Flash Fiction

Crossing the Hunger Stones

Will we remember the warnings we leave behind?

Newsletter

Welcome to the Halvorson Times!

A weekly update from Odin Halvorson

Pop-Culture

Boo! 15 Family Halloween Movies to Stream This Year

Get your pumpkin spice popcorn ready for this mix of modern and classic Halloween flicks!

Writing

The Dangers of “Speed of Plot” and the Limitations of Maps in 3D Space

or, things I wish J.J. Abrams would stop doing

Flash Fiction

Platform Planet

“Mundane evil is the worst kind.”

Writing

Mapping the Fantastic

Let’s talk about maps and landscapes in fantasy and science fiction

Flash Fiction

The Witch at the End of the World

“Witch” means “protector” to a people who are damned.

Listicle

The 15 Most Underrated Horror Films of the 1920s

Horror films of the 1920s were more twisted and strange than modern audiences can handle.

Society

Got Poverty? It’s Not an Accident.

Your problem is with Landlord Rents

politics

Poor and in Debt: How to Break the Cycle

As someone from a seriously disadvantaged background, I never believed I would be accepted into a college, let alone be able to pay for it…

Podcasts

Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons

The best beginner’s guide to all things security and privacy

Film

Love and Monsters

I watched the best film. It’s so good that I want you to stop reading this review and go watch it, right now.