Film
The Best Film The Year You Were Born! (1931–1971)
From the Silents to the Boomers, experience our history in film.
Latest
Flash Fiction
The Burning Grain
You lost your love, among the burning grain.
History
Hunger Stones and Long Time
How can a deeper view of time save us from disaster?
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