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Oliver K. Langmead is joining us today to talk about his novel, Glitterati. Here’s the publisher’s description: A Clockwork Orange and RuPaul’s Drag Race meet Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in this fabulous dystopian fable about fashion, family and feckless billionaires. Simone is one of the Glitterati, the elite living lives of luxury and leisure. Slave to the ever-changing tides …

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R.W.W. Green is joining us today to talk about his novel, Mercury Rising. Here’s the publisher’s description: Alternative history with aliens, an immortal misanthrope and SF tropes aplenty  The year is 1975 – Robert Oppenheimer has invented the Atomic Engine, the first human has walked on the moon, and Jet Carson and the Eagle Seven …

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Tim Pratt is joining us today to talk about his novel, Prison of Sleep. Here’s the publisher’s description: After escaping the ruthless Lector, Zax Delatree has a new enemy to fight in the sequel to Doors of Sleep. Every time Zaxony Delatree falls asleep he wakes up on a new world. His life has turned into …

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Steven Kotler is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Devil’s Dictionary. Here’s the publisher’s description: Hard to say exactly when the human species fractured. Harder to say when this new talent arrived. But Lion Zorn, protagonist of Last Tango in Cyberspace, is the first of his kind—an empathy tracker, an emotional forecaster, with …

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Chris Panatier is joining us today to talk about his novel, Stringers. Here’s the publisher’s description: Knowledge can get you killed. Especially if you have no idea what it means. Ben is not a genius, but he can spout facts about animals and wristwatches with the best of experts. He just can’t explain how he knows any …

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Eastercons are fan-run British Science Fiction Convention events and have run most years since 1948. They begin on the Friday of the Easter weekend and finish on the Monday, with a variety of panels, talks, workshops, Kaffeeklatsches (small group chats with an author), book readings, quizzes, gaming, filking (sci-fi sing-alongs) and much, much more. This …

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Carsen Smith is joining us today to talk about the novel she co-wrote with James S. Murray, Area 51 Interns: Alien Summer. Here’s the publisher’s description: It’s the first day of summer vacation, and Viv Harlow just wants to relax with her friends at the beach before they all go to different high schools next …

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Today the author joining us is me! My first picture book, Molly on the Moon, is out today. Here’s the publisher’s description: A big sister finds that even in a place as lonely as the moon, all you need is a little creativity—and someone to play with—in Molly on the Moon, the debut picture book from …

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Join me for the book launch of MOLLY ON THE MOON at Parnassus Books on April 13th, 6:30PM Central! There will be a little goodie from Molly for all attendees. Haven’t you always wanted to learn to make moon cookies? Space is limited due to Parnassus’ covid policy, so please make sure to RSVP if …

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Ever since I saw the Harpan Conference Center in Reykjavik, I knew that it needed to be the home of a Worldcon. It wasn’t something that I thought was possible, but in 2021 two things happened. One, I chaired a D.C. Worldcon from Tennessee. Two, I went to Icecon in Reykjavik. There, I asked the …

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Tonight’s class is an unlocking session. In this session, we’ll pick four volunteers at random to help unlock a thing that the writer is stuck on. It might be plot, character, voice… The idea is to give you a chance to talk it out in a safe setting with guidance from MRK to help you get …

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Joe R. Lansdale is joining us today to talk about his story collection, Born For Trouble. Here’s the publisher’s description: When you meet him, Hap Collins seems like just a good ol’ boy. But even in his misspent youth, his best pal was Leonard Pine: black, gay, and the ultimate outsider. Together, they have sort …

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Heather Osborne is joining us today to talk about her novel, Songbroken. Here’s the publisher’s description: She sang a vow to learn to heal, but the person she needed to save was herself. Nils is a healer’s apprentice faced with a difficult choice. Only men are allowed to be healers. But if Nils denies her …

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