The Best of Interstellar Flight Magazine Year Four
This print anthology collects all of our favorite articles, interviews, and essays from 2022. Available in print and eBook formats.
“A very diverse collection of essays and other works that really reminded me how much I used to love finding small, passionate works by people who viewed art outside of the mainstream.” — Dan O’Leary, reader
Founded by Holly Lyn Walrath, Interstellar Flight Magazine is an online SFF and pop culture mag devoted to essays on what’s new in the world of speculative genres. With interviews, personal essays, rants, and raves, the authors of Interstellar Flight Magazine explore the vast outreaches of nerdom.
Table of ContentsOriginal Articles
I Don’t Read Horror (& Other Weird Tales) by Lee Murray
Heroes and Villains in the Land of the Panther: The Future of Black Fantastical Narratives in Superhero Franchises by Todd Sullivan
TURNING RED and Navigating Messy Mother-Daughter Relationships: How Pixar Centers Asian Family Dynamics While Negotiating Intergenerational Trauma by Archita Mittra
Cat Horror by Christina Sng
The Dark Fantasies of SUSPIRIA and THE BEYOND: Comparing Italian Horror Filmmakers Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci by Patrick Barb
How to Read a Speculative Haiku by Christina Sng
Reviews
The Greatest Conspiracy of All Time: On TIMELESS, the History of Racism in America, and How We Reclaim Our Timeline by Brandon J. O’Brien
STRANGER THINGS 4 and Disability by Chloe Smith
LIGHTYEAR Is the Pride Movie We Didn’t Know We Needed: Pixar’s Latest Toy Story Spinoff Channels Pulp Scifi While Taking Down Toxic Masculinity by Holly Lyn Walrath
MOON KNIGHT and the Importance of Being Seen: Marvel’s MOON KNIGHT Depicts Contemporary Egypt in a Real, Living Way by Mahmud El Sayed
Indie Queer Comedy UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS Understands Intersectionality by Holly Lyn Walrath
John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN (1978): Watching Horror Unfold by Gretchen Rockwell
DREAM OF A THOUSAND CATS: The power of dreams can change the world by Christina Sng
Masculinity in Horror Comedy: Revisiting Vampire Mockumentary WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2014) by Grace Kameyo Griego
Fatherhood, a Pandemic, Racism, and the Silent Hero: Review of Anime THE DEER KING by Holly Lyn Walrath
Jessica Jemalem Ginting’s poetic Voyages: Review of VOYAGES by Jessica Jemalem Ginting by Jamileh Alexandra
Belle and the Nature of the Beast: Review of BELLE, an anime by Mamoru Hosoda by Mar Vincent
Starved for Meaning: A Review of A BANQUET by Laura Díaz de Arce
THE MENU Is a Hilarious Satirical Takedown of Restaurant Culture by Holly Lyn Walrath
Do You Know What It Means to Multiverse New Orleans? Review of THE BALLAD OF PERILOUS GRAVES by Alex Jennings by Jamileh Alexandra
RESIDENT EVIL Falls Flat and is Canceled on Netflix by Emily Wagner
Indie Film THE ANTARES PARADOX Is a Love Letter to Women in STEM by Holly Lyn Walrath
Ladies and Gentlemen, THE ICE PIRATES: The Whacky Star Wars Knock-Out from the 80s This Author Hate-Watched for Fun by Robert Dean
In an Alternate United States, Witches Wage War: Review of MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM by J.Z. Weston
HAUNT and the Halloween Haunted House by Holly Lyn Walrath
VAN HELSING Retrospective by Grant Butler
Duse is Wild: Review of PROTECTRESS by Kendra Preston Leonard by Jamileh Alexandra
Everything is Not Fine: Review of COMFORT ME WITH APPLES by Catherynne M. Valente by Christina Ladd
How FOUNDATION Missed an Opportunity: Apple TV+ Reboots Isaac Asimov’s Foundation for a New Generation of Fans by Aaron Emmell
Returning to Skywalker is Bad, Actually: On Luke, Lore, and THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT by Annika Barranti Klein
How to Return to Tatooine: Disney’s Obi-Wan KENOBI and Letting Go by Annika Barranti Klein
Waiting for Our Better Angels: A Review of BE HERE TO LOVE ME AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Sasha Fletcher by Taylor Jones
The Gift of Horror: The 1980s Horror Flick TERRORVISION Inspires a Career in Horror by Todd Sullivan
Japanese Film MISSING Surprises with Its Take on the Serial Killer Genre: A Thrilling and Horrific Exploration of Human Greed by Holly Lyn Walrath
Ends and Edges: Review of THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET by Catriona Ward by Christina Ladd
What It Means To Be a Woman (And a Witch): A Review of Juno Dawson’s Adult Fiction Debut, HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVEN by Taylor Jones
Snark, Bullies, and the Undead: Review of Blumhouse and Epix’s UNHUMAN by Emily Wagner
A Predator Retrospective: How 35 Years of Predator Lead to PREY (2022) by Grant Butler
GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE and the Concept of “Fan Service” by Holly Lyn Walrath
Return of the KILLER KLOWNS (FROM OUTER SPACE): The Cult Classic Horror Film Gets a Video Game Reboot by Prof. Ryan Fay
Interviews
“UNKNOWN NUMBER”: Interview with Hugo-Nominated Author Blue Neustifter by Megan Wegenke
BRIDGING WORLDS IN AFRICAN SPECULATIVE FICTION: Interview with Nebula-winner Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki by Mar Vincent
MINTY FRESH: A Vampire Pulp Novella: Interview with debut author J. Corvine by B. Rae Grosz
The Fantastic Ms Yuriko Smith by Christina Sng
A Mythic Soap Opera: Interview with Randee Dawn, Author of TUNE IN TOMORROW by J.Z. Weston
Dicult Women, Catharsis, and Talking Skeletons: Interview with Tiany Meuret, author of LITTLE BIRD by J.Z. Weston
UNDER FORTUNATE STARS: Interview with Debut Novelist Ren Hutchings by Mar Vincent
Hot Mess Vampires, Strange Names, and B-Movie Plots: An Interview with SFF Author Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Author of WHERE YOU LINGER by Mar Vincent
Reality, Truth, and Memory: An Interview with Deborah L. Davitt, author of BOUNDED BY ETERNITY by T.D. Walker
MIDNIGHT SOCIAL DISTORTION: An Interview with Mark O. Estes, Creator of a Podcast for Queer Black Horror Fans by vanessa maki
Three’s a Crowd(ed): Interview with Chris Sebela, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, and Tríona Farrell, the Team behind the 3-Volume Comic “Crowded” by Jamileh Alexandra
Apocalypses, Liminality, and Pocket Watches: An Interview with Meridel Newton, Author of THE FUTURE SECOND BY SECOND by Emily Wagner
Escaping the Body: An interview with Chloe N. Clark by Leslie Archibald
Scifaiku, Dark Fairytales, and Poetry: Interview with Christina Sng, Author of THE GRAVITY OF EXISTENCE by Archita Mittra
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