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.
Putting a different spin on a work of literature isn’t new, but it is really popular these days thanks to books like Madeline Miller’s Circe and Jennifer Saint’s Ariadne.
It is in this tradition, but also in its own way, that we find Mariely Lares’ historical fantasy novel Sun Of Blood And Ruin (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), which not only puts a unique spin on the character of Zorro, but also sets said story in an alt-history world.
In the following email interview, Lares discusses what inspired and influenced this story, which is the first book of a duology…and (if she has her way) maybe more.
With Play Of Shadows, swashbuckling fantasy writer Sebastien de Castell is kicking off a new series called The Court Of Shadows, which is itself a spin-off from his Greatcoats series.
But before he does that, he has a prelude to present: Crucible Of Chaos (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), which, as he explains in the following email interview, has “plots and schemes” that are “harbingers of what will unfold in the main series.”
They say that the third time is the charm.
But whether or not that will be true for the adventurous duo of Indrajit Twang and Fix remains to be seen. Well, until you read their new novel all the way to the end, that is.
In the following email interview, author D.J. Butler discusses that new novel, Among The Gray Lords (hardcover, Kindle), the newest sword & sorcery adventure in his Tales Of Indrajit & Fix series.
A lot of writers have put unique spins on the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty.
But in her new romantic fantasy novel A River Of Golden Bones (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), author A.K. Mulford started with a “what if?” question about the titular slumbering lady that wasn’t about the fable itself.
To learn what that question was, and what else inspired and influenced this story, check out the following email interview.
It’s always interesting to see who an author choses to center their stories around.
Take Bradley P. Beaulieu’s new epic fantasy novel, The Dragons Of Deepwood Fen (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), in which one of his two main characters is agoraphobic, while the other is a thief with scruples.
To find out what trouble these two get into, literally, check out the following email interview, in which Beaulieu talks about what inspired and influenced this tale…and the series it’s launching.
For Spirit Of The Wood (hardcover, Kindle), the latest installment of her epic fantasy saga, the Green Rider Series, writer Kristen Britain is taking a step back to give the backstory of one this ongoing tale’s most seasoned characters. In the following email interview, Britain discusses how she came to pen this character-driven short novel.
With To Dance With Destiny (paperback, Kindle), writer W.L. Hawkin is presenting the fifth book of her urban fantasy thriller series, the Hollystone Mysteries. In the following email interview, Hawkin talks about what inspired and influenced this latest installment, as well as how it connects to the previous four.
Normally, we’re happy for someone when they get a new job. But you might want to hold off congratulating Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby — a witch in writer James J. Butcher’s urban fantasy series, The Unorthodox Chronicles — who, in the new book, Long Past Dues (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook) has a new job working for “The Man.”
In the following email interview, Butcher talks about Grimsby’s second work-related adventure, as well as his plan for the government witch moving forward.