Journal

Rachel Swirsky is joining us today to talk about her novella, January Fifteenth. Here’s the publisher’s description: January Fifteenth—the day all Americans receive their annual Universal Basic Income payment. For Hannah, a middle-aged mother, today is the anniversary of the day she took her two children and fled her abusive ex-wife. For Janelle, a young, […]

Kimberly Unger is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Extractionist. Here’s the publisher’s description: Eliza McKay is an Extractionist: an expert in the virtual reality space where people’s minds are uploaded as digital personas. When rich or important people get stuck in the Swim for reasons that are sleazy, illegal, or merely

J.S. Fields is joining us today to talk about their novella, Awry with Dandelions. Here’s the publisher’s description: Orin sells dandelion latex at a no-name market, barely scraping by. Mette is a princess. Maybe. What Orin does know is that for thirty seconds every night, Mette visits Orin in xir dreams. Orin has long since

Mia V. Moss is joining us today to talk about her novella, Mai Tais for the Lost. Here’s the publisher’s description: Marrow Nightingale is a professional pain in the ass. As Electric Blue Moon’s only licensed private investigator, she’s the one who snoops the closets of the elite who think the laws don’t apply to

Gregory A. Wilson is joining us today to talk about the Kickstarter for the Grayshade dark fantasy trilogy and RPG, ending July 15th. Here’s the description: Welcome to Grayshade! We are creating a whole world of defiance within darkness, of assassins and power and finding who holds it – to read about, play in, and experience,

Jennifer Estep is joining us today to talk about her novel, Tear Down the Throne. Here’s the publisher’s description: How would you feel if you were falling for your greatest enemy, all while trying to save your kingdom from ruin? In the second book in the Estep’s new Gargoyle Queen series, crown princess and clever

Victoria Aveyard is joining us today to talk about her novel, Blade Breaker. Here’s the publisher’s description: The highly anticipated sequel to Realm Breaker is here and full of the twists, turns, magic, and page-turning action that fans of Victoria Aveyard have come to know and love. Get ready for the divided world that must rally to

Karen Heuler is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Splendid City. Here’s the publisher’s description: In the state of Liberty, water is rationed at alarming prices, free speech is hardly without a cost, and Texas has just declared itself its own country. In this society, paranoia is well-suited because eyes and ears

Elizabeth Bear is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Origin of Storms. Here’s the publisher’s description: Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear returns with the stunning conclusion to her acclaimed epic fantasy trilogy, the Lotus Kingdoms. The Lotus Kingdoms are at war, with four claimants to the sorcerous throne of the Alchemical Emperor, fielding

Ed McDonald is joining us today to talk about his novel, Daughter of Redwinter. Here’s the publisher’s description: Those who see the dead soon join them. From the author of the critically-acclaimed Blackwing trilogy comes Ed McDonald’s Daughter of Redwinter, the first of a brilliant fantasy series about how one choice can change a universe.

Erica Friedman is joining us today to talk about her book, By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga. Here’s the publisher’s description: Two decades in the making, By Your Side is a collection of essays, scholarly and approachable, by the Western Hemisphere’s authority on the subject. This landmark work should

B.L. Blanchard is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Peacekeeper. Here’s the publisher’s description: North America was never colonized. The United States and Canada don’t exist. The Great Lakes are surrounded by an independent Ojibwe nation. And in the village of Baawitigong, a Peacekeeper confronts his devastating past. Twenty years ago to

Francesco Dimitri is joining us today to talk about his novel, Never the Wind. Here’s the publisher’s description: 1996 – Luca Saracino is thirteen and has been completely blind for eight months when his parents move to a Southern Italian farmhouse they dream of turning into a hotel. With his brother dropping out of university and