Paul Semel  

With Cath Lauria's new romantic cosmic horror novel "Call Of Cthulhu: Secrets & Sacrifices," Aconyte Books are kicking off a new series based on Chaosium's iconic table-top role-playing game. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Edward Ashton's "Mal Goes To War."
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This A.I. in the middle of a pure human / augmented human war story is, so far, as clever and entertaining as his previous novels.

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Finished reading Sierra Greer's "Annie Bot."
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This sex 'bot / maid 'bot / companion 'bot story was more unsettling than I expected. Still good, though.

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Finished reading "The Collected Short Stories Of Arthur C. Clarke"
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Took me years, but now that I'm done, I'm sorry there aren't more.

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For the newest installment of her cozy fantasy series "The Singing Hills Cycle," writer Nghi Vo has kind of screwed her main character, the Cleric Chih. To find out how, and why, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Sierra Greer's "Annie Bot."
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So far this sex 'bot / maid 'bot / companion 'bot story's got me entertained but also a little scared.

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Authors often have characters be liars. But in my new interview with Johanna van Veen, she explains how her sapphic Gothic horror / historical fiction novel "My Darling Dreadful Thing" really came together when she decided that a character wasn't lying.
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Read Sofia Samatar's "The Practice, The Horizon, And The Chain" tonight.
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Though not the first story of classism or incarceration on a generational space ship I've read, this novella still put its own unique spin on things.

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Started reading Ariana Reines' "A Sand Book: Poems."
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Strong start to what seems like what's going to be a sprawling and nicely varied collection.

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Finished reading Christopher Ruocchio's "Disquiet Gods: The Sun Eater, Book Six."
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By far the most sprawling and complicated book in this epic series. Good stuff.

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Started reading Sam Sax's "Pig: Poems."
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The jury is very far out on this one (almost quit twice).

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Back when I wrote poems, it was always as a way of dealing with something. Which is what Sara Daniele Rivera is doing as well in her new poetry collection, "The Blue Mimes." To find out what, and why, check out this exclusive interview.
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Some writers create backstories for their characters. But author Tim Akers has also turned those backstories into, uh, front stories? Here's my new interview about his urban fantasy novel "The Eccentrics," the third book in his "Knight Watch" series.
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Finished reading Courtney LeBlanc's "Her Whole Bright Life: Poems."
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Second exceptional collection of hers I've read; need to add the rest to the list.

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In my exclusive interview about her novel "The Last Phi Hunter" author Salinee Goldenberg talks about why this is a dark fantasy story, even though "I didn't realize dark fantasy was used a lot to describe kinda toxic romance with fantasy elements. Oops."
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In my new interview with author Laura R. Samotin, she talks about how not seeing people like her in fantasy stories prompted her to write a queer, Jewish, dark fantasy novel with a heavy romantic subplot called "The Sins On Their Bones."
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When not writing for "The Washington Post," or appearing on news discussion shows, David Ignatius lets his mind wander as he pens such espionage thrillers as "Body Of Lies." In this exclusive interview, we discuss his latest, the space-based "Phantom Orbit."
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We're supposed to trust mental health professionals with our minds. But in writer Chris Panatier's psychological horror novel "The Redemption Of Morgan Bright," that trust is broken. To find out how, please read this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Courtney LeBlanc:'s "Her Whole Bright Life: Poems."
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Tempted to read this short collection in one sitting, but decided to instead spread the poetic goodness out over a couple days.

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With her Afrofuturist novel "Archangels Of Funk," writer Andrea Hairston is giving us a third opportunity to hang out with Cinnamon Jones, the main character of "Redwood And Wildfire" and "Will Do Magic For Small Change." And in this exclusive interview, you find out why.
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