Tag Archives: fanfiction

Modern Myths: The Active Audience, Imagination and Why I Love Fanvids

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Ciara Darren

Stories are alive. As long as they are read, watched, discussed, they live on in the hearts and souls of every one they have touched. Th author has little control once the tale has flown from their fingers, it grows, … Continue reading →

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Surviving the End: Sterlizing the Hero and the Lie of Omission

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Ciara Darren

Even when you win, you haven’t finished. What you’ve really done is survived.  In many works of speculative fiction the last chapter, the final few moments of the show or the movie is full of fireworks and toasting. We survived! … Continue reading →

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Forbidden Words, Subconscious Decisions

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Ciara Darren

When I was maybe twelve, I ran across a Stephen King book. I don’t know what book it was. I think it was in my grandmother’s mobile home, when she was visiting us one summer. “Don’t read that,” she said. … Continue reading →

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