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Interstellar Flight Magazine Best of Year Three 
(Interstellar Flight Magazine Anthologies) 

Release date: September 5, 2022
Price: $14.99 Print
$9.99 EBook

ISBN (eBook): 978-1-953736-15-4
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-953736-14-7

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Founded by Holly Lyn Walrath, Interstellar Flight Magazine is an online SFF and pop culture mag devoted to essays on what’s new in the world of speculative genres. With interviews, personal essays, rants, and raves, the authors of Interstellar Flight Magazine explore the vast outreaches of nerdom.
Table of Contents
Original Articles
  • Sci-fi, AI and the Future of New China: How China Uses Science Fiction to Define Its Future by Alexandra Casale 
  • The Legacy of Unus Annus: Ephemeral Art in a Cyberpunk World by Andrea Blythe 
  • A New Halloween: How COVID-19 changed the way we celebrate Halloween by Christina Sng 
  • Futurism in the Land of the Future: Finding Solace in Chinese Science Fiction by Elyse Ribbons 柳素英 
  • True Crime is a Feminist Hobby: Studying the History of Crime Helps Us Understand Violence Against Women by Holly Lyn Walrath 
  • How Dungeons & Dragons Saved Life in Lockdown: D&D and the Freedom of Imagination by Hesper Leverett 
  • The Blood Libel is Back, Baby: Antisemitic Tropes in Folklore, Culture, and SFF by Jeana Jorgensen 
  • Seeing Beyond Sight: My Journey to Afrofuturism: From the Co-Editor of The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry by Len Lawson 
Reviews
  • The Green Knight and Toxic Masculinity: Where Have All the Chivalrous Men Gone? by Holly Lyn Walrath 
  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Almost Critiques America: Marvel’s Latest on Disney+ Explores Metaphors for US Foreign Policy by A.A. Voigt 
    Grief and the Housewife: WandaVision’s Bold Take on Love by Annika Barranti Klein 
  • Dune: The Good, The Bad, and The Contradictory: Villeneuve’s 2021 Dune and Big Budget Sci-fi Cinema by Corey J. White 
  • South Korean “Quiet Place” Thrills: New Thriller MIDNIGHT is a Heart-Pounding Exploration of Deafness by Holly Lyn Walrath 
  • Why Space Sweepers is the Future of the Future: The Korean Sci-fi Film That Won 2021 by Hesper Leveret 
  • Science Fiction Has Always Been About Revolution: Aelita, a 1920s Russian Silent Film about Soviet Utopias, Free Speech, and Sex Queens from Mars by Holly Lyn Walrath 
  • What It Means to be a Family in a Technological Dystopia: Review of The Mitchells Vs. The Machines by Presley Thomas 
  • Norsemen: The Best Netflix Series You Haven’t Seen: Vikings Meets The Office with a Hilarious Twist by Henry L. Herz 
  • Apocalypse Meow: The Grudge at the End of the World by Sydney Richardson 
  • Phil Tippett is a MAD GOD: The NSFW Passion Project of a Stop-Motion Artist Who Never Gave Up on His Art is the Perfect Reflection of Today’s Bizarro Alternate Timeline by Holly Lyn Walrath 
  • Come and See: Fascism as Cosmic Horror by Corey J. White 
  • Manjula Padmanabhan’s Feminist Dystopian Science Fiction: How Contemporary Indian SFF Tackles Complex Issues by Anushmita Mohanty
  • Intrigue, Secrets, and a Forbidden Romance: Review of Mask of the Nobleman by Laura Diaz de Arce by Archita Mittra 
