Collecting the essays in Speculative Insight: A Journal of Space, Magic and Footnote from January and June 2025, as well as a bonus essay by Lee Murray ONZM. Topics include an exploration of "quiet fiction", Terry Pratchett's male characters, the predominance of ethnically Chinese writers in South East Asian speculative fiction, national myth-making in The Lord of the Rings, and more. Authors include Nina Niskanen, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Ng Yi-Sheng, E.D.E bell, V.J Knipe, Abby Roberts, Emilie Morscheck, Kyle Tam, Val Nolan, Nick Hubble, and Lee Murray.