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Exclusive Interview: “Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy And Science Fiction: Volume Two” Editor Stephen Kotowych

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date November 15, 2024
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When we think of the best things to come out of Canada, we all think of maple syrup, moose, health care, Rush, and all the best Ryans (sorry, Seacrest).

But those looking for the best science fiction and fantasy stories now have two options: last year’s Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy And Science Fiction: Volume One and the new sequel, Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy And Science Fiction: Volume Two (paperback, Kindle).

In the following email interview, Volume Two (and Volume One) editor Stephen Kotowych talks about what went into assembling this new anthology.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Shiver Tree” Author Holly Searcy

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date November 13, 2024
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It’s hardly surprising that many fantasy writers have played Dungeons & Dragons. Or that D&D has influenced their fantasy stories.

But in the following email interview with author Holly Searcy, she talks about how her high fantasy novel The Shiver Tree (paperback, Kindle, audiobook) wasn’t just written by a D&D player who was influenced by the role-playing adventure game. It actually started out as the backstory to her D&D character.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Legacy Of Arniston House” Author T.L. Huchu

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date November 12, 2024
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When fantasy writers talk about the things that influenced their work, they often mention other fantasy stories: The Lord Of The Rings, Game Of Thrones, Harry Potter, and so on.

But in the following email interview about The Legacy Of Arniston House (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), the fourth book in his urban fantasy series Edinburgh Nights, author T.L. Huchu says this novel also takes influence from a video game-inspired TV show of the bloody battle persuasion.

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Exclusive Interview: “Suitor Armor, Volume 1” Author / Artist Purpah

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date November 11, 2024
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Originally written as an online comic, Purpah’s Suitor Armor is jumping to print with a collection called Suitor Armor, Volume 1 (hardcover, paperback).

In the following email interview, the author and artist talks about what originally inspired this fantasy with romance tale, as well as their plans for Volume 2.

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Exclusive Interview: “Cursed By Fur” Author D.C. Gomez

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date October 10, 2024
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Over the years, the story of “Little Red Riding Hood” has been turned into a classic cartoon by Bugs Bunny, an iconic musical by Stephen Sondheim, and a blood bath by Family Guy.

But in the following email interview about Cursed By Fur (paperback, Kindle), her take on the classic fairy tale, author D.C. Gomez’s Red says she’s turned the hoodie lover into, “…an assassin / serial killer with a vendetta against werewolves.”

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Exclusive Interview: “The Pharaoh’s Cat” Author Lisanne Norman

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date October 4, 2024
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Author Lisanne Norman is best known for the science fiction novels in her Sholan Alliance series.

But in her first short story collection, The Pharaoh’s Cat (paperback, Kindle), Norman is exploring her fantasy side.

In the following email interview, Norman talks about what influences these stories, as well as how she, “…wanted to show I could do more and with another genre.”

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Exclusive Interview: “Shadow Of The Smoking Mountain” Author Howard Andrew Jones

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date October 3, 2024
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With Shadow Of The Smoking Mountain (hardcover, Kindle), author Howard Andrew Jones has reached the half-way point of his five book sword & sorcery / sword & sandal fantasy series The Chronicles Of Hanuvar.

In the following email interview, Jones discusses what inspired and influenced this third book, as well as where things stand for books four and five.

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Exclusive Interview: “A Grim Reaper’s Guide To Catching A Killer” Author Maxie Dara

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date October 2, 2024
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When we think of The Grim Reaper, we usually think of a man in a hooded cloak with a scythe and no sense of humor.

But in author Maxie Dara’s novel A Grim Reaper’s Guide To Catching A Killer (paperback, Kindle, audiobook) — which she calls a “cozy mystery against a magical realism backdrop” — there’s more than one soul catcher, and one of them is named Kathy. Yeah.

In the following email interview, Dara talks about what inspired and influenced this novel, as well as the series it kicks off, the S.C.Y.T.H.E. Mystery Series.

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Exclusive Interview: “The City In Glass” Author Nghi Vo

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date October 1, 2024
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If I told you author Nghi Vo’s new fantasy novel The City In Glass (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook) was about someone who loves their city, but that said city is destroyed, and that the principals involves were a demon and an angel, you’d probably think the city was beloved by the angel and destroyed by the demon.

You’d be wrong.

As for why, well, you’ll just have to read the following email interview to find out why Vo decided to defy expectations.