Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi!

Everyday anxieties have deeper roots than they might first seem – and Radio 4 / BBC Sounds’ new horror podcast Lusus delves into them. We chatted with its creators, Samantha Newton and Rachel C Zisser.

We wanted to do an anthology because we had so many ideas. People’s anxiety fits different characters. You couldn’t just take FOMO and hypochondria and fear of poisoning your baby and give it to the same character so it was clear it would have to be an anthology but I hate stories that start with a new character every time and you don’t have anything to linger on. When I’m listening I like to come back to a world that’s a little bit familiar within the unfamiliar.

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