Hache Pueyo is joining us today to talk about her novel, But Not Too Bold. Here’s the publisher’s description: The Shape of Water meets Mexican Gothic in this sapphic monster romance novella wrapped in gothic fantasy trappings The old keeper of the keys is dead, and the creature who ate her is the volatile Lady […]
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LJ Cohen is joining us today to talk about her novel, A Litany for a Broken World Here’s the publisher’s description: A young girl’s disastrous first foray through the multiverse cleaves her from her family and abandons her in a homeless encampment, adrift in a world and a body not her own. A doctor struggling
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Cory O’Brien is joining us today to talk about his novel, Two Truths and a Lie. Here’s the publisher’s description: In a mostly underwater near-future Los Angeles, aging combat-drone veteran Orr Vue now lives a simple and small life, trading snippets of what’s become the most valuable currency: information. So when the cops show up
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Note: If you’d prefer to receive this monthly update in your email inbox (along with additional content, like my cat’s latest conversations), you can sign up for my newsletter here. This month I became a Level 56 Human! Every year on my birthday I write a journal entry about the past year. You can take
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Kathleen Jennings is joining us today to talk about the 30th anniversary edition of The Book of Atrix Wolf. Here’s the publisher’s description: When the White Wolf descends upon the battlefield, the results are disastrous. His fateful decision to end a war with powerful magic changes the destiny of four kingdoms: warlike Kardeth, resilient Pelucir,
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Cory Doctorow is joining us today to talk about his novel, Picks and Shovels. Here’s the publisher’s description: New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer. The year is
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Premee Mohamed is joining us today to talk about her collection of short stories, One Message Remains. Here’s the publisher’s description: Pageantry, pomp, pretense, and peril—”The General’s Turn,” originally published in The Deadlands, drew readers into the dark world of a ceremony where Death herself might choose to join the audience… or step onto the
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The last year involved a lot of leveling up. Last year, the word that I chose to aim for during my 55th year was “stability.” It stood me in good stead, even through an unexpected move to Denver (surprise!) and family health stuff, I was able to find pockets of calm and focus on finding
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Caye Marsh is joining us today to talk about her novel, Station in the Sky. Here’s the publisher’s description: Donna, once Peace-in-the-Sky, awakens aboard Station-in-the-Sky and rejoins a society that had been her home for thousands of years before knowing Anissa. But she soon discovers her fellow stationers have lost sight of their original mandate
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Maya Gittelman is joining us today to talk about their novel, Why on Earth. Here’s the publisher’s description: What starts as a simple rescue mission for a crew of teen aliens to recover one of their own soon becomes an interstellar encounter no one will forget. Captain Iona is organizing an impromptu retrieval for her
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Kristina W Kelly is joining us today to talk about her novel, Tavern Tale. Here’s the publisher’s description: What if the side quest is really the main quest? Divine, a healer of the Goddess of Souls, has chased the thief who stole her talisman across half of Trelvania. The talisman is the key to accessing
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Chris Gerrib is joining us today to talk about his novel, Strawberry Gold. Here’s the publisher’s description: It’s January 1986, and Pat Kowalski has just turned 18, but there’s no cause for celebration. His father isdying, and the local bank is foreclosing on their house. Pat talks to his senile great-grandmother, whotells him a story
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Andrew Penn Romine is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Mosquito Fleet. Here’s the publisher’s description: New sci-fi horror novel, The Mosquito Fleet, by Andrew Penn Romine, explores the strange lives of starship crews at the fringes of known space. Shipping in October. In the far future, humankind has settled remote frontier worlds
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Liza Monroy is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Distractions. Here’s the publisher’s description: Mischa Osborn spends her days as a ProWatcher—keeping distracted people on task and lonely ones accompanied—from her Brooklyn Megabuilding, while eating PetriMeat Steax and working out with her favorite personal trainer, a straight-talking algorithm named Tory. Her carefully
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The Martian Contingency releases on March 18th and there will be multiple opportunities to see Mary Robinette in person during her tour of the US directly following the release. The tour will kick off directly on the 18th at Powell’s, in Portland, Oregon. Save the dates on your calendar now and sign up for the
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