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Why Do Some Fantasy Worlds Breathe?
What makes one world memorable and others forgettable?
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The Secret Power of Lore
How a saint might actually be a thief
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The Cinderbound Archives
Once upon a time…okay, back in 2023…a story germ appeared in the subconscious of an author’s mind.
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Not All Knowledge is Equal
Knowledge Systems in Fantasy Fiction
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Tea With a Dragon: Episode 11
Adair, Rye and Tarragon finally set out on their quest to find the dragons
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What Fantasy Gets Wrong About Culture (and How to Get It Right)
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Worldbuilding Through the Womb: Rethinking Inheritance in Fantasy
Jun 18, 2025
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Who Built The Sewer Under The Sorcerer's Tower?
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More Than Shelter: An Anthropological Look at Fantasy Housing
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Tea With a Dragon: Episode 10
Let it sing to glass
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Tea With a Dragon: Episode 9
Rye, Tarragon and Adair are threatened by a mysterious visitor and an ancient Order
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Plot Points is Returning
And it's bringing a notebook with it
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Fragments From Uclandia
On the matter of maps
Mar 31
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Why Geography Matters
It's more than just routes and borders.
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Who Knows Things? How Do They Know?
In my last essay, I promised we’d examine “...how various systems (ecological, economic, political, ritual, knowledge, magical, and emotional) can help…
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Your Fantasy Funny For Today...
What makes the best Gothic statue polish?
Feb 26
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Help! I've Been Sucked into This Book!
Even the most casual of fantasy readers should fail to realize why they can’t put a good book down.
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Fiction Reboot: Tea With a Dragon
Episode #1
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