In 2021, writer Jane Hennigan caused quite a stir with her self-published dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction mystery novel Moths, which was later picked up by Angry Robot.
Now she has a companion novel in Toxxic (paperback, Kindle), which further explores a world in which good men are in short supply.
In the following email interview, Hennigan discusses how these two books work together, as well as what inspired and influenced this second installment.
“I don’t generally set out to write about social and political topics,” writer Izzy Wasserstein says in the following email interview about her new novella These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart (paperback, Kindle), “but we’re living in a time of political upheaval, climate change, and rising authoritarianism. And as a trans woman, I’m constantly being reminded that my existence is political.”
Though in talking about this queer, noir technothriller, it’s clear that while Wasserstein didn’t necessarily set out to be social or political, this story wouldn’t have it any other way.
When people write memoirs, they often can’t help but bring their parents and other relatives into their story.
But in her new graphic novel memoir Feeding Ghosts (hardcover, Kindle), author and artist Tessa Hulls didn’t just include her mom and grandmother, she invoked her grandmother’s memoir in telling her multi-generational story.
In the following email interview, Hull discusses why she decided to write this book, and as a graphic novel, as well as what influenced both the words and images.
Sleep is essential for a happy and healthy life.
But try telling that to Bill Bowers, who’s put together a collection of classic horror stories he calls Tales Of Horror: Terrifying Stories To Keep You Awake Past Midnight (paperback, Kindle).
Though as he explains in the following email interview, his objective with Tales was not to ruin your day…or your night.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.