Interview with ALEXANDER DAN VILHJÁLMSSON
Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson? I am an Icelandic fantasy author, who currently lives in Reykjavík. I write in both Icelandic and English and translate my own work...
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Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Breanna Teintze? I’m a mom, a nurse, and I once set myself on fire cooking peas (it’s okay, I put it out, I was fine). I write books about the sort of people...
View ArticleInterview with MIKE SHACKLE
Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Mike Shackle? I’m a Brit who’s lived and worked all over the world but has settled in the wonderful city of Vancouver with my family. In my time, I’ve sold...
View ArticleInterview with FONDA LEE
Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Fonda Lee? A novelist, martial artist, action movie aficionado, recovering corporate strategist, and Eggs Benedict enthusiast. Your latest novel, Jade War, was...
View ArticleUpcoming: PROSPER’S DEMON by K.J. Parker (Tor.com)
Just a quite post to draw your attention to this, the latest novella by master of the form K.J. Parker: Prosper’s Demon is out in late January 2020, and is easily one of my most-anticipated books of...
View ArticleUpcoming: UPRIGHT WOMEN WANTED by Sarah Gailey (Tor.com)
I enjoyed Sarah Gailey‘s American Hippo novellas — a fun, interesting and imaginative take on the alternate history western genre. (If you haven’t tried them, yet, I’d highly recommend giving them a...
View ArticleVery Quick Review: MADE THINGS by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor.com)
An interesting new fantasy novella from one of the most versatile, talent (and consistent) authors writing today Making friends has never been so important. Welcome to Fountains Parish — a cesspit of...
View ArticleAnnotated Excerpt: THE BONE SHIPS by RJ Barker (Orbit)
Today, we have the honour of sharing an annotated excerpt from RJ Barker‘s highly-anticipated novel, The Bone Ships! The novel is due to be published by Orbit Books this week in both the UK and North...
View ArticleInterview with DAVID WRAGG
Let’s start with an introduction: Who is David Wragg? Hi! I’m a middle-aged white British man of impractical height, and the author of the Articles of Faith series, the first of which is The Black...
View ArticleQuick Review: WE ARE THE DEAD by Mike Shackle (Gollancz)
One of the best fantasy debuts in years The war is over. The enemy won. Jia’s people learned the hard way that there are no second chances. The Egril, their ancient enemy, struck with magic so...
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Guest Post: “Five Books That Inspired Me to Be a Writer” by Laurence MacNaughton
Practically every human being, at some point or another, has closed the covers on a satisfying book and thought: I should write a book like that. That initial burst of inspiration is quickly followed...
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Guest Post: “On THE LAST ROAD” by K.V. Johansen
The books of Gods of the Caravan Road have several central protagonists: Holla-Sayan in Blackdog, Holla, Ivah, Ahjvar, and Ghu, in The Leopard and The Lady, then Ivah and Ahjvar and Ghu in Gods of...
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Quick Review: ORMESHADOW by Priya Sharma (Tor.com)
A moving novella about family, story, and overcoming hardship Burning with resentment and intrigue, this fantastical family drama invites readers to dig up the secrets of the Belman family, and wonder...
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Quick Q&A with JENN LYONS
Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Jenn Lyons? I’m a writer, artist, and gaming nerd with a love of all manner of esoteric fields. I have previously worked as a video game producer and as a...
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Quick Review: MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE by K.J. Parker (Subterranean Press)
An excellent new novella from a master of the form The story of an individual life that takes extraordinary turns. As the story begins, the nameless, dying narrator takes us back to his childhood home...
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Annotated Excerpt: THE LAST ROAD by K.V. Johansen (Pyr)
The Last Road is the fifth and final novel of Gods of the Caravan Road, and although the other novels in the series can be read alone (counting The Leopard and The Lady as one book, Marakand, in two...
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Quick Review: NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron/Gollancz)
An intriguing first novel, in an intricately realized setting Alex Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime — the last...
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Upcoming: THE KINGDOM OF LIARS by Nick Martell (Gollancz/Saga Press)
The Kingdom of Liars is the first novel in Nick Martell‘s new fantasy series, the Legacy of the Mercenary Kings. I’ve seen this novel getting some good pre-publication buzz on Twitter, and my interest...
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Quick Review: GHOULSLAYER by Darius Hinks (Black Library)
Gotrek continues his journey in the unfamiliar Age of Sigmar In the bleak, haunted underworld of Shyish, a vengeful Slayer seeks the Lord of Undeath. Gotrek Gurnisson returns, his oaths now ashes...
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Quick Review: PROSPER’S DEMON by K.J. Parker (Tor.com)
Another magnificent novella from the master of the form In a botched demonic extraction, they say the demon feels it ten times worse than the man. But they don’t die, and we do. Equilibrium. The...
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