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Announcing the Best of Interstellar Flight Magazine: Year 3
Pirates, AI, Green Knights, Stop-Motion, D&D, and more from the Best Nerdy Nonfiction on the Net
Dearest Space Slugs,
We made it another year. Running a small press during the pandemic has been eye-opening. Interstellar Flight Magazine has been a point of light for me. I’m constantly amazed by the wonderful work we are able to highlight in these pages. Both in terms of supporting marginalized voices but also in that we are one of the few nonfiction SFF outlets out there.
This year’s anthology highlights indie authors and creators who are working outside the lines of traditional publishing venues. I was lucky enough to attend Fantastic Fest in Austin to bring several reviews of new, unpublished-as-of-yet films. Several articles this year highlight what it’s like to be a creator in a pandemic.
In terms of the press, we’ve got interviews with all the authors who wrote our new releases for 2021. We just wrapped up our short story collection call, so I’m excited for what is coming our way in terms of new books.
I want to say thank you as always to our contributors, volunteers, authors who we’ve interviewed, and everyone who puts in their own little effort to keep this spaceship afloat. I truly could not do this without y’all.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Original Articles
- Sci-fi, AI and the Future of New China: How China Uses Science Fiction to Define Its Future by Alexandra Casale
- The Legacy of Unus Annus: Ephemeral Art in a Cyberpunk World by Andrea Blythe
- A New Halloween: How COVID-19 changed the way we celebrate Halloween by Christina Sng
- Futurism in the Land of the Future: Finding Solace in Chinese Science Fiction by Elyse Ribbons 柳素英
- True Crime is a Feminist Hobby: Studying the History of Crime Helps Us Understand Violence Against Women by Holly Lyn Walrath
- How Dungeons & Dragons Saved Life in Lockdown: D&D and the Freedom of Imagination by Hesper Leverett
- The Blood Libel is Back, Baby: Antisemitic Tropes in Folklore, Culture, and SFF by Jeana Jorgensen
- Seeing Beyond Sight: My Journey to Afrofuturism: From the Co-Editor of The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry by Len Lawson
Reviews
- The Green Knight and Toxic Masculinity: Where Have All the Chivalrous Men Gone? by Holly Lyn Walrath
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Almost Critiques America: Marvel’s Latest on Disney+ Explores Metaphors for US Foreign Policy by A.A. Voigt
Grief and the Housewife: WandaVision’s Bold Take on Love by Annika Barranti Klein - Dune: The Good, The Bad, and The Contradictory: Villeneuve’s 2021 Dune and Big Budget Sci-fi Cinema by Corey J. White
- South Korean “Quiet Place” Thrills: New Thriller MIDNIGHT is a Heart-Pounding Exploration of Deafness by Holly Lyn Walrath
- Why Space Sweepers is the Future of the Future: The Korean Sci-fi Film That Won 2021 by Hesper Leveret
- Science Fiction Has Always Been About Revolution: Aelita, a 1920s Russian Silent Film about Soviet Utopias, Free Speech, and Sex Queens from Mars by Holly Lyn Walrath
- What It Means to be a Family in a Technological Dystopia: Review of The Mitchells Vs. The Machines by Presley Thomas
- Norsemen: The Best Netflix Series You Haven’t Seen: Vikings Meets The Office with a Hilarious Twist by Henry L. Herz
- Apocalypse Meow: The Grudge at the End of the World by Sydney Richardson
- Phil Tippett is a MAD GOD: The NSFW Passion Project of a Stop-Motion Artist Who Never Gave Up on His Art is the Perfect Reflection of Today’s Bizarro Alternate Timeline by Holly Lyn Walrath
- Come and See: Fascism as Cosmic Horror by Corey J. White
- Manjula Padmanabhan’s Feminist Dystopian Science Fiction: How Contemporary Indian SFF Tackles Complex Issues by Anushmita Mohanty
