Meg Frank is joining us today to talk about their Kickstarter for Mermaids Monthly magazine, created with Julia Rios, Lis Hulin-Wheeler, and Ashley Deng. Here’s the description: Here’s the plan: 12 digital issues of mermaid magic in 2021 – short stories, flash stories, comics, poetry, art, and more. Good stuff to get you through it. Something you […]
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Kimberly Unger is joining us today to talk about her novel, Nucleation. Here’s the publisher’s description: In this riveting debut science-fiction technothriller, a top-notch VR pilot encounters a disaster during the highest profile space-faring project of her career. Now she must unearth a critical truth: was her discovery due to a betrayal, a business rival,
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Essa Hansen is joining us today to talk about her novel, Nophek Gloss. Here’s the publisher’s description: When a young man’s planet is destroyed, he sets out on a single-minded quest for revenge across the galaxy in Nophek Gloss, the first book in this epic space opera trilogy debut — perfect for fans of Revenger and Children of Time.
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James Van Pelt is joining us today to talk about his short story collection, The Best of James Van Pelt. Here’s the publisher’s description: Signed and numbered by the author. This hardcover with dust jacket will be limited to 200 copies. Nearly 300 thousand words of fiction, and 700 pages! ♦ From a giant spider that
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Emily C. Skaftun is joining us today to talk about her short story collection, Living Forever & Other Terrible Ideas. Here’s the publisher’s description: Think you want to live forever? Think again. You may wake up as a zombie tourist, doomed to shamble the sights of Los Angeles. Or you could be a clone, body
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B.J. Graf is joining us today to talk about her novel, Genesys X. Here’s the publisher’s description: Part noir science-fiction and part twisted new-take on Greek myth, Genesys X is a page-turning police procedural featuring an unforgettable haunted detective. Los Angeles, 2041. Derma ads have replaced skin tattoos; the Nike Swoosh is projected onto the full moon,
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James S. Murray is joining us today to talk about his novel with Darren Wearmouth, Don’t Move. Here’s the publisher’s description: Megan Forrester has barely survived the unthinkable. Six months ago, she witnessed a horrific accident that killed her husband and son, and lives with the guilt of knowing she could have done more to
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Nina Allan is joining us today to talk about her novel, Ruby. Here’s the publisher’s description: Ruby tells the story of Ruby Castle told in snapshots and fleeting glimpses and secret histories, in tales repeated and reinvented by those who fall under the horror film actress’s spell: her childhood sweetheart, an antiquarian bookseller with a passion
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Rebecca Roanhorse is joining us today to talk about her novel, Black Sun. Here’s the publisher’s description: From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and
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Amanda Bridgeman is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Sensation. Here’s the publisher’s description: Last time she investigated the saints of the Solme Complex. This time it’s the sinners of the Sensation… Presenting the second Salvi Brentt novel from award-winning author, Amanda Bridgeman. A series of brutal murders has the homicide division
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We talked to the good folks at the Pet Placement Center and they directed us to the Naughty Cat Cafe, where a number of their cats are in residence. Everyone involved in this is looooovely. (Also, the Naughty Cat Cafe has a ton of comfie seating, jazz, good coffee, and 36 cats. It was pretty
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Carrie Vaughn is joining us today to talk about her short fiction collection, Kitty’s Mix-Tape. Here’s the publisher’s description: The final installment of the bestselling Kitty Norville series showcases the paranormal escapades of Carrie Vaughn’s fan-favorite werewolf talk-show host. This engaging short fiction collection—with its own soundtrack for each tale—is sure to delight both existing
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Rose Biggin and Keir Cooper are joining us today to talk about their novel, Wild Time. What’s Rose and Keir’s favorite bit? ROSE BIGGIN & KEIR COOPER Our novel WILD TIME is a punk subversion of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, revisioning Shakespeare’s narratives of pleasure and power with jokes, joy and generosity. There’s also a
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Simon Stephenson is joining us today to talk about his novel, Set My Heart to Five. Here’s the publisher’s description: Set in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart to Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one android’s emotional awakening.
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C.L. Polk is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Midnight Bargain. Here’s the publisher’s description: Beatrice Clayborn is a sorceress who practices magic in secret, terrified of the day she will be locked into a marital collar that will cut off her powers to protect her unborn children. She dreams of becoming
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