AR/Alex Henderson
@arhenderson.bsky.social
Writer of words, editor of articles, scholar of queer fiction! They/them or she/her
AN UNEXPECTED PARTY is out now from Fremantle Press!
https://www.arhendersonwrites.com/
https://theafictionado.wordpress.com/
AN UNEXPECTED PARTY is out now from Fremantle Press!
https://www.arhendersonwrites.com/
https://theafictionado.wordpress.com/
Among all this anime, I DO write about books from time to time! Recently I read Nghi Vo's queer and magical Great Gatsby remix, The Chosen and the Beautiful, and it haunted me so much I had to make a post about it. Enjoy! theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/t...
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Among all this anime, I DO write about books from time to time! Recently I read Nghi Vo's queer and magical Great Gatsby remix, The Chosen and the Beautiful, and it haunted me so much I had to make a post about it. Enjoy! theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/t...
It's time for a new anime season!
July 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
It's time for a new anime season!
Whether it’s taking you somewhere escapist or using genre to dig its teeth into gnarly realities, it’s more important than ever to actively support queer fiction, so take a look at my list of scifi, fantasy, and horror and see what calls to you! theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/f...
June 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Whether it’s taking you somewhere escapist or using genre to dig its teeth into gnarly realities, it’s more important than ever to actively support queer fiction, so take a look at my list of scifi, fantasy, and horror and see what calls to you! theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/f...
Becoming the Protagonist of Golf (and Other Character Motivations)
New blog, this one about how important an emotional core and a character arc - even a simple one! - are to making hobby shows really land ⛳
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/05/15/b...
New blog, this one about how important an emotional core and a character arc - even a simple one! - are to making hobby shows really land ⛳
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/05/15/b...
May 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Becoming the Protagonist of Golf (and Other Character Motivations)
New blog, this one about how important an emotional core and a character arc - even a simple one! - are to making hobby shows really land ⛳
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/05/15/b...
New blog, this one about how important an emotional core and a character arc - even a simple one! - are to making hobby shows really land ⛳
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/05/15/b...
I got to attend the very first Trans Book Festival - a day of panels from writers, poets, artists, and editors all under the trans umbrella! Following a call to document our own history, I've written up my experience in this blog post 🏳️⚧️ 📚 theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/a...
March 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I got to attend the very first Trans Book Festival - a day of panels from writers, poets, artists, and editors all under the trans umbrella! Following a call to document our own history, I've written up my experience in this blog post 🏳️⚧️ 📚 theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/a...
Down with the system, long live the psychic lesbians! My first book post of the year is all about METAL FROM HEAVEN: theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/m...
February 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Down with the system, long live the psychic lesbians! My first book post of the year is all about METAL FROM HEAVEN: theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/m...
In shocking news, I'm enjoying an isekai anime this season - so what is it about ZENSHU that's lighting up my brain when superficially similar premises often put me to sleep? Thoughts here! theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/i...
February 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In shocking news, I'm enjoying an isekai anime this season - so what is it about ZENSHU that's lighting up my brain when superficially similar premises often put me to sleep? Thoughts here! theafictionado.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/i...
Evergreen screencap. She is truly an icon
January 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Evergreen screencap. She is truly an icon
One final sample because this made me laugh. "Oh no, I forgot about Anthy!" Utena has never been less relatable. Couldn't be me girl
January 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
One final sample because this made me laugh. "Oh no, I forgot about Anthy!" Utena has never been less relatable. Couldn't be me girl
Most interesting for me, these issues had chapters from the Utena manga! Empty Movement will have all these archived somewhere so I won't post every page, but isn't it wild to see this series here, in the context a lot of English-language fans would have discovered it? Why is the font like that??
January 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Most interesting for me, these issues had chapters from the Utena manga! Empty Movement will have all these archived somewhere so I won't post every page, but isn't it wild to see this series here, in the context a lot of English-language fans would have discovered it? Why is the font like that??
And you can order these super cool new titles NOT FOR KIDS on VHS by MAIL ORDER! Cutting edge!
January 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
And you can order these super cool new titles NOT FOR KIDS on VHS by MAIL ORDER! Cutting edge!
I love stuff like this, they're such great time capsules of early fandom and the licencing landscape. Look, there's a whole article about how strange and exciting it is that they make manga just about food. You heard of this? Far out!
January 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I love stuff like this, they're such great time capsules of early fandom and the licencing landscape. Look, there's a whole article about how strange and exciting it is that they make manga just about food. You heard of this? Far out!
Today I had the surreal pleasure of finding some 1999 issues of Animerica Extra in a vintage and collectables shop
January 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Today I had the surreal pleasure of finding some 1999 issues of Animerica Extra in a vintage and collectables shop
And now, as 2024 draws ever closer to a close, it's time to round up the BEST ANIME I WATCHED this year! Fantasy hijinks, moving coming-of-age stories, and a surprisingly high (?) amount of romance... read about them here: theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/12/26/t...
