Erika Swyler on Worldbuilding as Set Design

Erika Swyler on Worldbuilding as Set Design

“Remember that every bit of worldbuilding that makes it to the page adds to the set, and stage space is limited.”

By Erika Swyler | January 17, 2025

Are We Running Out of Monster Metaphors for the Disasters of the Real World?

Are We Running Out of Monster Metaphors for the Disasters of the Real World?

Erika Swyler on Surviving Our Fears By Creating More of Them

By Erika Swyler | September 1, 2020

On <em>Not</em> Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

On Not Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

Erika Swyler on the Autobiographical Truths of Fiction

By Erika Swyler | May 3, 2019

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