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My Favorite Bit: Ellen Datlow talks about THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR VOLUME SEVEN

Ellen Datlow is joining us today with her book The Best Horror of the Year Volume Seven. Here’s the publisher’s description: A sin-eater plies the tools of her dangerous trade; a jealous husband takes his rival on a hunting trip; a student torments one of his teachers; a cheap grafter is selling artifacts form hell; something is […]

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Writing Excuses 10.31: How Do I Control the Reader’s Sense of Progress? 

For reasons, I am oddly proud of the very end of this episode. This month’s Master Class episodes focus on pacing, and we’re dividing the concept of pacing into two parts: the first is the sense of progress within the story, and the second is the sense of the passage of time. In this episode

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My Favorite Bit: Stephanie A. Cain talks about STORMSEER

Stephanie A. Cain is joining us today with her novel Stormseer. Here’s the publisher’s description: The kingdoms of Tamnen and Strid have been at war for decades. Princess Azmei of Tamnen left her family for a treaty marriage to end that war–but an assassin’s blade destroyed her plans. Protected by her presumed death, Azmei hunts the

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My Favorite Bit: Zachary Jernigan talks about SHOWER OF STONES

Zachary Jernigan is joining us today with his novel Shower of Stones. Here’s the publisher’s description: The follow-up to Zachary Jernigan’s critically-acclaimed literary debut No Return. At the moment of his greatest victory, before a crowd of thousands, the warrior Vedas Tezul renounced his faith, calling for revolt against the god Adrash, imploring mankind to unite

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My short story, “The Consciousness Problem” is up at Lightspeed Magazine

I have a short SF story up at Lightspeed Magazine. Here’s a teaser of “The Consciousness Problem.” The afternoon sun angled across the scarred wood counter despite the bamboo shade Elise had lowered. She grimaced and picked up the steel chef’s knife, trying to keep the reflection in the blade angled away so it wouldn’t

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My Favorite Bit: J. Dalton Jennings talks about SOLOMON’S ARROW

J. Dalton Jennings is joining us today with his novel Solomon’s Arrow. Here’s the publisher’s description: It’s the mid-twenty-first century. The oceans are rising, the world’s population is growing, terrorist organizations are running rampant, and it has become readily apparent that humanity’s destructive nature is at the heart of the matter. When all faith in humanity

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My Favorite Bit: E. L. Chen talks about THE GOOD BROTHER

E. L. Chen is joining us today with her novel The Good Brother. Here’s the publisher’s description: Tori Wong is starting over. She’s given herself a new name, dropped out of school to work at a bookstore, and fled her parents’ strict home to do all the things she’s never done before. Like go out on weeknights,

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My Favorite Bit: Loren Rhoads talks about THE DANGEROUS TYPE

Loren Rhoads is joining us today with her novel The Dangerous Type. Here’s the publisher’s description: Set in the wake of a galaxy-wide war and the destruction of a human empire, The Dangerous Type follows the awakening of one of the galaxy’s most dangerous assassins and her quest for vengeance. Entombed for twenty years, Raena has been found

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My Favorite Bit: S. K. Dunstall talks about LINESMAN

S. K. Dunstall is joining us today with their novel Linesman. Here’s the publisher’s description: First in a brand new thought-provoking science fiction series. The lines. No ship can traverse the void without them. Only linesmen can work with them. But only Ean Lambert hears their song. And everyone thinks he’s crazy… Most slum kids never

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I seem to have written fanfic combining Marie Brennan’s Lady Trent and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

So, while Marie Brennan and I were on tour, we were talking about GIANT CLAW that she uses as part of the show and tell. I made an off-hand comment about it being a potential murder weapon and this somehow lead to me saying that I’d love to see a Lady Trent mashup with Miss Fisher’s Murder

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