In ancient Greek mythology, Theia is the daughter of Gaia and mother to the Sun, the Moon, and the Dawn. In contemporary but somewhat alternative belief systems, Theia is the counter-Earth that orbits directly opposite us on the other side of the Sun, and while we can never quite catch a glimpse of her, we’re often visited by her flying saucers.
In considerably more sober and serious cosmological circles, Theia is the name given to the hypothetical Mars-sized protoplanet that collided with the Early Earth roughly four-and-a-half billion years ago, giving rise to the Earth-Moon system as we know it today.
Whatever you believe Theia to be, when we were looking for a name for Stupefying Stories’ new sister publication, THEIAN JOURNAL seemed to grasp the concept quite nicely. A bit unearthly; a bit alternative; these are *different* stories, reflecting a different editorial philosophy, yet brought to you with the same dedication to finding excellent stories by writers whose voices you may not have heard before.
We think you’ll agree: sometimes different can be very good.
In ancient Greek mythology, Theia is the daughter of Gaia and mother to the Sun, the Moon, and the Dawn. In contemporary but somewhat alternative belief systems, Theia is the counter-Earth that orbits directly opposite us on the other side of the Sun, and while we can never quite catch a glimpse of her, we’re often visited by her flying saucers.
In considerably more sober and serious cosmological circles, Theia is the name given to the hypothetical Mars-sized protoplanet that collided with the Early Earth roughly four-and-a-half billion years ago, giving rise to the Earth-Moon system as we know it today.
Whatever you believe Theia to be, when we were looking for a name for Stupefying Stories’ new sister publication, THEIAN JOURNAL seemed to grasp the concept quite nicely. A bit unearthly; a bit alternative; these are *different* stories, reflecting a different editorial philosophy, yet brought to you with the same dedication to finding excellent stories by writers whose voices you may not have heard before.
We think you’ll agree: sometimes different can be very good.