While many writers follow the edict that you should write what you know, it can be a double-edged sword, as a good story in which something bad happens might make you think, “I hope this is something they don’t ...CONTINUE
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In the following email interview about her new science fiction space opera adventure novel Loki’s Ring (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), writer Stina Leicht mentions a number of iconic sci-fi writers. As you would expect. What you ...CONTINUE
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Given that it takes place in a colony on Mars, and there’s robots, you’d be forgiven if you thought Nathan Ballingrud’s novel The Strange (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook) was a science fiction story. But in the ...CONTINUE
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With the novel Waiqar (paperback, Kindle), writer Robbie MacNiven is taking his fourth trip to the realm of the fantasy co-op dungeon-crawling board game Descent. In the following email interview, MacNiven discusses how this tale ...CONTINUE
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The epic poem “Beowulf” has been adapted and reworked in numerous ways over the years. Neil Gaiman, for instance, not only cowrote the screenplay for the animated movie, but he also wrote his own poetic version, called “Bay Wolf” ...CONTINUE
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With Alien: Enemy Of My Enemy (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), writer Mary SanGiovanni isn’t just putting her spin on this sci-fi series, she’s also concluding a loose trilogy that started with David Barnett’s Alien: Colony War ...CONTINUE
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If movies, TV shows, and books have taught me anything, it’s that you should never dismiss the warnings of someone when they claim you’ve disturbed the dead. Of course, without people heeding this lesson, there would be no cool ...CONTINUE
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All good things must come to an end, they say. Even when you don’t want them to. In my new email interview with iconic comic book writer and artist James Kochalka, he talks about the third — and possibly ...CONTINUE
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When people read a horror story, they often keep going, long into the night, because they want to know what happens next. But in the following email interview with author Ben Monroe about his horror novel The Seething ( ...CONTINUE
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