Journal

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

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

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.

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

Jane Yolen is joining us today to talk about her short story collection, The Midnight Circus. Here’s the publisher’s description: In the newest volume of her World Fantasy Award-winning short story collections, beloved author Jane Yolen’s dark side has fully emerged. Her vivid, startling, and thrilling tales and poems of the supernatural―from icy-hearted witches to

J.R.H. Lawless is joining us today to talk about their novel, The Rude Eye of Rebellion. Here’s the publisher’s description: If only fools think they can change the world,then a fool is the only one who can. Life doesn’t pick winners and losers. That’s for the corporations to decide. And they picked Liam Argyle for

R.B. Lemberg is joining us today to talk about their novel, The Four Profound Weaves. Here’s the publisher’s description: Two transgender elders must learn to weave from Death in order to defeat an evil ruler–in the debut full-length work set in R. B. Lemberg’s award-winning queer fantasy Birdverse universe The Surun’ nomads do not speak

Dan Hanks is joining us today to talk about his novel, Captain Moxley and the Embers of the Empire. Here’s the publisher’s description: An ex-Spitfire pilot is dragged into a race against a shadowy government agency to unlock the secrets of the lost empire of Atlantis… In post-war 1952, the good guys are supposed to

Chris Panatier is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Phlebotomist. Here’s the publisher’s description: War brought the Harvest. Willa Mae Wallace is a reaper.  To support herself and her grandson Isaiah, Willa works for the blood contractor Patriot. Instituted to support the war effort, the mandatory draw–The Harvest–has led to a society

Caitlin Starling is joining us today to talk about her novel, Yellow Jessamine. Here’s the publisher’s description: In Yellow Jessamine, shipping magnate Evelyn Perdanu controls the dying city of Delphinium with trade deals and secrets. But when mysterious sickness sparks death and obsession, all leading back to her, Evelyn’s brittle existence is strained to breaking. She