Dissecting Dragons

Episode 413: Dragon riders & wolf speakers - the Animal Soul Bond in Speculative Fiction

An interesting slant on both the animal companion and the soul mate tropes, is the 'soul bonded...

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Episode 412: By the Blade - the Evolution of Heroic Fantasy

Heroic fantasy better know as Sword & Sorcery, is one of the oldest forms of modern fantasy. It's...

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Episode 411: Kitchen Heroes - Humble Protagonists who get Things Done in Speculative Fiction

Have you ever noticed how often a lynchpin character is not, in fact, 'the chosen one'? Or how...

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Episode 410: In a Rural Dream - The Rise of Cottagecore

Aesthetic movements becoming literary genres is not a new thing; nor is the waxing and waning in...

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Episode 409: Pitched Perfectly - The Film was Better than the Book

The dragons are starting the year with the controversial take that sometimes the film adaptation...

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Episode 408: There’s good news and...more good news - 2023 in review

For the final episode of 2023, the dragons are once again suggesting that the last year wasn't as...

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Episode 407: Jingle Bell Rock - Storytelling through the medium of songs the Christmas edition

Tis the season and this week the dragons bring you a festive episode that looks at how songs can...

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Episode 406: A Picture Says a Thousand Words - The Rise of the Graphic Novel

The creation of graphic novels is not only a form of illustration but a type of story telling in...

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Episode 405: The Fairest of Them All - The Pursuit of Beauty as a Literary Device

There are many physical characteristics which, when used in storytelling, have ingrained...

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Episode 404: It was Great Apart from the Ending - Beloved Fiction that Wobbled on the Dismount

Writing a book is hard. Ending a book in way that satisfies most of your readers is unbelievably...

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Episode 403: The Old Family Business - Gangster Witches and Legacy Monster Hunters

A SFF trope currently rising in popularity is that of the magical crime family. This is...

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Episode: 402 Of Gold and Hubris - Tracing the Origins of Rumpelstiltskin

This week, the dragons bring you another fairy tales in focus episode. Rumpelstiltskin is a mixed...

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Episode 401: Girls on Ice - a History of the Fridging Trope

Regular listeners of the show will already know that very few tropes and writing trends are...

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Episode 400: Strange Fruit in the Gallant South - Exploring the Southern Gothic

Gothic fiction may have started out as a sophisticated joke, but like so many initially unlikely...

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Episode 399: This Set is Cursed - Strange Events Behind the Scenes at Horror Films

This week's episode in the October spookathon takes a look at horror films. Now, obviously creepy...

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DD Episode 398: Joyous Companions Forever - examining the queerness of the vampire genre

Part two of a two part episode   Continuing both the spooky season and their examination of...

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Episode 397: The Beautiful and the Damned - examining the Queerness of the Vampire Genre

Part 1 of a two part episode Continuing their month long spookathon, this week the dragons...

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Ep 396: It Came from Out of the closet - The Queer Relationship with Horror

It's October which means two things: Hallowe'en and the Dragons' traditional month long...

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Ep 395: Weirdstones and Magic Keys - What makes a Children’s book a classic?

There's a lot to be learned about serving your target audience exactly what they want from...

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Ep 394: Divas Debutantes and Girls next door - the best and worst female main characters

There's still a lot of discourse around what makes a strong female character - an annoying...

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