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Asterisks & Anomalies

Educational and research site of academic research articles related to the fantastical, from sci-fi to fantasy, from conspiracies to cryptozoology, from horror to action/adventure.

We are interested in any media these research forms may address: from novels and short stories to poems, from social media to fanfiction, from films to streaming serials, from tabletop games to video games.

Asterisks & Anomalies' on the other hand sections summarize and cite larger works, giving readers quick insight into new ideas and developments in the fantastical, providing inpsiration for research.

Lisa Yarnell


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SWPACA Albuquerque 2023

Lisa presented “Failure to Adapt: No Joke: Wide Sargasso Sea” at the SWPACA conference in 2024. She served recently as a prose editor for the literary journal Shadowplay, and her short stories have been published in the literary journals Wraparound South and The Scarlet Leaf Review. She is an Assistant Professor in the Communications Department at Eastern Florida State College and a graduate student in the MFA Creative Writing program at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

Her current interests are the octogenarian in 21st century popular fiction as well as the application of narratological theory to film adaptations.