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Realm Makers Bookstore Takes Fantastic Christian Fiction to New Fans

At homeschool conferences, Realm Makers Bookstore is finding new fans of fantastic Christian fiction.
E. Stephen Burnett, Mar 2019

Speculative Fiction Writers Guide to War, part 20: Transportation: Beastly Power

What are the limits of what a man or beast can transport, even fantasy beasts? How far beastly power can move an army and its supplies is an important consideration in speculative fiction world building.
Travis Perry, Mar 2019

Safe Fiction Is Dangerous (Or, A Review Of How To Train Your Dragon)

Ideas that float in under the radar, however, enter our minds unchallenged, co-exist with the truth, and someday, after they’ve been fortified, may even challenge the truth to a shootout.
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Mar 2019

‘Maquia’ Shows A Different Side of Epic Fantasy

Many epic fantasies focus on adventurers, but Maquia explores the wonder of motherhood.
Audie Thacker, Mar 2019

Four Reasons I Loved ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’

“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” makes me long for the day dragons will return.
E. Stephen Burnett, Feb 2019

Speculative Fiction Writers Guide to War, part 18: War Costs Exercise 1–Food for the Army

Ready to calculate some war costs? This exercise breaks down how much it would take to feed fantasy troops based on a late medieval army–and how much it would cost in relevant currency.
Travis Chapman, Feb 2019

Speculative Fiction Writers Guide to War, part 14: Combat Arms Training

Militaries by their nature develop specialized branches of combat arms and train their warriors to master particular war-fighting specialties.
Travis Chapman, Jan 2019

Book Reviews

Lorehaven reviews Christian-made, fantastical, published novels.
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‘I Came to Faith, and Two Weeks Later I Started Writing’

Thomas Locke strives for excellent stories that reflect biblical hope and righteousness.
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The Hidden Message of Salvation

The salvation story of Christ is deeply buried in many epic fantasy classics, such as the Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings.
Aviya Carmen, Nov 2018

The Nature of the Beast

How does the idea of monsters fit into the Christian walk?
Mark Carver, Nov 2018

The Bible And Speculative Fiction

So often Christian speculative fiction authors fear the accusation of “preachy” that they don’t want characters doing what actual Christians do
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Oct 2018

Engaging the Magical Spellcraft of Stories

Our panel explores how Christians discern fiction’s magical elements.
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The Christian Roots of Fantasy

The genre once known as ”fairy stories” sprang from biblical ground.
R. J. Anderson

‘Antifa-ntasy’ Puts God in a Box

In 1982, fantasy equaled Satanism. In 2016, Stranger Things received praise from Relevant and Christianity Today. What happened?
Christopher D. Schmitz, Sep 2018

Monsters and the Heroes Who Fight Them

Thriller novelist Randall Allen Dunn: “Heroes who fight monsters will stop at nothing. That’s why I love them.”
Randall Allen Dunn, Sep 2018

Does Anybody Work In Speculative Fiction?

I wonder if our attitude toward work might not improve if we began to see it as honorable and necessary in our fiction.
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Sep 2018

Speculative Fiction Writer’s Guide to War–part 1, Reasons

For what reasons do human beings fight wars? And how can we apply understanding these causes of conflict to speculative stories?
Travis Perry, Aug 2018

Why I Believe in Jesus and Love Fantasy Fiction

Novelist Daley Downing: The Bible asks us to believe in the miraculous, and that’s why I love imagining the impossible.
Daley Downing, Aug 2018

A Resurgence Of Epic Fantasy?

