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The Comfort (and Discomfort) of Retellings

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Five SFF Strategies for Plotting Around Pesky Parents

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Odo and the Nameless Shapeshifter hold hands in a scene from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "What You Leave Behind"
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Deep Space Nine and the Most Fantastical Concept in All of Fiction 

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Close-ups of three characters from David Lynch's work: Kyle MacLachlan as Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks, Laura Dern as Lula in Wild at Heart, and Jack Nance as Henry in Eraserhead
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David Lynch

David Lynch’s Weirdness Cannot Be Separated From His Empathy

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Illustration of Vash and Wolfwood in a panel from the Trigun Maximum manga
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storytelling

A Blank Ticket: How Trigun Taught Me the Importance of Storytelling and Love

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Five SFF Board Games With Excellent Lore

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Two close-up images of Christopher Reeve in Superman and Keanu Reeves in The Matrix
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Superman

The Essential Storytelling Device That Fuels Superman and The Matrix

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K-pop Videos Hold the Key to Better, Weirder Storytelling, and Here Is My Proof

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Tor.com 15th Anniversary

Monarchy, Power, and the Stories We Tell

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Tor.com 15th Anniversary

Life and Death in Final Fantasy VII

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Barbie Has Always Been About Storytelling

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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What Breath of the Wild Can Teach Us About Storytelling (and Life)

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“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

William Gibson, Neuromancer

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