By Ernie Smith Don’t Call It A Substack. Newsletters Have Been Here For Years Why is everyone suddenly calling their newsletter a "Substack"? By Typebar_Admin / 14 Jul 2025
By Eden Kupermintz Weirding the Periphery: How Imperialism Infiltrated Our Imagination Through Fantasy So much of foundational fantasy is about the (often imperial) core versus outside territories. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
By Christopher Luis-Jorge Pumping Gold: How a Decade of Bodybuilding and Terrorism Started a Wave of Cheap Fantasy Movies Politics, pulp fiction, and pumping iron. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
2000s Craving Pulverized Flesh: The Anti-Fascist Philosophy of Zombie Strippers We are surrounded on all sides by pole-dancing ghouls. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
Books Italo Calvino and the Secret of "Cozy" Fiction No lattes needed. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
By RS Benedict Lost Highway, David Lynch, and the End of History We're all on a ride going nowhere down a lost highway. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
By Anna C. Webster Call to Power: How a Forgotten Civilization Spinoff Game Accurately Predicted the Future One forgotten title from 1999 that would accurately depict the arc of human civilization throughout the 21st century. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
Animation The Legend of Mother Sarah: Light in the Post-Apocalyptic Darkness The Legend of Mother Sarah is just as bold in its prognosis of our modern woes as Akira. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
By Costa Koutsoutis Martin Scorsese's Casino and America's Rotten Promises Money, murder, and Manifest Destiny. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
By Asa Williams Professional Wrestling, a Multi-Era Musical Analysis A musical tour through wrestling history. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
Books Legends, Lattes, and Lament: The Necessity of Pain in "Cozy" Fiction Cozy fiction works best when contrasted against harsh emotional, material, or political realities. By Typebar_Admin / 24 Feb 2025
Issue 5 The Digital Dilemma: Why Writers Are Abandoning Modern Word Processing Software A new era of writing as a mechanical act. By Typebar_Admin / 24 Feb 2025
