Richardson's Rubicon

<p>In folk horror, you know it’s getting serious when the locals would rather see a house burn than let an outsider move in. 🔥</p><p>I’m chatting with Jack Callaghan about Wyrd Water, set in the Lake District in 1979...

<p>Bob Freeman joins me to talk about the H2 Lift Ships series, a comic science-fiction setting built around solar-sail cargo ships, hydrogen lift, semi-sentient bioGels, and a trading civilisation that has to manage...

<p>In a world where mercy comes with a bill, things get interesting fast. 🎙️</p><p>This time I’m joined by Travis Kuffel, author of Unleashed and the Tales of Ganden setting. We talk about why Baksa Ranger Cadel risks...

<p>Trying to build an epic world or magic system without it collapsing into waffle?</p><p>In this episode I talk to Mave Hathaway about The Breaking, book one of the Dodsfell Chapter. We get into belief, power, social...

<p>What if Charles Babbage’s mechanical computers had actually worked, and by 1896 London was already stumbling into an early information age?</p><p>I’m joined by Tim Standish, author of The Sterling Directive. His...

<p>What would it take to build a society that looks calm on the surface, but stays that way by controlling what people are allowed to imagine?</p><p>In this episode I’m joined by sci-fi author Macaulay Christian...

<p>In this episode of Richardson’s Rubicon, I’m joined by Evan Kidwell, author of Timeaous Spark and the Luck Curse.</p><p>Evan’s world is built around a brutal sorting system: students are put through the Trials to...

<p>What makes a 16-year-old aspiring actress the right protagonist for a multiverse story? Because performance, mimicry, and knowing when to lie or tell the truth become survival skills when your world treats speech as...

<p>This week on Richardson’s Rubicon, I’m joined by author Mike Oppenheim to talk worldbuilding through pressure and consequence, using his novel The Curse of Cortez as the case study.</p><p>We dig into a deceptively...

<p>Ever wondered what an audiobook narrator hears in your worldbuilding?</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode of Richardson’s Rubicon, I’m joined by Liza Jacob, a voice actor and award-winning audiobook narrator (with a...

<p>This week’s episode of Richardson’s Rubicon is one you won’t want to miss.</p><p>I’m joined by Dr. Larry Smith, author of 2084: The Neuroxone Conspiracy, a dystopian medical thriller set in a near-future where...

<p>What happens when the universe sends… cats… to nudge humanity in a better direction, one “paw biscuit” at a time? 🐾</p><p>In this episode I’m joined by Momoko Uno, author of the sci-fi comedy Hello Humans, where an...

<p>✨ Four Horsemen. Romance. A peace treaty between humans, angels, and demons. It works better than it has any right to.</p><p>In this episode of Richardson’s Rubicon, I’m joined by J.F. Monroe, author of The Legendary...

<p>What happens when a retired schoolteacher finds himself transformed into his game avatar, chased by wolves, and trapped in a fantasy world? Well, that’s just the beginning of the adventure with New Rock series author...

<p>B Marcus Walker joins me, John Richardson, to talk about building cultures and societies in fantasy without drowning the reader in lore. We dig into Brian’s “less is more” approach, why outsider viewpoints can be the...