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Exclusive Interview: “A Gathering Of Weapons” Author Tracy Cross

 

We all have dreams, some grander than others. I wanted to be Jimmy Page but, alas, that job was taken.

For Pee Wee, one of the main characters in Tracy Cross’ historical fiction horror novella Rootwork, the dream is to be, as Cross puts it, “…the greatest conjure woman ever.”

It’s a dream Pee Wee continues to pursue in Cross’ new novella, A Gathering Of Weapons (paperback, Kindle).

In the following email interview, Cross discusses what inspired and influenced this second installment, as well as her plans to conclude Pee Wee’s quest.

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Exclusive Interview: “Revenant-X” Author David Wellington

 

At a time when you have to actively try not to be reachable, the idea of not being able to contact someone can be frightening.

So imagine if it wasn’t someone you couldn’t reach, but ten thousand people, and they all lived so far away that it would take more than a year to get there.

This is the problem that kicks off author David Wellington’s sci-fi horror / space adventure series Red Space, which he launched last year with Paradise-1 and now continues with Revenant-X (paperback, Kindle, audiobook).

In the following email interview, Wellington explains how Revenant-X picks up this story, his plan for this series moving forward, and the surprising author who influenced this middle installment.

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Exclusive Interview: “Men Of Bretton” Author Richard Fox

 

Science fiction has often served as a vehicle to explore aspects of the human condition. Including ones that are not comfortable to look at.

Which is where we find Iraq War veteran turned author Richard Fox, who, in the following email interview about his military sci-fi space opera novel Men Of Bretton (hardcover, Kindle), says he, “…wanted to write a series that shows how soldiers change during the course of a war and how hard it can be to get home.”

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Exclusive Interview: “Honolulu Noir” Editor Chris McKinney

 

When we think of Honolulu, Hawaii, we think of warm sunny beaches, not dark smokey alleys.

But it’s decidedly more of the latter that you’ll find in the short story anthology Honolulu Noir (paperback, Kindle), which is the latest installment of Akashic Books’ ongoing, geographically-based Noir series.

In the following email interview, Honolulu Noir editor Chris McKinney [Midnight, Water City] talks about what makes this series unique, how this collection was assembled, and what makes this collection different from, say, Havana Noir and Haiti Noir.

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Exclusive Interview “Sugar Kids” Author Taslim Burkowicz

 

As someone who stood on the sidelines of a couple different music scenes — the hippie jam band scene, New York’s avant-garde jazz scene… — I can tell you that every music-related scene has its share of colorful characters.

Which brings me to author Taslim Burkowicz’s coming-of-age / coming-out novel Sugar Kids (paperback, Kindle), which is set in the ’90s raver scene, a precursor to today’s EDM scene.

In the following email interview, Burkowicz talks about her own involvement in that same scene, as well as how stories about other scenes inspired and influenced what she calls “contemporary fiction on the racy end.”

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Exclusive Interview: “One Hand Screaming: 20 Haunting Years” Author Mark Leslie

 

Twenty years ago, horror author Mark Leslie assembled a collection of his stories and poems he called One Hand Screaming because, as he explains in the following email interview, he wanted, “…an actual book with my name on it.”

Well, now Leslie apparently wants an updated and expanded book with his name on it because he’s releasing One Hand Screaming: 20 Haunting Years (hardcover, paperback, Kindle), which not only adds new stories and poems, but some behind-the-scenes info as well.

In the following email interview, Leslie discusses both the original version of Screaming and this new edition, as well as the alcoholic beverage that pairs well with this book.

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Exclusive Interview: “Honor Of The Queen” Author David Weber

 

When people start naming names in the genre of military science fiction, they naturally name Starship Troopers author Robert A. Heinlein, Aliens writer / director James Cameron, Lois McMaster Bujold, author of the The Vorkosigan Saga series.

But they also often mention Honor Harrington, the central character in David Weber’s Honorverse series, which, over the course of 30+ years, has encompassed numerous novels, novellas, and short stories.

The latest of which (sort of) is 1993’s Honor Of The Queen, the second Honorverse novel, which has just been rereleased as a trade paperback as part of Baen Book’s ongoing reissue series.

In the following email interview, Weber looks back on this early adventure for Honor.

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Exclusive Interview: “Dark Space” Co-Authors Rob Hart & Alex Segura

 

Having previously collaborated on a comic book as well as a novel in which characters from their individual novels work together, writers Rob Hart [Assassins Anonymous, The Warehouse] and Alex Segura [Secret Identity, Alter Ego] have teamed up again, this time on a sci-fi space opera spy novel called Dark Space (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook).

In the following email interview, Hart and Segura talk about what inspired and influenced this sci-fi story, as well as why they decided to write it together.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Last Gifts Of The Universe” Author Riley August

 

Some people look for meaning at the bottom of a bottle.

Others search for it while hiking; still others in the written word.

But in Riley August’s new science fiction novel The Last Gifts Of The Universe (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), Scout, their cat, and their brother see if they can find it while flying around the galaxy.

To explain why, and how, I’d ask you to consult the following email interview.

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