Fantastical Truth

Fantastical Truth


Latest Episodes

235. What Are the Scariest Stories About Aliens Among Us?
October 22, 2024

These fictional space creatures can stalk humans like other horror monsters, but armies of aliens also destroy cities and demon-like beings attack human nature.

234. Who Are the Future Voices of Christian Fantastical Storytelling? | with Brett Harris and Kara Swanson
October 15, 2024

With popular genres changing every month, The Author Conservatory founders help us dare to speculate on the stories of tomorrow.

233. Should Christian Fans Really ‘Avoid the Appearance of Evil’?
October 08, 2024

This twisted interpretation of 1 Thessalonians 5:22 isn't biblical, doesn't work, and enables fake holiness or even spiritual abuse.

232. What If You Fought a Forest that Cursed Your Family? | The Burning Tree with Helen Dent
October 01, 2024

One girl in rural Georgia must confront the ancient tree that cursed two families, and her whole community, in this deep-rooted rural fantasy.

231. Should Readers Look for ‘Clean’ or ‘Wholesome’ Stories?
September 24, 2024

If we look for books without obvious poisons, we may overlook our imaginations' need for stories of good taste and nutritional value.

230. Why Do Modern Stories Keep Reversing Heroes and Villains?
September 17, 2024

Cynics often envy real-life heroes like national leaders and astronauts, which drives the self-righteous subversions of heroic virtue in fiction.

229. What If Christians Joined Civil War Against Immortal Elites? | The Wall by Brian Penn
September 10, 2024

Soldier-spy Asher must wrestle with faith and life behind enemy lines, just as Christians engage the challenges of fictional dystopian worlds.

228. Why Don’t Christian-Made Arts Top Secular Charts?
September 03, 2024

Many Christians ask why the world tends to make the most popular stories, but we have real answers for why secular culture stays no. 1.

227. Is Christianity Preventing a ‘Star Trek’ Future? | with Dr. Sarah Salviander
August 27, 2024

Christian scholars helped create modern science, yet many sci-fi speculators assume believers should have no place in their visions of progress.

226. Does the Holy Spirit ‘Inspire’ Fantastical Stories?
August 20, 2024

When wonderful stories or songs make us feel "inspirational," we can thank God for His gifts of human talent, despite our sins and struggles.