Since epic fantasy is a good vs. evil struggle, and good wins in the end, how far can an author flip the script without making evil come out on top?
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jul 2018

Here There Be Creatures: Mythology and the Sense of Wonder

Rotovegas author Grace Bridges: “New Zealanders feel a strong sense of identity with our unique culture, and I wanted to convey that in my Earthcore series.”
Grace Bridges, Jun 2018

Dongeng: An Exploration of My Malaysian Identity

For her fantasy novel Dongeng, Anna Tan knew she wanted to explore uniquely Malaysian myths and legends.
Anna Tan, May 2018

Speculative Fiction Trends And Tendencies

With the explosion of self-publishing and small publishers, I wonder if trends will remain pronounced or if writers writing the stories that they themselves like so much will remain true to their passion and consequently provide a wider array of books than we’ve seen in the past.
Rebecca LuElla Miller, May 2018

The Wild Spirit (or Zombie Christianity)

As speculative Christian writing has grown as a genre over the last ten years, things have gotten better in the writing area, but Christian movies and music have a way to come.
Nathan Lumbatis, Dec 2017

The Wretched Controversy

The longer this Wretched position sits there with only a brief flurry of opposition, the more deadly it becomes. What may have started out as an interesting concept to consider can quickly become a hardened conviction.
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Dec 2017

Weekday Fiction Fix – Lawless by Janeen Ippolito

Lawless by Janeen IppolitoThe salvation of humans and dragons lies within a convicted murderer.
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Nov 2017

Ghosts . . . In The Bible?

Ghost stories, to me, are much like demon and angel stories. Real angels and demons do exist, but few stories stick to the Biblical narrative that show us what those supernatural beings are like.
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Oct 2017

When Monsters Change Sides

Some creatures are imaginary. I think of unicorns and heffelumps and vampires and zombies. Or orcs or elves or hobbits. Some of these beings have a basis in history. For instance dragons are mentioned in the Bible. At least one […]
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Sep 2017

For Me . . . Examining Our Focus

The question is: do any of the things we love become the thing we live for?
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Sep 2017

Victory

Who wants to read about death, disability, disease, or defeat? Sure, we have stories that contain all those things, but the great thing about speculative literature is that it pits life, ability, strength, and victory against the things that ravage […]
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Sep 2017

Abandoned By The Lonely God

G. K. Chesterton trusted God and His “knights” to defeat evil. How does The Doctor compare?
Nicholas Tieman, Aug 2017

‘Game Of Thrones’ Sex: It’s Not Just Awkward, It’s Violation

Discerning Christians can skip a story’s nudity, but these scenes still violate actors who bear God’s image.
Cap Stewart, Jul 2017

Mediocre Times

“These are mediocre times…People are starting to lose hope. It’s hard for many to believe there are extraordinary things inside themselves as well as others.”
Mark Carver, Jun 2017

The Button Girl—A Review

The Button Girl by Sally Apokedak is a digital young adult fantasy intended for the general audience.
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jun 2017

‘One Realm Beyond’ Walks Into Light-hearted Fun

Cantor only ever wanted one thing: to be a realm walker.
Shannon McDermott, Apr 2017

What About Christian Speculative Movies?

Speculative fiction by Christians is not uncommon. Readers can find stories about dragons and wizards, about characters trying to survive in a dystopian world, about a clone who escapes the laboratory, about the people in a new fairy world, about space captains, about space aliens, about vampires, about . . . well, just about anything speculative you can imagine. But how will these stories make it to the big screen?
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Feb 2017

Fiction Friday – The Long Journey To Jake Palmer

If Jake Palmer had only kept the mundane promise he’d made to himself, his life wouldn’t be headed down a dead-end road at the speed of light.
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Feb 2017

What’s On Your TBR List For 2017?

Goodreads goals abound, as we anticipate with bright-eyed eagerness the bookish possibilities. All the worlds to explore, characters to meet, adventures to embark upon. What could better?
Zac Totah, Jan 2017

C.S. Lewis Redeemed Myths, and So Should We

Redemption of myths fulfills the Bible’s command to “take every thought captive.”
Elijah David, Jan 2017

30 Things Only Bookworms Understand

Being a bookworm is like having membership in an elite club. Not everyone can appreciate the joy, anguish, excitement, and emotional ache involved in loving books.
Zac Totah, Nov 2016

The Fantasy Itch: Gettin’ To Be THAT Time Of Year

Ah, yes, I’m definitely ready to settle down with a good fantasy. It’s that time of year! Last year I read Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn, first in the Mistborn Trilogy (which, I learned, is actually a five book series). I’m thinking this year I should finish out the rest, starting with The Well of Ascension.
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Nov 2016
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