While people joke about how prolific Stephen King can be, Maine’s scariest son would be impressed with how many books Aliya Whiteley has either just put out has coming out. Especially if he read them. Not only was her noir sci-fi story The Loosening Skin (paperback, Kindle) just released in the U.S. for the first time, and her military sci-fi novel Skyward Inn (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook) being released everywhere, but she put out a short story collection called Fearsome Creatures (paperback, Kindle) in October, and has a second, From The Neck Up (paperback, Kindle), due out September 14. And that’s not even all of it. In the following email interview, Whiteley discusses what inspired and influenced The Loosening Skin and Skyward Inn, as well as those collections of shorter works.