Archive - Unsettling Futures

Emerging from the shadows…

Yes, it has been a while since I posted.

Jun 28 •

Matthew Claxton

October 2023

August 2023

July 2023

Embracing our Garbage Literary Influences

All the crap that made us the sci-fi fans, readers, and writers that we are

Jul 8, 2023 •

Matthew Claxton

March 2023

Genre writing, show don't tell, and what actually sells

Is SFF using fewer tools than contemporary lit? Yes. The answer is yes.

Mar 21, 2023 •

Matthew Claxton

February 2023

RIP Cyberpunk: 1977-1994

Cyberpunk is dead. What replaced it?

Feb 11, 2023 •

Matthew Claxton

January 2023

The Spear Cuts Through Water is the best overlooked book of the last year

It's got fans. Not in its publisher's promotions department, however.

Jan 7, 2023 •

Matthew Claxton

Moonstruck is the greatest secret werewolf movie of all time

You're seeing this too, right?

Jan 3, 2023 •

Matthew Claxton

Unsettling Futures – FICTION – All the Turns of the Earth

This story first appeared in Analog Science Fiction & Fact back in 2020, and I honestly thought I’d posted it through the ol’ newsletter ages ago, but…

Jan 1, 2023 •

Matthew Claxton

December 2022

The emotional distance of magic systems

Or, why I will never be Brandon Sanderson

Dec 20, 2022 •

Matthew Claxton

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