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Exclusive Interview: “United We Stand” Editors John Ringo & Gary Poole

 

Be they zombie-related, medically-induced, or a religious prophecy fulfilled, stories set during apocalyptic events, or after, are often dark or depressing or dour.

But while the one chronicled in the Black Tide Rising series is grim, in the following email interview about the new anthology United We Stand (hardcover, Kindle), series creator John Ringo says, “… the thing that shines through in all the books is hope.”

Which is why I hope you will enjoy the following email interview, in which John and co-editor Gary Poole discuss this anthology of Black Tide Rising short stories, which features contributions by Brian Trent, Lydia Sherrer, Mike Massa, Jody Lynn Nye, and others.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Haunting Of Velkwood” Author Gwendolyn Kiste

 

As a child of suburbia myself, I agree with author Gwendolyn Kiste who — in the following email interview about her new novel The Haunting Of Velkwood (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook) — says, “There’s something so strange and haunted about suburbia.”

But that’s not all she has to say about this horror novel, which has, “…a few doses of other genres thrown in for good measure.”

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Exclusive Interview: “I Feel Awful, Thanks” Writer / Artist Lara Pickle

 

In Lara Pickle’s new graphic novel I Feel Awful, Thanks (paperback, Kindle), we follow a woman on a journey in a fantasy realm.

But as Pickle explains in the following email interview, this journey isn’t a quest to find some treasure or destroy some danger, it’s an emotional journey tied directly to her mental health.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Hiding” Author Alethea Lyons

 

With The Hiding (hardcover, paperback, Kindle), writer Alethea Lyons is kicking off a dark, contemporary urban fantasy series called The Seer Of York, with two more books — Reawakening and The Somnia — slated for September and this time next year, respectfully.

In the following email interview, Lyons discusses what inspired and influenced this series, as well as her plans for it moving forward.

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Exclusive Interview: “Interstellar Medic: The Long Run” Author Patrick Chiles

 

Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching a lot of that show 9-1-1 lately, but I find myself appreciating EMTs even more than usual…and I’ve always appreciated them a lot.

It’s also why I’m excited for Patrick Chile’s medicinal science fiction space opera novel Interstellar Medic: The Long Run (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), in which an EMT becomes an E.T. EMT.

In the following email interview, Chiles discusses what gave him the idea for this story, as well as his plans for a companion novel…and maybe more.

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Exclusive Interview: “Small Gods Of Calamity” Author Sam Kyung Yoo

 

When we think of ghosts, we usually think of dead people. Or that slimy guy from Ghostbusters.

But in Sam Kyung Yoo’s urban fantasy / supernatural noir / paranormal investigation novella Small Gods Of Calamity (paperback, Kindle), a full-time police detective and part-time spiritualist named Kim Han-gil is chasing a ghost worm.

In the following email interview, Kyung Yoo talks about what inspired and influenced this story, as well as their plans for more…but not about the worm. Some mysteries must remain mysterious

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Exclusive Interview: “RJ The Astronaut” Author Jon Turney

 

In his science fiction novel RJ The Astronaut (paperback, Kindle), writer Jon Turney has a stranded astronaut having a conversation with what may or may not be God.

But as Turney says in the following email interview, RJ The Astronaut is not a faith-based sci-fi story, but a sci-fi story about faith…and why that’s a distinction with a difference.

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Exclusive Interview: “Halo: Epitaph” Author Kelly Gay

 

With four previous novels based on the Halo games under her belt, it’s not surprising that writer Kelly Gay’s newest, Halo: Epitaph (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), would connect to the other novels she’s written about the titular sci-fi shooter series.

But as she explains in the following email interview, this installment is actually more connected to someone else’s Halo novels than her own.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Butcher Of The Forest” Author Premee Mohamed

 

For the Chinese, 2024 is the year of the wood dragon.

For the people of India, it is the year of Saturn.

But for bookshelves, it’s going to be the year of Premee Mohamed, who has at least three, and possible as many as five, books coming out this year, starting with the dark fairytale fantasy novella The Butcher Of The Forest (paperback, Kindle).

In the following email interview, Mohamed explains what inspired and influenced this tale, while also discussing the two others that have been scheduled for release: The Siege Of Burning Grass (out March 12) and We Speak Through The Mountain (out June 18).