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Crystal D. Grant’s debut fantasy slowly builds out a complex medieval world, populated by quickly sketched yet fully realized characters.
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Ticia Messing
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Quick action and character growth drive this story into a magical world that flourishes with Latin flair in its food and settings.
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Christmas on the Goblin Express by J. J. Fischer offers a delightful and poignant ride dashed with popular film and fiction references.
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Series author Jill Williamson and debut Andrew Swearingen craft this medieval political drama with complex characters and shifting motivations.
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Sara Ella’s new fantasy Glass Across the Sea reflects an enchanting parable of light illuminating darkness, leading to forgiveness and redemption.
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293. How is ‘Adventures in Odyssey’ Making an Animated Film?
In this special live-recorded episode, Stephen and Zack explore Focus on the Family’s 2026 theatrical release and franchise rebrand.
292. How Can Christians Confront Fiction Legalists?
When people sinfully judge our story choices, Scripture helps us get ready to answer them with doctrinal truth and personal confidence.
291. Twenty Years Ago, How Did the First Narnia Theatrical Film Get Made? | with Mark Joseph
“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” pre-producer and marketer takes us into the origins of Walden Media’s 2005 theatrical take on C. S. Lewis’s classic fantasy.
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‘Stranger Things’ Season Five Gives Weight to Parents’ Fears
While the first half of the final season suffers from flattened characters, the series offers surprising nuance to its previous messages.
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Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Cuts a Careful Line Between Evil and Redemption
The smash-hit shonen adventure boldly presents its characters with flaws and virtues, be they noble demon slayers or vile demon lords.
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‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ Pits Singing Heroines vs. Monster Idols
Netflix’s smash hit action musical mixes catchy tunes with Korean folklore and some beautiful moments of common grace.
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Kerry Nietz
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Finding Truth in Science Fiction
For centuries, people have speculated on the future in surprising, provocative stories.
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Unraveling ‘Frayed’
A new short story and the memoir “I Was Saddam’s Son” brought Kerry Nietz back to his fictional future world ruled by sharia law.
— Kerry Nietz in May 2018 —
Amish Eye For The Sci-Fi Guy, Part 2
Who is raising the bestselling American evangelical fiction genre and what kinds of real-life problems does that bring?
— Kerry Nietz in Jul 2015 —
Amish Eye For The Sci-Fi Guy, Part 1
My “Amish Vampires in Space” research also unveiled the fantastical world of evangelical Amish romance novels.
— Kerry Nietz in Jun 2015 —
Rebooting â€Amish Vampires In Space’
The recent Marcher Lord Press sale left one novel with an identity crisis.
— Kerry Nietz in Jan 2014 —
The AViS Effect
Yes, give the gift of “Amish Vampires in Space” this Christmas, but this breakout novel could help boost the entire Christian fantasy/scifi genre.
— Kerry Nietz in Dec 2013 —
Explaining The Epic: â€Amish Vampires In Space’
Author Kerry Nietz on how a running gag at conferences became his full-length novel, featuring Amish, versus vampires, naturally in space.
— Kerry Nietz in Sep 2013 —
Riding The Negative Waves Of Dystopian Fiction
From dystopian genre’s long past to fears of our own futures, “Mask” author Kerry Nietz explores why such stories are so popular.
— Kerry Nietz in Feb 2013 —
Speculative Politics 3: Rebuttal By Kerry Nietz
Author Kerry Nietz agrees with fellow author Marc Schooley on politics in fiction. But he opposes some of Schooley’s views on politics in reality.
— Kerry Nietz in Oct 2012 —
Speculative Politics 1: Perspectives From Kerry Nietz
Politics are necessary in life and fiction, yet how should they inform stories and authors’ profiles?
DarkTrench Saga
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— Kerry Nietz in Oct 2012 —
Why I Wrote The DarkTrench Saga
Now that I’m done writing The DarkTrench Saga (from Marcher Lord Press), I’ll talk about it. The three-volume futuristic series has had some interesting criticisms, but surprisingly, the strongest reproaches have come from the Christian community.
— Kerry Nietz in Oct 2011 —
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