The sky’s the limit for fantasy novelists looking to explore new vistas for world-building, quite literally in the case of David Daglish’s Skyborn, the first volume his Seraphim trilogy.
Studio Ghibli has created some of the most beloved animated films of all time, from classics like My Neighbor Totoro and the Academy Award-winning Spirited Away to more recent favorites like Howl’s Moving Castle and The Secret World of Arriety. Unfortunately, with the retirement of studio founder Hayao Miyazaki, Ghibli went dormant a few years […]
Sci-fi and fantasy have their fair share of oddly specific tropes. Why are mad scientists always inventing shrink rays? Where do all those mysterious corner shops packed with magic trinkets vanish to? One of the most prevalent examples are the airships overflowing with sky-sailors, complete with countless nautical terms wildly co-opted for the skies. And it’s not […]