episode 293: Goblin Fruit and Faery Cobblers - The Horror of Getting What You Truly Want in Speculative Fiction
Everyone is familiar with the expression 'be careful what you wish for' but how many people recall the folkloric figure whence such warnings originate...
Episode 293: Goblin Fruit and Faery Cobblers - The Horror of Getting What You Truly Want in Speculative Fiction
Everyone is familiar with the expression 'be careful what you wish for' but how many people recall the folkloric figure whence such warnings originate...
Episode 292: With Friends Like These - Reunions Reprises and Encores in Speculative Fiction
This week, the dragons are delighted to welcome special guest Elijah Menchaca. Elijah's debut novel - They Met in a Tavern - explores the complexities...
Episode 291: Absent Saints and Cruel Caretakers - How Parents Shape Characters in Speculative Fiction part 2
Continuing on from last week's episode, Jules and Madeleine pick up the thread on how parents affect who a person grows to be, and how this can be uti...
Episode 290: Absent Saints and Cruel Caretakers - How Parents Shape Characters in Speculative Fiction part1
Both in real life and in fiction, parental figures are the most important early relationship any of us form. Even by dint of being entirely absent, pa...
Episode 289: Women, Swords and Trauma - the Backstory of the Female Warrior in Speculative Fiction
The dragons have discussed how a thinly characterised 'female warrior' has become a slightly cringey trope in previous episodes. This week, Jules and ...