The Rehearsal Season Two tries to fix the communication issues between pilots, but doesn't quite make the connection to masculinity. I bridge the gap on Fielder's behalf.

When it comes to issues you're deeply passionate and knowledgeable about, why stick to subtlety? These books put their messages front and center, and might be better for it!

My brand of ADHD and personal experience makes emotional conflict a devastating interruption. How can we relate that to narrative combat in fiction?

Neurodivergent minds bear a striking similarity to faster-than-light travel when it comes to maintaining relationships. Is that a good thing? Up to you!

Abraham and Isaac's story is retold in the 2700s, with time wackiness and the Lord of Pain in place of God – and it's brilliant.

Ghost's album Skeletá is out! One of my favourite tracks explores a terrifying real-world perspective, how it arose and what it will inevitably lead to.

Exploring meaning beyond the binary of right and wrong, and how dystopian fiction can help us recognize real world oppression.

One story from Dan Simmons' 1989 novel involves faith and resurrection, though Jesus is nowhere to be seen. A fitting exploration for Easter Sunday?

Useful, adaptive guilt vs. toxic, maladaptive guilt: How do we tell the difference? I explore examples from The Stormlight Archive.

From interpersonal communication to the responsibility we have to victims of colonization, Addison's novel offers us a lot to think about!

How do we recognize our role as cogs in a massive system? Looking at Senlin Ascends and The Masquerade books and The Banality of Evil!

Why does it feel easier to learn from the worst possible advice than from straightforward, positive guidelines? Let's get evil & miserable.

Tea is near-omnipresent in stories of speculative fiction! I take a look at why, by looking at real world history and a number of examples.

It's easy to get lost in excitement for a story and forget that things might not turn out the way you expect – as happened with Severance.

This film offers a human, soulful glimpse into the experiences of trans people at a time when hate and alienation are at a sickening high.

Stormlight helped teach me that improvement is gradual and non-linear. There will be setbacks, but we can overcome them.

Exploring the relationship between power and conduct, with insight from 'The Witness for the Dead', my life with ADHD and real world evils.

Wrapping up our exploration of the House by meeting our faithful unreliable narrator Johnny Truant and his even more questionable mother.

Let's delve into the mysterious mind of the man who invented The Navidson Record, the House and so much more. Who is Zampanò?

Welcome to my exploration of 'House of Leaves', what this experimental novel is, why you should try reading it and how we can learn from it.