Journal

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

Mar Romansco-Moore is joining us today to talk about their novel, I Am the Ghost in Your House. Here’s the publisher’s description: From the author of Some Kind of Animal comes a wildly unique story about an invisible girl struggling to see herself in a world obsessed with appearances. Pie is the ghost in your house. She is

William C. Tracy is joining us today to talk about the Kickstarter he’s running, Space Wizard Science Fantasy Year 1. Here’s the description: Space Wizard Science Fantasy is a new queer indie science fiction and fantasy publishing company, started by William C. Tracy. This year, it is putting out 12 new books, and funding them via

Sam J. Miller is joining us today to talk about his short-fiction collection, Boys, Beasts, and Men. Here’s the publisher’s description: In Nebula Award-winning author Sam J. Miller’s devastating debut short-fiction collection, featuring an introduction by Amal El-Mohtar, queer infatuation, inevitable heartbreak, and brutal revenge seamlessly intertwine. Whether innocent, guilty, or not even human, the boys,

Samit Basu is joining us today to talk about his novel, The City Inside. Here’s the publisher’s description: The City Inside, a near-future epic by the internationally celebrated Samit Basu, pulls no punches as it comes for your anxieties about society, government, the environment, and our world at large—yet never loses sight of the hopeful potential

Veronica G. Henry is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Quarter Storm. Here’s the publisher’s description: A practitioner of Vodou must test the boundaries of her powers to solve a ritual murder in New Orleans and protect everything she holds sacred. Haitian-American Vodou priestess Mambo Reina Dumond runs a healing practice from her

Liz Michalski is joining us today to talk about her novel, Darling Girl. Here’s the publisher’s description: In this beautiful, grounded, and darkly magical modern-day reimagining of J. M. Barrie’s classic, to save her daughter’s life one woman must take on the infamous Peter Pan—who is not the innocent adventurer the fairy tales make him out

Jessi Honard and Marie Parks are joining us today to talk about their novel, Unrelenting. Here’s the publisher’s description: A glowing symbol painted on a crumbling wall.Sentient smoke that chokes and burns.An ancient magic, long hidden from the world. Bridget’s most important job has always been protecting her younger sister, Dahlia. But as adults, their

Kate Heartfield is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Embroidered Book. Here’s the publisher’s description: Brimming with romance, betrayal, and enchantment, The Embroidered Book reveals and reimagines a dazzling period of history as you have never seen it before. ‘Power is not something you are given. Power is something you take. When you