Lara Elena Donnelly is joining us today to talk about her novel, No Such Thing as Duty. Here’s the publisher’s description:
In the waning days of World War One, William Somerset Maugham–novelist, playwright, and spy–is sent to Romania to serve allied interests in the fight against Austro-Hungary, while dying of tuberculosis. His handler sets him to recruit mysterious Carpathian nobleman Walter…
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I’m back in Denver following the Martian Contingency book tour, which was a delight. I deeply believe that stories are a collaborative process between the writer and the reader. Going on tour allowed me to meet so…
Randee Dawn is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Only Song Worth Singing. Here’s the publisher’s description:
Childhood friends Patrick, Ciaran, and Malachi would’ve been happy to play music for coins on the streets of Dublin, but when their sound – a blend of traditional tunes and rock styling – lands them a record deal, they also get their first tour of America. As they gather…
CJ Hosack is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Traveler’s Magic. Here’s the publisher’s description:
The Library is dying.
Ryn is finally working in the Ancestral Library, a childhood dream and a way to find her birth parentage. But the magic of the Library is being sabotaged, allowing pests, water damage and worse, while hostile Ancestor Houses are vying to move the books from the…
Hache Pueyo is joining us today to talk about her novel, But Not Too Bold. Here’s the publisher’s description:
The Shape of Water meets Mexican Gothic in this sapphic monster romance novella wrapped in gothic fantasy trappingsThe old keeper of the keys is dead, and the creature who ate her is the volatile Lady of the Capricious House―Anatema, an enormous humanoid spider with a taste for laudanum…
[author] is joining us today to talk about her novel, A Litany for a Broken World Here’s the publisher’s description:
A young girl’s disastrous first foray through the multiverse cleaves her from her family and abandons her in a homeless encampment, adrift in a world and a body not her own.A doctor struggling with grief volunteers for the annual Boston homeless census and is confronted by the…
Cory O’Brien is joining us today to talk about his novel, Two Truths and a Lie. Here’s the publisher’s description:
In a mostly underwater near-future Los Angeles, aging combat-drone veteran Orr Vue now lives a simple and small life, trading snippets of what’s become the most valuable currency: information. So when the cops show up at his door looking for data on a murder he’s not even aware has…
As you carefully consider what to nominate for awards this year, there are so many wonderful works to choose from. I’d be honored if you thought of me. Here are my award-eligible contributions for 2024.
Short Stories
“MARGINALIA” in Uncanny Magazine Issue Fifty-Six
Messy, frantic footsteps ran toward the cottage. “Margery!” Her brother’s voice cracked in the middle of her name. “Margery!…
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This month I became a Level 56 Human! Every year on my birthday I write a journal entry about the past year. You can take a look here—I’ve even included a party favor.
With February underway, we’re quickly closing…
Kathleen Jennings is joining us today to talk about the 30th anniversary edition of The Book of Atrix Wolf. Here’s the publisher’s description:
When the White Wolf descends upon the battlefield, the results are disastrous. His fateful decision to end a war with powerful magic changes the destiny of four kingdoms: warlike Kardeth, resilient Pelucir, idyllic Chaumenard, and the mysterious Elven…