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MIFV Interview Series: Dr. Jeffrey Angles on ‘The Luminous Fairies and Mothra’

Published January 13, 2026

Nathan sits down with Dr. Jeffrey Angles for a conversation on his next upcoming kaiju novel translation: The Luminous Fairies and Mothra. This short three-part book was the world’s introduction to the “Queen of the Monsters,” and it has a potent place in Japanese history and literary tradition. Learn about this and more in this interview!

Order the book: https://a.co/d/016Tybg.

Watch the original video version of this interview on the MIFV YouTube (https://youtube.com/live/NPwJ0zTjPGk?feature=share) or The Worlds of Nathan Marchand YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/live/7IYvHjV2YKA?feature=share).

Listen to Nathan and Becky “Bex” Smith discuss Mothra (1961): https://tinyurl.com/MIFV-59-Mothra-1961.

Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip, and Henshin Power V3!

We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, Wynja the Ninja, Christopher Riner, The Indiscrite One, Eli Harris, Jake Hambrick, Matt Walsh (but not that Matt Walsh), Jonathan Courtright, Leon Campbell, Michael Watson, Sam Allred, and Devin Torrence! Thanks for your support!

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Nathan is Interviewed by Kaiju Kim!

Published June 25, 2021

This past Sunday, I was interviewed by Kaiju Kim, who makes the most wholesome kaiju content you’ll see on YouTube. It was Father’s Day, so the chat was relatively quiet, but we still had a good time discussing kaiju literature–including books and short stories I’ve written and published myself. Give it a watch!

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‘Destroyer’ Novella Christmas Giveaway!

Published December 16, 2019
Cover art by Tyler Sowles, who also created the MIFV logo.

It’s Christmastime on Monster Island, and in the spirit of the holiday, I want to give three lucky kaiju lovers a signed copy of my giant monster novella, Destroyer, which I co-wrote with Natasha Hayden, Nick Hayden, and Timothy Deal (two of whom you’ve heard on the podcast). The rules are simple:

  1. Write a review of The Monster Island Film Vault on iTunes.
  2. Send a screenshot of your review to us via the podcast e-mail address: feedback@monsterislandfilmvault.com.
  3. BONUS: For every other podcatcher besides iTunes on which you write a review of the podcast beyond the first, you get a bonus entry added to the drawing.
  4. BONUS 2: You’ll get one extra entry if your review includes a 5-star rating.
  5. BONUS 3: If I get enough entries, I will add two more copies of the book to the drawing as prizes!
  6. Reviews must be posted and entries submitted between December 16, 2019, and December 31, 2019.

Easy!

Destroyer is a pulpy sci-fi thriller wherein:

The American Alliance army recruits scientists Dr. Steiner and his daughter, Eva, to build a superweapon to end the long war with the Russo-Chinese Coalition. The towering cyborg they create possesses the image of a dragon, the brain tissue of a once-living T-Rex, and the weaponry of an entire army. Dubbed “Rex-1,” the cyborg’s mission is to destroy military targets in Moscow. Closely followed by its creators and military commanders and controlled by telepathic technology, Rex-1 wreaks havoc on the Russians, smiting them like a demonic god. Then the unthinkable happens: Rex-1 goes berserk, defying all orders, and attacks the ship transporting the Americans. Crashing behind enemy lines in the heart of Moscow, Dr. Steiner and his group are caught in the middle of Rex-1’s rampage. Now with distrust and madness tearing his fellow survivors apart, Dr. Steiner has only one goal: DESTROY REX-1! This new deluxe edition features the bonus story “House of the Living” by Nick Hayden, presented here in print for the first time!

Can you guess which Godzilla film inspired the story?

You can read “Chapter 6: Berserk” of the novella on a previous blog on podcast website.

Merry Christmas!

(I guess I better get Jimmy From NASA a gift now…).

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