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Exclusive Interview: The Broken Heavens Author Kameron Hurley

January 13, 2020 Paul Semel 1 Comment Author Interviews, Books, Fantasy, Kameron Hurley, Kameron Hurley Empire Ascendant, Kameron Hurley Interview, Kameron Hurley Meet Me In The Future, Kameron Hurley The Broken Heavens, Kameron Hurley The Broken Heavens Interview, Kameron Hurley The Light Brigade, Kameron Hurley The Mirror Empire, Kameron Hurley The Worldbreaker Saga, Kameron Hurley The Worldbreaker Saga Interview, reading, Sci-Fi, science fiction

With The Broken Heavens (paperback, Kindle), writer Kameron Hurley is concluding The Worldbreaker Saga trilogy she began in 2014 with The Mirror Empire and continued a year later with Empire Ascendant. In the following email ...CONTINUE

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Exclusive Interview: Lady Hotspur Author Tessa Gratton

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 Paul Semel 0 Comments Author Interviews, Books, Fantasy, reading, Tessa Gratton, Tessa Gratton Interview, Tessa Gratton Lady Hotspur, Tessa Gratton Lady Hotspur Interview, Tessa Gratton The Queens Of Innis Lear

Two years ago, writer Tessa Gratton put her own unique spin on William Shakespeare’s King Lear in her fantasy novel The Queens Of Innis Lear. Now she’s putting a spin on Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part I with Lady ...CONTINUE

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Exclusive Interview: Wyntertide Author Andrew Caldecott

January 6, 2020January 7, 2020 Paul Semel 0 Comments Andrew Caldecott, Andrew Caldecott Interview, Andrew Caldecott Lost Acre, Andrew Caldecott Rotherweird, Andrew Caldecott Wyntertide, Andrew Caldecott Wyntertide Interview, Author Interviews, Books, Fantasy, reading, Rotherweird, Wyntertide

Usually when writers say they’re writing a satirical fantasy novel, they mean something in the vein of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, just with elves and magic instead of robots and aliens. But in the ...CONTINUE

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Exclusive Interview: Unnatural Magic Author C.M. Waggoner

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Paul Semel 0 Comments Author Interviews, Books, C.M. Waggoner, C.M. Waggoner Blog, C.M. Waggoner Interview, C.M. Waggoner Unnatural Magic, C.M. Waggoner Unnatural Magic Interview, Fantasy, reading

Like all genres, fantasy is full of tropes, ones that some writers embrace without ever asking if they hold up to scrutiny. But in the following email interview about her novel Unnatural Magic (paperback, Kindle), writer ...CONTINUE

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Exclusive Interview: Upon The Flight Of The Queen Author Howard Andrew Jones

November 18, 2019 Paul Semel 0 Comments Author Interviews, Books, Fantasy, Howard Andrew Jones, Howard Andrew Jones For The Killing Of Kings, Howard Andrew Jones Interview, Howard Andrew Jones Ring-Sworn, Howard Andrew Jones Upon The Flight of The Queen, Howard Andrew Jones Upon The Flight of The Queen Interview, Howard Andrew Jones WhenThe Goddess Wakes, reading

With Upon The Flight Of The Queen (hardcover, Kindle), writer Howard Andrew Jones is continuing the Ring-Sworn Trilogy of mysterious fantasy tales he began earlier this year with For The Killing Of Kings. In the ...CONTINUE

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Exclusive Interview: The Arcana Of Maps Author Jessica Reisman

November 4, 2019 Paul Semel 0 Comments Author Interviews, Books, Fantasy, Jessica Reisman, Jessica Reisman Arcana Of Maps, Jessica Reisman Arcana Of Maps Interview, Jessica Reisman Interview, Jessica Reisman The Arcana Of Maps, Jessica Reisman The Arcana Of Maps Interview, magical realism, reading, short stories

While Jessica Reisman has been writing short stories for decades, she’s only now having them collected in a handy, take-home package, The Arcana Of Maps & Other Stories (paperback, Kindle). In the following email interview, Reisman ...CONTINUE

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Exclusive Interview: All Worlds Are Real Author Susan Palwick

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Paul Semel 0 Comments Author Interviews, Books, Fantasy, Horror, magical realism, reading, Sci-Fi, science fiction, Susan Palwick, Susan Palwick All Worlds Are Real, Susan Palwick All Worlds Are Real Interview, Susan Palwick Interview

All writers are influenced by other writers. But in the following email interview about her new short story collection, All Worlds Are Real: Short Fictions (paperback, Kindle), writer Susan Palwick explains how another writer was directly ...CONTINUE

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Exclusive Interview: The Name Of All Things Author Jenn Lyons

October 28, 2019 Paul Semel 0 Comments Author Interviews, Books, Fantasy, Jenn Lyons, Jenn Lyons Chorus Of Dragons, Jenn Lyons Interview, Jenn Lyons Name Of All Things, Jenn Lyons Name Of All Things Interview, Jenn Lyons Ruin Of Kings, Jenn Lyons The Name Of All Things, Jenn Lyons The Name Of All Things Interview, Jenn Lyons The Ruin Of Kings, reading

With The Name Of All Things (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), writer Jenn Lyons is continuing the the Chorus Of Dragons pentalogy she started earlier this year with The Ruin Of Kings. In the following email ...CONTINUE

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Exclusive Interview: The True Bastards Author Jonathan French

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 Paul Semel 0 Comments Author Interviews, Books, Fantasy, grimdark, Jonathan French, Jonathan French Interview, Jonathan French The Grey Bastards, Jonathan French The True Bastards, Jonathan French The True Bastards Interview, reading

In his epic grimdark fantasy novel The Grey Bastards, writer Jonathan French introduced us to a fantasy realm some described as being like if the orcs from The Lord Of The Rings movies formed a Sons Of Anarchy ...CONTINUE

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