Two years after he kicked off eSpec Book’s Systema Paradoxa series — in which different writers pen novellas about different cryptids — writer John L. French is bringing his time with this series to a close with Daylight Comes (paperback, Kindle), his third and final contribution.
In the following email interview, he discusses how he picked the last cryptid to write about, as well as why it’s the final time he’ll be writing about these mysterious monsters.
There’s a reason why people making big decisions in cartoons often have tiny angelic and demonic versions of themselves appear on their shoulders, whispering conflicting advice in their ears. But it’s not just cartoons that have explored the dichotomy between these symbols of good and evil. In the following email interview, editor John L. French discusses Devilish & Divine (paperback, Kindle), a new collection of demonic and angelic short stories he co-edited with eSpec Books’ co-owner and publisher, Danielle Ackley-McPhail.