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Exclusive Interview: “A Grim Reaper’s Guide To Catching A Killer” Author Maxie Dara

 

When we think of The Grim Reaper, we usually think of a man in a hooded cloak with a scythe and no sense of humor.

But in author Maxie Dara’s novel A Grim Reaper’s Guide To Catching A Killer (paperback, Kindle, audiobook) — which she calls a “cozy mystery against a magical realism backdrop” — there’s more than one soul catcher, and one of them is named Kathy. Yeah.

In the following email interview, Dara talks about what inspired and influenced this novel, as well as the series it kicks off, the S.C.Y.T.H.E. Mystery Series.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Miraculous Life Of Rupert Rocket” Author Mark Salzwedel

 

When we think of fairies, we typically think of someone like Tinkerbell, some little sprite who’s friendly but maybe a little feisty as well.

But in his new novel of magical realism, The Miraculous Life Of Rupert Rocket (paperback, Kindle), writer Mark Salzwedel has instead opted for a fairy of the Irish isles, who are known for being financially motivated.

In the following email interview, Salzwedel discusses what inspired and influenced this story, as well as why he had the fairies be Irish as opposed to from some other magical land.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Parliament” Author Aimee Pokwatka

 

In Aimee Pokwatka’s new novel, The Parliament (hardcover, Kindle), some owls surround a library.

But that’s not what this “supernatural thriller wrapped around a dark fantasy story. It’s magical realism…” story is all about.

(Or is it?)

To find out, please read the following email interview.

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Exclusive Interview: “A Slice Of The Dark” Author Karen Heuler

 

Some writers struggle to write enough short stories to fill one book. Not Karen Heuler. As she mentions in the following email interview about her latest short story collection, A Slice Of The Dark (paperback, Kindle), some of her stories wait years for just the right book to appear in.

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Exclusive Interview: Road Seven Author Keith Rosson

 

These are serious times. And in serious times, it’s important to take things seriously. Well, when they’re things that should be taken seriously, that is. When it’s a book about unicorns and aliens, well… In the following email interview, writer Keith Rosson seriously answers my questions about his sci-fi / cosmic horror / magically realistic novel, Road Seven (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), which has both a very serious-looking unicorn and a very serious-looking space ship right on the cover.

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Exclusive Interview: The Arcana Of Maps Author Jessica Reisman

 

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 talks about what inspired and influenced these stories, as well as how they relate to her novels.

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Exclusive Interview: All Worlds Are Real Author Susan Palwick

 

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 responsible for this collection being published.