Imagine a typical Star Wars movie or TV show. It probably has both a Jedi and a Sith in it, one or both members of the Skywalker family. Or perhaps these days it contains a reserved yet eminently capable bounty hunter with a heart of gold and a young, green Yoda-like creature in their care. …
I recently finished moving halfway across the US for graduate school, beforehand coming to the conclusion all of my books needed to come along with me. As I trudged up and down the three flights of stairs between my apartment and the Uhaul with box after heavy box of books in my hands, the question …
I recently read the story Chisel and Chime by Alex Irvine, a short story in the January/February edition of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and two facets of the world stood out to me. First, every person was born with a magical spark that could be spent in a myriad of ways but also couldn’t be …
Back when I was taking creative writing classes in college, I remember a professor steeped in the world of literary fiction asking me why I needed such outlandish settings and convoluted plot in both the stories I wrote and the ones I most preferred to read. My first thought was how everything is relative. The …
Welcome to the first blog post on the shiny new M. Weald website! Cue the imaginary sounding of a trumpet, the warbling of a synth, the plucking of a guitar, the beating of drums, the slapping of a bass or the sounds of a madman plinking away at whatever instrument you think best goes with …
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