A curated guide to the speculative fiction writers whose martial arts training, military service, competitive athletics, and weapons expertise produce action scenes that feel dangerously real. 10 Indie Fantasy & Sci-Fi Authors With Combat Expertise Who Write the Most Realistic Action Scenes and that headline is not hyperbole. Every author on this list brings verified, real-world combat or athletic expertise to the page. Most speculative fiction treats action scenes as: choreo

The 2024 Count of Monte Cristo remake captures the grandeur of the story’s setting A near-perfect Monte Cristo adaptation. Welcome to my Count of Monte Cristo Remake Review Overall: 9 out of 10. I loved it! The 2024 Count of Monte Cristo remake is the best film I've watched so far in 2026, full stop. The acting is superb, the visuals are stunning, and the writing feels sharp, deliberate, and emotionally confident. Acting That Transcends Language Now, I can't speak French, so

As a fantasy author, I believed I understood Arthurian fiction well. That belief shattered the moment I picked up Judith Tarr's Kingdom of the Grail from a little free library near my home. What I expected to be a light medieval adventure turned into a deep lesson on what Arthurian literature truly represents. This book reshaped how I write fantasy and exposed a widespread misunderstanding in the genre.

Every December, like clockwork, the discourse fires up again: "Christmas is actually pagan!" Someone's uncle shares a documentary. A friend posts about Saturnalia. Your social media feed erupts with claims about Sol Invictus and Yule logs. And honestly? I'm tired of it. Not because the conversation isn't worth having, but because we're asking the wrong questions entirely.

When I converted to Christianity, I didn't come from a the meadows of piety. I came out of the world of sports, art, entertainment, from a culture that fills it with the things that live on the edges: the grotesques, the goblins, the gargoyles. So imagine the whiplash when, newly baptized and hungry for beauty and the rich symbolic heritage of the faith, I dove into modern Christian fantasy... only to find that a lot of it has the texture of mass-produced white bread. Soft, c