science fiction Archives - Bone and Sickle

Horror, Fact, Fiction, and a Revelation

November 22, 2025 boneandsickle Bone and Sickle, EPISODE, Frankenstein, gothic literature, horror movies, Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, media, modern folklore, pop culture, science fiction, storytelling, urban legends

This is a special short episode looking at fictional evidence used to bolster horror narratives in literature, film, and broadcast[…]

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Inside the Hollow Earth

July 1, 2024 boneandsickle cults, Edgar Allen Poe, EPISODE, fairies, folklore, Gerald of Wales, history, hollow earth, mythology, science fiction, subterranean, subterranean adventure, utopia

Borrowed from fairy lore, the notion of a hollow earth peopled by superior beings became a theme of literary fantasies as[…]

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Electric Fairy Rings and the Slime from Space

May 30, 2022 boneandsickle alchemy, anomalies, astronomy, celestial phenomena, Charles Fort, curiosities, EPISODE, fairies, fairy tales, folklore, history, meteors, Paracelsus, science fiction, Star Jelly, superstition

The folklore of fairy rings and “star jelly” is strangely connected to celestial phenomena, including lightning and shooting stars. We[…]

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