Interview: Yuval Kordov

Yuval talks nihilism in sci-fi, Dan Simmons, and light in the darkness with us.

As a thank you to our paid subscribers, starting this month we are introducing interviews with each of our authors to go along with their story. Our first interview is with our own Yuval Kordov, author of this month’s story Escape from Hades. Look for a new interview each month alongside our fiction!

How do you view religion in your own life and how does that influence religion in the worlds you create?

Religion is an intrinsic part of who I am, and therefore an intrinsic part of what I create. But it wasn’t always that way. Like many people, I found my faith after having kids. I wanted to be able to impart tradition, culture, strong values, and objective morality. It was through my kids that I found my way back to God. And it was that process of transformation that opened my eyes to just how hollow and nihilistic science-fiction had become.