Alethea Kontis is joining us today with her novel, Hero. Here’s the publisher’s description. Rough-and-tumble Saturday Woodcutter thinks she’s the only one of her sisters without any magic—until the day she accidentally conjures an ocean in the backyard. With her sword in tow, Saturday sets sail on a pirate ship, only to find herself kidnapped and […]
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J Tullos Hennig is joining us today with her novel, Shirewode. Here’s the publisher’s description. Book Two of the Wode The King of the Shire Wode. That is what they will call you. Years ago, a pagan commoner named Rob of Loxley befriended Gamelyn Boundys, a nobleman’s son, against seemingly insurmountable odds—and with horrific consequences. His
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With a line-up of allstars, you expect great things. The sparkle-fest inside Glitter and Mayhem does not disappoint. In fact, just saying that it’s a science-fiction, fantasy, and horror anthology inspired by roller discos ought to be enough to make any reasonably interesting person run out and buy a copy. And it’s not just roller
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David Celsi is a dear friend of mine and an amazing artist. His work appears in the New York Times, Dark Horse Comics, and a ton of other publications. But he also does this thing — the 24 hour comic — in which he creates a comic from start to finish in 24 hours. Lots
Mindy Klasky is joining us today with her novel, Single Witch’s Survival Guide. Here’s the publisher’s description. Jane Madison’s life is perfect: She’s left her unsatisfying librarian job, moved to the country with her boyfriend David (who is also her hunky astral warder), and opened a school for witches. Alas, Jane never thought her students would
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Michael J. Martinez is joining us today with his novel The Daedalus Incident. Here’s the publisher’s description. Mars is supposed to be dead…a fact Lt. Shaila Jain of the Joint Space Command is beginning to doubt in a bad way. Freak quakes are rumbling over the long-dormant tectonic plates of the planet, disrupting its lucrative
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Look! Jim C. Hines has a new Libriomancer book! I adored the first in this series and was delighted to read Codex Born. Jim’s main character, Isaac Vainio is a reference librarian but more than that, he’s a type of magician who can pull magic out of books. Not just magic, actually. He can pull
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Chris F. Holm is joining us today with his novel The Big Reap. Here’s the publisher’s description. The Collector Book Three Who Collects the Collectors? Sam Thornton has had many run-ins with his celestial masters, but he’s always been sure of his own actions. However, when he’s tasked with dispatching the mythical Brethren – a group
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Michael R. Underwood’s new book, Celebromancy, is ridiculous fun. For full disclosure, I narrated the audio book so I’m biased but, I have to tell you that this was the most fun I’ve had recording a book in a while. I got to make light saber noises. Seriously, y’all. Go buy this book in either
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Jinx Strange is joining us today with his weekly online serial, Silent City. Here’s the publisher’s description: Silent City is a weekly online serial that follows the lives and affairs of the citizens of the eponymous underground settlement. Once a political and philosophical refuge from the magic-industrial city of Shaize, Silent City is now home to
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You’ve been looking for a new historical fantasy series, right? Today we have E. C. Ambrose’s new book Elisha Barber, which is the first in the Dark Apostle series. Here’s the publisher’s description. England in the fourteenth century: a land of poverty and opulence, prayer and plague… witchcraft and necromancy. As a child, Elisha witnessed the
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T. L. Costa is joining us today with her debut novel Playing Tyler. Here’s the Publisher’s description: When is a game not a game? Tyler MacCandless can’t focus, even when he takes his medication. He can’t focus on school, on his future, on a book, on much of anything other than taking care of his older
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Look! A new Thieftaker book. I am so enjoying D.B. Jackson’s historic fantasy series. It’s set in pre-Revolutionary War Boston and isn’t just historic fantasy, but is a full on mystery novel. Such fun. I am also intensely jealous of his covers, which perfectly capture the tone of the novels. Look how gorgeous this is. So what’s
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Bradley P. Beaulieu and I met at Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp in 2005. The story that he wrote in that class stays with me to this day. Now, he’s got three novels out and I toooootally knew him when. So please give Brad your attention as he tells you about his Favorite Bit.
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Today, I have a double-header for you. The editors of Queers Dig Time Lords, a collection of essays about Doctor Who by LGBTQ fans, have stopped by to tell you about what they love best about this anthology. So let’s see what Michael and Sigrid’s Favorite Bits are. MICHAEL DAMIAN THOMAS It’s extremely difficult for me to
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