December 25, 2024 at 10:09 PM
And now, as 2024 draws ever closer to a close, it's time to round up the BEST ANIME I WATCHED this year! Fantasy hijinks, moving coming-of-age stories, and a surprisingly high (?) amount of romance... read about them here: theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/12/26/t...
Merry Christmas Eve - I have a new fantasy short story out in the debut issue of Long Trek Press!
Graphic from the magazine's Instagram account ☆
longtrek.xyz/2024/12/24/a...
Graphic from the magazine's Instagram account ☆
longtrek.xyz/2024/12/24/a...
December 24, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Merry Christmas Eve - I have a new fantasy short story out in the debut issue of Long Trek Press!
Graphic from the magazine's Instagram account ☆
longtrek.xyz/2024/12/24/a...
Graphic from the magazine's Instagram account ☆
longtrek.xyz/2024/12/24/a...
For more Book Stuff you can also follow/friend me on Storygraph! I love to see little updates on what people are reading 📚 app.thestorygraph.com/profile/thea...
December 19, 2024 at 12:57 AM
For more Book Stuff you can also follow/friend me on Storygraph! I love to see little updates on what people are reading 📚 app.thestorygraph.com/profile/thea...
It's the most magical time of year - time to round up and recommend THE BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2024!
We’ve got high fantasy, contemporary rom-coms, modern gothic, and some fun hybrids including horror-romance and fantasy-mystery. Check it out here:
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/t...
We’ve got high fantasy, contemporary rom-coms, modern gothic, and some fun hybrids including horror-romance and fantasy-mystery. Check it out here:
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/t...
December 11, 2024 at 8:19 PM
It's the most magical time of year - time to round up and recommend THE BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2024!
We’ve got high fantasy, contemporary rom-coms, modern gothic, and some fun hybrids including horror-romance and fantasy-mystery. Check it out here:
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/t...
We’ve got high fantasy, contemporary rom-coms, modern gothic, and some fun hybrids including horror-romance and fantasy-mystery. Check it out here:
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/t...
Obligatory Spotify share 🎵 These are all pop ladies except for the top entry, which is a video game composer... it's always my writing playlists coming in with the steel chair lmao
December 5, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Obligatory Spotify share 🎵 These are all pop ladies except for the top entry, which is a video game composer... it's always my writing playlists coming in with the steel chair lmao
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc and A Magical Girl Retires are both distinctly “adult” takes on the familiar magical girl framework… though in a very different way to other, similarly genre-aware stories that have come before 👀 Read my thoughts here! theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/a...
November 27, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc and A Magical Girl Retires are both distinctly “adult” takes on the familiar magical girl framework… though in a very different way to other, similarly genre-aware stories that have come before 👀 Read my thoughts here! theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/a...
God, when did I last update this? Have I told you all how much I loved The Pairing? I don't usually read contemporary adult romance but hot damn, Casey McQuiston hooked me in. It's the "childhood friends to lovers to tragic breakup to haha hey we found each other again now what" of it all
November 14, 2024 at 12:03 PM
God, when did I last update this? Have I told you all how much I loved The Pairing? I don't usually read contemporary adult romance but hot damn, Casey McQuiston hooked me in. It's the "childhood friends to lovers to tragic breakup to haha hey we found each other again now what" of it all
Reviving this thread to say that SWORDCROSSED was also really fun. There's some swords, sure, but mostly it's like a fantasy comedy of manners feat. corporate espionage! Who knew I could care so much about a completely imaginary textile industry?
November 14, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Reviving this thread to say that SWORDCROSSED was also really fun. There's some swords, sure, but mostly it's like a fantasy comedy of manners feat. corporate espionage! Who knew I could care so much about a completely imaginary textile industry?
I'm blogging about genre again 🤔 this time, what do people mean when they market something as "cozy fantasy"? Is it a sweet, fuzzy magical story where Nothing Bad Ever Happens... or something more complex?
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/08/08/c...
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/08/08/c...
August 9, 2024 at 10:48 PM
I'm blogging about genre again 🤔 this time, what do people mean when they market something as "cozy fantasy"? Is it a sweet, fuzzy magical story where Nothing Bad Ever Happens... or something more complex?
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/08/08/c...
theafictionado.wordpress.com/2024/08/08/c...
And finally, for our mid-year mid-point, a fantasy novel that's raw and angry but also surprisingly heartwarming for something with so much body horror in it... it's the asexual monster love story Someone You Can Build a Nest In!
July 14, 2024 at 5:56 AM
And finally, for our mid-year mid-point, a fantasy novel that's raw and angry but also surprisingly heartwarming for something with so much body horror in it... it's the asexual monster love story Someone You Can Build a Nest In!