Whenever a writer creates a fictional universe in which to set multiple stories, those stories are usually connected. But as writer A.G. Slatter says in the following email interview about her horror-infused Gothic fantasy fairy tale Path Of Thorns (paperback, Kindle), while this story takes place geographically near some of her other books, the shared space is often their only connection.
Is urban fantasy still urban fantasy if it’s set somewhere rural? It’s a question that came up during the following email interview with writer Francesca May about her Gothic fantasy novel Wild And Wicked Things (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), in which we also discussed what inspired and influenced this tale.
As unique as her novel Asperfell may be, writer Jamie Thomas is well aware that she’s not the first person to write a Gothic fantasy story. Though she may be the first in a while to do so in Gothic Victorian style. In the following email interview about Asperfell (paperback, Kindle), Thomas not only discusses what inspired and influenced this tale, but also why she couldn’t help but write it the way she did.