Drawing from the literature and the historical fiction-based feminist antimilitarist research I conducted in writing my debut novel. A Sea of Spectres. this article discusses the what and why of fiction-based research. I detail how to: (a) move from inspiration to fiction-based research; (b) frame the research; (c) develop research questions; (d) and embed theory and data in the story... https://www.spidertattooz.com/