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Marie Brennan is joining us today with her novella Cold-Forged Flame. Here’s the publisher’s description: The sound of the horn pierces the apeiron, shattering the stillness of that realm. Its clarion call creates ripples, substance, something more. It is a summons, a command. There is will. There is need. And so, in reply, there is a […]

Michael J. Martinez joins us today to talk about his novel MJ-12: Inception. Here’s the publisher’s description: It is a new world, stunned by the horrors that linger in the aftermath of total war. The United States and Soviet Union are squaring off in a different kind of conflict, one that’s fought in the shadows,

William C. Tracy is joining us today to talk about his book Merchants and Maji: Two Tales of the Dissolutionverse. Here’s the publisher’s description: An old war machine and a revolutionary space capsule will change relations among the ten species forever Last Delivery Prot, Amra, and crew sell goods across the ten homeworlds in a refitted war

Bishop O’Connell is joining us today to talk about his novel The Returned. Here’s the publisher’s description: Almost a year after their wedding, and two since their daughter Fiona was rescued from a kidnapping by dark faeries, life has finally settled down for Caitlin and Edward. They maintain a façade of normalcy, but a family being

Beth Cato is joining us today with her novel Breath of Earth. Here’s the publisher’s description: In an alternate 1906, the United States and Japan have forged a powerful confederation—the Unified Pacific—in an attempt to dominate the world. Their first target is a vulnerable China. In San Francisco, headstrong Ingrid Carmichael is assisting a group of

Erica L. Satifka is joining us today with her novel Stay Crazy. Here’s the publisher’s description: After a breakdown in college landed Emmeline Kalberg in a mental hospital, she’s struggling to get her life on track. She’s back in her hometown and everyone knows she’s crazy, but the twelve pills she takes every day keep

Brooke Johnson is joining us today with her novel The Guild Conspiracy. Here’s the publisher’s description: In the face of impossible odds, can one girl stem the tides of war? It has been six months since clockwork engineer Petra Wade destroyed an automaton designed for battle, narrowly escaping with her life. But her troubles are far

Michi Trota is joining us today to talk about the Uncanny Magazine Year Three Kickstarter. About the Kickstarter: Over the last two years, three-time Hugo Award winner Lynne M. Thomas & four-time Hugo Award finalist Michael Damian Thomas ran the Uncanny MagazineYear One and Year Two Kickstarters. We promised to bring you stunning cover art,

Cat Rambo is joining us today with her book Altered America. Here’s the publisher’s description: Steampunk fans will rejoice in the appearance of Altered America: Steampunk Stories, collecting Nebula and World Fantasy Award-nominated author Cat Rambo’s steampunk fantasies, including “Clockwork Fairies,” “Snakes on a A Train,” and “Her Windowed Eyes, Her Chambered Heart,” into a single

SL Huang is joining us today with her novel Plastic Smile. Here’s the publisher’s description: Cas Russell, antisocial mercenary, has decided to Fight Crime. With capital letters, like in one of her friend’s comic books. After all, she has a real-life superpower: with her instantaneous mathematical ability, she can neuter bombs or out-shoot an army. And

David D. Levine is joining us today with his novel Arabella of Mars. Here’s the publisher’s description: Since Newton witnessed a bubble rising from his bathtub, mankind has sought the stars. When William III of England commissioned Capt. William Kidd to command the first expedition to Mars in the late 1600s, he proved that space travel

Sarah Kuhn is joining us today with her novel Heroine Complex. Here’s the publisher’s description: Being a superheroine is hard. Working for one is even harder. Evie Tanaka is the put-upon personal assistant to Aveda Jupiter, her childhood best friend and San Francisco’s most beloved superheroine. She’s great at her job—blending into the background, handling her boss’s epic

Alyc Helms is joining us today with her novel The Conclave of Shadow. Here’s the publisher’s description: The line between enemy and ally is thinner than a shadow’s edge. Ever since she saved the spirit guardians of China by selling out to her worst enemy, Missy Masters – a.k.a. the pulp hero Mr. Mystic – has

D. Lieber is joining us today with her novel Conjuring Zephyr. Here’s the publisher’s description: Retreating underground to escape a devastating ice age, humans build a new society. When magic is discovered and harnessed for survival, the citizens of Terrenus establish theories and principles of how to use it. Kai Stephenson is determined to prove magical

E. Catherine Tobler is joining us today with her novel The Kraken Sea. Here’s the publisher’s description: Fifteen-year-old Jackson is different from the other children at the foundling hospital. Scales sometimes cover his arms. Tentacles coil just below his skin. Despite this Jackson tries to fit in with the other children. He tries to be normal