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Best of Year Five

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Publication Date; February 3, 2025
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ISBN (eBook): 978-1-953736-43-7
ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-953736-42-0
​Step into the captivating realm of Interstellar Flight Magazine, your go-to online destination for all things speculative nonfiction. In essays, interviews, and reviews, talented contributors from across the globe explore the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, and horror through books, film, tv, comics, games, and art. In this selection of nonfiction from 2024, the anthology dives into topics such as Horror’s final girl, UFOs, true crime podcasts, video games as escapism, book banning, small press publishing, translating books, and more. These essays give insight into popular SFF creators like Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, Mike Flanagan, and more. Find the answers to questions like: Why is Gremlins a cult classic? What did Jordan Peele mean by miracles in Nope? and Why Aren’t There More Fear Street Movies? Think of Interstellar Flight Magazine as a time capsule preserving the vital conversations shaping the speculative landscape today.
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Original Articles

The Never-ending Tedium of Survival: a Long-form Essay on the Final Girls Who
Struggle to Stay Alive Again and Again and Again
Andrea Blythe
The Sega Saga as Told by a Kid Trying to Escape: A Personal Essay
Salena Casha and Mahailey Oliver
UFOs and the Link to Ancient Indian Literature: A Deep Dive Into Fascinating Futuristic Technology from the Past, with Brishti Guha and Indrani Guha
Brishti Guha and Indrani Guha
The Lotus Eaters: A Longform Essay on Addiction in the Works of Edgar Allen Poe, Shirley Jackson, and Stephen King
Grant Butler
Why Do We Keep Inventing the Magical School?: From T.H. White to Ursula K. Le Guin, Hogwarts Isn’t the Only School in Fantasy
Tanvi Chowdhary
Five Horror Movies That Reflect Our Times: The Power of a Powerful Message in Contemporary Horror
Ryan Fay
“Fallen Women” in Fantasy: Sex Work as Characterization in Popular Fantasy Novels and the Complications Therein
Alex Kingsley
How Science Fiction and Fantasy Can Help Authors and Readers Fight Book Banning: Fahrenheit 451 and The Book Thief Teach the Power of Reading
Priya Sridhar
I’m (Not) What I Write: That Time I Went Viral on Twitter for Being a “Scary” Horror Author
Robert P. Ottone
Is It Frankenstein’s Creature or Monster? A Retrospective on Two Early Frankenstein Films
Ryan Fay
The Mash-Up Mythos: A Parent’s Guide to the Monsters Your Kids Are Obsessed With: Kids Horror from Gaming to Memes to McDonald’s
Patrick Barb
The Nature of Fear: What Truly Terrifies Us Are the Horrors Haunting Us from Our Childhood
Christina Sng
The Small Press Horror Renaissance: Six Indie Presses Publishing Horror to Add to Your TBR Pile
Ryan Fay
Horror Hostesses with the Most-Esses: Late-Night Horror Hosts from Vampira to Elvira
Ryan Fay
Did Ray Bradbury Predict the Smart House in “The Veldt”? Can the House Replace Us?
Priya Sridhar
The Witch of the A&P: A Horror Author Looks Back on Childhood Terrors
Patrick Barb
From Spooky Lovers Lovers to Amantes Espeluznantes: One Book, Two Languages: J.V. Gachs on the Process of Publishing in Multiple Languages
J.V. Gachs
Reviews
Gremlins: Secretly a Cinematic Masterpiece?: One of the Most Polarizing Horror Films in Existence
Alex Kingsley
Underwater Civilizations, Action Against Oppression, and Friendship: Review of Weird Fishes by Rae Mariz
Archita Mittra
The Horror of Women’s Pain: On “The Retrievals,” a True Crime Podcast from the NYT and Serial Productions
Holly Lyn Walrath
A Guide to Becoming an Elm Tree Blends Gripping Folklore with Subtle Body Horror: Irish Horror Film Mesmerizes with Tale of Old Gods
Patrick Barb
Why There Should Be More Fear Street Films: Netflix’s Horror Film Trilogy and Teen Horror
Chloe Smith
Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel: A Spellbinding Anthology of Thirteen Short Adventures Set in the Dungeons & Dragons Universe, All Conceived and Written by People of Color
Archita Mittra
Dinner on Mars Gives Food for Thought
Lisa Timpf
Saltburn Drips Sexuality and Intrigue: Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike Devastate in This Dark Masterpiece of Desire
Holly Lyn Walrath
