Flash Fiction

Refugee

“Past this ocean, there is hope,” he says.

1 min read Nov 2

Film

The Best Film The Year You Were Born! (1931–1971)

From the Silents to the Boomers, experience our history in film.

19 min read Nov 1

Flash Fiction

The Burning Grain

You lost your love, among the burning grain.

1 min read Nov 1

History

Hunger Stones and Long Time

How can a deeper view of time save us from disaster?

5 min read Oct 31

Flash Fiction

Crossing the Hunger Stones

Will we remember the warnings we leave behind?

1 min read Oct 31

Newsletter

Welcome to the Halvorson Times!

A weekly update from Odin Halvorson

7 min read Oct 30

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!

5 min read Oct 29

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

3 min read Oct 28

Flash Fiction

Platform Planet

“Mundane evil is the worst kind.”

1 min read Oct 28

Writing

Mapping the Fantastic

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

4 min read Oct 27

Flash Fiction

The Witch at the End of the World

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

1 min read Oct 27

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.

10 min read Oct 26