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Though not to first to write a story about people befriending animals, author Fonda Lee does put her own spin on it in her new no-magic / low-magic secondary world fantasy novella "Untethered Sky." To learn how, check out this exclusive interview.
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Unless you're a sweater, or a giant lizard, you probably don't consider moths to be dangerous. But in her dystopian, post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel "Moths," they're dangerous to men as well. To learn more, check out this Q&A.
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Some writers put their own spin on the legends of King Arthur and the Knights Of The Round Table. Others write supernatural / paranormal detective stories. In my interview with writer Jes Battis, they explain why they did both in their urban fantasy mystery novel "The Winter Knight."
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Started reading Ada Hoffmann's "The Outside: The Outside, Book I."
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Been itching to read this trilogy for four years, and so far it's as gripping and inventive as I was hoping it would be.

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Finished reading Mark Oshiro's "Star Wars: Hunters: Battle For The Arena."
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Well, this was a fast and fun and very engaging read. I hope we see more of a certain someone again.

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Started reading Mark Oshiro's "Star Wars: Hunters: Battle For The Arena."
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No interest in the game (or any game that's multiplayer-only), but I'm absolutely tearing my way through this background story.

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Finished reading Saad Z. Hossain's "Djinn City."
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A rather sprawling, wild, and engaging tale that kept me guessing, even at the end. Good stuff.

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Started reading Joy Harjo's An American Sunrise: Poems."
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Here's hoping the rest are as unflinching as the epic at the beginning of this collection. Though having read her before, I expect they will be.

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And here's some Friday fun for the jazz fans, my review of "Live In Carrboro," the new album by the free jazz adjacent trio of Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, and Jeff Cosgrove.
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Finished reading Adélia Prado's "Ex-Voto: Poems."
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Glad to have read it.
Sad that it's the last I'll get to.
(She only has two collections in English.)

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So in Thomas Mullen's cyberpunk sci-fi mystery novel "Blind Spots," people everywhere have gone blind, but compensate with cybernetic implants...which a murderer has learned how to hack. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
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There's no reason to be afraid of the dark. And if I keep telling myself that, maybe I'll believe it. Though it doesn't help that horror writer Francesca Maria has released a collection of monster stories called "They Hide: Short Stories To Tell In The Dark." Or that I interviewed her about it...
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With his new science fiction novel "Escape Orbit," writer Patrick Chiles is presenting the second book of a trilogy, which is both the third and sixth books in a sci-fi series. Which is why, in this exclusive interview, we talked about his dogs.
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In my new interview with writer Jorie Rao about her urban fantasy novella "Out For Blood" — which is about the Rougarou — she explains her interest in this wolf-man by admitting, "Cryptids are a special interest of mine."
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We've all made the joke to someone we haven't heard from in a while, “You don’t call, you don’t write…” But imagine if wasn’t a someone, but a colony in deep space. It's what happens in David Wellington’s novel "Paradise-1." But not all that happens. To learn more, check out this Q&A.
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While the fun of a murder mystery novel is figuring out whodunnit, in this exclusive interview with writer Joan Tierney about her Northeastern Gothic murder mystery novella "The Killing Grounds," she admits to turning this idea on its head.
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Started reading Saad Z. Hossain's "Djinn City."
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Well, this is shaping up to be rather clever and interesting (which is not the least bit surprising for something of Mr. Hossain's).

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Finished reading Nnedi Okorafor's "Lagoon."
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Absolutely tore my way through this engaging and inventive and inimitable story.

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While some writers use distraction when stuck, in this Q&A with author Tim Akers about his fantasy novel "Wraithbound," he says his choice of distraction is, well, to write a different book.
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With the paranormal steampunk romance novel "Esprit de Corpse," writer Ef Deal is presenting the first adventure for twin sisters Jacqueline Duval and Angélique Laforge. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
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