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My Favorite Bit: Jane Hennigan Talks About MOTHS

Jane Hennigan is joining us today to talk about her novel, Moths. Here’s the publisher’s description: A thrilling dystopia, in turns heart-breaking and heart-pounding Where were you at the beginning?Or at the end?And where are we all now?Forty years ago, the world changed. Toxic threads left behind by mutated moths infected men and boys around …

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Interview With Dr. Thomas Wagner About Space, Science, & NASA

I talked to Dr. Thomas Wagner, who works for NASA, as part of my research for a new science fiction novel set on Mars. The fourth Lady Astronaut novel, The Martian Contingency, takes place on Mars about ten seconds after the end of Fated Sky. Of course something goes wrong, because it’s a novel, and …

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My Favorite Bit: Leopoldo Gout Talks About PINATA

Leopoldo Gout is joining us today to talk about his novel, Pinata. Here’s the publisher’s description: Mexican American architect and single mother Carmen Sánchez hopes a business trip to Mexico to oversee the transformation of an old cathedral into a posh hotel will be an opportunity for her daughters, Izel and Luna, to learn about …

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My Favorite Bit: Mia Tsai Talks About BITTER MEDICINE

Mia Tsai is joining us today to talk about her novel, Bitter Medicine. Here’s the publisher’s description: As a descendant of the Chinese god of medicine, Elle was destined to be a doctor. Instead, she is underemployed as a magical calligrapher at the fairy temp agency. Meanwhile dreamy half-elf Luc, the agency’s top security expert, …

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My Favorite Bit: Rae Mariz Talks About WEIRD FISHES

Rae Mariz is joining us today to talk about her novel, Weird Fishes. Here’s the publisher’s description: AN UNDERWATER TALE OF FRIENDSHIP AGAINST MONSTROUS ODDS When Ceph, a squid-like scientist, discovers proof of the ocean’s slowing currents, she makes the dangerous ascent from her deep-sea civilization to the uncharted surface above. Out of her depths and …

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My Favorite Bit: Jen Comfort Talks About MIDNIGHT DUET

Jen Comfort is joining us today to talk about her novel, Midnight Duet Here’s the publisher’s description: From The Astronaut and the Star author Jen Comfort comes a wildly electric romance about two musicians who collide on the stage of a Nevada opera house. Self-professed diva Erika Greene has it all: a starring role on …

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My Favorite Bit: Translator Michael Berry Talks About HOSPITAL by Han Song

Michael Berry is joining us today to talk about his translation of the novel, HOSPITAL, by Han Song. Here’s the publisher’s description: A twisted, wildly imaginative tale of one man’s mysterious illness and his journey through a dystopian hospital system. When Yang Wei travels to C City for work, he expects nothing more than a …

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My Favorite Bit: Kay Kenyon Talks About THE GIRL WHO FELL INTO MYTH

Kay Kenyon is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Girl Who Fell Into Myth. Here’s the publisher’s description: Yevliesza has been caring for her ailing father when she is summoned home to a world she has never seen. Using a hidden portal, she enters the realm of Numinat, a myth world arisen …

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My Favorite Bit: Mary Baader Kaley Talks About BURROWED

Mary Baader Kaley is joining us today to talk about her novel, Burrowed. Here’s the publisher’s description: In the distant future, a genetic plague has separated humanity in two – Subterraneans who live in underground burrows to protect their health, and strong surface-dwelling Omniterraneans.  Zuzan Cayan, a brilliant Subter girl with “light blindness,” is about …

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My Favorite Bit: Karen Heuler Talks About A SLICE OF THE DARK

Karen Heuler is joining us today to talk about her novel, A Slice of the Dark. Here’s the publisher’s description: If you got a mysterious box that said, Do Not Open, would you open it? If your fingers revolted and wanted a different job, would you agree? If you came from a race of giants, …

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My Favorite Bit: Paz Pardo Talks About THE SHAMSHINE BLIND

Paz Pardo is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Shamshine Blind. Here’s the publisher’s description: In an alternate 2009, the United States has been a second-rate power for a quarter of a century, ever since Argentina’s victory in the Falkland’s War thanks to their development of “psychopigments.” Created as weapons, these colorful …

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My Favorite Bit: Jane Yolen Talks About THE SCARLET CIRCUS

Jane Yolen is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Scarlet Circus. Here’s the publisher’s description: The Scarlet Circus, the fourth volume in Yolen’s award-winning short fiction series brings you passionate treasures and unexpected transformations. This bewitching assemblage, with an original introduction from Brandon Sanderson, is an ideal read for anyone who appreciates …

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RIP Helix

We decided to let Helix go today. Our sweet boy has been struggling since last June. His appetite would falter and then he would stop eating altogether. Each time, we thought we had found out what was wrong and he would get better for a little while, then it would happen again. The longest he …

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