/tags/fantasy Fantasy en-US Copyright Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:29:03 GMT /arts-culture/2020-11-12/forget-hogwarts-author-tracy-deonn-uncovers-magic-and-darkness-at-unc-chapel-hill Bree Matthews is a 16-year-old girl with a desire to separate herself from her old life after her mother’s passing. While attending a residential program… Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:29:03 GMT /arts-culture/2020-11-12/forget-hogwarts-author-tracy-deonn-uncovers-magic-and-darkness-at-unc-chapel-hill Elikem Dodor, Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-22/how-author-victoria-lees-fantasy-novel-eerily-predicted-our-present-moment When Victoria Lee first wrote “The Fever King” (2019/Skyscape), they did not intend to predict the future. Rather, they hoped to explore our habit of… Fri, 22 May 2020 17:03:09 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-22/how-author-victoria-lees-fantasy-novel-eerily-predicted-our-present-moment Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-05-22/how-author-victoria-lees-fantasy-novel-eerily-predicted-our-present-moment When Victoria Lee first wrote “The Fever King” (2019/Skyscape), they did not intend to predict the future. Rather, they hoped to explore our habit of… Fri, 22 May 2020 17:03:09 GMT /arts-culture/2020-05-22/how-author-victoria-lees-fantasy-novel-eerily-predicted-our-present-moment Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-17/a-fantasy-world-where-women-can-control-their-fertility In the fictional world of Seven Wells, women are treated as possessions and forced to produce male heirs to continue the hereditary monarchies in their… Fri, 17 May 2019 16:07:58 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-17/a-fantasy-world-where-women-can-control-their-fertility Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-05-17/a-fantasy-world-where-women-can-control-their-fertility In the fictional world of Seven Wells, women are treated as possessions and forced to produce male heirs to continue the hereditary monarchies in their… Fri, 17 May 2019 16:07:58 GMT /arts-culture/2019-05-17/a-fantasy-world-where-women-can-control-their-fertility Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-07-28/the-state-of-science-fiction Science Fiction and fantasy have traditionally created worlds of aliens, robots and monsters of various sorts.And there was a time when readers might have… Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:10:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-07-28/the-state-of-science-fiction Laura Lee, Frank Stasio /the-state-of-things/2016-07-28/the-state-of-science-fiction Science Fiction and fantasy have traditionally created worlds of aliens, robots and monsters of various sorts.And there was a time when readers might have… Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:10:00 GMT /the-state-of-things/2016-07-28/the-state-of-science-fiction Laura Lee, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-04-28/a-creator-of-oddities Ursula Vernon considers herself a “creator of oddities,” but she fell into this career by accident.Her mother was a professional artist, so the artistic… Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:12:20 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-04-28/a-creator-of-oddities Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-04-28/a-creator-of-oddities Ursula Vernon considers herself a “creator of oddities,” but she fell into this career by accident.Her mother was a professional artist, so the artistic… Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:12:20 GMT /arts-culture/2015-04-28/a-creator-of-oddities Anita Rao, Frank Stasio