Queer Representation in Supermassive Games: BAFTA-Winning Game Studio and Queer Gamer Culture
Vanessa Maki
Anne Hathaway Shines in Eileen, a Story of Unrequited Love: Stuck in Massachusetts in the 1960s
Holly Lyn Walrath
Five Nights at Freddy’s Offers a New Gateway to Horror: But More Experienced Fright-Flick Fans Will Want to Wait for a Level-Up
Patrick Barb
Ashin of the North Review: The Final Girl Brings the Fire
Christina Sng
The Toxic Avenger Reboots “Toxic” Hero: The Toxic Avenger Premieres at Fantastic Fest Starring Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, and Elijah Wood
Holly Lyn Walrath
Haunted House and Cursed Land: Mombauer’s The House of Drought Blends Gothic and Folk Horror in Timely Climate Change Novella
Patrick Barb
Bad Miracles and Other Spectacular Things in Jordan Peele’s Nope: Surviving Trauma and Memory
Gretchen Rockwell
A Game of Shadow and Bones: Netflix’s YA Fantasy Show and the Changing Art of Book Adaptations
Hesper Leveret
Black Mirror Season 6 and the Power of Situational Horror: What Writers Can Learn About Storytelling from the Popular Netflix Series
Holly Lyn Walrath
Finding a Place in the Medieval: Thinking Queerly by Jes Battis Jousts with Tradition
Lisa Timpf
Dark Poetry Abounds in Where the Devil Roams: Set at a Carnival in the Great Depression, the Latest from the Adams Family Is a Rotten Riot
Holly Lyn Walrath
The Only Way to Survive the World Burning: Review of Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations on Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature in a Pandemic
Taylor Jones
Strange Darling Flips Script on Serial Killer Movies: JT Mollner’s Second Feature Film Explores the Gender Dynamics of Murder
Holly Lyn Walrath
Mike Flanagan’s House of Usher Stands on a Firm Foundation: All That We See or Seem…
R. Thursday
South Korean Film Sleep Weaves Sleep Disorders, Magic, & Marriage in Heartfelt Love Story: Debut from Jason Yu Explores Horrors of Sleepwalking
Holly Lyn Walrath
The Creator Props Up Hyper-Optimism with Gorgeous Visuals: But Does It Succeed?: Gareth Edwards’ New SF Flick May Leave a Bad Taste in the Mouth of Those Worried About AI
Holly Lyn Walrath
A Shadow of Reincarnation in a Solarpunk World: Review of Another Life by Sarena Ulibarri
Megan Wegenke
There’s Something Familiar About There’s Something in the Barn: Norwegian Holiday Horror Comedy Is National Lampoon’s Meets Gremlins
Patrick Barb
Interviews
Moving with a Monument: Art, Archaeology, and Artificial Intelligence, Research Questions and Project Beginnings
T.D. Walker
Interview with Roboticist Daniel Williams and Master Craftsperson Justin Green, Collaborators on Sacrifice: Can You Trust a Stone? at the University of Melbourne
by T.D. Walker
Immortality, the 1960s, and the Power of Women’s Voices: An Interview with Gwendolyn Kiste, Author of Reluctant Immortals
Andrea Blythe
D&D in Full Color: Interview with Ajit A. George, Editor of Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel
Archita Mittra
Toxic Relationships and Greek Mythology: Interview with Jordan Kurella, Author of I Never Liked You Anyway
J.Z. Weston
Hope, Horror, and Queerness: An Interview with Lucy Hannah Ryan, Author of You Make Yourself Another
J.Z. Weston
Old Legends Through the Voices of the “Things and Beasts” Therein: Interview with Melissa Ridley Elmes, Author of Arthurian Things, a Collection of Poems
T.D. Walker
Apocalypse and Perseverance: COVID, Science Fiction, and Poetry of Survival: Interview with Jeannine Hall Gailey, Author of Flare, Corona
T.D. Walker
Caught Between Two Worlds: Family, Far Away Places, and Formal Poetry: Interview with Lindaann Loschiavo, Author of Apprenticed to the Night
T.D. Walker
STEM, Women Scientists, and Sexism: Interview with Jessy Randall, Author of Mathematics for Ladies: Poems on Women in Science
T.D. Walker
Seasons of Questioning: Grief, Parenting, and Navigating Illness: Interview with Emily Hockaday, Author of Naming the Ghost
T.D. Walker
Scholarship, Song, and the Supernatural: Interview with Kendra Preston Leonard, PhD, Author of Grab
T.D. Walker
Short SFF, Day Jobs, & Late Night TV: An Interview with William Ledbetter, Author of The Long Fall Up: And Other Stories
Holly Lyn Walrath
Out of the Earth, Out of the Closet: Mythmaking and Queerness: An Interview with Maxwell I. Gold, Author of Another Mythology
R. Thursday
Disability, Queerness, & Poetry as Community: Interview with Ennis Rook Bashe, Author of Beautiful Malady 
by Julie Reeser

