Joshua David Bellin has been writing novels since he was eight years old (though the first few were admittedly very short). He is the author of numerous works of science fiction and fantasy, including the Survival Colony novels, the Ecosystem Cycle, and the deep-space adventure Freefall. His time-travel thriller Myriad will be published in May 2023 by Angry Robot Books.
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In an era of mass shootings, violence by law enforcement, rising rates of suicide among young people, and other crises, issues of trauma and PTSD loom large. Time travel, a mainstay of speculative fiction for more than a century, can offer insight into and reflection on key aspects of trauma, such as bodily dissociation and perseverative memory. Members of the SFWA community discuss the roles sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and related genres play in conversations about trauma and PTSD.
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