Jason Kirk is joining us today with his story in verse, “The Guardian from the Sea,” from the anthology Phantasma: Stories. Here’s the publisher’s description: An eclectic collection of speculative short stories by Anne Charnock (2013 Philip K. Dick Award finalist), Jodi McIsaac (A Cure for Madness, the Thin Veil series), Kate Maruyama (Harrowgate), Roberta
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Kent Davis is joining us today with his novel A Riddle in Ruby. Here’s the publisher’s description: Ruby is a thief-in-training and a keeper of secrets—ones she doesn’t even know herself. A Riddle in Ruby is the first book in a witty and fast-paced fantasy-adventure trilogy for fans for Jonathan Stroud, Septimus Heap, and The Very Nearly
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William Alexander is joining us today with his novel Nomad. Here’s the publisher’s description: Gabe Fuentes is in a race against time—and aliens—in this intergalactic sequel to Ambassador, which Booklist called “an exciting sci-fi adventure, perceptively exploring what it means to be alien,” from National Book Award winner William Alexander. When we last left Earth’s Ambassador, Gabe
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Yesterday morning, my mom had brain surgery. This is the second time she’s had it this summer and now that we’re nearly done with the process, she’s okay with me talking about it. A little. Mom has been having a Deep Brain Stimulation implant — well, two, actually — installed to help with her Parkinson’s
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Gerrard Cowan is joining us today with his novel The Machinery. Here’s the publisher’s description: For ten millennia, the leaders of the Overland have been Selected by the Machinery, an omnipotent machine gifted to their world in darker days. The city has thrived in arts, science and war, crushing all enemies and expanding to encompass the entire
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Today is my dad’s birthday. We used to joke that we were clones. I get my sense of time from him, my curiosity, and desire to poke at things to figure out how they work. The “what happens if” gene is strong, I’m just saying. Dad is the world’s most curious man. And he loves
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What would you give to see how I wrote two of my novels? Of Noble Family and Valour and Vanity. I’m offering the Scrivener files to both books to all subscribers who sign up during Uncanny Magazine’s kickstarter. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Scrivener, it’s a writing software specifically created for novelists. So basically, for
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I get a fair number of trolls in my twitter feed. These are different from people that simply have a different opinion than I do. The people that are just trolls are interested in nothing more than scoring points. It’s not always obvious which is which at first, so I try to engage them in
A storified conversation with my platonic troll. Read More »
Mel Odom is joining us today with his novel Guerilla. Here’s the publisher’s description: He’s behind enemy lines. But those lines are shifting beneath his feet. In the jungles of Makaum, the Terran military is locked in a critical standoff over the planet’s resources with the hostile Phrenorians, even as both species maintain uneasy relations with the
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After three and a half months in the hospital, Nora is finally home. For those of you arriving late, my dear friend Nora, and her husband Bob, were in a horrific car accident. They barely survived. Bob was able to go home a couple of weeks ago, but Nora’s injuries were more severe. She is, in
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Fran Wilde is joining us today with her novel Updraft. Here’s the publisher’s description: In a city of living bone rising high above the clouds, where danger hides in the wind and the ground is lost to legend, a young woman must expose a dangerous secret to save everyone she loves. Welcome to a world of wind
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I might be a tiny bit excited by this.
Nathan Fillion and Miss Piggy! Not one but THREE VIDEOS Read More »
Michi Trota is joining us today to talk about Uncanny Magazine Year Two: The Return of the Space Unicorn Kickstarter. Here’s the Kickstarter description: Last year, three-time Hugo Award winner Lynne M. Thomas & three-time Hugo Award finalist Michael Damian Thomas ran the Uncanny Magazine Year One Kickstarter. We promised to bring you stunning cover art,
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Stina Leicht is joining us today with her novel Cold Iron. Here’s the publisher’s description: Fraternal twins Nels and Suvi move beyond their royal heritage and into military and magical dominion in this flintlock epic fantasy debut from a two-time Campbell Award finalist. Prince Nels is the scholarly runt of the ancient Kainen royal family of
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I’ve seen conversations about how the Hugos are “just a rocketship” and that people shouldn’t be so invested in getting an award. And while that might be true on an individual basis, the Hugo awards themselves are a reflection of our society. I’m not just talking about science-fiction and fantasy fandom, but our larger society. Now, since the Hugos are
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