  • Dying Stars, Sentient Rivers, and Little Blue Men: Review of The Burning Day and Other Strange Stories by Charles Payseur by Bri Downing 
  • “I cannot be kept in a box”: Review of The Girl from the Sea by Erin Becker 
    Rhapsody in Blue Bodies: “Primitive” Desire in Ruby Dixon’s Ice Planet Barbarians by Laura Díaz de Arce 
  • Blurring the Lines Between Memoir and Speculative Poetry: Review of Clock Star Rose Spine by Fran Wilde by Leslie Archibald
  • Fantasy Dreams in the Real World: Review of Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala by Presley Thomas 
Interviews
  • Sh*tting Stars: Interview with Aimee Ogden, author of Local Star by Elyse Ribbons 柳素英 
  • The Wild, The Weird, and the Speculative: Interview with Amelia Gorman, author of Field Guide to Invasive Species of Minnesota by Julie Reeser
  • Ballad of the Tantalizing Tentacles: Interview with Poet, Wordsmith, and Performer Brandon O’Brien, Author of Can You Sign My Tentacle? by Elyse Ribbons 柳素英 
  • A Man of Many Hats: Interview with Mike Allen, writer, poet, publisher, editor, and journalist by Christina Sng 
  • Lava Lamps, Word Collages, and the Surreal: Interview with Wanda Deglane, Author of Lady Saturn by vanessa maki 
  • Vampires, Monstrousness, and a Multiplicity of Desire: Interview with S.T. Gibson, author of A Dowry of Blood by Joanna Weston 
  • Good Girls, Baby-Eating Monsters, and Crafting a Narrative: Interview with Isabel Yap, author of Never Have I Ever by Michael Glazner 
  • Poetry, Rage, Revenge, and Trauma: Interview with Jean Marie Bub, author of Maneater by vanessa maki 
  • Gamifying Writing: A Talk With Peter Chiykowski, Creator of The Story Engine Deck by J.D. Harlock 
  • Pride Economies, Gender Roles, and a Multiplicity of Bodies: Interview with Benjamin Rosenbaum, author of The Unraveling by Joanna Weston 
  • Fascinated by Fear: Interview with Horror Queens Meg Hafdahl & Kelly Florence by J.T. Morse 
  • Rebirth from the Sea: An Interview with Akua Lezli Hope, author of Otherwheres by T.D. Walker 
  • Pirates, Fangirls, and Sailor Moon: Interview With Sam Maggs, author of Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas by J.D. Harlock 
  • The Enduring Power of Heritage: An interview with Bryan Thao Worra, Lao Minnesotan Poet Laureate and President of the Science Fiction Poetry Association by Christina Sng 
  • How Heritage Affects the Stories We Live and the Stories We Tell: An interview with Lee Murray, multiple award-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories by Christina Sng 
  • Self-Love, Mermaids, & Fairy Tales: Interview with Isabel Villarreal, Author of Brown Clay by vanessa maki 
  • Queer Romance, Selkies, and Folklore: Interview with Molly Ostertag, Author and Illustrator of The Girl from the Sea by J.D. Harlock 
  • Fighting the Patriarchy, Myths, and Poetry: Interview with Lynne Sargent, author of A Refuge of Tales by T.D. Walker 
  • Jason Erik Lundberg: An American Writer in Asia by Christina Sng 
    The Trailblazing Ms Flynn by Christina Sng 
  • Fairy Tales, Cryptids, and Poetry: Interview with Jezzy Wolfe, Author of Monstrum Poetica by Bri Downing 
  • Folklore, Magic Systems, and Anthropology: Interview with M.A. Carrick, author of The Mask of Mirrors by Archita Mittra 

