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Exclusive Interview: “Spirit Of The Wood” Author Kristen Britain

 

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.

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Exclusive Interview: “To Dance With Destiny” Author W.L. Hawkin

 

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.

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Exclusive Interview: “Long Past Dues” Author James J. Butcher

 

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.

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Exclusive Interview: “A Necessary Chaos” Author Brent Lambert

 

Oftentimes when I ask an author about the biggest influences on their new novel or novella, they either cite someone else’s book or something that happened in their real life. But in the following email interview with writer Brent Lambert about his epic urban fantasy novella A Necessary Chaos (paperback), he also cites a dark comedic action movie and a hip-hop-influenced R&B song.

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Exclusive Interview: “Monster Hunter Memoirs: Fever” Authors Larry Correia & Jason Cordova

 

There’s a reason why Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter International series has been going strong since 2007. And no, it’s not just because they’re fun pulpy, action-packed urban fantasy tales. It’s also because he keeps injecting new perspectives into the mix, be it in such short story anthologies as Monster Hunter Files or the Monster Hunter Memoirs subseries, both of which have other writers playing in Larry’s monster-filled sandbox. The latest of which is Jason Cordova, who’s joining Larry for Monster Hunter Memoirs: Fever (hardcover, Kindle), the fourth in the Memoirs subseries, but also a new beginning for it…sort of. I’ll let them explain in the following email interview.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Hidden Keystone” Author Nathan Burrage

 

With The Hidden Keystone (paperback, Kindle), writer Nathan Burrage is kicking off an epic historical fantasy duology called The Salt Lines. In the following email interview, Burrage discusses what inspired and influenced both this first half of the story and the whole saga.

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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: “The Witches Of Bone Hill” Author Ava Morgyn

 

Having written two novels for young adults, author Ava Morgyn is getting more adult (and genre-ly diverse) with her Gothic urban fantasy horror mystery romance novel The Witches Of Bone Hill (paperback, Kindle). In the following email interview, Morgyn talks about why she got more mature this time around, what inspired and influenced this witchy tale, and whether people who were YA before will enjoy this OA story.

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Exclusive Interview: “Sandymancer” Author David Edison

 

Writer David Edison isn’t alone in being influenced by video games. Or Frank Herbert’s Dune. Or Tori Amos. Or anime. But being influenced by all of them…at the same time… In the following email interview, Edison talks about how these influences coalesced into the sci-fi space opera / epic fantasy mash-up that is his second novel, Sandymancer (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook).