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Exclusive Interview: “These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart” Author Izzy Wasserstein

 

“I don’t generally set out to write about social and political topics,” writer Izzy Wasserstein says in the following email interview about her new novella These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart (paperback, Kindle), “but we’re living in a time of political upheaval, climate change, and rising authoritarianism. And as a trans woman, I’m constantly being reminded that my existence is political.”

Though in talking about this queer, noir technothriller, it’s clear that while Wasserstein didn’t necessarily set out to be social or political, this story wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Exclusive Interview: “Small Gods Of Calamity” Author Sam Kyung Yoo

 

When we think of ghosts, we usually think of dead people. Or that slimy guy from Ghostbusters.

But in Sam Kyung Yoo’s urban fantasy / supernatural noir / paranormal investigation novella Small Gods Of Calamity (paperback, Kindle), a full-time police detective and part-time spiritualist named Kim Han-gil is chasing a ghost worm.

In the following email interview, Kyung Yoo talks about what inspired and influenced this story, as well as their plans for more…but not about the worm. Some mysteries must remain mysterious

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Exclusive Interview: “Austin Noir” Co-Editor Scott Montgomery

 

For nearly 20 years, Brooklyn’s Akashic Books has published a series of geographically-based anthologies of noir short stories: Buffalo Noir, Belgrade Noir, Boston Noir, Baghdad Noir — and that isn’t even all of the “B”s. For the latest, though, they’re going for an “A” with Austin Noir (hardcover, paperback, Kindle, audiobook), which was edited by Hopeton Hay, Scott Montgomery, and Molly Odintz. In the following email interview, Montgomery discusses this series and his specific installment.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Long Shalom” Author Zachary Rosenberg

 

By calling his horror noir detective novel The Long Shalom (paperback, Kindle), writer Zachary Rosenberg knew some people might wonder if it was a parody. But as he explains in the following email interview about this otherwise serious story, while it does have some humor, it’s more the gallows kind than anything Mel Brooks-esque.

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Exclusive Interview: “Blind Spots” Author Thomas Mullen

 

Read enough murder mysteries, or watch any cop shows or movies, and you’ll inevitably hear a police officer say that the victim, “Never saw it coming.” But what if no one ever saw it coming because they were blinded by the murderer? This is the idea behind Thomas Mullen’s new novel Blind Spots (hardcover, paperback, Kindle, audiobook), in which something caused people all over the world to go blind, and while they’ve since compensated with cybernetic implants, a murdererous hacker is now taking advantage of these devices. In the following email interview with Mullen, he discusses what inspired and influenced this cyberpunk sci-fi noir mystery thriller.

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Exclusive Interview: “Haunted By The Past” Author Simon R. Green

 

Nearly sixty years after he landed on our planet (or seven, depending on your perspective), Ishmael Jones’ career as a paranormal P.I. is still going strong. In the following email interview, writer Simon R. Green discusses what inspired and influenced Ismael’s latest case, Haunted By The Past (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), as well as how his new publisher Baen will be rereleasing the previous 10 Ishmael Jones novels.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Last Raven” Author Steve McHugh

 

With The Last Raven (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), writer Steve McHugh is kicking off a series of urban fantasy noir novels called the Riftborn saga. Though as he explains in the following email interview, the Riftborn will ultimately comprise a trilogy of trilogies.

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Exclusive Interview: “No Game For Knights” Editors Larry Correia & Kacey Ezell

 

At a time when eqality and parity are slowly becoming the norm, it’s a little funny that the motivation behind No Game For Knights (hardcover, Kindle), a new anthology of sci-fi and fantasy detective short stories, would be to give equal time to men. In the following email interview, Knights editors Larry Correia and Kacey Ezell discuss how this collection came together in reaction to a previous anthology they did.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Recruit” Author Alan Drew

 

In his new detective novel The Recruit (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), writer Alan Drew is giving former LAPD homicide detective Ben Wade a problem that’s rather timely, despite this story being set in the ’80s. In the following email interview, Drew discusses what inspired and influenced this novel, the sequel to Wade’s previous literary adventure, Shadow Man.