Interstellar Flight Magazine
​Best of Year Two

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Cover art by Suk Hyun Jung
Release Date: August 30, 2021
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​ISBN (eBook): 978-1-953736-06-2
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-953736-07-9

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Founded by Holly Lyn Walrath, Interstellar Flight Magazine is an online SFF and pop culture mag devoted to essays on what’s new in the world of speculative genres. With interviews, personal essays, rants, and raves, the authors of Interstellar Flight Magazine explore the vast outreaches of nerdom. Our 2020 anthology covers a wide range of topics from books to anime to film to television to feminism to queerness to racism and beyond. 

This year's anthology also includes seven stories from the 2020 Alternate Endings submission call, guest edited by Jamileh Jemison. This call asked writers to reimagine our world for the better, giving us the alternate endings to 2020 that reinvisioned the future. Their work is a bright light in the grim darkness of 2020. 
Table of Contents

Original Articles
  • Escapism as a Way of Coping: Diving into New Realms of Fantasy to Process Emotions by Allison Hunt
  • Your Critique Group's Feedback on Covid-19: Thanks for sharing this really interesting story! by Erin Becker
  • The Pixel Campfire: Indie Horror in the Age of the Internet: How Marginalized Creators are Reshaping Horror by B. Narr
  • Final Girl: A Life in Horror: The Making of a Horror Writer by Christina Sng
  • Women's Roles in Norse Stories: From the Edda to Tolkien to Marvel to Contemporary Fiction, Women Kick Ass in Norse Legends by John Tuttle
  • Women of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television: 70 Years of Reaching for the Stars by Karen A. Romanko
  • The Spectre of Trauma: How Ghost Stories Reflect Humanity's Struggle with Mental Health Laura Díaz de Arce 
  • Oppression and Slavery in Speculative Short Fiction: Contemporary Black Writers Dive into History by Nathan Elias 
  • In Defense of Bad Horror Movies: Lesbian Vampire Films & Re-Examining the Problematic by Holly Lyn Walrath 
Reviews
  • Netflix's Dark and the Art of Letting Go: Untangling the Labyrinth by Archita Mittra
  • Eternally Controversial: Doom Eternal and It's Place in a Controversial Franchise by B. Narr
  • Remnant: From the Ashes is a Metaphor for Climate Change: Reconciling Colonialism, Hyperconsumerism, and the Fun of Fighting Badass Monsters by Corey J. White
  • Double Visions: Two Mysteries for Today's World: Reading Frankie Y. Bailey and Claire O'Dell's all too-near futures by Jamileh Jemison
  • In 21st-Century America, Who Gets to be Magic?: The Magicians and Representation by Jamileh Jemison
  • Goblin Slayer and the Importance of Hope in Grimdark Fantasy: In a world of darkness and suffering, He Does Not Let Anyone Roll The Dice by Kyle Tam
  • Grunge, Metal, and AP Chemistry: Review of Rosebud Ben-Oni's 20 Atomic Sonnets by Leslie Archibald
  • On Watching Every Episode of Hellier in One Week: Kentucky goblins, UFO Sightings, and High Strangeness in the Heart of Appalachia By Cassandra Rose Clarke
  • New England Gothic: A Review of Josephine Decker's Shirley by Annika Barranti Klein 
  • Every Queer Story is Not a Fairytale: Review of Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass by Presley Thomas
  • Queer Vampire Relationships in What We Do in the Shadows: In Revisiting Vampire Tropes, this Retelling Breaks New Ground by Sydney Richardson
  • The Blair Witch Project and The Terror of The Unknown: Why a Fake Documentary from the 90s Still Captivates Audiences Today by Sydney Richardson
  • Beastars is Weird Anime at its Best: A World of Furries Asks: Can We Overcome Our Deepest, Darkest Natures? by Holly Lyn Walrath 
Interviews
  • Queer Futures: An interview with Sarah Gailey, author of Upright Women Wanted by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
  • Artificial Intelligence, the Gender Binary, & Being Human: An Interview with Martha Wells, author of The Murderbot Diaries by Michael Glazner
  • Ballet, Suburbia, & Death Metal: An interview with Cassandra Rose Clarke, Author of Sacred Summer by T.D. Walker
  • Bog Bodies, Moors, and Ghost Girls: An Interview with Catherine Moore, Author of Borrowings of the Shan Van Vocht by T.D. Walker
  • Dancing Princesses, Fairy Tales, and Portal Fantasies: An Interview with Andrea Blythe, author of Twelve by T.D. Walker
  • #NotAllHeroes: An Interview with Tochi Onyebuchi, Author of Riot Baby by Jamileh Jemison
  • No Polar Bears in the Antarctic But Plenty of Women in Space: An Interview with Laura Lam, author of Goldilocks By JT Morse
  • One Song to Ruin Us All (in a Good Way): Interview with LGBTQ+ Romantic Fantasy Author Julia Ember by JT Morse
  • Slashers, Carnivals, & Urban Legends: An Interview with Jessica Guess, Author of Cirque Berserk by vanessa maki
2020 Alternate Endings
  • The Wake-Up Call by Suhaila Sundararajan
  • Not the Knife Today by Natachi Mez 
  • For You, 2000 Quarantines From Now by Andrea Kriz 
  • A Timely Mistake by Archita Mittra 
  • Unwilled by Nisola Jegede 
  • Saving Grace by Justin C. Key
  • Season of Safety by Tlotlo Tsamaase ​
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Interstellar Flight Magazine
​Best of Year One

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​Release Date: August 3, 2020
ISBNs: 
978-1-7338862-7-7 EBook
978-1-7338862-6-0 Paperback
​978-1-7338862-8-4 Hardback

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From space opera to weird fiction to indie games and NaNoWriMo, this collection represents the best in nonfiction dedicated to geekery. Founded by Holly Lyn Walrath, Interstellar Flight Magazine is an online SFF and pop culture mag devoted to essays on what’s new in the world of speculative genres. With interviews, personal essays, rants, and raves, the authors of Interstellar Flight Magazine explore the vast outreaches of nerdom.

