Editor’s note: The full version of this interview is available at Recursor.TV (one of our partners). Fable & Folly podcast producer Sean Howard and writer/director Eli Hamada McIlveen have produced a variety of improvised, comedic podcasts for sci-fi, fantasy, and gaming fans—including Civilized, The Axe & Crown, and the award-winning Alba Salix. With their love of genre fiction, it was ...

Were you an early adopter, or have you been late to the game with LinkedIN? The team of gamers, Twitch champions, and epic professionals at The Athena Alliance CLT have some wonderful women who have been in the gaming industry with over a decade plus of shared experience. And they can show you how to make best use of your ...

Seemingly alone aside from Vanya’s brutish and mysterious enforcer ‘The Behemoth’, Sheena must struggle not only with her own grief and trauma, but also with a cunning plot against her to take over the growing empire she and Vanya built together. That’s the premise behind the new miniseries in the making, AFK: A Hole in the World. And right now, ...

In the world of audio fiction, success tends to be a team effort. That’s clear in the work Travis Vengroff and Kaitlin Statz, the husband-wife duo behind Fool & Scholar Productions—an award-winning podcast network that produces horror, RPG, and sci-fi podcast fiction. Their efforts in podcasting began simply enough, as a creative hobby they could do together. Soon, with Statz ...

A screaming spaceship and a world of radical hospitality. That’s the tagline concept for Give Me Away, a science fiction audio drama from the podcast team powerhouse, Gideon Media. Written by Mac Rogers, the creator of the highly popular and acclaimed The Message, and directed by Jordana Williams (The Honeycomb Trilogy), Give Me Away is a unique look at finding ...

Looking for audio dramas that bring together horror, fantasy, science fiction, comedy, improvisational performances and gaming? Is there such a thing? Yes, there is—and it’s known as the Rusty Quill Network, a multi-award-winning podcast network with popular shows such as Rusty Quill Gaming (tabletop gaming fiction), Stellar Firma (an improv sci-fi tale in the mode of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), ...

Reprinted with permission from our partners at Recursor.TV Our ongoing series covering sci-fi and fantasy audio dramas continues today with Alternative Stories and Fake Realities, a podcast and production company for new and original audio drama, poetry and writing from across the English-speaking world. With well-known authors like Terri Windling and Chris Beckett, and up-and-coming writers like Emily Inkpen among ...

Inspired by the mythic storytelling of Tolkien, the brooding dark fantasy of Conan the Barbarian and Excalibur, and the murderous intrigue of Game of Thrones—the indie fantasy film Dragon Knight is a gritty epic for fans, by fans. With sweet rewards for its backers, the Kickstarter for Dragon Knight is reaching the end of its funding—and you don’t want to miss out ...

***Spoiler zone ahead: Read on at your own risk.*** So… watching Loki, anyone? We’re kidding. We know you are. Marvel/Disney’s new Loki series is generating tons of discussion. And we at TFN love ourselves some Tom Hiddleston, so we’ll join in with a look at how the series is tackling gender, masculinity, leadership…and what maybe we really want from our superheroes ...

Ready to get back to conventions this year? A lot of sci-fi and fantasy readers, filkers, cosplayers, gamers and other creators and fans are looking at the second half of this year and looking to make plans to safely enjoy their favorite con experiences. The question is, who’s putting on their cons, and how are they happening? With 2020’s pandemic ...