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Carol looking up in Pluribus S1 "Pirate Lady"

Featured Essays

Pluribus

Pluribus and Romantasy: Art at the End of the World

By Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

November 20, 2025

Detail from an aquatint depicting a witch in silhouette; art by M. Dubourg after B.A. Townshend, 1815

Featured Essays

Witches

Rebellion, Activism, Imagination: Why We Need Witches More Than Ever

By Asa West

October 7, 2025

3D Render of a robotic hand and a human hand reaching towards each other

Featured Essays

artificial intelligence

Creativity vs. Control: Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and A.I. “Art”

By Wendy Xu

August 19, 2025

Detail from artwork from Severance: "The Exalted Victory of Cold Harbor"

Featured Essays

Severance

Analyzing the Art of Severance

By Tenacity Plys

April 9, 2025

Photograph of two artist's palettes and a box of other art supplies, including paintbrushes and paint tubes.

Books

Five Books

Painting With Words: Great Fantasies That Feature Visual Art

By Gwenda Bond

February 13, 2024

Close-up photograph of paint brushes covered in red, yellow, and orange paint, resting on a partially painted canvas. Paint tubes with dabs of blue, green, yellow, orange, and red paint appear in the background.

Books

reading recommendations

Seven SFF Stories About Artists and the Creative Struggle

By Ratika Deshpande

February 7, 2024

Books

fantasy

Five SFF Stories Featuring Magical Paintings

By James Davis Nicoll

May 5, 2023

Detail from the cover of Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Books

Brandon Sanderson

Sazed Is a Reminder That Everything You Create Matters

By Ratika Deshpande

March 7, 2023

Blog

art

15 Years Later, Ratatouille’s Message About Art Still Inspires Me

By Leah Schnelbach

June 27, 2022

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The Time Traveler's Wife

The Art of Revenge: The Time Traveler’s Wife, “Episode Three”

By Natalie Zutter

May 31, 2022

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Art & Illustration

Eight SFF Books That Echo Famous Works of Art

By Diane Callahan

November 4, 2021

Smithsonian Institute covers for Future Visions exhibit

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The Smithsonian’s “Future Visions 2071” Includes New Fiction by Tochi Onyebuchi and Madeline Ashby

By Molly Templeton

October 28, 2021

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“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic.”

R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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