In the words of Ursula K. Le Guin, we feature “writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope.”

This anthology also features excerpts from three new Interstellar Flight Press books: The Manticore’s Vow by Cassandra Rose Clarke, a world of dangerous magic and thrilling adventures with this trio of gorgeous, swashbuckling tales, Twelve by Andrea Blythe, a luscious and fae poetry chapbook based on the fairytale The Twelve Dancing Princesses, and Local Star by Aimee Ogden, a polyamorous space opera with a fast-paced, action-packed adventure that’s sure to punch you in the feels.
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Table of Contents: 
The Ones Who Walk Away by Holly Lyn Walrath
Monsters Under the Bed (and Outside the Window) by E.D. Walker 
The Greatest Arsenal: Science Fiction Libraries and Archives by Jeremy Brett
Boundary Crossing, Liminality, & the Hungarian Literary Fantastic by T.D. Walker 
Indie Games and Accessibility: A Personal Odyssey by Archita Mittra
Diverse Space Opera, Fight Scenes and NaNoWriMo by E.D. Walker 
Phantom Fares by Piper J. Daniels
Riverdale, Writer’s Block, & Naval Warfare by Holly Lyn Walrath
Cats in Science Fiction Films by John Tuttle
Unabashedly Hopeful, Heartbroken, & Silly by J.T. Morse
Strange Bodies by Presley Thomas
Spinning Tales, Chinese Embroidery, & Musical Composition by E.D. Walker 
Perception, Uncertainty, and Dread: The Horror of Perspective by Caitlin Starling
Space Opera Is Having a Moment and We Love It by E.D. Walker 
Goth Weirdness, Slavic Folklore, & Ohio by Jody T. Morse
No Room in Narnia by Erin Becker
Korean Folklore, Big Space Explosions, & Mathematics by Michael Glazner
What Else is there to Say about the Joker? by Archita Mittra and Kaylee Craig
Excerpt: The Manticore’s Vow by Cassandra Rose Clarke 
Excerpt: Twelve by Andrea Blythe
Excerpt: Local Star by Aimee Ogden

Featuring Interviews with: 
T. Kingfisher
Bogi Takács
Valerie Valdes
R.F. Kuang
Christian McKay Heidicker
Elizabeth Lim
Emily A. Duncan
Yoon Ha Lee
Reviews

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5-Star Review, Reedsy Discovery
     "Interstellar Flight Press is an indie speculative publishing house and Best of Year One: Interstellar Flight Magazine is their first collection of essays, interviews, and excerpts. This anthology features innovative works from the best new writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy (SFF). It is clear from the first essay that Ursula K. Le Guin is a well-respected voice within the SFF community and is at the heart of the core mission of Interstellar Flight Press. This mission is best summed up with a quote by Le Guin, in which she says:
     "Writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real ground for hope."
     SFF provides a safe place for minorities and other marginalized groups to find a voice. The first entry in Interstellar Flight Magazine parallels an analysis of Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and the current sufferings of children at the Mexican border. An interview with Hungarian agender-trans writer Bogi Takacs discusses their poetry that crosses boundaries on the topics of the body, disability, and politics. Other voices included the struggles of growing up as a girl who loves video games, as well as the personal struggle of coming out to your family. What is so special about SFF that Interstellar Flight Magazine highlights for readers are that it "causes us to question why things are the way they are and how things could be." This kind of impact encourages social-political discussions and shows that literature has always been a powerful tool for change.
     Interstellar Flight Magazine does have a lighter side full of fun discussions about the writing process, as well as dozens of recommendations readers from space operas to horror novel that readers will not want to miss. Picking up this one-of-a-kind collection will be sure to lead you to your next favorite indie Science Fiction and Fantasy book."
Review by Warp Speed Odyssey

"Unsure what’s going on in contemporary speculative fiction? Learn about modern voices in genre, both through their own words and criticism. Interstellar Flight Magazine’s first Best of Year One collection covers a wide variety of topics from today’s authors."


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