Best of Year Four

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Publication Date: December 4, 2023
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-953736-30-7
ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-953736-31-4
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.
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Table of Contents
Original Articles
I Don't Read Horror (& Other Weird Tales) by Lee Murray
Heroes and Villains in the Land of the Panther: The Future of Black Fantastical Narratives in Superhero Franchises by Todd Sullivan
TURNING RED and Navigating Messy Mother-Daughter Relationships: How Pixar Centers Asian Family Dynamics While Negotiating Intergenerational Trauma by Archita Mittra
Cat Horror by Christina Sng
The Dark Fantasies of SUSPIRIA and THE BEYOND: Comparing Italian Horror Filmmakers Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci by Patrick Barb
How to Read a Speculative Haiku by Christina Sng
Reviews
The Greatest Conspiracy of All Time: On TIMELESS, the History of Racism in America, and How We Reclaim Our Timeline by Brandon J. O'Brien
STRANGER THINGS 4 and Disability by Chloe Smith
LIGHTYEAR Is the Pride Movie We Didn't Know We Needed: Pixar's Latest Toy Story Spinoff Channels Pulp Scifi While Taking Down Toxic Masculinity by Holly Lyn Walrath
MOON KNIGHT and the Importance of Being Seen: Marvel's MOON KNIGHT Depicts Contemporary Egypt in a Real, Living Way by Mahmud El Sayed
Indie Queer Comedy UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS Understands Intersectionality by Holly Lyn Walrath
John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN (1978): Watching Horror Unfold by Gretchen Rockwell
DREAM OF A THOUSAND CATS: The power of dreams can change the world by Christina Sng
Masculinity in Horror Comedy: Revisiting Vampire Mockumentary WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2014) by Grace Kameyo Griego
Fatherhood, a Pandemic, Racism, and the Silent Hero: Review of Anime THE DEER KING by Holly Lyn Walrath
Jessica Jemalem Ginting’s poetic Voyages: Review of VOYAGES by Jessica Jemalem Ginting by Jamileh Alexandra
Belle and the Nature of the Beast: Review of BELLE, an anime by Mamoru Hosoda by Mar Vincent
Starved for Meaning: A Review of A BANQUET by Laura Díaz de Arce
THE MENU Is a Hilarious Satirical Takedown of Restaurant Culture by Holly Lyn Walrath
Do You Know What It Means to Multiverse New Orleans? Review of THE BALLAD OF PERILOUS GRAVES by Alex Jennings by Jamileh Alexandra
RESIDENT EVIL Falls Flat and is Canceled on Netflix by Emily Wagner
Indie Film THE ANTARES PARADOX Is a Love Letter to Women in STEM by Holly Lyn Walrath
Ladies and Gentlemen, THE ICE PIRATES: The Whacky Star Wars Knock-Out from the 80s This Author Hate-Watched for Fun by Robert Dean
In an Alternate United States, Witches Wage War: Review of MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM by J.Z. Weston
HAUNT and the Halloween Haunted House by Holly Lyn Walrath
VAN HELSING Retrospective by Grant Butler
Duse is Wild: Review of PROTECTRESS by Kendra Preston Leonard by Jamileh Alexandra
Everything is Not Fine: Review of COMFORT ME WITH APPLES by Catherynne M. Valente by Christina Ladd
How FOUNDATION Missed an Opportunity: Apple TV+ Reboots Isaac Asimov’s Foundation for a New Generation of Fans by Aaron Emmell
