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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: “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).

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Exclusive Interview: “The Parliament” Author Aimee Pokwatka

 

In Aimee Pokwatka’s new novel, The Parliament (hardcover, Kindle), some owls surround a library.

But that’s not what this “supernatural thriller wrapped around a dark fantasy story. It’s magical realism…” story is all about.

(Or is it?)

To find out, please read the following email interview.

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Exclusive Interview: “Skin Thief” Author Suzan Palumbo

 

We’ve all wondered what it would be like if we could change shape like Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine or Loki in the Marvel movies. But in the following email interview with author Suzan Palumbo about her new short story collection, Skin Thief (paperback), she confesses that her writing so much about “…queer women who were shapeshifters…” made her think she might be, “…working out some unresolved issues.”

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Exclusive Interview: “Jackal, Jackal” Author Tobi Ogundiran

 

With Jackal, Jackal (paperback, Kindle), writer Tobi Ogundiran is collecting all of his published stories into one handy take home container. In the following email interview, he discusses what went into this collection, including its title.

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Exclusive Interview: “No One Will Come Back For Us” Author Premee Mohamed

 

When talking about whether the idea for a book is good or not, we usually lay all the blame at the feet of the writer. But like movies, cakes, and cars, books aren’t just made by one person. It’s something I thought about while doing the following email interview with writer Premee Mohamed about her first short story collection, No One Will Come Back For Us And Other Stories (paperback, Kindle), in which she credits the book’s editor and publisher with making it good as well as possible.

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Exclusive Interview: “Apex Magazine 2021” Co-Editor Lesley Conner

 

Six years ago, the staff of Apex Magazine chronicled their finest fictional moments in the anthology The Best of Apex Magazine: Volume 1. But in the new book, Apex Magazine 2021 (paperback, Kindle), they’ve taken a different approach by collecting all of the original sci-fi, fantasy, and horror stories they published in the titular year. In the following email interview, 2021 co-editor Lesley Conner discusses the decisions that went into making this anthology.

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Exclusive Interview: “Nightwood” Author Elana Gomel

 

They say you should write what you know. Well, in the following email interview about her dark fantasy novel Nightwood (paperback, Kindle), author Elana Gomel says she took that idea to heart and started with her own back yard.

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Exclusive Interview: “A Slice Of The Dark” Author Karen Heuler

 

Some writers struggle to write enough short stories to fill one book. Not Karen Heuler. As she mentions in the following email interview about her latest short story collection, A Slice Of The Dark (paperback, Kindle), some of her stories wait years for just the right book to appear in.