Dissecting Dragons
A podcast by J.A. Ironside & M.E. Vaughan - Fridays
100 Episodes
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Episode 389: Beautiful Misery - The Hunger for the Afflicted Woman in Fiction
Published: 8/18/2023 -
Episode 388: A Conflagration of Authors - AI, Audiobooks and Infringement
Published: 8/11/2023 -
Episode 387: Complicated Runes and Ineffable Power - Hard Versus Soft Magic Systems in Speculative Fiction
Published: 8/4/2023 -
Episode 386: The Art of Not Fitting In - A collection of Not Like the Other Girls Trope Observations
Published: 7/27/2023 -
Episode 385: Both is Good - Examining Bisexual Representation in Speculative Fiction
Published: 7/21/2023 -
Episode 384: Appearances Can be Deceiving - The Hidden Power of Modern Fairytales
Published: 7/14/2023 -
Episode 383: Gaslit Magic and Immortal Monsters Hunters - Incorporating Strong Historical Elements in UF
Published: 7/7/2023 -
Episode 382: Part of Your World - Tracing the Origins of The Little Mermaid
Published: 6/30/2023 -
Episode 381: Hard Times in Magic & Logic - Examining the Parameters of Hard Scifi and fantasy
Published: 6/23/2023 -
Episode 380: Will He Escape those Dastardedly Clutches - Why Cliffhangers Are a Bad Idea
Published: 6/16/2023 -
Episode 379: Exuding Menace 101 - How to Create Menacing Villains
Published: 6/9/2023 -
Ep 378: Separated by a Common Language - Examining the Differences between UK and US Urban Fantasy
Published: 6/1/2023 -
Episode 377: Bringing in Dessert - Serving Up Delicious Endings Against Desperate Odds
Published: 5/26/2023 -
Episode 376: In that Time In that Place - the Monomyth and Other Storytelling Modes
Published: 5/19/2023 -
Episode 375: The Batcherlorette - Bookish Edition
Published: 5/12/2023 -
Ep 374: Her Fatal Curiosity - Tracing the Origins of Bluebeard
Published: 5/5/2023 -
Ep 373: Circe Morgana and Rosaline - The Problem with Feminist Retellings
Published: 4/28/2023 -
Episode 372: Truth Fiction and Outright Absurdity - More Strange Author Mysteries
Published: 4/21/2023 -
Episode 371: Breaking the Stained Glass Window - Language Storytelling Absolutism and Censorship
Published: 4/14/2023 -
Episode 370: Running with th Wolves - Werewolves in Folklore and Speculative Fiction Part 2
Published: 4/7/2023
Authors J.A. Ironside and M.E. Vaughan talk about books, films and all aspects of speculative fiction, from the nuts and bolts of writing it, to its (occasionally) obscure origins.