- Intrigue, Secrets, and a Forbidden Romance: Review of Mask of the Nobleman by Laura Diaz de Arce by Archita Mittra
- Dying Stars, Sentient Rivers, and Little Blue Men: Review of The Burning Day and Other Strange Stories by Charles Payseur by Bri Downing
- “I cannot be kept in a box”: Review of The Girl from the Sea by Erin Becker
Rhapsody in Blue Bodies: “Primitive” Desire in Ruby Dixon’s Ice Planet Barbarians by Laura Díaz de Arce - Blurring the Lines Between Memoir and Speculative Poetry: Review of Clock Star Rose Spine by Fran Wilde by Leslie Archibald
- Fantasy Dreams in the Real World: Review of Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala by Presley Thomas
Interviews
- Sh*tting Stars: Interview with Aimee Ogden, author of Local Star by Elyse Ribbons 柳素英
- The Wild, The Weird, and the Speculative: Interview with Amelia Gorman, author of Field Guide to Invasive Species of Minnesota by Julie Reeser
- Ballad of the Tantalizing Tentacles: Interview with Poet, Wordsmith, and Performer Brandon O’Brien, Author of Can You Sign My Tentacle? by Elyse Ribbons 柳素英
- A Man of Many Hats: Interview with Mike Allen, writer, poet, publisher, editor, and journalist by Christina Sng
- Lava Lamps, Word Collages, and the Surreal: Interview with Wanda Deglane, Author of Lady Saturn by vanessa maki
- Vampires, Monstrousness, and a Multiplicity of Desire: Interview with S.T. Gibson, author of A Dowry of Blood by Joanna Weston
- Good Girls, Baby-Eating Monsters, and Crafting a Narrative: Interview with Isabel Yap, author of Never Have I Ever by Michael Glazner
- Poetry, Rage, Revenge, and Trauma: Interview with Jean Marie Bub, author of Maneater by vanessa maki
- Gamifying Writing: A Talk With Peter Chiykowski, Creator of The Story Engine Deck by J.D. Harlock
- Pride Economies, Gender Roles, and a Multiplicity of Bodies: Interview with Benjamin Rosenbaum, author of The Unraveling by Joanna Weston
- Fascinated by Fear: Interview with Horror Queens Meg Hafdahl & Kelly Florence by J.T. Morse
- Rebirth from the Sea: An Interview with Akua Lezli Hope, author of Otherwheres by T.D. Walker
- Pirates, Fangirls, and Sailor Moon: Interview With Sam Maggs, author of Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas by J.D. Harlock
- The Enduring Power of Heritage: An interview with Bryan Thao Worra, Lao Minnesotan Poet Laureate and President of the Science Fiction Poetry Association by Christina Sng
- How Heritage Affects the Stories We Live and the Stories We Tell: An interview with Lee Murray, multiple award-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories by Christina Sng
- Self-Love, Mermaids, & Fairy Tales: Interview with Isabel Villarreal, Author of Brown Clay by vanessa maki
- Queer Romance, Selkies, and Folklore: Interview with Molly Ostertag, Author and Illustrator of The Girl from the Sea by J.D. Harlock
- Fighting the Patriarchy, Myths, and Poetry: Interview with Lynne Sargent, author of A Refuge of Tales by T.D. Walker
- Jason Erik Lundberg: An American Writer in Asia by Christina Sng
The Trailblazing Ms Flynn by Christina Sng - Fairy Tales, Cryptids, and Poetry: Interview with Jezzy Wolfe, Author of Monstrum Poetica by Bri Downing
- Folklore, Magic Systems, and Anthropology: Interview with M.A. Carrick, author of The Mask of Mirrors by Archita Mittra
About the Cover Artist
Bram Stoker Award finalist Chaz Kemp embraces a dynamic watercolor style that incorporates vibrancy and color into dark fantasy, horror and cyberpunk art in a way that is rarely seen. As a freelance illustrator who is influenced by Art Nouveau, the influence of Alphonse Mucha is evident in his award-winning work that combines the hopeful energy of the Roaring 20s with the untamed diversity of the modern era.