Returning to Skywalker is Bad, Actually: On Luke, Lore, and THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT by Annika Barranti Klein
How to Return to Tatooine: Disney's Obi-Wan KENOBI and Letting Go by Annika Barranti Klein
Waiting for Our Better Angels: A Review of BE HERE TO LOVE ME AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Sasha Fletcher by Taylor Jones
The Gift of Horror: The 1980s Horror Flick TERRORVISION Inspires a Career in Horror by Todd Sullivan
Japanese Film MISSING Surprises with Its Take on the Serial Killer Genre: A Thrilling and Horrific Exploration of Human Greed by Holly Lyn Walrath
Ends and Edges: Review of THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET by Catriona Ward by Christina Ladd
What It Means To Be a Woman (And a Witch): A Review of Juno Dawson's Adult Fiction Debut, HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL COVEN by Taylor Jones
Snark, Bullies, and the Undead: Review of Blumhouse and Epix’s UNHUMAN by Emily Wagner
A Predator Retrospective: How 35 Years of Predator Lead to PREY (2022) by Grant Butler
GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE and the Concept of "Fan Service" by Holly Lyn Walrath
Return of the KILLER KLOWNS (FROM OUTER SPACE): The Cult Classic Horror Film Gets a Video Game Reboot by Prof. Ryan Fay
Interviews
"UNKNOWN NUMBER": Interview with Hugo-Nominated Author Blue Neustifter by Megan Wegenke
BRIDGING WORLDS IN AFRICAN SPECULATIVE FICTION: Interview with Nebula-winner Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki by Mar Vincent
MINTY FRESH: A Vampire Pulp Novella: Interview with debut author J. Corvine by B. Rae Grosz
The Fantastic Ms Yuriko Smith by Christina Sng
A Mythic Soap Opera: Interview with Randee Dawn, Author of TUNE IN TOMORROW by J.Z. Weston
Dicult Women, Catharsis, and Talking Skeletons: Interview with Tiany Meuret, author of LITTLE BIRD by J.Z. Weston
UNDER FORTUNATE STARS: Interview with Debut Novelist Ren Hutchings by Mar Vincent
Hot Mess Vampires, Strange Names, and B-Movie Plots: An Interview with SFF Author Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Author of WHERE YOU LINGER by Mar Vincent
Reality, Truth, and Memory: An Interview with Deborah L. Davitt, author of BOUNDED BY ETERNITY by T.D. Walker
MIDNIGHT SOCIAL DISTORTION: An Interview with Mark O. Estes, Creator of a Podcast for Queer Black Horror Fans by vanessa maki
Three's a Crowd(ed): Interview with Chris Sebela, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, and Tríona Farrell, the Team behind the 3-Volume Comic "Crowded" by Jamileh Alexandra
Apocalypses, Liminality, and Pocket Watches: An Interview with Meridel Newton, Author of THE FUTURE SECOND BY SECOND by Emily Wagner
Escaping the Body: An interview with Chloe N. Clark by Leslie Archibald
Scifaiku, Dark Fairytales, and Poetry: Interview with Christina Sng, Author of THE GRAVITY OF EXISTENCE by Archita Mittra

Best of Year Three

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

Release date: September 5, 2022
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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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​Best of Year One

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​Release Date: August 3, 2020
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​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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